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Most con men flourish in anonymity and forever seek fresh territory. Roll into town, filch bingo money from a few grandmothers, then split before the heat comes down. Never...
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Classic rock
Being There
Wilco
Reprise Records
The drum rumble that starts off this two-disc set and soon turns to feedback suggests Wilco certainly isn't lagging...
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The dry, sweet fragrance from the sheaves of dried lavender and the long bowl of lavender buds in the entry are your first impression of Lavendou, the charming Provencal bistro...
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As Palookaville begins, three wayward city boys--Jerry (Adam Trese), Sid (William Forsythe), and Russell (Vincent Gallo)--chisel their way through the outer wall of what they...
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friday
november 15
Twilight of the Golds: There are a whole lot of hot-potato topics that get tossed around in Jonathan Tolins' drama, The Twilight of the Golds, and you...
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Feminist literary critics have tap-danced on the grave of every dead white male in the Western canon of letters...except for William Shakespeare. Willie the Shake has by and...
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"Pornography," Randy replies.
It is rather more than I expect to hear, having interviewed a half-dozen men on the floor of Texas Stadium during the Promise Keepers rally....
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Grover Wilkins hadn't intended to make musical history. He was happy with his life: conducting avant-garde 20th-century music in Pittsburgh and in Paris, France, and getting...
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All day, plaza shoppers and shop proprietors had been asking Don Lindsley and Angus MacKay, "What time are you going to open?" All day, 6 o'clock was the answer given, but at...
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Did you see where the Canadians blew up a decommissioned warship so that it would settle at exactly the right place on the bottom of the ocean? They wanted it to be right next...
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For more than a year, elected officials have agreed that Dallas needs a Hispanic cultural center. After all, Hispanics are the fastest growing segment of the city's population,...
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There is nothing new under the sun, as God once dictated to somebody; no one knows this better than the hapless members of the Publicist Tribe who must call up those who serve...
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Unlovely Rita
Memo to Dallas' meter cops: Don't mess with geeks bearing high-tech equipment.
It seems that Dallas' parking enforcement corps has been having a field day...
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Professionalism never sounded so good
Marshall Crenshaw opened last year's performance in Deep Ellum with the offhand greeting "Hello, we're professional rock musicians." He...
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Wise County Attorney Stephen Hale thought his decision to routinely dismiss cases of misdemeanor pot possession made perfect legal and moral sense. But it turns out the voters...
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Lauren Agnelli--known to most for her association with neofolkie groundbreakers the Washington Squares--imparts a New Yorker's sense of forward momentum; one of her favorite...
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Roof-raising good time
Just wanted to set you straight on your information campaign about our thriving little metropolis of Grand Prairie, 'twixt big dirty D and Cowtown....
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Shooting star
Chandelier Musings
Comet
Dedicated Records
Those who wander the demo-strewn caverns of Local Band Hell soon learn not to trust much of what crosses...
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In its September 11, 1964, issue, the British pop magazine New Musical Express featured an article on the Kinks underneath the headline "This week's chart-toppers." Each member...
