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DC9 At Night

9:15 am
Feb. 10, 2012
Matt Hillyer of Eleven Hundred Springs Talks About the Evolution of Deep Ellum and Writing Bumper Sticker Songs
By Darryl Smyers
In the early '90s, Matt Hillyer and his band, Lone Star Trio, were packing venues with a rootsy sound about the same time that Rhett Miller and Murry Hammond were forming the Old 97's. Since 19... More >>

City of Ate

9:01 am
Feb. 10, 2012
The Porch's Chicken Salad is Pretty Much a Pre-Sauced 20-Piece Nugget Meal Over Lettuce
By Joe Tone
In my ongoing quest to eat more healthily, I ordered a salad at dinner last night, passing up on the Porch's well regarded Stodg Burger. This is what I got. I know I only count 18, but come on. ... More >>

Unfair Park

8:50 am
Feb. 10, 2012
Over Dinner at a Fort Worth Olive Garden, Michelle Obama Heard All About Oak Cliff
By Robert Wilonsky
Maybe you saw KXAS-Channel 5 last night -- why, yes, that was Jason Roberts and wife Andrea seated next to First Lady Michelle Obama at a Fort Worth Olive Garden last night. But, but ... how'd the would-be congressional candidate... More >>

DC9 At Night

8:05 am
Feb. 10, 2012
Wild Moccasins' Zahira Gutierrez Wants to Hear Pet Sounds When She's Stranded
By Kelly Dearmore
This Saturday at the Granada Theater, one of the best Texas oddball pop shows of the year takes place, featuring Austin's The Octopus Project, Houston's Wild Moccasins and locals Mystery Skulls.... More >>

The Mixmaster

8:04 am
Feb. 10, 2012
Saturday Night's Underground: Where Carnival And Erotic Art Combine
By Jamie Laughlin
Saturday night's big art openings will not be your standard-issue mingle and pose affairs: Kettle Art launches its annual competitive fundraising fire sale at 7 p.m., Oliver Francis Gallery pre... More >>

City of Ate

8:01 am
Feb. 10, 2012
Johnny's Pizza House is Open in Addison
By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Johnny's Pizza House has opened its first North Texas location in Addison, at the northwest corner of Belt Line and Midway. Johnny's is originally out of Monroe, Louisiana, where they have a fa... More >>

Unfair Park

6:13 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Muni Judge Brown Can Keep Judging, For Now, While She Runs For Civil District Judge
By Leslie Minora
Via.Municipal Court Judge Phyllis Lister BrownThe city of Dallas and municipal Judge Phyllis Lister Brown have been at odds since November, but as of today she can legally continue serving in her current position as the various lawsuits involving the... More >>

Unfair Park

5:35 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Alan Todd May -- Once a Fugitive, Always a Con Man -- Gets 20 Years For Ripping Off Investors
By Robert Wilonsky
For the past three decades -- on and off, but mostly on -- there was no swindle too small-time for Alan Todd May. Credit card abuse, theft, check fraud -- however he could make an easy, sleazy buck, May did... More >>

Unfair Park

4:30 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Keeping the Lights On In Texas is Really Starting to Scare State Lawmakers
By Brantley Hargrove
We watch a three-hour House State Affairs Committee hearing so you don't have to! Seriously, though, the future reliability of the Texas electrical grid is really starting to freak state legislators the fuck out. The watchword these days is "resource... More >>

City of Ate

3:34 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Dallas' Five Best Places To Eat Alone
By Scott Reitz
Valentine's Day is coming, which pretty much sucks for everyone. If you've got a special someone, you're guilted into going out and having your wallet gutted by a triple-digit, prix fixe, mediocr... More >>

Unfair Park

3:33 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Residence Evil: DISD Trustees Can't Decide Which Employees Should Actually Live in Dallas
By Robert Wilonsky
Container Store co-founder Garrett Boone and the Star Employee Commission told the Dallas ISD trustees last month that the HR department was ... how did they put it ... well, let's just go with completely, totally and utterly effed. (Look,... More >>

The Mixmaster

3:26 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Bull's Eye World Record To Be Broken in DFW? Someone's Gonna Take One In The Neck.
By Jamie Laughlin
Mixmaster was just tipped off about the latest attempt at world-wide title recognition: The 2012 Charity Bull-A-Thon. In this celebration of bar sports, DFW's eight strongest fingered and hardes... More >>

DC9 At Night

3:06 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
35 Denton Tries Its Hand at... Matchmaking?
By Audra Schroeder
Looking for love in all the wrong places? Looking for 35 Denton wristbands? If you find yourself clumsily walking behind pretty girls (or chasing a choice piece of man-tail) like the video abov... More >>

DC9 At Night

2:05 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Anvil's Steve "Lips" Kudlow Talks About His Dreams and the Evolution of Metal
By Kelly Dearmore
In 2008, influential Canadian heavy metal forerunners Anvil finally tasted the fame that had eluded them for decades, thanks to the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Instead of becoming nov... More >>

Unfair Park

2:00 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Tagged, City Hall. You're It!
By Robert Wilonsky
Can't say for sure how long the former fire station on Walnut Hill Lane near Marsh has looked like this, only because I haven't taken Walnut Hill to work since Monday, when it did not look like this. (I've been... More >>

The Mixmaster

2:00 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
With Her Musical Out of the Loop Show, Diana Sheehan says Midlife Is a Cabaret
By Elaine Liner
Five years ago, actress Diana Sheehan had what she describes as "the most euphoric day of my life." Both of her young children were in school all day at last and, for the first time in years, She... More >>

City of Ate

1:59 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
WhataFail: How Some Dallas Restaurants Treat Their Employees
By Scott Reitz
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United has released a new restaurant guide. The 52-page guide makes no mention of food quality, ingredient sourcing, or a customer's dining experience, but instea... More >>

Unfair Park

1:10 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
The Hopes and Dreams of Downtown Dallas In One 32-Page Annual Report
By Robert Wilonsky
The video you seesaw above till it was unceremoniously yanked this afternoon was made by Michael Marco on behalf of Tracy Locke on behalf of Downtown Dallas Inc., which had intended to show downtown's makeover at its annual meeting held... More >>

City of Ate

1:06 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Top Chef Texas Recap: The Crying Game
By Leslie Minora
There have never been more tears on Top Chef, including in our very own eyes, as there were throughout last night's episode. The crying wasn't from cutting raw onions. It wasn't from sliced fin... More >>

Unfair Park

12:01 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
How to Rev Fair Park's Economic Engine: Bring on the Scrapyards
By Jim Schutze
State Rep. Eric Johnson, Democrat of southern Dallas and Mesquite, has an essay on the op-ed page of The Dallas Morning News today describing Fair Park as a "powerful economic engine" and a "jewel of our city" whose economic power... More >>

City of Ate

12:00 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Fishing Around Lands a Keeper at Taco Taco
By Alice Laussade
This week, Cheap Bastard rolls the dice and finds she loves the crunchy fish taco (heh, heh, she said crunchy fish taco) at Taco Taco, 5954 Royal Lane, 214-750-4420.) Other diners in the resta... More >>

DC9 At Night

11:19 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Triple Play Round Two: Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Salim Nourallah and Jessie Frye
By Audra Schroeder
The second installment of the Observer and KXT's monthly Triple Play series goes down next Thursday, February 16. You know the drill, right? Three emerging acts from Dallas, Fort Worth and Dento... More >>

Unfair Park

11:04 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Dallas Deportation Orders Down, But Will Obama's Policy Shift Stick?
By Brantley Hargrove
In Dallas and across the country, the astronomical number of deportation orders issued by immigration courts is at last beginning to fall. President Obama's new strategy focuses on intelligent enforcement and prosecutorial discretion. Translated: We'll show bad guys the... More >>

City of Ate

11:02 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Bell's Better Burger Serves Up a Good One. And Maybe a Nap, Too.
By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Out on the eastern edge of Dallas yesterday, I punched my location into my Dive-Burger Finder App and Bell's Better Burger popped up. Bless those satellites orbiting the Earth finding burgers for... More >>

Unfair Park

10:10 am
Feb. 9, 2012
PETA to Stage Soft-Core Bed-In Downtown Tomorrow. Bring Your Cameras.
By Robert Wilonsky
PETAI'm hesitant to tease a PETA protest scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Akard and Main only because all the other ones have been so underwhelming. (So much so I forgot till using what passes for our... More >>

DC9 At Night

10:05 am
Feb. 9, 2012
The Five Best and Worst Musicians to Interview
By Darryl Smyers
In honor of Evan Dando and his band The Lemonheads being at the Prophet Bar tonight, I thought I might share with the readers of DC9 some of the pitfalls of being a music writer. Sure, there are... More >>

City of Ate

10:03 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Private | Social | Ramen! | Oh.
By Scott Reitz
My first run-in with Private Social came just after the restaurant, helmed by Top Chef alum Tiffany Derry released its lunch menu. I noticed the noodles right away. Leslie Brenner and I had been ... More >>

City of Ate

9:15 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Next Week is Dallas Coffee Education Week
By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Tom Vincent of Texas Coffee School takes the business of grinding beans to a new level. And, yes, he actually has a school in Arlington. But he also regularly holds class at places like Oddfell... More >>

DC9 At Night

9:05 am
Feb. 9, 2012
The Problem With... M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls"
By Shahryar Rizvi
Among the colorful palette of artists in pop music today, I've noticed parallels between M.I.A. and Kanye West. Both have taken their wealth and branched out into other artistic media, both rare... More >>

The Mixmaster

8:48 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Top Ten Awesome Things To Do This Weekend: February 9 to February 12
By Jamie Laughlin
It's almost here, people! You toughed it out for another week. Now you are rewarded with the carrot that's been dangled in front of you days: the weekend. Mixmaster wants to help you make the m... More >>
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