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  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Thar She Blows: A Great Idea Rises at City Hall. Fetch the Harpoons.

    Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. A huge idea turned up at City Hall yesterday. Huge. This is like a Blue whale beaching itself on the banks of the Trinity River. I'm afraid City Hall is going to send a crew out there and chop it into cat-food. We need to stop and take a big look at this ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2012

    The Mayor's $20 Million Plan for Southern Dallas is Just Another Drop in the Bucket.

    Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. A huge idea turned up at City Hall yesterday. Huge. This is like a Blue whale beaching itself on the banks of the Trinity River. I'm afraid City Hall is going to send a crew out there and chop it into cat-food. We need to stop and take a big look at this ... More >>

  • News

    December 8, 2011

    Why is Drought-Hit Dallas Selling Water?

    Um ... because someone at City Hall is smart. Dang.

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Last Night at 35 Conferette: Nite Jewel Hits, But Mostly Misses, Before A Small Hailey's Crowd

    Nite Jewel​Nite Jewel11:40 p.m., Hailey's ClubNite Jewel's set at 35 Conferette on Sunday night proved to be as interesting, frail and filigreed a thing as the band's name implies. But following Denver-based Pictureplane's rousing, bass-thumping set wouldn't have been an envious position for many ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    When Investors Demanded Their Money, Eric Brauss Disappeared. Now: The Indictment!

    How can authorities not find this guy?​We were first introduced to Eric Brauss in December 2009, when a good Friend of Unfair Park tipped us off that the money man behind, oh, the Dallas Design Center, Denton Towne Crossing, Lake Highlands Plaza and other local developments had done disappeared. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    At Stratos Global Greek Taverna, You Gotta Dance. Only Not During Lunch.

    Gyro not going to like this if you don't like Gyro.​Know what beats going on a lunch date to a restaurant that has a dance floor? Two lunch dates. In all honesty, if you went at night during dancing hours, you might have more fun, well, dancing. Lunch will only tempt you. Last week I met tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Fort Worth's Ridglea Theater Gets New Ownership, Promises Big Things in 2011

    ​Over on his paper's music blog, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Preston Jones has been spending the past few days detailing the latest news taking place at the historic Ridglea Theater, which, you may or may not recall, has been in and out of trouble all year long, facing potential closings, poten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Where's Greggo? In Wichita Falls. Sorta.

    ​I found Greg Williams. On the radio. Again. Sounding coherent, opionated and refreshingly edgy. Sounding like, well, the Greggo you know and love. "I've had to hook my delay back up," says Williams' new radio partner John Clay Wolfe. "This guy makes me want to cuss." Wolfe, who happens t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Arrested for January's Lower Greenville Club Killing, Frank Farias Tells His Story

    KXAS-Channel 5Marlon Alfaro, who was killed January 25 outside a Lower Greenville Avenue club.Three weeks ago, Frank Farias, an airman stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque was arrested for murder. Dallas police had issued a warrant that accused him of first-degree murder in the Januar ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 10, 2008

    Clique Shtick

    The retail racket that is High School Musical on Tour! sells the same old Disney message but without the magic

  • News

    January 31, 2008

    Still an Aryan Blood Brother

    Two murders and two life sentences won't alter one convict's allegiance to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2007

    After 25 Years, Uncle Calvin’s Coffee House Still Spreading the Word

    Two murders and two life sentences won't alter one convict's allegiance to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas

  • News

    May 17, 2007

    Ever Seen a Ghost?

    Spirit hunters like Lisa Olive prowl local historic sites, searching for haunted souls

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2007

    Bill Richardson's Coming to Town. He Wants Your Money. Who Doesn't?

    Spirit hunters like Lisa Olive prowl local historic sites, searching for haunted souls

  • Film

    January 18, 2007

    Snow Business

    Two Dallas filmmakers recall Sundancing as fast as they can

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2005

    Funny Business

    Two Dallas filmmakers recall Sundancing as fast as they can

  • Dining

    November 27, 2003

    Glad to Meet You

    Gingko Tree offers Chinese fare at its best

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Monica at 10

    A decade ago, Eduardo Greene abandoned his wife, his home and a successful restaurant, expecting a nightmare in pursuit of a dream

  • Music

    January 2, 2003

    A List of Lists

    Counting down 2002

  • News

    June 27, 2002

    The Spirits Move Them

    Followers of Cao Dai, a Vietnamese sect with frail tendrils in Dallas, say their time has come to spread the word. Just ask Victor Hugo.

  • Music

    September 27, 2001

    The Great Depression

    Brett and Rennie Sparks usher The Handsome Family into its Twilight years

  • News

    August 23, 2001

    Desert Blooms

    Jetports and elite resorts may do what border bandits and blistering heat couldn't: rob Big Bend of its rugged beauty

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Union Labeled

    Contract mail drivers win a long struggle to unionize

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    From Russia, with bugs

    Scientists from the former Soviet Union's top-secret biological weapons lab join with Dallas researchers to fight a common enemy: the deadly Ebola virus

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Power play

    Coaches and parents in the area's elite youth hockey league say the Dallas Stars are trying to ice anyone who threatens their control of the kid hockey business

  • Culture

    October 28, 1999

    Hungry for calm?

    Duck into Valley House and take a bite of Robert Peterson's cure-all for battered senses

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    The Grifter

    Smooth-talking stockbroker Roger Turner came across as a good Christian man--one who made it his business to charm widows and retirees out of their life savings

  • Culture

    March 26, 1998

    Empty Beach

    The Modern's Diebenkorn exhibit makes it OK to hate abstract art

  • Music

    March 26, 1998

    Dream a little dream

    During South by Southwest, the harsh reality is always a free drink away

  • Music

    November 6, 1997

    A tale of two venues

    The difference between the Stones' two area appearances was more setting than set list

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    The (W)right to Fly

    How little Legend Airlines beat mammoth American at its own game

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Publicity Paul

    U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins loves feeding his name to the papers. But what's he done that's news?

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    Follow the Money

    Don't let accusations of overtime fraud by low-level employees distract you. The real money disappears from the Dallas Independent School District through sleazy contracts awarded by top administrators.

  • Music

    March 13, 1997

    Town and country

    Whiskeytown and No Depression pour into town

  • News

    February 6, 1997

    Shameless in Seattle

    A breach-of-contract lawsuit dogs A.H. Belo's bid to join the media big leagues

  • Music

    January 23, 1997

    Willing to wait

    Lou Barlow works on solidifying Sebadoh's reputation

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    Thank Heaven for Little Country Girls

    She's only 14, but child star LeAnn Rimes knows what she wants. Can Nashville handle it?

  • News

    April 6, 1995

    Who ya gonna call?

    City Hall's top brass use taxpayer-provided mobile phones to call sweethearts, power brokers, and Pizza Hut.

  • Film

    November 24, 1994

    Joe Bob Briggs

    Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

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