Albuquerque

A Few Questions Before Texas Secedes

Texas is totally on the verge of seceding, after 25,000 people signed a petition calling for the state's removal from the ones that are United. We're pretty much set on sticking it out as Texans, because the only thing worse than living out our existence in a destined-to-fail non-American country go ... More >>

Watching All of the Wachowskis' Movies for the Sake of Watching All of the Wachowskis' Movies

Scoremore Brings Your Favorite Rapper's Favorite Rapper to Town

Scoremore Brings Your Favorite Rapper's Favorite Rapper To Town

The Smoker's Club Tour hit Dallas last month, and it was a busy night, like so many Thursdays in our town. I sit in my car on Elm Street, trying to get around a sudden surge of traffic. I hear sirens. Four blocks away from Trees, I can smell the marijuana, mixed with the smell of burnt rubber. I can ... More >>

Chef Dat is Having an Underground Dinner Based on His Culinary Road Trip

With school back in session, many kids will tell exciting stories about "what they did this summer." And while Underground dinner chef David (DAT) Temple might not look like a third grader with his fuzzy beard, he's as giddy as one and can't wait to tell everyone about his summer culinary road trip. ... More >>

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 >>

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

Why is Drought-Hit Dallas Selling Water?

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Get lost with Jim Schutze while canoeing the Neches River and find the wildlife refuge Dallas wants to dam to secure its water supply

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 >>

Clique Shtick

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

Still an Aryan Blood Brother

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

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

Ever Seen a Ghost?

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

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

Snow Business

Two Dallas filmmakers recall Sundancing as fast as they can

Lowest of the Low | Oopsie | Romo Rules | Hieronymus' Truck Stop | Bad Neighbors | River Dreams

Funny Business

Glad to Meet You

Gingko Tree offers Chinese fare at its best

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

A List of Lists

Counting down 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.

The Great Depression

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

Desert Blooms

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

Union Labeled

Contract mail drivers win a long struggle to unionize

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

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

Hungry for calm?

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

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

Empty Beach

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

Dream a little dream

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

A tale of two venues

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

The (W)right to Fly

How little Legend Airlines beat mammoth American at its own game

Publicity Paul

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

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.

Town and country

Whiskeytown and No Depression pour into town

Shameless in Seattle

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

Willing to wait

Lou Barlow works on solidifying Sebadoh's reputation

Thank Heaven for Little Country Girls

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

Who ya gonna call?

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

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX