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May 23, 2012
Here's All Those True Crime Yarns in One Fancy E-Book: Seven Sins
Every week writers for Dallas Observer and our parent company, Village Voice Media, produce elegant magazine-style feature writing -- a gritty portion of which comes in the form of true-crime stories. Now VVM has collected some of its best recent true-crime yarns into an ebook: Seven Sins: A True ... More >>
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April 23, 2012
Dallas Restaurateurs Debate Whether a Cell Phone Ban Could Work, and How
A comment in my story a while back about phone stacking caught my attention. "In Japan they have 'No Phone Areas' in restaurants, bars and even the subway," Wagner Gui Tronolone wrote. "I think it's awesome!" It does sound sort of awesome. Sometimes a cell phone feels like a leash. At the other end ... More >>
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March 21, 2012
A $12 Minimum Hourly Wage: Trading Cheap Happy Meals for a Happier Future
All right, I've got my lanyard whistle around my neck, and I'm set for a session here. Let's hustle up out there, Lawners. Time for today's knee-jerk calisthenics. Remember our interim motto: A knee-jerk reaction is better than not being able to feel your feet. (I'm working on shortening that.) I ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Denton Artist's Show Celebrates Hijacked Images
Like most modern romances, Irby Pace fell in love in a Mac store. It happened when he was sliding his way across the photo roll on a demo Ipod, and there she was. He just knew. "I saw this one," said Pace while directing his eyes to the photo exhibition's flagship piece, an image of a girl's fac ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
He Co-Designed DART's Traveling Man. Now, Brandon Oldenburg Is Up For an Oscar.
While browsing this morning's list of Academy Award nominees, I came across one very familiar name: Brandon Oldenburg, beneath the heading Short Film (Animated). For years, of course, he was best known as one of the bright young minds behind Deep Ellum-based Reel FX. Then he became known as the man ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Dallas News Publisher Moroney's Memo on Exit of John McKeon, The Man Behind Briefing
John McKeonYesterday we got word that John McKeon, the president and general manager of The Dallas Morning News since October 2007, was leaving, which publisher Jim Moroney confirmed via email. At which point a press release went out, leading with news of fourth-quarter 2011 earnings ("decrease o ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
Townhouse Kitchen Bar Now Open at the Galleria (Photos)
Imagine walking into a restaurant to the sounds of Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me." Now imagine walking into a restaurant to the sounds of Lady Gaga's latest hit. Were they the same places? Of course not. Which is why it may behoove Townhouse Kitchen Bar at the Galleria to recons ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Best Musical Trends of 2011
OK, Sexy Sax Man. Just 15 more minutes. Tell the world, rock is coming home This year saw a wave of rock bands catching up to a new generation. We got Soundgarden touring again, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink-182 and even less renowned bands like Urge Overkill and Bush releasing new albums. Aft ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Dangers on a Train: Crime Goes Down Everywhere Except on DART
Wait a minute. The Dallas Morning News today publishes a story in which the top cop in the local transit agency gets away with blaming the economy and too much bling for a sharp increase in robberies and other crimes on the light rail system. Did anybody think to point out to DART police Chi ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
The Return of the Lively Lane Prowler, Who, Turns Out, May Be a Serial Burglar
No doubt you recall the bald-headed, back-packing gent last seen peering into a Northwest Dallas home -- the so-called "Lively Lane Prowler," per Dallas PD's heads-up at the beginning of the month. Well, he's back in the sequel you see above, which was just dispatched by the police department:Turns ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
In East Dallas, Hoping the "Tablet Claw" is the First Crop on a Million-Dollar Idea Farm
Those ideas, the ones you can't shake and would love to invent, the ones you imagine would make a cool million in an instant -- they're the ones Buddy DiFonzo and Mike Solow are looking for. Friends from their software sales jobs, they started a company called Idea Harvest, which matches idea people ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
They Must Be Ice Skating in Hades Because SMU is Laying Three Touchdowns. On the Road.
With the Big 12 seemingly back together since the Pac 12 didn't want 'em, SMU is back in play as a potential member in the wake of Texas A&M's expected departure. But before the Mustangs play with the big boys, they need to beat the little ones. They have a chance to do that Saturday. ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Offering Something for Everyone, The Dallas Video Festival Returns For Its 24th Year
Bart WeissTonight at the Texas Theatre, the Dallas Video Festival kicks off its five-day run at the Texas and Angelika with screenings of Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme ("filled with sensuous pleasures," insists our J. Hoberman) and Slacker 2011, wherein 24 Austin-based filmmakers pay homage t ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Cowboys-49ers: Look Out Below!
Okay, so the Cowboys were better than I expected in last week's NFL opener. But don't be fooled, the San Francisco 49ers weren't as good as it seems. Seems strange to be sniffing around an Under point-total play in a game between teams that scored a combined 57 in Week 1, but hear me out. W ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
New Texas Education Law Could Help Render Board of Ed Culture Wars Obsolete
The State Board tried to save McCarthy's legacy, and this is how we treat them?The jury's still out, but the fact fetishists at the Texas Freedom Network seem to think that the recently enacted Senate Bill 6 may help neuter the historically science-averse state Board of Education. The law pr ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
If You're a Cowboy$ Fan, on 9/11 Prepare to Cry. And Cringe.
Sunday night at MetLife Stadium the New York Jets will hand out American flags to every fan, and an ass-whipping to America's Team. Remember the part about not betting with your heart, but your head? This is a primo example. I want the Cowboys to win their NFL regular-season open ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
We'll Take Baylor ( 6) and the Accompanying Kick to the Adrenal Gland
Okay, let's do this. And by "this" I mean let's make some moolah. The good ol' illegal fun way, shall we? In 2008 I lost every penny of my virtual $10,000. In 2009 I wound up losing only $150. In 2010 I netted a cool $5,000. By my math, that's a bottom line of ... oh, who's coun ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
"Big A, Meet the Even Bigger D"
For the second time in as many days, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution pits The ATL against The City of Hate -- a common occurrence -- and rules in favor of Dallas, in part because we have toll roads to help pay for regional light rail projects that run to the suburbs, which is but a figment of a ... More >>
Dining
July 21, 2011
There's Oddness at Oddfellows, But It's the Execution That Makes It Shine
The culinary diversions at this Bishop Arts restaurant are interesting -- as is the crowd -- but it's simplicity that makes it stand out.
Blogs
July 12, 2011
Polyphonic Spree Releases "Bullseye," Its First Single in Four Years, As Interactive App
Back in June, we got word that an interactive-app-as-music-video for the Polyphonic Spree's first single in four years, "Bullseye," was en route. And, indeed, said app comes today, the first single on frontman Tim Delaughter's recently relaunched Good Records Recordings label via Louisiana's Moo ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Dirk Nowitzki Celebrates Birthday The Way All NBA Stars Surely Do: Vintage Wine and a Nobel Laureate
Mike MezeulSo what do you give the man who -- all the sudden -- has everything? You throw him a surprise birthday party at a discreet wine room and invite 41 guests, including a Nobel Prize winner he's never met. After getting serenaded with "Happy Birthday" by a post-parade American Ai ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
How Deep Ellum of Them: Teens Partner With Designers to Create Utopia Under a Freeway
Photo by Leslie MinoraJames Jessup of the Deep Ellum Community Association gives one group feedback on their designs.This week, a couple dozen high-schoolers have been honing their design skills, trying to create the perfect plan for a social space adjacent to a community garden planned for a pat ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
Looking At The Pros and Cons of Apple's iCloud
Well, the big announcement came yesterday -- that Apple would be getting into cloud technology, rendering all of its current devices compatible with new iCloud service. With CEO Steve Jobs at the helm, Apple hopes the announcement will drastically change how Mac users store their information. In ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Pop-ups, Food Trucks, iPads and Alchoholic Chocolate Milk the Hot Trends at NRA Show
The rapture didn't happen, but iPads as restaurant menus will.Every year, chefs, restaurant owners and vendors take a week off, dust off the old expense accounts and meet in one of America's larger cities for a few days of snacking, drinking and pretending to be interested in a 3000W blender ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
The Best Of SXSW Music Wednesday: Folk Beards, Nite Jewel and Nudity
Nick RalloAnd the award for Best Folk Beard goes too...People drunk. After day one-ish of SXSW Music, it's a new term. People drunk is the dulled sensation, the open-mouth brain shock of trying to figure out which great band to catch in a completely huge crowd. Looking at yesterday's schedule ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
First!: Apple Camper Justin Wagoner's Been Waiting All Week for An iPad2 -- And For The Missing Line to Form Behind Him
Patrick MichelsJustin Wagoner in his home-for-the-week on McKinney Avenue, where he's been waiting. This here is Justin Wagoner. Maybe you've read his name this week in The News. Maybe you the name mentioned in HuffPo: "Justin Wagoner Reportedly Forms First iPad 2 Line In Texas." Or on FrontBurner, ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
More Layoffs at Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Print Media Rally Slow to Start
As The Buggles famously sang in 1979, video, in fact, killed the radio star. As The Fort Worth Star-Telegram continues to share content with Dallas' Only Daily and slice positions and send talented writers out into the cold in 2011, it's apparent that the Internet is choking out newspap ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2011
I Tried Using New News Site ...
... but half the site didn't load this morning. Instead, I kept getting the message, "Sorry you are experiencing a delay. Please try your request again." And it won't verify my subscriber account -- now I have to call just so I can read that story about how "Carrollton councilman urges residents ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
"Against the Grain": Jim Moroney on the Decision to Erect a Paywall at The Dallas News
Shortly before The Dallas Morning News announced the erection of its paywall, which goes into place February 15, publisher and CEO Jim Moroney sent to the staff a memo in which he wrote: Brace yourself. Said Moroney in a phone conversation with Unfair Park at 6:30 this morning, as he was driving ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Why Price of The Dallas News Just Went Up
First, The Dallas Morning News was going to begin charging for online content December 14; then came a delay. But this morning comes The Official Word, via online story (still free!) and press release, outlining the "The Next Generation" in A.H. Belo news delivery.What the story says that the rel ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
Is It Better To Be Virgin or Take American from DFW to San Francisco? A Taste Test.
We tested out the new Virgin-American rivalry from D/FW to the West Coast so you don't have to.Andrea Grimes: A month ago, Virgin America began flying direct out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to the West Coast -- specifically, Los Angeles and San Francisco. To announce their small- ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Gorillaz Release "The Snake in Dallas," A Song Recorded Here in October, On New Album
"We wrote a song about you."Yes, as promised, Damon Albarn's Gorillaz did indeed put out a new album on Christmas. only, turns out, it wasn't a free download as anticipated, but rather a free stream (the download option, apparently, is only available for the band's fan club members).So, sure, a b ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Pour Your Own Beer: A Gimmick That Works...At Least in Tampa
Craft-beer bar chains are nothing new. As a matter of fact, they might be the most beloved chains of all. Relatively small in size, like local fave Flying Saucer, they offer a consistent quality par excellence. When I learned from my brother-in-law in Florida that a craft-beer restaurant-bar ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Yippee Ki Ho-Ho-Ho
Craft-beer bar chains are nothing new. As a matter of fact, they might be the most beloved chains of all. Relatively small in size, like local fave Flying Saucer, they offer a consistent quality par excellence. When I learned from my brother-in-law in Florida that a craft-beer restaurant-bar ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
And Lo, The Good Lord Did Place The Pop-Up H&M Store Where Express Used To Be
Photos by Andrea GrimesIt's all happening! It's really happening!A few minutes after 10 a.m. today, 50 or so people stood in line outside the H&M Preview store in NorthPark Center behind a polyester rope, anxiously awaiting the first-ever opportunity to buy off-the-rack H&M clothing on Te ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
News Delays Launch of iPhone, iPad Apps and "Subscriber Content." Till When? Dunno.
A couple of weeks back we noticed that The Dallas Morning News would begin offering very special "subscriber content"on December 14, the same date the paper intended to launch its new iPhone and iPad apps. Publisher Jim Moroney wouldn't offer any further details about DallasNews.com's banner anno ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2010
Richard Branson Invites Me Into His Boudoir to Spill Virgin Tales of DFW Comings and Goings
Photos by Andrea GrimesMayor Tom and Sir Richard play that age-old English boarding school game "What's In My Hat?"Dressed in full cowboy gear, complete with a Virgin America belt buckle, British business mogul Sir Richard Branson greeted representatives of what looked to be every media outlet wi ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
Dallas News to Erect Paywall Next Month
At the end of August there was that report noting that The Dallas Morning News was about to put much of its staff-written content behind a paywall, leaving only Associated Press pieces and 150-word breaking-news briefs as gratis offerings. Publisher and CEO Jim Moroney told us that wasn't quite a ... More >>
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October 29, 2010
Restaurateurs Struggle to Match App to Appetite
The website for Fearing's is a pretty good model of restaurant website design. It doesn't sing, or waste time on Flash graphics that never load properly. It helpfully provides menus and hours and allows patrons to make online reservations. Fearing's iPhone app is somewhat less impressive. Th ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
This Is What It Looks Like When Janitors Take a Laptop from a Surveillance Industry Convention
Two weeks ago, I suggested that with the ASIS International security industry expo around -- with a few million surveillance cameras lining a showroom full of lasers, booby traps bodyguards -- the Dallas Convention Center was easily the safest place in town. At the time, though, I had no idea that j ... More >>
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October 20, 2010
Samar Makes Esquire's Cut,
But Is Dallas Not As Trendy as it Thinks?
SamarThe accompanying text for Esquire's much-hyped list of best new restaurants is finally online, which means eaters can now follow author John Mariani's logic for anointing Samar a top 10 stand-out (He was apparently smitten with the patio, hookah selection and "women in painted-on blue jeans ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Puppy-Dog Grins, Chest-High Water and a New Perspective at This Weekend's Jailbreak Race
Photos by Man O'The HourHordes this size and larger took off to run the Jailbreak every half hour for two long days this weekend.The thing that people like me -- people who hate running -- say about running is that they don't do it unless they're being chased. But I'm not even sure that being cha ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
Listomania: Five Music-Related Applications Steve Jobs Could Have Debuted Today.
Apple teased us with this image.Earlier today, Steve Jobs unveiled "Ping," a new social media platform within iTunes. We think it's going to really take off--as well as solidify Apple's burgeoning reputation as the future Cyberdyne systems. In this light, we propose a few apps that Jobs could-hav ... More >>
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August 2, 2010
When The Dallas Morning News Introduces Its iPad App, You Can Thank The NY Times
Forthcoming at the beginning of 2011: The Dallas Morning News's iPad app. Only, per the press release this morning, it'll be a New York Times-made product via its new Press Engine offshoot, which is spitting out iPad and iPhone products for smaller publications without the resources to do it them ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
Buzzbrews on Lemmon Gives Us the Buzz
On Plans for a Deep Ellum Location
Photos By Daniel RodrigueMonday morning, Roasted headed to Buzzbrews Kitchen to get our buzz on. And, now that we got that stale caffeine-addled joke out of the way, we really did get pretty jazzed up after repeatedly helping ourselves to the diner's "Drink 'til you Buzz" self-serve coffee bar. ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Shake(s) the Summer Blues
Photos By Daniel RodrigueMonday morning, Roasted headed to Buzzbrews Kitchen to get our buzz on. And, now that we got that stale caffeine-addled joke out of the way, we really did get pretty jazzed up after repeatedly helping ourselves to the diner's "Drink 'til you Buzz" self-serve coffee bar. ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Apple Loves a Food App
Apple released its list for the Apple Design Award's top 10 applications for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Among them were sweetly addictive time-killing games (what, no Angry Birds? At least they included Doodle Jump), creative tools (Brushes for iPhone, TabToolKit) and yes, Jamie Oliver's 20-Min ... More >>
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May 1, 2010
Dallas Public Libraries Finally Getting Into the Digital Download Bidness This Month
So says a memo from Assistant City Manager Forest Tucker to the city council sent last night: On May 11, the Dallas Public Library will go into OverDrive, the Cleveland, Ohio-based company that builds Web sites for libraries and allows users 24/7 download access to, so far, about 100,000 audioboo ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 7: Yeahdef
This week's DC9er takes you behind the booth, North of the Dial style, with Denton-based, eclectic party-DJ, Joey Liechty aka Yeahdef. Liechty has been DJing for the past 7 years, and is the founder of '90s night, one of Denton's hottest dance nights, bringing people from Denton and Dallas ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Hear Ye, Hear Ye
This week's DC9er takes you behind the booth, North of the Dial style, with Denton-based, eclectic party-DJ, Joey Liechty aka Yeahdef. Liechty has been DJing for the past 7 years, and is the founder of '90s night, one of Denton's hottest dance nights, bringing people from Denton and Dallas ... More >>
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