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DPD's Looking for Couple Treating Lemmon Avenue As Private Cigarette Vending Machine

This twosome likes hitting the CVS at 4207 Lemmon Avenue, between Wycliff and Douglas; twice in recent weeks they've jumped the counter and loaded shopping bags with cartons of smokes. Then they took it down the street to the RaceTrac. The clerk seen during the first robbery is clearly not amused wh ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: The Low Lows at Dan's

​ Band: The Low LowsVenue: Dan's SilverleafTime: 11:05 p.m. Austin's The Low Lows was a band I knew very little about. And few in the audience at Dan's Silverleaf could enlighten me as to what to expect as the band made its way on stage. It was a rather large ensemble: two keyboardist, two (an ... More >>

Whitt's End: 1.22.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Been meaning to get to this, but The Ticket is so dominant in Metroplex sports talk radio that at this point it's like digging up Barbaro for another kick to the ribs. In December 1310 AM The Tick ... More >>

Our Deep-Fried Decade: Ten Years Of Gluttony And Progress At The State Fair

Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter 10 years, this is where we ended up: four deep-fried butter balls topped with garlic and grape sauce. How did we get to the point where we'd actually eat this?​In the early 2000s, we came to the State Fair of Texas with a doe-eyed, innocent kind of hunger. We'd get a ... More >>

Top 10 Most Important Influences On Food In Our Lifetimes

​Consequences are near impossible to predict and rather difficult to judge, even in hindsight. For example, the Baby Boom generation, so interested in besting their elders in freedom of thought, turned into the kind of wimp-ass parents who dumb down education so every kid could pass. And you coul ... More >>

This Year's Dallas Video Festival to Pay Tribute to Chuck Morgan. About Damned Time.

Texas Rangers​During its 22 years of existence, the Dallas Video Festival has paid tribute to a great many pioneers and visionaries, among them Monty Python's Terry Gilliam, Robert Smigel, Paul Reubens, Martin Mull, Mike Judge, Mystery Science Theater 3000's Joel Hodgson and Slam Bang Theater crea ... More >>

Today, Two More Wrongly Imprisoned Men Took Their First Steps as Free Men

Photos by Kimberly ThorpeClaude Simmons and Christopher Shun Scott outside the House of Blues, shortly after their release from prison today. Check out more photos here in our slide show.​The courtroom was filled with tears, then cheers: Two men who spent 12 years in prison for a crime they didn't ... More >>

Handle The Proof: Things I Just Won't Drink

​We can all come up with a list of drinks we deeply regret trying. Some of them were probably part of our repertoire at one point in time. For example, back when I was a high school n'er-do-well, groups of us sneak bottles of Cold Duck or, worse, Malt Duck for weekend bashes. If you're not familia ... More >>

Bowling For Soup Announces Album Details, Remains Proud Of Its 'Wena'

​In a press release sent out Thursday night, Bowling for Soup revealed the details of its upcoming album, Sorry For Partyin'. Oh, and it unveiled more details about its crotch-shot of a music video, "My Wena"... Far as the album's concerned, the pop-punk band's tenth release will see the lig ... More >>

The Top 10 Things I Don't Get About These Kids Today

​Went to my son's 7th grade football scrimmage yesterday afternoon and - it's official - I'm effin' old. Uncool. Dweeby. Dorky. And totally outta touch. These two boys - I dunno, maybe 13 or 14ish - were talking underneath the bleachers. At least I think it was talking. To my ancient ears it ... More >>

Why Coke Is Not It For Dallas

​In September 2004, the Dallas City Council gave Dr Pepper an exclusive beverage vending contract -- meaning that at any city of Dallas venue, you had to be a Pepper or else till at last the fall of '09, since Dr Pepper was paying good money for the exclusive access via vending machine. But with t ... More >>

Gloria's vs Mattito's: Margarita Massacre

Alex Flores​Dallas has always seemed a little confused about margaritas--even though the cocktail was reputedly invented by a local (albeit during a Mexico vacation).Perhaps it's just a misunderstanding of semantics. You see, 'cocktail' is generally a drink consisting of three or more ingredients, ... More >>

Grill At Reno's Honors Dimebag Darrell With Blacktooth Whiskey Burger

​"Videobob" Moseley, new owner of The Grill At Reno's (adjacent to Reno's Chop Shop, which, on Thursday, was approved for a three-year extension on its SUP), is introducing a new menu that includes a hamburger inspired by slain Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott. Moseley w ... More >>

RadioShack's About to Get an Extreme Makeover. At Least, the Name Is. Kind Of.

​That's right -- get ready to call the Fort Worth-based chain "The Shack" starting Thursday. The name change ain't official: It'll still be known by its more formal and familiar moniker. But according to Lee Applbaum, RadioShack's chief marketing officer, well, just forget about that whole "Radio" ... More >>

Short Orders: Pizza By Marco, Addison

This isn't the Addison sign, but I don't carry a camera.​I'll just say, straight off, that what I like about Pizza by Marco is their beverage price list. The new suburban branch of Dallas' most storied pizza joint opened not long ago along Belt Line in Addison. Here you can purchase wine by the gl ... More >>

Pairing Off: Subway

Subway is the new Domino's--the place that sustains America's college students and helps its workers fight off the pangs of hangover.Patrick MichelsBut the sub shop chain has become so much more, enduring crowds of office drones at lunch and tailgaters on weekends, for example. Of course, that doesn ... More >>

Food For Thought 4.8.09

"Coke's messages were totally unacceptable, creating an impression which is likely to mislead that Coca-Cola cannot contribute to weight gain, obesity and tooth decay." (From a statement released by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission regarding an advertising campaign run by the Atl ... More >>

10 Questions: Jay Liddell

Patrick MichelsThe Dallas-based brand ambassador for Macallan's single malt Scotch line is charged with an important mission: introducing whisky to a younger generation...of drinking age, of course.Before moving to this city, he spent seven years in the Big Apple as an events manager (with a small b ... More >>

Chewing the Fat: Energy Drinks May Give You a "Savage" Hangover

Starting with Red Bull, the energy drink craze quickly devolved developed into a shameless marketing frenzy. Every new brand blurs the line between serious marketing venture and pathetic self parody. We've reported previously on the strange level of demand for these cans of processed sugar and caff ... More >>

Last Night: Punk Bunny, Rival Gang, Darktown Strutters and Pocket Change at Mable Peabody's

Punk Bunny brought the raunch to Denton.Gay Prom Bloodbath Mable Peabody's in DentonFriday, February 13, 2009 Better than: A Priscilla, Queen of the Desert movie marathon Friday the 13th welcomes the truly bizarre, and Mable Peabody's Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair in Denton was ... More >>

Burning Question: Which Super Bowl City Has The Best Food?

Actually, this question came to us as your basic "who will win the Super Bowl" sort of thing, presumably hoping for some insight from our crew's most recent has-been athlete. (See photo).Dave Faries almost gets away with an ill-advised spin move during a Prague Lions practice session last spring.But ... More >>

10 Questions: Jay Jerrier

Eight or nine years ago, it was Louie's or nothing for pizza aficionados. Then along came Fireside Pies and...And that inspired Jay Jerrier, a man with a taste for pizza and far too much time on his hands. He built an oven in his backyard, baked as a hobby for two years, then plunged into th ... More >>

Food For Thought...

"A lot of people have left the category. Also a lot of young people have not entered the category, so these ads may help Coke both recruit new, young consumers and recruit some lapsed consumers." (Beverage Digest editor John Sicher, clearly excited over the soft drink company's new marketing campai ... More >>

Jason Kidd and Rest of Mavericks Are Not Good Singers, Most Definitely

Your Dallas Mavericks are hosting some kind of karaoke contest -- free tickets to Vegas, year's worth of Coke (wait -- you sure this isn't a Dallas Cowboys contest? Hi-yo) and other spoils to the victor. But the promo video proves that we're all winners. --Robert Wilonsky

Burning Question: Is It OK To Drink From The Well?

Yeah, yeah. Red state, blue state, Sunni versus Shiite, McCain battling against his "maverick" past--big deal.These are but minor little spats compared to the one issue that threatens to rend our social fabric, set brother against brother and perhaps even topple our sacred devotion to progress: in t ... More >>

The Sanitary Science of Skull Bonging

Film 2007: Doc Block

Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen

Holy Trinity

So, You Don't Like Airplane Food, Hunh?

Wherein Richie Goes to a Winger Concert and Determines, "Not Bad."

The Unfriendly Skies

Man Amongst 'Boys

Eight Is Enough

Long before he was canonized, Troy Aikman was comical. Who knew?

The Cross' Word

David Cross talks about Mr. Show one more time

Driven

Speed for a Cure

To Be Cooler

Best Butter

Gumbo's Louisiana Style Cafe

Best Chili

Highland Park Pharmacy

Best In-Store Greeting

Harold's

Best Vintage Store

Pandemonium Limited Vintage Clothing

Open Doors

Buzz-Oven is cooking up a new audience for local music. One 16-year-old at a time.

Scene, Heard

KRBV's change in format causes barely a ripple in the airwaves

Best hangover recuperation spot

John's Café

Best lunch deal (tie)

Nuevo Leon & Monica's Aca y Alla

Out There

Flickerstick

True believer

From punk to rock to country, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

Bug in your ear

For 25 years, Bug Music has protected the rights of songwriters. In the process, it's gotten Willie Dixon's songs back from Led Zeppelin and transformed Iggy Pop into a TV commercial composer.

Cola kids

Public school students become a captive audience for corporate advertisers

Short takes

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