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Two Robbers Tied Up a 76-Year-Old at His Lakewood Home, Stole His TV and Class Ring

The man who knocked on David Goldman's door at 9:30 last night didn't look like trouble. He was fairly young, in his mid-20s, "dressed neat, clean-shaven and (with) a good haircut," the 76-year-old later told police, and he asked the price on the 1996 Mercedes for sale in the driveway. Two grand? Th ... More >>

Why SXSW is Worth it, Even if You Have No Plans and No Access

Every year something happens that nearly prevents me from going to South by Southwest. This year was no different. A professional obligation on Thursday was threatening my travel plans, and I was considering giving it all up, joining in the chorus, of "It's too crowded," or whatever and staying in D ... More >>

T. Boone Pickens Takes Sen. John McCain's Former Presidential Campaign Strategist To Court Over Loan

T. Boone Pickens -- billionaire oil man, erstwhile wind-energy apostle, multimillion-dollar donor to Karl Rove's super PAC -- wants his money back. According to a filing in Dallas County court, he claims he's getting mostly stiffed on a $125,000 loan he made to political consultant John Weaver, who ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMA 2012 Nominees: Snow Tha Product

Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we'll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we've done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. This piece originally appeared in our June People ... More >>

ACL 2012: Sunday's 10 Best & Funniest Moments at Zilker

The rains came early on Sunday morning, but by the time the ACL opened up for business before noon, there was hardly a cloud in the sky, making for an extremely warm and muddy day. The biggest acts of the day -- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy & the Stooges, Crystal Castles, and the Avett Brothers -- he ... More >>

Three Men Are Wanted in a Drive-By at Lolita's That Left a Man Paralyzed

Lukas Da Cruz, 21, was standing outside Lolita's on Lemmon Avenue in the early morning hours of August 16 when a silver Honda drove past. According to a police report and a Facebook account, someone in the car fired a shot from a .40-caliber pistol, hitting him in the back near the right shoulder b ... More >>

Rita's Italian Ice Ice Baby

Rita's Italian Ice, or Rita's Water Ice, or as the corporate website put its, Rita's Ice-Custard-Happiness, is a quickly growing frozen treats franchise out of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, (near Philly). In addition to their many names, they also have many many many combos. One can have a straight Rita ... More >>

Snow Tha Product: The Human Alarm Clock

In this week's Dallas Observer, we profile 30 of the metro area's most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Claudia Feliciano has lived in Fort Worth for the past three years, but she's flown under ... More >>

The Beach Boys - Verizon Theatre - 4/26/12

The Beach Boys Verizon Theatre Thursday, April 26 In the past few decades, various incarnations of the Beach Boys toured the oldies/county fair circuit, rehashing the popular hits over and over again, usually for a cheap ticket price (or even free). Alas, with Brian Wilson back in the fold, the res ... More >>

The Great Dallas Brisket Taco Hunt

Five brisket tacos at five places in five hours: It's more meat -- and more fun -- than it seems.

Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess

Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics.

Night Three of Austin City Limits '11: If You're Gonna Go Out, You Better Go Out With a Bang.

Pete FreedmanArcade Fire played a familiar set to end Austin City Limits 2011. But it was still thrilling.​ The hot sun from the morning of Day Three at the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival persisted well into the afternoon and evening at Zilker Park. But with the festival end looming and pl ... More >>

ACL Capsule Reviews: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., The Walkmen, Broken Social Scene, and Elbow

Elbow brought the Manchester rain on Sunday.​And just like that, the heat returned. The hot sun beat down on the wet grass, creating an inescapable humidity in Zilker Park on Sunday. As such, the people came prepared to sweat it out. The same guys hawking ponchos yesterday now had packets of ... More >>

Whitt's End: 6.24.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Love the Mavs' draft. Turning the 26th pick into Rudy Fernandez is a big win. Think of Fernandez, 26 and a three-year veteran with the Blazers, as a younger, better Peja Stojakovi ... More >>

Sleigh Bells Ring. Are You Listening?

Barks on Parade

ACL '10, Night Two: Muse, Matt & Kim and M.I.A. Muster Might, Magic and Meh.

​Night fell down on Austin Town and it figured it'd be a busy night. And with The xx and Temper Trap setting the table for LCD Soundsystem, Gogol Bordello, Monsters of Folk, Deadmau5, Matt & Kim, MIA and Muse, Saturday did indeed set it self up to be remembered as ACL 2010's strongest.Except f ... More >>

Do You Ho? Yes, You. Do You Need to Heal? Yes, You. Then You Must Read This Q&A.

Break up: a study in clip art.​Here's what happened: I recently read a review of some book written by some guy from Dallas called Men Don't Heal, We Ho on Dallas South News. I was intrigued by the healing and the ho'ing. I wanted to know more. So I asked the writer and publisher of the book, Steve ... More >>

Last Night, After Dallas Police Kicked Off "Operation Triangle," a Ride-Along!

Deputy Chief Malik Aziz briefs reporters on Operation Triangle.​I got pretty excited last night when I heard a couple of women were attempting to knife each other in a parking lot in Pleasant Grove. Not, you know, because ladies knifing each other is my thing, but because I really wanted to crank ... More >>

Pho From Home: Finding Perfection

​In Pho From Home we seek out the variety of pho--authentic, Texified, good and bad--available in restaurants, starting in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City and winding all the way around the Dallas area.I am staring at a forty-paged PDF file on my laptop. My mother, who lives in Ho Chi Minh City, ... More >>

In Dallas Dog Parks, Canines Aren't the Only Ones at Play

Get Into Gear

NASCAR hits TMS for some serious fuel-burning

Dog Tale

One of the year's best, Wendy and Lucy, sneaks in while you were distracted by the blockbusters

Laughingstock

See the stars of Last Comic Standing

Way to Support the FBI There, Deborah Lee Stinson. Allegedly.

There's More of the Same in Mario Kart Wii, and That Just Might Be Plenty

Review: The Fillmore Pub in Plano

Going green–both environmentally and Irish-spirited

Soul Chanteuse Sharon Jones' Time Has Arrived

She is the songstress Amy Winehouse wishes to be

Huzzah!

A rousing tale from the land of Dorkus Malorkus

We Got Next

How two brothers, their mom, their friends and a white guy named Cletus hope to win the hip-hop game

Undue Process

Want to send an innocent man to prison for life? Judge Karen Greene is ready to help.

Dilated Peoples, Little Brother

Saturday, March 25, at the Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

Branded

Neighbors try to rub out a tattoo parlor from their street

Really Fast Food

Where do race-car drivers eat?

Whiz Biz Kids

Dallas' young entrepreneurs live by their creed: Just do it.

Purring Gears

The upscale casual Houston's is a well-oiled machine

Motor Away

Get your motor running at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show

Go East

Don't get lost in translation

The Phantom Menace

The ghosts of Ju-On: The Grudge are here to annoy you

Playing Favorites

Local musicians pick the tops

Best Auto Body Shop

Excalibur Collision Center

Best Place to Watch Really Bad Drivers

Downtown

Where the Rubber Leaves the Road...

...and flesh sometimes meets the pavement, stunt bikers look to go legit

Sad Tail

Bradley's is one turf that doesn't surf

Bells’ll Be Ringing

Dallas forms a special union

Franco File

The Emperor's Checkbook

Dallas City Hall finances could be our own little Enron

Those Poor Starvin' Cops

If Dallas cops are so destitute, how come police station parking lots look like the auto show?

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.

Best place to race illegally

Intersections of Parker and Independence, Coit and Park, Plano