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    May 31, 2011

    Last Night: The Twilight Singers, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's at the Granada Theater

    The Twilight Singers, Margot & the Nuclear So and So'sThe Granada TheaterMay 30, 2011Much better than: sitting around waiting for the damn NBA Finals to get going.Twilight Singers​While many folks gathered at parks and other area locales in order to show respect for those who have fought for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    2011 NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS -- Mavericks vs. Thunder: My Top 10 Observer-ations

    ​10. I'll have my position-by-position breakdown complete with, yes, the highly (smirk) coveted prediction tomorrow, but let's get this party started pronto. Back in 1994 I covered the Mavericks for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and a team that featured point guards Jason Ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    SMU Men's Basketball Program Slapped With Two Years Probation For Text Messages

    SMU​Sure, it's not the death penalty, but the NCAA just released a statement saying it has accepted self-imposed sanctions by Southern Methodist University on its basketball program. SMU's recommendations included two years probation (March 10, 2011, through March 9, 2013), a reduction of 15 recru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Footpulls: Anti-Grubber Device Slow to Take Off

    ​The bathroom doors at Brackets, the sports bar that's taken over the space vacated by Trader Vic's, are equipped with contraptions that allow guests to pull the doors open with their feet. The rounded metal pulls make good sense at Brackets, where guests are eating pizza and grasping ping po ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2010

    Justin Townes Earle Could Live up to his Legacy, but He's Not Promising Anything.

    ​The bathroom doors at Brackets, the sports bar that's taken over the space vacated by Trader Vic's, are equipped with contraptions that allow guests to pull the doors open with their feet. The rounded metal pulls make good sense at Brackets, where guests are eating pizza and grasping ping po ... More >>

  • Music

    October 7, 2010

    Is the ACL Spillover Effect Just a Big Myth?

    ​The bathroom doors at Brackets, the sports bar that's taken over the space vacated by Trader Vic's, are equipped with contraptions that allow guests to pull the doors open with their feet. The rounded metal pulls make good sense at Brackets, where guests are eating pizza and grasping ping po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Moves by Rangers at Winter Meetings Has Our Baseball Weenie Harden-ing

    Meet the Rangers' new ace: Rich Harden​Despite the financial restraints stemming from the team's unresolved ownership situation, Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels skillfully inked the most dominant free-agent starter at this week's Winter Meetings in Indianapolis without adding payroll ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2009

    The Dallas Diesel Give Football Has-Beens and Hopefuls One More Shot at the Gridiron

    Meet the Rangers' new ace: Rich Harden​Despite the financial restraints stemming from the team's unresolved ownership situation, Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels skillfully inked the most dominant free-agent starter at this week's Winter Meetings in Indianapolis without adding payroll ... 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

    May 27, 2009

    Good Riddance, Greg Ellis

    Good guy and good player ultimately not good enough.In the end, soon-to-be former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis is so much Michael Finley and Michael Young: A great leader and good player buried in a shitty era. Except that - with his annual bitching about this or that - Ellis may have tarnished h ... More >>

  • Music

    May 21, 2009

    Margot and The Nuclear Apathy

    Good guy and good player ultimately not good enough.In the end, soon-to-be former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis is so much Michael Finley and Michael Young: A great leader and good player buried in a shitty era. Except that - with his annual bitching about this or that - Ellis may have tarnished h ... More >>

  • News

    August 28, 2008

    Enter Stage Right

    With the curtain falling on its old playhouse,Dallas Theater Center gets its act together with a new leader

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    Dallas Out-Rocks Houston, Las Vegas and Seattle

    With the curtain falling on its old playhouse,Dallas Theater Center gets its act together with a new leader

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    The Man Who Would Be King

    Freddy Haynes seemed a shoo-in to lead the NAACP. Then Obama's ex-pastor came to town.

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2007

    At Thirteen and Counting, Dallas County Will Clear the Name of One More Innocent Man Today

    Freddy Haynes seemed a shoo-in to lead the NAACP. Then Obama's ex-pastor came to town.

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Cruising With the Whore Cop

    Officer Terry Peters knows just about every hooker in town. And they love him--because he keeps them alive.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2006

    Port of Call

    Officer Terry Peters knows just about every hooker in town. And they love him--because he keeps them alive.

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Tuna Meltdown

    Domineering dunce is dumbing down Dallas

  • Music

    November 20, 2003

    O Brothers, Who Art Thou?

    If you don't know who the Soledad Brothers are, you should

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Lancing Plano

    Plus: Wish You Were Here; Clues for Camp

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    The New Boss?

    Pete Yorn on Bruce, bongs and “Burrito”

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    The Nick of Time

    This is Van Exel's team now, and his town, too

  • Music

    August 22, 2002

    Remembering Dave

    Drowning Pool loses a singer, Dallas loses a star

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Access Denied

    In the he-said, she-said world of child visitation disputes, dads like Doug Watkins say fathers have no rights

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    The True Believer

    Say what you want about Marvin Olasky, the oddball UT professor and controversial architect of Bush's "compassionate conservatism." He practices what he preaches.

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    Anchors Aweigh

    Channel 5's Mike Snyder has a load lifted as he settles an ethics lawsuit

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Planting SEEDs of hope

    An innovative math program recalculates which students will succeed and which will fail at DISD

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Bloodhounds

    New DNA evidence points to a gruesome end for atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  • Culture

    November 4, 1999

    The shape of things

    Form, function, and abstraction blend in sculptor Anthony Wright's new show

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Gold gamble

    Voters would decide if Olympic efforts get up to $100 million in state subsidies

  • Music

    May 20, 1999

    Lush life

    Pianist Cedar Walton has played with and known -- and been -- the best

  • Culture

    February 12, 1998

    The madness of King Jerry

    What a surprise--the owner of the Dallas Cowboys is nuts

  • Music

    January 8, 1998

    Every which way but loose

    The Dallas scene flourishes beneath the chaos

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    Playing Hardball

    The Feds pitch a shutout in the area's first 'three strikes' case

  • Music

    September 7, 1995

    Swingin' the blues

    Big Al Dupree makes his recording debut after 72 years

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    Virgin Academy

    At Dallas' old Ambassador hotel, Mr. Gothard's good girls learn the virtues of remaining pure

  • Music

    July 20, 1995

    Unsung diva

    R&B great Etta James ponders the fame that got away

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