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Carrollton Man Gets 36 Months in Federal Prison for Selling Crappy Counterfeit Cellphone Accessories

The iPhone cases with crooked "Chanel" logos you see over at your local cellphone accessory store or mall kiosk could be evidence of an international criminal conspiracy, according to the feds. A Carrollton resident, Shiraz Sherali Odhwani, 54, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison and o ... More >>

Lucille Baller, the Rapping Dallas Police Lieutenant, Had a Bad Weekend

Last month, in one of the more bizarre stories to emerge from the Dallas Police Department in recent years, it came to light that the officer in charge burglary and theft detectives in the southwest and northwest patrol units, Lt. Regina Smith was moonlighting as a rapper using the handle -- and ass ... More >>

Dallas Man to 911: "I'm Just Going to Fire Gunshots into the Air to Get Police Here"

Late Friday night, Kevin Koudelka arrived home to discover that one of the windows of his Lake Highlands house had been shattered by a brick, and that whoever had thrown the brick had stepped through the broken window, and had done so numerous times en route from the car to the house. No surprise th ... More >>

Grab That Gucci, Girl

A Cheap Lunch at the Zodiac? It's a Gas.

Overaccessorized old ladies count: 12 Prada count: 5 The Zodiac Room in Neiman Marcus downtown is an old white lady's wet dream. Here, you can brag about your Louis Vuitton luggage and talk shit about that chick who always shows up late to church ("And then, gasp, she has the nerve to sing the wron ... More >>

Kanye West's "Theraflu," Explained

America loves hip-hop music, but we don't always understand the meaning behind the message. We love to dance awkwardly to "Rack City" in the comfort of our homes while throwing imaginary ones in the air, but seldom take the time to break down a song line by line to derive its true meaning. That's ... More >>

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Stuff We Want At Lula B's

This previously adored Louis Vuitton train case sparks exotic escape fantasies. After all, it would only look better if fluffed out, filled with carefully selected frocks for an impassioned weekend getaway. Sure, you could use a smaller bag on a two-day pass, but why on earth would you? This massiv ... More >>

Listomania: Ten Top Rihanna Fashion Styles, All Paired With Fitting Remixes and Covers.

With the international pop star and fashionista known as Rihanna currently being found glitzing up the cover of the April issue of Vogue, and stopping through Dallas for a gig at the American Airlines Center on July 8, we here at DC9 figured it high time to give the performer's career a much-needed ... More >>

Cibus Brings Brunch To The Mall

Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourThe Cibus Benedict features creamy Parmesan sauce and, supposedly, crab.​Sunday morning, as downtown restaurants were brimming with Super Bowl brunchers, the Man O' The Hour and I headed north into the sweet, consumerist bosom of North Park Center. There, ... More >>

Next Week, Main Street to Close Down For Two Nights As Old Praetorian Building Goes "4D"

Flickr user: lumierefl​For a sneak peek of what's in store on November 30 and December 3, go here -- to a video from New York City, wherein the Ralph Lauren store on Madison Avenue was transformed earlier this month into a ginormous movie screen. Which isn't the half of it. "Inception in real life ... More >>

West Meets East and Comes Back
With a Full Stomach

All photos by Kristy YangAt the Food Court in Thailand​I've been away for the past few weeks tending to some family stuff in Asia and have been a tad too busy to do any blogging. I'm sure the editor's ulcer will be relieved to know that I'm back now with my one measly post a week. While away, ... More >>

Leap Year

It's In the Bag

With Tetro, It's Family Biz

Today In Music News: Jane's Addiction's Legit Reunion, Kanye West's Legit Fashion Sense

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, February 18, 2009... It's starting to look like the recently announced Jane's Addiction reunion tour will turn out to be a full-on reunion: Founding bassist Eric Avery hasn't played with the band since 1991, nixing all "reunion" tours, and onl ... More >>

Buyer Beware: Lil Wayne's Got a Crappy Record at Live Performances

Big-Screen Sex and the City Is A Poor-Man's Knockoff

The Chicks'll Scream

Get Greased at the Inwood

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend (XL)

'Darjeeling' Brings Depth, Whimsy

Wes Anderson's road trip tale of brotherly love features Adrian Brody, Owen Wilson

Morph Dork

Time for another nip and tuck at Vue

Kiss Ass or Kick Ass -- It's Your Choice

Scrambled Eggs

Drawing the fine line between global and coastal cuisine

Room with a Beef

Field Not So Glorious

The DMA hosts two exhibitions--one provocative, one pandering

Heart Attack

Attempting romantic comedy, Sir Ridley Scott conquers neither

Knock Off the Knock-Offs

Star Focker

David LaChapelle's photographs will rub you the right way

Angel Feud

With heavenly hosts, Marisol and Living End take two different looks at the afterlife

Best Bling

Tiffany & Co.

Best Knock-offs

Sam Moon Trading Co.

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

War of the Words

Dallas' Scrabble geeks bring in the heavy artillery -- J, X, and Z -- for big bucks and glory