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The Grammys are Good for Something, at Least: Dallas Record Stores Get a Sales Bump

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. CD Source owner Lance Price says the Grammys still seem to be effecting who is rising to the t ... More >>

Interview with Sue and Marc Cassel About Their Storied Culinary Careers and New Spot, 20 Feet Seafood Joint

Sue and Marc Cassel opened their quaint new spot, 20 Feet Seafood Joint, just last week. Neighbors of Good 2 Go Tacos and Goodfriend, it's a well-played parlay in East Dallas dining. Sue and Marc have spent time at many notable area restaurants, like Star Canyon, Hotel Zaza and Park and they were pa ... More >>

Andrew Lostetter of Marquee Grill on Snowboarding, Trees and Recovering

In "Dancing in the Light" off the Rolling Stone's re-release of Exile on Main Street, Keith Richards' guitar has a pronounced Southern drawl and Mick Jagger sounds like he was born in East Texas while he complains of a "sinking feeling"... "You really hit the big time, I really took a dive
 I'm r ... More >>

Train Museum CEO Says Rolling Stock Will Leave Fair Park For Frisco in Late April

Via.LaPrelle says the Big Boy's move in April has prompted calls from all over the world.​Got a call this morning from Bob LaPrelle, president and CEO of the Museum of the American Railroad, which, as you're well aware by now, is due to roll out of Fair Park to its new digs in Frisco. I'd left him ... More >>

Sore Losers and Mind Spiders Among First Round Of Bands Announced For SXSW 2012

​Considering that pre-South by Southwest bash 35 Denton announced its first round of performers last week, I guess it makes sense, then, that the Austin fest would announce its own first round of performers this week -- and that their list is indeed larger than 35 Denton's list of 17 names, clocki ... More >>

Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Internet-Fueled Rise

David Willingham Used To Think Reggae Was Beneath Him. Now It's His Career.

​David Willingham has been a staple of the Dallas reggae community for as long as he's lived here. From the Monday jam sessions he helps host at the Balcony Club to production on several different projects including Two Men & A Machine and Aton, Willingham integrates Jamaican vibes and traditi ... More >>

Sigel's Discounts Mysterious Cheap Wines

Sigel's is readying to put its 90 Cellars wines on sale, making the label Time recently described as a "magical combo" of good wine and cheap prices an even better deal. ​90 Cellars, the subject of a feature story in The Boston Globe this week, has been garnering attention for its unique bu ... More >>

Whitt's End: 2.25.11

Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *I still don't fully understand Michael Young leaving Rangers spring training for two days. The team announced it was a "family matter." Manager Ron Washington said Young "has a family thin ... More >>

Meet Thane Hayhurst, An Apparent Poster Boy for Job Creation Through Deregulation

Dallas entrepreneur Thane Hayhurst works with computers.​From John Kramer at the Institute for Justice -- and it's funny, I was just staring down the barrel of my "Litigating for Liberty" hip flask -- comes the story of Dallas tech entrepreneur Thane Hayhurst, the "entrepreneurially driven David," ... More >>

Was the Glass Half Full or Half Empty for Dallas Diners in 2010?

Southern Maid To Take a Dunk in Oak Cliff

​A familiar name in doughnuts is returning to Oak Cliff after a four-decade absence. A new Southern Maid is set to open next week at the corner of Davis and Polk streets, Rob Shearer reported on the Go Oak Cliff blog this afternoon. Les Franklin, Southern Maid's vice-president of development ... More >>

PETA Releases Grisly Footage That Led to Raid on Exotic-Animal Wholesaler in Arlington

Don FeareSome of the fortunate few to survive confinement at U.S. Global Exotics in Arlington​Had it not been for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, federal investigators might never have known about conditions inside U.S. Global Exotics, the "massive international exotic-animal whol ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Viva Voce, Cut Off Your Hands, and Robert Gomez at Hailey's

Viva Voce, Cut Off Your Hands, and Robert GomezHailey's ClubJune 12th, 2009Better Than: imagining Clap Your Hands Say Yeah covering Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends in its entirety.Hailey's hosted another fine show on Friday night, but only a couple dozen people came out to see it. Luckily, ... More >>

Oyster Lovers Unite

Now may be your best chance for a little raw love

SXSW Announces First Round Of Scheduled Performers For '09 Fest

OK, so there's a clause at the bottom of the press release we just received--y'know "The list is subject to change" blah, blah blah--but lo and behold, here it is: The first round of announced performers for the 23rd SXSW festival, schedule to take place this year March 18-22. After the jump, the c ... More >>

From Outside Dallas, A Campaign Against Family Place's Ad Campaign

Deep Freeze

Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World

Review: James Rowland's Bistro Nous

Bistro Nous is inventive, but it's deviled by poor attention to details

Sambuca is Dallas' epicenter for Mediterranean jazz and—who knew?—Geritol jump-shooters

'Assassination' Anatomy

Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck in an epic movie that's as stylized as it is insane

AFI Fest Releases Lineup of Films and Guest List. Oh, Look: The Guy From Office Space

University of Texas at Dallas Set to Honor Its Late Nobel Prize-Winning Prof

Will Clarke: He's Officially Hot!

Freak Scene Revisited

Whole Lotta Nuthin'

The Reel Truth

Hollywood Claims the Sky is Falling. To Which We Say Puh-lease.

Better In The 'Burbs

Plano restaurant delights with authentic Italian

Go Dog Go

Taste's urban bistro has bite and bark

Gold in Alaska!

Imaad Wasif proves you don't have to go Hollywood to be a diva

Kung Fu'd

Or, what does Miramax have against Asian films?

Cruise Control

Peter Weir masters the sea epic--and Russell Crowe

Love and Death

Christine Jeffs and Gwyneth Paltrow imbue Sylvia Plath with new life...uh, and death

In the Drink

My Martini drips wine on the parched prairie

The Young Girl and the Sea

In Whale Rider, a Maori lass confronts her heritage and destiny

The Young Girl and the Sea

In Whale Rider, a Maori lass confronts her heritage and destiny

Barrel of Style

Hope springs for Mercy

Grape Lift

When it comes to food, Marty's Bistro is game--and its vino is primo

Of Feedlots and Fisheries

Richard Chamberlain puts smiles on the mouths of both fish and meat fans

Run, Don't Walk

York St.'s Sharon Hage should consider calling Lloyd's of London

Unalloyed Success

Despite its moniker, Steel is surprisingly warm

Dead Giveaway

A plea bargain closes the book on the mysterious disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Holy crap

Campion's latest will make disbelievers of us all

All's well that ends well

Texas hasn't followed art trends in the '90s -- and that's A-OK

Squeeze play

Federal authorities indict a suspect in the O'Hair disappearance, but the atheist's body is still missing

Hash Over

Beeson goes; Irish jig; List watch

Night & Day

June 10 - 16, 1999

Pub crawl

Dishing up a Cock & Bull story, with a touch of Blarney

Rawhide Italian

Antonio Ristorante revels in successful simplicity

Ramblin' toque

Chef Avner Samuel turns up for another 15 minutes of culinary fame at Okeanos