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Pecan Lodge: The Best Thing in the History of Time Brings Harmony Back to a Marriage

Long-time readers of this blog will remember the irrepressible mischief of my wife, Richard (not her real name). Well, one of the greatest regrets of our marriage is that I took her to Pecan Lodge one time on an off-day. It was good, but not great. She was unimpressed. I had been one time before tha ... More >>

Calexico at Granada Theater: Review

Last night, Calexico delivered a performance as expansive and dramatic as the Southwestern landscape and people from which the band draws so much of its inspiration. In turn the audience -- and the Granada itself -- gave back to the band all required to make the evening a memorable one for the perfo ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In DFW This Week, January 22-24

Calexico, Bahamas Tuesday, January 22, at Granada Theater, $18-$29 The last time Calexico rolled through Dallas for their 2008 release, Carried to Dust, they were as effortless as a tumbleweed, but harnessed the power of a sand storm. It's no news that since the mid '90s, Tucson, Arizona's Calexico ... More >>

Calexico

Tuesday, January 22, at The Granada Theater

Muslim Hunting

David Horowitz has made taunting college students a spectator sport. Sometimes he's actually right.

The 25 Creepiest Heavy Metal Album Covers

By Jason Roche Halloween is the time where it's acceptable to wallow in the creepy, the crawly, the dark, and the macabre. Sounds like the themes of heavy metal, year-round! Here then, are those most spine-tingliest metal album covers, for your All Hallow's Eve viewing pleasure. Step inside...

A Red Carpet And An Enslaved Princess

Five of This Week's Top Show Announcements: Kendrick Lamar, Maroon 5 and More

Kendrick Lamar Wednesday, October 31, at South Side Music Hall, $34.29 Here's a last-minute announcement for ya. If you still haven't nailed down your Halloween plans for next week, Scoremore's bringing Kendrick Lamar back to town, and he'll be serving up tracks from his brand-new album, good kid, m ... More >>

Rambo Romney Should Call for Restarting the Draft

Make us believe you mean it, Mitt. Bring back the draft. For the better part of a week, I have been reading all these thinly veiled suggestions by Mitt Romney that President Obama isn't enough of an ass-kicker in the Middle East. His aides have been telling reporters that a President Romney right n ... More >>

Refugee Writers Means an Outlet for Refugees and Awareness for the Rest of Us

The other day, Unfair Park chatted with filmmaker Bentley Brown about his film Faisal Goes West, the tale of a Sudanese family moving to America and settling in Dallas' Vickery Meadow neighborhood. Brown mentioned his friend who convinced him to film in Dallas (and acted as script supervisor) starte ... More >>

Crushed Stars on Seeing KISS, Prince and The Replacements

Crushed Stars' newest record, In the Bright Rain, came out this week, and to celebrate, we asked band mastermind Todd Gautreau and drummer Jeff Ryan about their first shows. What was the first show you remember seeing? Were you with your parents? Todd Gautreau: My first show was KISS. I must have b ... More >>

At Theatre Three, La Bête Could Be Better

David Hirson's tribute to Molière, La Bête, is the sort of play Theatre Three thinks they should be doing - but shouldn't. The 1991 comedy, which has enjoyed a couple of decent Broadway runs, the latest starring the incomparable Mark Rylance, is written in rhymed couplets. Nobody wants to see play ... More >>

There's a Wolf at Rick Perry's Door

​Wolf Blitzer of CNN takes on the Republican candidates tonight for the second foreign policy debate. This is the do-or-die moment for our homeboy: Either Rick Perry repairs his fortunes and escapes the back-bench or he's toast. Perry's people know that, so our governor is going to be all-in tonig ... More >>

Ray Manzarek and Roy Rogers Talk Translucent Blues and Some Other Crazy Stuff

At 72, keyboardist Ray Manzarek has just about done it all. Best known at the keyboardist for the Doors, Manzarek has stayed busy as a performer and producer for the past three decades. Joining forces with renowned slide guitarist Roy Rogers in 2008, the duo have recorded two critically acclaimed ... More >>

Obama's Home-Brewin' Won't Cut It. So: Five Foodie Ideas To Prop Up the Prez.

​With Oktoberfest and other events coming up, it's High Beer Season, which explains why the White House has been serving up some of his homebrews. But why stop with beer? House-made anything is a worthy endeavor that rewards the laborer with a fresh, interesting product you can serve with a s ... More >>

Cheese, Wine and an Education: What More Could You Want from a Date?

​Molto Formaggio The Cheese Shop provides the perfect set up for a date with its class on paring cheese and wine flights. For $75 per couple (classes are limited to 10 couples) you get to try three wine flights, three cheese flights, other food accompaniments to mix and match with the various ... More >>

Listomania: Seven Debut Albums Not Worth Being Saved By God

You're going to do what with my blood?​We're already started on a big weekend, folks. Earth Day and Good Friday are both happening now. Plus, Sunday is Easter. Oh, and Passover ends next Tuesday. Which brings us to this post. In the original passover story, Jewish families would sacrifice a lamb t ... More >>

The Original King of Wrap

Umbrella, -ella, -ella

Of Gods and Men: A Tale of Madness, Monks and Martyrs

North Texas Emigres Celebrating Egypt's Revolution Better Rely on Home Cooking

kosharirecipe.blogspot.comKoshary, a favorite Egyptian dish​Valentine's Day calls for chocolates and Champagne, but what's the proper meal for marking a peaceful democratic revolution? Dallasites looking to express solidarity with protesters in Cairo have discovered traditional Egyptian food ... More >>

From the Bud Light Hotel, A Reminder to Drink Responsibly and Take A Yellow Cab Home

Photos by Patrick MichelsDallas County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Gary Lindsey called drunk driving "the largest problem law enforcement faces."Speaking of drinking ...Across an icy stretch of Young Street from City Hall this morning, an intimate media bunch huddled up at the Bud Light Hotel to hear abo ... More >>

What Happens In Cairo...

Mummies R Us

A Retreat From the Screech of Dissonant Days, or: My Rabbi Says To Knock Off the Blogging

Rabbi David Stern​Ran into my rabbi last Sunday -- David Stern, head man at Temple Emanu-El of Dallas, very hip and very influential so I hear -- and asked him: "You mind sending me your Kol Nidre sermon? I'd like to post to Unfair Park." He grinned and said sure -- grinned, I'm sure, because it w ... More >>

Staff Trax: Big K.R.I.T., Ian Brown, The Mekons, .357 String Band, AFI

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ou ... More >>

USA! USA! USA!

Cedars Mediterranean Mezza: Lots of Choices, but Mostly Mediocre

Station to Station

Youssef Chahine rolls into the Modern

Mamma Mia

See an Italian Girl in Algiers

Rockin' Tut

People stand in line to see the boy king

American Girls

Crossing between American and Egyptian cultures, he Said girls made one deadly misstep: They fell in love

Two Words: Jalapeño Sausage

Rendition is an Ordinary Terrorism Thriller

It's not torture, but this latest terrorism flick comes close

Naked Dinner

No muss, no fuss, great taste at Olea

Pharoah Fun

Try a late-night date with the boy king

Artistic Tetris

The Meadows showcases tile

War Weather

See the story of the protest Underground

Truth Be Told

Napoleon the Great

See a French view of Egypt at Beaux Arts

Days of Yore

Moore tells his father's tale

Stargate

King Queenie

Hatshepsut was a cross-dressin' royal

Psycho Greens

Arugula anguish and lettuce laments don't deter Greenz from churning out fresh salads

Mid-Rift Crisis

Where can you find belly dancing in Dallas?

Velvet Boot

Il Mulino gives Dallas Italian a kick

DJ /rupture

Minesweeper Suite (Tigerbeat6) / Gold Teeth Thief (Violent Turd)

Romeo's head

A would-be Indiana Jones reopens the debate over who got to America first