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April 27, 2012
John McCauley of Deer Tick: "I Heard That Charlize Theron Is A Fan"
Providence, Rhode Island's Deer Tick is all about John J. McCauley III. The singer/guitarist formed the band in 2004 and his warped wit and croaking vocal style define Deer Tick's sound. Speaking from a Pittsburgh restaurant and in anticipation of Saturday's show at The Loft, McCauley spoke about De ... More >>
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February 14, 2012
New Reality Show, White Collar Brawlers Wants You To Whack Your Cubical Mate
Brought to you by the same folks who generated Toddlers in Tiaras, the new AMC reality show White Collar Brawlers is coming to Dallas searching for would-be stars. The webisode-turned-series follows three pairs of co-workers who, fed-up with the drudgery of office life, trade in their staplers and p ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
The Wild Cards Are Finished: Watching the NFL Through Food
What a weird weekend in football. While I'm glad New Orleans trumped Detroit (what do people in D-town eat besides sadness?), I'm devastated by Pittsburgh's loss to Denver, another town whose culinary culture is difficult to define. What Would Tebow Cook? Pittsburgh, however, gave rise to the glory ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
The Problem With ... Mac Miller's "Party on Fifth Ave"
When a new, hyped-up rapper appears on the charts, I play a game in which I compare a rapper with others on the charts and judge whether they positively contribute to the hip hop. I call that game "What's! Their! Niche!!!" Today's contestant is ... Mac Miller from Pittsburgh! Come on dooown! Mac ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Dallas Cowboys Vehemently Deny They're Making Clothes in a Salvadoran Sweatshop
On Wednesday, the Pittsburgh-based Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights issued a report titled Dressing Babies in Sweatshop Clothing: Dallas Cowboys, Ohio State and a Creepy Business, in which it alleged that the Cowboys are having team-branded clothing made in "gross sweatshop conditions ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Find Your Special Sports Fan
On Wednesday, the Pittsburgh-based Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights issued a report titled Dressing Babies in Sweatshop Clothing: Dallas Cowboys, Ohio State and a Creepy Business, in which it alleged that the Cowboys are having team-branded clothing made in "gross sweatshop conditions ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
AT&T PAC's New CEO Is Familiar With Such Words As "Cash-Strapped" and "Cutbacks"
Mark WeinsteinIt's been almost a year since Mark Nerenhausen suddenly stepped down as CEO of the AT&T Performing Arts Center after less than two years on the job. But this morning, the AT&T PAC made it official: Mark Weinstein, ex of the Washington National Opera and the Pittsburgh Opera, ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Three Shows Worth Seeing in Dallas Tonight
Not a bad Tuesday night coming at you this evening. After the the jump, we highlight the three best.
Blogs
March 3, 2011
Tiffany Derry Defends For-Profit Culinary Schools
Dallas chef Tiffany Derry this week dove into the maelstrom surrounding financial assistance at for-profit colleges, arguing in an essay for The Hill that the government is threatening the culinary arts by withholding loans from students enrolled in career schools. The Department of Educatio ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
Come for the Super Bowl. Stay for the Skiing.
Photos by Justin TerveenI texted Justin shortly past 1 a.m.: "You getting this?" Silly me. He was at Fair Park at that very moment, snapping away. For hi-res versions, and time-lapse video, go here.Seven hours later and ... impressive. Unless you're, say, Sports Guy Bill Simmons, who shoots up th ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
In Trinity Trust News: Calatrava Party Plans! And, the Promise of a "More Humane City."
Last night I espied this billboard in a TV trailer for Country Strong, which clearly takes place in the distant future. The Dallas Trinity Arena can be found next to Ray's Sporting Goods. Or Austin, home of Hornitos.The Trinity Trust this morning sends further details concerning the grand opening ... More >>
Film
November 18, 2010
The Next Three Days: Paul Haggis Shows No Improvement.
Last night I espied this billboard in a TV trailer for Country Strong, which clearly takes place in the distant future. The Dallas Trinity Arena can be found next to Ray's Sporting Goods. Or Austin, home of Hornitos.The Trinity Trust this morning sends further details concerning the grand opening ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Los Pinos Ranch Chardonnay: Less Oak,
More Turpentine
Wine from Pittsburgh? Surely you jest. After all, Pittsburgh is Steel City, known for its dominating football teams, brawling blue-collar identity and Primanti's, a famous hangout where the cooks are known to stuff French fries inside their burgers. Of course you would want to wash down such ... More >>
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August 31, 2010
Labor Day: Fanfare for the Common Foods
Labor Day used to be a really big deal. Back when a minimum wage was considered radical and child labor was the norm, workers turned out in fearsome numbers to march for their rights. More than 10 thousand workers joined the first-ever Labor Day parade in New York in 1882, many of them weari ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Explore Some Art
Labor Day used to be a really big deal. Back when a minimum wage was considered radical and child labor was the norm, workers turned out in fearsome numbers to march for their rights. More than 10 thousand workers joined the first-ever Labor Day parade in New York in 1882, many of them weari ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Gem of the Ocean
Labor Day used to be a really big deal. Back when a minimum wage was considered radical and child labor was the norm, workers turned out in fearsome numbers to march for their rights. More than 10 thousand workers joined the first-ever Labor Day parade in New York in 1882, many of them weari ... More >>
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June 7, 2010
The Top 10 Best Character Names in Sports Movies That I Could Think of Off the Top of My Head
Jesus saves. And shoots.Why did the Los Angeles Lakers lose Game 2 of the NBA Finals Sunday night? Because they turned their back on Jesus. Boston Celtics' guard Ray Allen - who played "Jesus Shuttlesworth" in Spike Lee's He Got Game - went off on L.A. He hit a Finals-record eight 3-pointe ... More >>
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January 26, 2010
Did Tom Hicks Strike Out By Turning Down a Better Deal for the Texas Rangers?
Perhaps I missed this elsewhere, but in the wake of Saturday night's announcement concerning Tom Hicks's having hammered out a deal with Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan -- otherwise known as the Rangers Baseball Express -- there's news that the deal's anything but done. It come ... More >>
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December 17, 2009
Chuck Greenberg > Tom Hicks. Texas Rangers = Texas Rangers?
Myrtle Beach Pelicans Chuck GreenbergLots of positives on the sale of your Texas Rangers from Tom Hicks to Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg. *First and foremost, Hicks will be a minority voice, but one with zero say on trading, hiring, firing or signing players, coaches or emplo ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
Would-Be Owners of Your Texas Rangers Have Been Parading Through Arlington This Week
Reuters was right: Last week, the news service reported that the three parties interested in taking the Texas Rangers off Tom Hicks's hands would be in Arlington this week to meet and greet with team bigwigs. And, so far, so good: According to Official Statements from the LeMaster Group, which ha ... More >>
Film
September 3, 2009
My One and Only
Reuters was right: Last week, the news service reported that the three parties interested in taking the Texas Rangers off Tom Hicks's hands would be in Arlington this week to meet and greet with team bigwigs. And, so far, so good: According to Official Statements from the LeMaster Group, which ha ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2009
Dallas, So Much Like Pittsburgh
We're awaiting our very copy of John F. Wasik's new book Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream, due to arrive shortly, in which he documents how the housing boom went bust and how walkable cities died a slow death, surprise surprise. And while Dallas and the surroundin ... More >>
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March 26, 2009
Girls 61, Boys 44
Mike Rhyner actually drained this 3-pointer. The rest of Team Ticket's night was considerably suckier. One player wore low-top running shoes and - duh - sprained his ankle. A guy in only a diaper was escorted out by security. And, in the end, the teen-aged girls reduced the mid ... More >>
Music
February 5, 2009
Don Caballero, DD/MM/YY, Hawk vs. Dove, Magnets
Friday, February 6, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton
Music
October 16, 2008
Is Girl Talk's Rebellion A Sign Of The Times?
Just how out there Is Girl Talk's Feed the Animals?
Blogs
July 21, 2008
Mark Cuban Will Be on the Interwebs Today, Courtesy the FCC
Just how out there Is Girl Talk's Feed the Animals?
Blogs
July 21, 2008
Channel 11's Out of Bologna
Just how out there Is Girl Talk's Feed the Animals?
Blogs
July 16, 2008
The Texas Strangers
Just how out there Is Girl Talk's Feed the Animals?
Blogs
July 3, 2008
God Bless America. And Sports.
Just how out there Is Girl Talk's Feed the Animals?
Blogs
January 28, 2008
Urban Land Institute Taps the Cedars As the Site of Its Annual Design Contest
Just how out there Is Girl Talk's Feed the Animals?
News
December 13, 2007
Ask a Mexican
Where�s the Mexican love for the Motor City?
Music
June 28, 2007
Sodajerk
2 (Self-released)
News
April 5, 2007
Lemmings and Toll Roads| An Acquired Taste
2 (Self-released)
Music
February 22, 2007
Singles Going Steady
MySpace and no-wave make sweet music together
Film
February 15, 2007
Accidental Tourists
Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history
News
November 2, 2006
�Ask a Mexican!
Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history
Blogs
October 30, 2006
A Cuban Sandwich
Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history
Culture
October 12, 2006
Who's on Faust?
Heavy bargaining for souls at Jubilee Theatre, Lyric Stage; hell is Glory of Living
Blogs
October 3, 2006
German Engineering
Heavy bargaining for souls at Jubilee Theatre, Lyric Stage; hell is Glory of Living
News
July 20, 2006
The Young and the Peerless
Baseball's best-kept secret plays in your backyard
Calendar
June 1, 2006
Dallas' Prostitute
The once-Little D hussy opens on Commerce Street
Music
September 8, 2005
Modey Lemon
Tuesday, September 13, at Rubber Gloves
Calendar
February 12, 2004
Trick Schtick
David Copperfield tries for a lucky "13"
Dining
January 15, 2004
Meal Tickets
Are airline meals worth the cost?
News
July 20, 2000
He's baaaack
Marty Griffin, onetime media pariah, readies for his return--this time, on radio
News
July 20, 2000
Letters
Falling down; One deluded man; Family matters; The Stick Men speak
Culture
June 15, 2000
Banter
Don Juan in Chicago
Film
February 24, 2000
Wonder bread
Curtis Hanson builds us a cheese sandwich out of Chabon's novel
Film
September 16, 1999
Lord, almighty
Stigmata can make you miss the split-pea soup
News
May 7, 1998
Letters
Stigmata can make you miss the split-pea soup
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