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Keystone Pipeline Protesters Tie Themselves to Construction Equipment, Halt Work

Three protesters tied themselves to logging equipment clearing trees for the southern portion of the Keystone pipeline early Wednesday morning. A representative of the group, which calls itself the Tar Sands Blockade, says work on the East Texas site is currently halted. "A caravan of between seven ... More >>

Lubbock County Judge Predicts Civil War if Obama is Re-elected, Proposes Tax Hike

This has nothing to do with Dallas, except that Dallas and Lubbock are both in Texas, but a Friend of Unfair Park passed along an article from a local TV station about a proposed tax increase in Lubbock County. More specifically, it's about County Judge Tom Head's reasons for asking for a tax increa ... More >>

Like Mitt Romney, I Also Longed to See Sunny Vietnam but Was Denied

Hey, it was great having Mitt Romney in town this week, was it not? He looks so different in Texas. Those national mediatoids were making him out to be a rich plutocrat who made his money killing companies and shipping jobs to Vietnam, but when we got to see him here under our own warm sun, he look ... More >>

Whitt's End: 6.17.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Jason Terry's voice is still hoarse from all the partying and cigars, but yet we're already peeking at 2012. Problem: The Mavs aren't a team built for the future, but rather the here-'n-now ... More >>

Mavs, From The Finals to the Fontainebleau

Dallas, it would seem, has a new America's Team this morning, and so we'll get to the "news" in a moment. First, though, two Association videos -- sneak peeks at the "mini-movie" to come later this afternoon. On this side, Dirk Nowtizki, who "slew the fire-breathing demon of unfulfilled expectations ... More >>

Don't Look Now, But Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Won a Championship the Right Way

​Mark Cuban was fuming. His team had just blown a 23-point lead in a Game 4 loss to Portland in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Mavericks were two losses from another early-round exit, the likely firing of head coach Rick Carlisle and yet another in a seemingly endless re-shuffling of ... More >>

Whitt's End: 6.10.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *In 31 years of basketball, the Dallas Mavericks have won a combined (regular season and playoffs) 1,349 games. One more in Miami either Sunday or Tuesday and they are NBA Champions. *Histor ... More >>

Cops Descend on Apartment Complex as Trial Continues in Case of Cop Killer. But Why?

​Not sure what's going on in the trial of Charles Payne, 29, accused of murdering of Dallas Police Senior Corporal Norm Smith during a botched attempt to serve a warrant at Payne's east Oak Cliff in January 2009, but it looks like somebody on the prosecution side is worried. Alex Stolarski, o ... More >>

Before the 2011 NBA Finals Start, One More Look Back at 2006 to Put Into Perspective Why This Series is So Dang Important

Sorry to pee on your Memorial Day barbecue, but you gotta get mad one more time before we can get even. Revenge, after all, is best served ... in South Beach. I know only Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry remain for the Mavericks and Udonis Haslem and Dwyane Wade remain on the Heat from the 2006 ... More >>

Let's Go Bulls! But Let's Never Forget the Heat!!

​We're rooting for the Chicago Bulls in tonight's Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Right? I know, in the regular season the Mavs were 2-0 against the Miami Heat and 0-2 against the Bulls. But the longer the series goes -- it's currently 3-1 Miami -- the more rest the Mavs will ge ... More >>

The Big German Takes on King James

As of Right Now, I'm Wishing Failure Upon ...

Miami Thrice, enjoy your demise.​Dwyane Wade in specific. And the Miami Heat in general. Take this lightly if you wish, but consider the career/personal plunges of my previous targets: *Terrell Owens (cut by the Cowboys, irrelevant as Buffalo Bill). *Tiger Woods (lost his wife, reputat ... More >>

The Budos Band

Sunday, August 22, at the Granada Theater

Staff Trax: The Apples in Stereo, Arcade Fire, Paul Brill, Built to Spill, Twin Sister and The Futureheads.

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 >>

Today In Music News: Black Cards Gets Singer, Ace Of Base Are Back And Porn Industry Feels Wrath Of Music Industry

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, July 15, 2010...Pete Wentz picked a hot Staten Island chanteuse for this side project, Black Cards.  I would assume if we take a time machine forward to at least two years from now he's left Ashley Simpson for her. ACE OF BASE ARE BACK!The m ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Thursday, July 8, 2010

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Indigo GirlsStaring Down the Brilliant Dream (Vanguard)This live, two-CD set co ... More >>

Mercy Wine Bar Would Make Roy Orbison Proud

​"Pretty woman, walkin' down the street, pretty woman the kind I like to meet, pretty woman.  I don't believe you.  You're not the truth.  No one could look as good as you...Mercy!"  If rock 'n roll pioneer Roy Orbison were alive today, he might take great pleasure in knowing t ... More >>

Dallas is in the Super Bowl! Okay, How About AT the Super Bowl?

​The Cowboys won't be in Miami for Super Bowl XLIV February 7, but Dallas will be represented all over South Beach in the form of the latest and greatest in safe, sassy transportation - VAULT. I saw this thing - it's like a giant combo limousine/Hummer/armored truck - pull up to a D ... More >>

In Oak Cliff Neighborhood, the Complex Negotiations Behind New Adamson High

The Concord Apartments in Oak Cliff, yet another piece of property scheduled for demolition to make room for Adamson​In recent weeks, whenever we've attempted to get information out of the Dallas Independent School District concerning its plans for the Adamson High School expansion, we've been met ... More >>

First Look: DISH

​ "Do you want to go to this restaurant opening?" I asked my boyfriend as we were heating up leftovers. Checking the temperature of his canned soup, he replied, "Can't. I'm broke." To which I informed him, "It's free, and it's sponsored by champagne and vodka." Apparently, I didn't even have t ... More >>

So, Just How Dangerous Are Dallas and Fort Worth's Streets for Pedestrians, Anyway?

​Bike Friendly Oak Cliff draws our attention this morning to a report released last week by, among others, Transportation For America, which rates how dangerous big cities' streets are for those who walk near them. In the study, titled Dangerous By Design, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington comes in at N ... More >>

Pairing Off: Dunkin' Donuts

Patrick Michels​Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.Back in 1982 I took off with a friend on summer long road trip up and down the east coast, from Montreal to Atlanta and many, many points in between.It was a good trip. We walked the rout ... More >>

Dallas Angels Come This Close to Capturing Second Homeschool World Series Title

To begin with this Friday morning, a tip o' the ballcap to the Dallas Angels of the Home School Athletic Association, who spent the week cruising through the Homeschool World Series Association 2009 World Series Championships in Pensacola, Florida, besting the Augusta Crusaders, the Montgomery Saint ... More >>

Magic Time Machine

I'm on the All-Carb Diet

Record Grill doesn't give a crap about fat grams

Two Steps

Barber Shop

Barry Whistler pays tribute to a fallen artist

The Geisha Rub

Mysterious, sensual, entertaining? Nah, not this geisha.

Star-Crossed Eyes

This, a tale of Prohibition and romance

Green Machine

Forget the sushi; stick with the specials at Asian Mint

The Way of the Wu

Haven't had enough Wu-Tang merchandise? Now there's a book.

Fast 'n Curryious

At Cafe Roti, fast food speeds to a higher life form

Great Apes

This Endeavor is another wacky one

Funny Boy

Life is coming up cow patties for kid comedian Corbin Corona

She's Baaaaaack

Paula Poundstone is an open book

Funny, Painfully So

There's nothing Robert Schimmel won't talk about

Brothers in Arms

You can't hurry love, which was too bad for Motown's musicians

A Step Forward for Dances Past

Learn to jump, jive and wail at the Summer Swing Workshop

Rhythms of Youth

The documentary Chain Camera spins with the delirium of contemporary teenhood

Jumping Fish

A new gig for Marc Haines

House of Race Cards

Two Family House's humor is deadened by stereotypes and sap

Lonely ladies

They're beautiful, charming, and came prepared to hang out. Where were you?

Empire's end

High drama and spirited romance spice up The Last September

Wu-Tang forever?

U-God's solo album is only the latest in a series of Wu-Tang Clan misfires

Wizards of Wu

How Wu-Tang Clan won the world

Still flying

High note king Maynard Ferguson rules the road

Unconventional wisdom

Going Gourmet created itself in the image of its customers

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Disorder in the court

Queen Margot and The Madness of King George explore the dark side of royalty