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'Sadomasochistic' Couple Killed an Arlington Man, Then Stuffed His Body in a Refrigerator

It was Independence Day 2011 when the boy and his father went to the abandoned shell of a house in rural Ellis County. They hoped they might find the treasure that was rumored to be buried there, but came up empty handed. What they found instead was a refrigerator, which pretty clearly had not been ... More >>

As Texas' 500th Execution Approaches, Death Penalty Opponents Ramp Up Calls For Reform

On an August night in 1998, Douglas Feldman pulled his Harley up next to an 18-wheeler that had just cut him off on a highway in Plano. Feldman shot and killed the driver, Robert Everett, then paused on his way home to murder an Exxon tanker driver named Nicholas Velasquez. A week or so later, he ki ... More >>

Team Kerouac

Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund chat about the film version of On the Road

'A Pain in the Behind': Council Gets Briefed on Zebra Mussels

When zebra mussels found their way to Lake Ray Roberts last month, or, more precisely, when wildlife officials found that they had found their way there, Dallas let out a collective "Oh, crap." The invasive bivalves were easy to ignore when they were the plague of the Great Lakes and the Upper Midwe ... More >>

How Hateful Was Robert Jeffress's Mormonism-Is-a-Cult Line? Very, If You Know History.

​Alfredo Corchado has a story in today's Dallas Morning News about Mitt Romney's Mexican relatives: "Mitt Romney's relatives in Mexico are supportive but wary." It's a topic that has been in the back of my mind ever since Dallas's own Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of Dallas First Baptist, tri ... More >>

The Mavericks Finally Fought Back, and They Have the Title to Prove It

Mark Cuban, Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavs shed labels and the Miami Heat on the way to their first NBA championship.

Lebron James Can't Catch A Break: New Song Kicks The King While He's Down...

Three days removed from Your Dallas Mavericks beating The Evil Miami Heat on their home court to clinch the NBA title, and it's still not a great time to be Lebron James, despite what he may go around telling people in press conferences.A new song written for The Chosen One by one Matt Smith (anyone ... More >>

Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry: Validation with a Vengeance

​As I watched Mark Cuban and Dirk Nowitzki try to keep an eye and arm on their new NBA Finals and NBA Finals MVP trophies, all the while swigging from a bottle of bubbly as big as a small pony, it struck me just how perfect this night was. The Mavericks -- those soft lil' Mav-wrecks -- were he ... More >>

Final Destinations: 2

Mavericks revenge is a dish best served with Heat.

And Everything Is Going Fine: The Spalding Gray Portfolio

Miami Heat Would Have Lost to the Dallas Mavericks Without My Hex. They Don't Need My Help To Suck.

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 >>

Life During Wartime: Todd Solondz Returns, Grim as Ever.

If July 4th is Apple Day, What Do We Call September 16?

Prisoner Re-Entry Supporters Tie Into National Faith-Based Out4Life Network

In 2007, ex-offender support groups in a handful of states began huddling together under a national faith-based umbrella called Out4Life, combining efforts to help prisoners find work and housing, break old drug and alcohol habits, and generally do what it takes to keep out of prison. For life. Texa ... More >>

Molecular Gastronomy Finally Makes Quantaum Leap to Dallas

Hey, grandpa, what's for supper?​As a remarkable number of press releases this month have pointed out, molecular gastronomy has made its way to Dallas. Stephen Pyles, who "detests the words" molecular gastronomy, is planning to trot out a few mad science techniques for a new tasting menu debut ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Doug Burr's CD Release Show at The Kessler Theatre

Doug Burr CD Release ShowMay 14, 2010Kessler TheatreBetter than: Sifting through the relatively meager Tivo selection I had to choose from at home.Doug Burr​After walking into the beautifully restored and recently reopened Kessler Theatre in Oak Cliff, there was a surprising and extremely welcome ... More >>

Ren of Grand Prairie, Sadly Not Destined to be America's Next Top Model

That's all, Vokes.​When a reality show begins by focusing on a particular contestant, follows said contestant through show and pokes contestant with a big stick to see if said contestant will react, it's usually a fair bet she's leaving. She's out. Auffed. Adiosed. Knives will be sheathed; bags wi ... More >>

The Mansion's New Chef Bruno Davaillon Is Breaking Into The Job Slowly, But It Seems Just A Matter Of Time Before His Celebrity Shines.

Method Man vs. Redman: Tale of The Tape

The Night Before Their Trial, Don Hill and Sheila Farrington Talk to God in a Parking Lot

Kimberly ThorpeIf nothing else, we now have a hundred new pictures of Don Hill praying, as he was tonight outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building with wife Sheila and friends.Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill's public corruption case finally heads into an Earle Cabell Federal Building courtroom ... More >>

Preachy Liberal Guilt Dwarfs Any Good Intentions in The Visitor

London Fog

Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy

Mountainous Achievement

Cold Mountain sets the new standard for Civil War drama onscreen

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

License to Thrill

The new Mavs lineup will shoot now, ask questions in April

Life in the Slow Lane

This Bush's summer home is a long way from Kennebunkport, but the folks in Crawford think that's fine

Kings of Clubs

The coke-drenched era of nightclubs is over, but now a new group of entrepreneurs is ready to reinvent the scene

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Beer Bust

It's better to come to BJ's with a thirst than an appetite

Ground Zero Hour

A man's last day of freedom becomes Spike's meditation on September 11

Scavenger Hunt

The best was hard to find, harder still to ignore

True Believer

Cody Chesnutt's lo-fi album is a raggedy, sprawling, beautiful mess. Think he cares?

Miller's Crossing

Rhett Miller's The Instigator isn't the wreck of the Old 97's. It's just what he does.

Do the Math

The music industry says online piracy's killing the biz. A UTD prof says it ain't.

Thom Tom Tim

Triple R Group lands its first chef

Cat Fight

Bogdanovich works out his demons on Citizen Hearst

Half-baked Shake

Although inventive, Branagh's Love struggles vainly for harmony

The man he killed

Shooting victim William Long was painted as a dangerous vagrant. His friends say otherwise.

Hip hope

Celebs and poseurs mix-a-lot in this surprisingly effective look at rap, race, and sex

Apocalypse then

Altamont slammed the door on rock 'n' roll's dream of peace and love. An insider remembers.

Changing channels

When the Mavericks made a deal with the USA Network, Tom Hicks' regional sports channel became less regional

The Race Not Run

Republican Bill Hill is running against Democrat Rick Reed for district attorney. Don't think you have a choice.

Mose's better blues

A trip to Long Island reveals an Allison wonderland

Tommy Boy

Tommy Stinson escapes the shadow of the Replacements as he tries to be Perfect

Not bad enough

Deceiver suffersfrom blurred vision

Letters

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Quite a despair

Neil Young and Pearl Jam create the perfectly imperfect Mirror Ball

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