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The Husband and the Hacker: A Park Cities Divorce Gets Gets Weird, with Help from TheDirty.com

The Oberheiden Law Firm, a "full-service international law firm" headquartered in Dallas, has a small problem. Someone has been hacking into the email account of the firm's founder and principal, Nick Oberheiden, and has been registering scads of fake domain names with plans to publish the communica ... More >>

Preview: Flight Facilities at Rio Room

Thursday, April 12, at Rio Room

Scott Long Is Living The Dream, Touring With Hellyeah, Hopping Flights To Australia

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes. Scott Long has worked in retail, managed a couple local bands (alongside former Dallas Star Brad Lukowich), worked for labels and, until two weeks ago, sold radio time for Clear Channel. He's currently been using h ... More >>

Marriage Proposals, $16 Margaritas and Other Things Seen and Overheard at Chris Botti's Verizon Theatre Show

​Let me make myself clear: I love Chris Botti's music. Not in an ironic or tongue-in-cheek way. Yes, Botti, the trumpet player who's played with everyone from Sting to Josh Groban to Steven Tyler. He's the kind of guy your parents love, along with Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. This admis ... More >>

From Australia, A Message for the DISD Trustees: Do Not Close Bonham Elementary

From David Abbey's postcard from the DISD​David Abbey is the principal of Kingswood Park Public School in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, considered a suburb of Sydney. Kingswood Park has its familiar issues -- a "socio-economic disadvantage" in large part because of a dwindling student body, ... More >>

On Super Bowl XLV's Performances: Lea Michele! Christina Aguilera! Black Eyed Peas!

​Hey, the Big Day is here! And, with it, those highly anticipated music performances! It's all so exciting. I'll be honest: I didn't pay too much attention to the pre-pregame stuff -- meaning Maroon 5's and Keith Urban's performances in tents outside of Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. I caught some, ... More >>

Pop Quiz: Can You Tell One City from Another By Menus?

​I recently had occasion to look up a menu from a town where I used to live, and was startled by how ostentatiously it flaunted the region's culinary biases. The menu was so obviously issued by a restaurant in this particular town that I'm pretty sure I could pick it out of a line-up of 100 me ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Monday, September 20, 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.Amy Cook (Austin, TX)Let the Light In (Root House)It's easy to assume that Dall ... More >>

Watch: School of Seven Bells Goes Acoustic

Well, this above clip is a nice treat. Featuring Dallas' own Ben Curtis and his School of Seven Bells bandmates the Deheza sisters, this nicely shot piece shows the New York-based three-piece on tour Down Under, going even farther under, performing an acoustic take of its song "Dust Devil" in a Sydn ... More >>

Dallas Theater Center's Kevin Moriarty rescues a singing Man of Steel from his Fortress of Solitude.

Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 5

​Many thanks to those who stopped on by The Libertine last night for the fifth installment of The Local Hang. Yep, that's right, our fifth, which, if nothing else, proves that if you and Libertine owner Simon McDonald reach a drunken agreement, he will hold you to it for no less than five months.S ... More >>

Gig Alert: Neon Indian at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

No need to be shy, Alan.​At the risk of beating you over the head with this information, it seems worth our while to remind you that tonight marks the much-anticipated debut of Alan Palomo's newest project, Neon Indian, which has garnered praise from outlets far beyond us and the normal local musi ... More >>

Convention Center Hotel Promoters are a Bunch of Get-Along Business Guys Who May Not Even Realize Their Own Deception

What It Was Like: Pete Tong, Late of the Pier, Peter Bjorn & John, Angus & Julia Stone, School of Seven Bells, Zee Avi

Pete Freedman School of Seven Bells' Benjamin Curtis at Buffalo Billiards.The first night of SXSW saw four pretty major draws around town--Echo and the Bunnymen at Emo's; The Decembrists at Stubbs; St. Vincent, Department of Eagles and M. Ward at the Central Presbyterian Church; Peter Bjorn & ... More >>

I Love You Man: Celebrating Straight-Guy Man-Love

10 Questions: Courtney Reum

Patrick MichelsHe is the man behind VeeV, the world's first Acai spirit, a product just hitting the Dallas market.While one can argue the health benefits of acai berries after they've been distilled into alcohol and bottled, Reum's marketing skill goes without question. They've developed a sustainab ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Hospital Ships, The Presets, Terri Hedrix, Jars of Clay

The Scratch Pad...With Sydney Confirm Of The Fallout Lounge's Disqo Disco

Good Friday: DOMA Showcase Weekend Edition

DOMA XX: The Showcase Lineup

Dousing the Olympic Flame

DOMA XX: And The Nominees Are...

Bengal Tiger

Spice and everything is nice at a new Indian eatery

Crocodile Nowitzki

This summer Dirk Nowitzki went down under to find himself. Can he now lead the Mavs to the promised land?

Affordable Art, Served by the Kettle

Dallas Court Records Reveal That Marion Jones is Broke

Radio Birdman

Monday, June 25, at the Palladium Loft

Pretty Damn Catchy

The Gurus return to the States with that Hoodoo that they do

It Is the Wiggles World, After All

Qantas Never Crashed. Never Crashed.

Yuletide Fear

Wolf Creek rings in Christmas with a band of butchered tourists

Over the Edge

Already dogged by mental illness, Paul Bear ended his life after a mean-spirited outing by a small-town newspaperman

Live Baby Live

Danny Deckchair sends an upbeat message from Down Under

Depress Tour

I coulda sworn I was there when they turned on the TV

Casts of Killers

Assassins at Quad C, convicts at SMU, plus murder in Tuna, Texas

Start Making Sense

Alias' creator tries--one more time--to make a hit out of a near miss

All Aboard the Wagon

Evan Dando is back from rock star excess hell. Don't expect apologies or explanations.

To: Broadway

Elledanceworks doesn't dance around reality

Undersea No Evil

Parents, take heart: Finding Nemo is better than the average Disney 'toon

Country Girl

Barricades & Brickwalls--and motherhood--won't keep Kasey Chambers from you

Laughter Is the Best Weapon

Charlie Chaplin does his best Little Hitler

Choice Documentary

Fencer Peter Westbrook shows he may be mightier than the sword

When East Meets West

Ghetto Fame-Us set to release new record

She's Better Than You

Chicks dig the roundball, but for some reason fans don't care

Life swapping

In Me Myself I, Rachel Griffiths gives us a cuddly dingbat's search for self

Holy crap

Campion's latest will make disbelievers of us all

Letters

Events for the week

Politics as usual

Though The American President flounders, a radiant Annette Bening makes it worth watching

Personal best

From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites