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  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Thar She Blows: A Great Idea Rises at City Hall. Fetch the Harpoons.

    Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. A huge idea turned up at City Hall yesterday. Huge. This is like a Blue whale beaching itself on the banks of the Trinity River. I'm afraid City Hall is going to send a crew out there and chop it into cat-food. We need to stop and take a big look at this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    And We're Off ... Cowboys Signing Rookie Free Agents

    Lyle Leong, the newest Cowboy​With their first practice in San Antonio's Alamodome in about 48 hours, the Cowboys are scrambling to piece together a roster. The first step in that process is signing undrafted free agents, which can begin today per the post-lockout NFL rules. Who ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2011

    Pristine Sistine

    Lyle Leong, the newest Cowboy​With their first practice in San Antonio's Alamodome in about 48 hours, the Cowboys are scrambling to piece together a roster. The first step in that process is signing undrafted free agents, which can begin today per the post-lockout NFL rules. Who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Study Says Dallas Am Not Be Very Literate

    Via Threadless​Don't get defensive. That's just what Dr. John W. Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University, says in the seventh-annual report America's Most Literate Cities 2010 released today. Yet again, when ranking the 75 top-population cities in the U.S., Miller looked at six " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    West Dallas Chamber Chair Is Not Pleased With Plan to Put Salvage Yard Near Trinity River

    From Victor Toledo's PowerPoint​On May 20, the City Plan Commission gave Bruce Heydarian the okee-doke to plant an enormous scrap yard on Singleton Boulevard and Pluto Street, not terribly far from the Trinity River. Only two commissioners voted against the plan, among them Michael Davis; the rest ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 4, 2010

    Neighborhood Services Bar & Grill: Third Time is a Charm for Nick Badovinus.

    From Victor Toledo's PowerPoint​On May 20, the City Plan Commission gave Bruce Heydarian the okee-doke to plant an enormous scrap yard on Singleton Boulevard and Pluto Street, not terribly far from the Trinity River. Only two commissioners voted against the plan, among them Michael Davis; the rest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Tonight, Tonight: GWAR at House of Blues, Of Montreal at the Granada Theater, Lifehouse at the Palladium Ballroom, Jacob Metcalf at City Tavern

    Another Tuesday rolls around and it's another intriguing collection of musical options. A great night to drown those baseball sorrows.

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    At West Dallas Luncheon, Optimism, a Hotel Pitch ... and Talk of a Water Sports Park

    Alexa SchirtzingerMayor Tom at the West Dallas Chamber of Commerce's annual "State of the West" luncheon yesterdayAt the West Dallas Chamber of Commerce's annual "State of the West" luncheon yesterday, nearly 200 people filled a sunny room at the Lake West YMCA to hear about the future of West Dalla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    In West Dallas, Finding MMDs

    On Wednesday, as you're no doubt aware by now, the Dallas City Council voted to create three municipal management districts, or MMDs. They're the first in Dallas, though Houston is often invoked as proof that MMDs do wonders for development. Which is no surprise, as they're made for development -- o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2009

    Tryst And Shout

    On Wednesday, as you're no doubt aware by now, the Dallas City Council voted to create three municipal management districts, or MMDs. They're the first in Dallas, though Houston is often invoked as proof that MMDs do wonders for development. Which is no surprise, as they're made for development -- o ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 25, 2008

    Trysts in Toledo: Theatre Three's 17th-Century Nunsense Doesn't Wear Well

    Written by a nun, Theatre Three's Trysts in Toledo dusts off an old, unconventional comedy

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Sir, There's Only One Marco's Pizza

    Written by a nun, Theatre Three's Trysts in Toledo dusts off an old, unconventional comedy

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2008

    A Footnote in History, Duncanville's Bacsik Wants Back in the Bigs

    Written by a nun, Theatre Three's Trysts in Toledo dusts off an old, unconventional comedy

  • Music

    March 20, 2008

    Vampire Weekend Backlash at SXSW

    The hype factory had everyone ready to hate on Vampire Weekend before the band arrived in Austin

  • Music

    July 5, 2007

    Lyfe Sentence

    After serving 10 years for arson, Lyfe Jennings finds a new flame in music

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2007

    Greyhound Has Its Own Iraq Conflict

    After serving 10 years for arson, Lyfe Jennings finds a new flame in music

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    The Reverend Pimp

    After serving 10 years for arson, Lyfe Jennings finds a new flame in music

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Cruising With the Whore Cop

    Officer Terry Peters knows just about every hooker in town. And they love him--because he keeps them alive.

  • Music

    August 24, 2006

    The American Band

    Don Brewer keeps Grand Funk Railroad--and his ill will--going strong

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    Bois and Grrls

    Genderqueer: Straight or gay, these kids refuse to play dress-up by the rules

  • Culture

    January 1, 2004

    Depress Tour

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

  • Music

    November 20, 2003

    O Brothers, Who Art Thou?

    If you don't know who the Soledad Brothers are, you should

  • Dining

    April 17, 2003

    Camp Ernie

    Do the time warp at Ernie's of Dallas

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Lift Him Up

    The gospel truth about Christian blues pioneer Washington Phillips

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Last Rites

    Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Last Rites

    Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail

  • Film

    April 12, 2001

    Road Warriors

    Amores Perros sears its characters (dogs included) to a crisp as it leads them to a kind of redemption

  • Music

    June 22, 2000

    Flanagan's wake

    VH1 vice president's novel about the music business mourns an era just since passed

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Belly up

    Bass kills and lesions on fish worry Sam Rayburn anglers. So des the state's plan to lower the lake's pollution standards.

  • Dining

    March 9, 2000

    Chain links

    Earl's is thin...

  • Music

    January 20, 2000

    Lost legends

    Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  • Calendar

    October 1, 1998

    Alive and kicking

    Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  • Music

    September 24, 1998

    Baby, it's them

    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach are not such unlikely partners

  • Music

    December 25, 1997

    Out Here

    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach are not such unlikely partners

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