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Feature
Deep Ellum LIVES!
Scott Beck's about to buy 14 acres in the"heart" of Deep Ellum. What then?
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 11, 2008
Sweat beginning to stain his white shirt, Scott Beck stands on the 2600 block of Elm Street, near the Good-Latimer Expressway intersection, looking at one of the many...
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News
Broken Cogs
The wheels of justice in the public defender's office grind up a few lawyers
By Jesse Hyde
Published: September 11, 2008
Mike Howard couldn't take it anymore. For the past month, the young attorney had been shouldering a caseload he had never imagined possible when he was a law student at...
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You Said It
Jett Wave|Don't Get Friendly|Cynical? Ill-Tempered? Us?|Busted by Buses|King of Comedy
Published: September 11, 2008
"The Anti-Dittohead," by Sam Merten, September 4 Jett Wave Hey, I'll listen. Good luck, Jack. If you're half as entertaining on radio as you are on your [dallasobserver.com]...
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Buzz
Goin' to the Chapel
By Patrick Williams
Published: September 11, 2008
Goin' to the chapel: If Buzz were introspective, we would pause and contemplate the creeping conservatism that has overtaken us in middle age. It's the thing that causes a vein...
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Sports
Chin Music
Tony Romo's maturation trumps bruises and bumps during dazzling debut
By Richie Whitt
Published: September 11, 2008
Bruised ribs. Stitched chin. Multiple penalties. Super start. In last Sunday's NFL season opener in Cleveland, the Dallas Cowboys were missing two of their top four...
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Ask a Mexican
Ask a Mexican
Tongue untied: tracking the history of pachucos, from Mexico to East L.A., via El Paso
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: September 11, 2008
Dear readers: The Mexican's new book, Orange County: A Personal History, is in your local bookstore on September 16—by pure coincidence, Mexican Independence Day! In...
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Music
Sky's the Limit
By following the same tried and true method, Sky Eats Airplane has become the latest act from the area all-ages scene to find national success
By Chris Parker
Published: September 11, 2008
Sky Eats Airplane hopes it's not out of sight, out of mind. It's been so long since the Fort Worth quintet played a local show, the band's starting to fear that its area fans...
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Music
Behind the Curtains
A weird weekend in Deep Ellum: names were changed, CDs were released, and two bands supposedly called it quits
By Pete Freedman
Published: September 11, 2008
The band onstage is called Nervous Curtains, and I guess you could say that this is its first gig. In a way, it kinda is. For the past couple of months, the group has...
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Critics' Picks
Grandmaster Flash
Friday, September 12, at Ghostbar
By Jesse Hughey
Published: September 11, 2008
It's not every day that you get the chance to witness a live performance by someone who literally invented a new instrument and was one of a handful of people responsible for...
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playlist
Deep Snapper
Into the Ugly (Edna Peppers)
By Jesse Hughey
Published: September 11, 2008
"We make music because of d. boon, mike watt, george hurley, and ed crawford," read the credits on Deep Snapper's latest CD, as if The Minutemen (and fIREHOSE) influence wasn't...
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Bsides
Pushing Buttons
Experimental U.K. duo Fuck Buttons could care less about commercial viability—or intelligence, really
By Darryl Smyers
Published: September 11, 2008
Benjamin Power, half of the U.K. experimental duo Fuck Buttons, doesn't really seem concerned by the fact that his band's name could cause consternation among radio...
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Dish
Hello, Dali
By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: September 11, 2008
At first glance, Dali Wine Bar & Cellar is a 7-Eleven. You drive down Routh Street, take a left at the 7-Eleven corporate offices sign and after a few seconds of, "Is this the...
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Cheap Bastard
Chef Wang
By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: September 11, 2008
Other people in line in front of me count: 10 Minutes before I got my food count: 5 I'll say it. I love Wang. When I get a craving for Wang, nothing else will do. And yeah,...
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Film
Intolerable Cruelty
Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading
By J. HOBERMAN
Published: September 11, 2008
Masters of the carefully crafted cheap shot, Joel and Ethan Coen have built a career on flippancy. Given their refusal to take anything seriously—least of all the...
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Night & Day
Evil Ways
Santana smooths over Dallas
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: September 11, 2008
Carlos Santana, for better or worse, is a legend. He's played guitar on some of FM radio's most monstrous hits, including "Evil Ways," "Oye Como Va" and "Black Magic Woman."...
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Night & Day
Wings of Discovery
Walk amongst the butterflies
By Andrea Grimes
Published: September 11, 2008
Butterflies are all sunshine and puppy dogs, flitting from flower to flower with grace and beauty. Harmless, of course, and even inspirational. Except for the time back in '92...
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Night & Day
Junot He's Good
The Writers Studio opens with Díaz
By Jesse Hughey
Published: September 11, 2008
I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but if I hadn't, I might not have discovered Junot Díaz. The cover of Drown, his 1996 short story collection, features a...
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Night & Day
Calling All Brides
Spare the grief, plan ahead
By Courtney Clenney
Published: September 11, 2008
Dear Bridezilla, As your maid of honor, on behalf of the rest of your wedding party, I would like to make you aware of the Plano Bridal Show. Please spare us your disastrous...
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Night & Day
Just Bill Us
By Andrea Grimes
Published: September 11, 2008
Bill Bellamy is much more than just a pretty face. What, you never thought of Bill Bellamy as a "pretty face" to start off with? Honestly, we didn't either. But apparently he...
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Night & Day
Pass It On
Smith goes back to school
By Jim Schutze
Published: September 11, 2008
Allison V. Smith's Hall Pass, a show of color photographs to debut at Barry Whistler Gallery on Friday, is an excavation of Texas schools that still look, smell and feel like...
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