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Sunset Rubdown's Latest is Perhaps its Best Yetnew
Dragonslayer is a sprawling, whimsical journey into Spencer Krug's psyche, it features ruminations on relationships; emotional calls to arms; and angry, near-vicious screeds against his detractors (including himself).
Dallas Observer |
Ben Westhoff |
07-06-2009 |
Reviews
Can Debutante Classes Break Troubled Teens' Cycle of Pregnancy and Poverty?new
The Ladies by Design Junior Debutante Course is part of a trend in programs springing up to help low-income teens. Often promoted as lessons in such things as hip-hop dance or engine building, the programs are in fact holistic youth development gigs.
Dallas Observer |
Kimberly Thorpe |
06-30-2009 |
Culture
Dallas' Hottest Musical Export: Mall Punknew
For lack of a better descriptor, these acts are the latest proprietors of the mall punk scene, performing power pop, for the most part, and music that's been influenced heavily by the pop-punk sounds of the late '90s and the emo sounds of the early '00s. And their choice of genre is indicative of a greater trend happening here in Dallas and beyond.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
06-15-2009 |
Music
The Recent History of Live Music in Dallas Gets Another Discouraging Chapternew
After several events are shut down by local law enforcement, promoters are left wondering: Is the city actively trying to kill its music scene?
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
06-08-2009 |
Music
It’s Survival Of The Fittest For Urban Pioneers in Downtown Dallasnew
Dallas dreams of a vibrant city center, where residents, shops and restaurants mingle. But this is not a report on what city officials envision. This is a look at downtown from the street-level. Restaurants are still struggling. Homelessness is still an issue. People still perceive the area as dead, although that perception is beginning to change.
Dallas Observer |
Kimberly Thorpe |
06-08-2009 |
Business & Labor
The Texas Rangers Give Their Fans Something to Cheer Aboutnew
Even with Josh Hamilton on the disabled list, the Rangers have given their fans hope, entering June with the second-best record in baseball.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
06-08-2009 |
Sports
Meet Ron White, the Memory Champ You'll Never Forgetnew
Ron White is a college dropout, a Navy veteran and a businessman, and he's out to prove that memory, and most anything, really, comes down to discipline and practice and not innate talent. He wants to show that he's not unremarkable and that no one else has to be, either.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
05-19-2009 |
Performance
Tags: competitive memory, Ron White
The Guys Behind Spinal Tap Return, Unwigged and Unpluggednew
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer are launching "Unwigged and Unplugged," in which they perform the Tap's oeuvre -- as well as Folksmen offerings -- acoustically for the first time since the songs were written nearly 30 years ago.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Slow Roosevelt Joins the Reunion Trendnew
It's been five years now since Slow Roosevelt decided to end its run as Dallas' perennial Next Big Thing that never quite was. But a few months back, like so many other Dallas bands of that same era, Slow Roosevelt decided that it couldn't stay away, that it wanted just one more go-round in the spotlight.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
05-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Slow Roosevelt, rock
Dallas Convention Center Hotel Vote is Not Just About a Buildingnew
In his many public pitches for the convention center hotel, Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert has argued that a vote against the hotel would be a vote against the future of the city.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Merten |
05-04-2009 |
Housing & Development
The Secret Handshake's 'My Name Up in Lights'new
Few acts among the crowded Dallas mall-pop scene are as sonically promising as The Secret Handshake.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
04-27-2009 |
Reviews
A Developer Brings Jobs to Dallas' Black Community -- That Makes Him Racist?new
Richard Allen, major developer of Dallas' "inland port" shipping center, didn't agree to put State Senator Royce West on his payroll. The Dallas Morning News and Michael Morris of the North Central Texas Council of Governments have started calling him a racist. Have they no shame?
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
04-27-2009 |
Commentary
Getting Lost on the Neches Rivernew
Jim Schutze gets lost canoeing the Neches River, and finds the wildlife refuge Dallas wants to dam to secure its water supply.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
04-27-2009 |
Environment
NASCAR Drivers Start Your Enginesnew
I stubbornly repeat: NASCAR drivers are not athletes.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
04-06-2009 |
Sports
Tags: auto racing, sports & fitness
Beating a DWI Case May Soon Get a Lot Tougher in Dallasnew
Since last Memorial Day, the Dallas Police Department has had five "no-refusal" weekends, most recently this St. Patrick's Day. So far, 404 people have been arrested for DWI and refused a breath test. In some cases they were physically restrained and forced to give a blood sample.
Dallas Observer |
Kimberly Thorpe |
04-06-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Dallas, drunk driving
