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Dallas Has a Real-Life Dr. Gregory House in Dr. Richard Buch
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Is the 'Woman Caught in Adultery' Really Part of Scripture?
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Dave Campo Is Back Where His Pro Career Started
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Demanding Answers as the Dallas Convention Center Hotel Moves Forward
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Battle Against Teaching Evolution in Texas Begins (37)
Should creationism win out, textbooks throughout the country–not just Texas–will challenge the theory of evolution in science curricula
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Dallas Has a Real-Life Dr. Gregory House in Dr. Richard Buch (14)
Some call Dr. Buch a troubled genius. His ex-patients and hospital bosses call him trouble.
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Demanding Answers as the Dallas Convention Center Hotel Moves Forward (12)
As Mayor Tom Leppert pushes for a convention center hotel, critics demand more details and less tax money. At least, those who haven't been silenced do.
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DART Needs to Build a Subway Downtown (11)
If DART backtracks on its subway promise, downtown traffic will be even more congested
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Who Rocks More: Bon Jovi or Daughtry?
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Getting to Know Edgefest Bands Via Haikus
Poetry about the acts on Edgefest 17's bill? It's music to our ears.
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Reliving Last Weekend's Local Music Explosion
Between Good Records' birthday celebration and the Mokah Music showcase we were a little overwhelmed—but in a good way.
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Denton Music Deserves Our Attention
We're ready to prove our appreciation of Denton.
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The Best Albums of 2008, So Far...
Just over three months into 2008 and we're already fussing over which albums will make our year-end best-of lists
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Soon, Everyone in the Country Will Know the Ballad of Becky Miller
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Turns Out The May 21 Show Is The Police's Last Gig In Dallas. Ever.
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A Move Tom Hicks Can Be Proud Of? Believe It
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Guy Who Started FireAvery.com Now Twiddling Thumbs
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By John Geluardi
Robert Holley, lead singer and principal songwriter of the retro-indie quartet Airline, possesses a dry, off-the-cuff delivery that makes even his most intriguing lyrics come off stress-free, as if he's capable of keen introspective at the drop of a hat.
Airline's heady debut, Farewell Republica, features casually delivered, yet fully developed, ideas that prove Holley's gift is no fluke.
Mixing lush, off-kilter pop with interesting nods to alt-country (check out the wailing pedal steel of Joe Butcher on "About to Bend"), Farewell Republica inhabits a realm all its own, a fascinating locale where Badfinger, Pink Floyd and Joe Henry gleefully co-exist, kind of like the Decemberists if Colin Meloy watched The Simpsons instead of Masterpiece Theatre.
On the album's best cut, the surging "Denmark," guitars give way to strings and then Ryan Smith's keyboards sustain the mood until Holley re-emerges, carefully orchestrating the beautiful mess back to his words, some poetic, others trivial. The song nearly succumbs to the weight of a few too many stylistic diversions. Thankfully, like the rest of Farewell Republica, it's all a part of the fitful push and pull of past and present, as Airline finds a way to envision Gram Parsons singing for Joy Division. Detailed, dramatic and not a little dense, this is local music of rare insight, by a band demanding a following.
