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News
Poll-Axed
John Cornyn doesn't need to sweat over Rick Noriega just yet
By Megan Feldman
Published: June 19, 2008
As the electorate's disgust with its leadership deepens and the general election approaches, Republicans, even in Texas, are suiting up to defend their posts. Face-offs are...
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You Said It
Methodist Madness|Get With the Times|D'oh!|You'll Never Swim Alone|Mood Music
Published: June 19, 2008
"Bushwhacked," by Jim Schutze, June 5 Methodist Madness I am pleased that Mr. Schutze has written about this very painful issue. I have lived in Dallas most of my life and am...
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Buzz
Time Warped
By Patrick Williams
Published: June 19, 2008
Time warped: Man, Buzz really must stop washing down the Ambien with a bottle of cough syrup at night. It's giving us the weirdest dreams. For example, we mistakenly thought...
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Schutze
Sexy Town
Imagine a city with flowing creeks, walkable neighborhoods and greenery. No, not Seattle, dummy.
By Jim Schutze
Published: June 19, 2008
The big buzz word now at City Hall is "walkable." They want to develop new neighborhoods that are "walkable." Meaning you walk. But I have a question: walk to what? Walk to...
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Ask a Mexican
Ask A Mexican
Fanatics tend to be rude, no matter where they're from—except maybe St. Louis
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: June 19, 2008
Dear Mexican: I recently went to a Los Angeles Dodgers game at Dodgers Stadium. It was good to see the familias having fun with their children, pero I then saw and heard...
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Music
Blood, Sweat & Tears
The Red Blood Club's doors are closing—and Dallas' hardcore scene is all but dying with it
By Pete Freedman
Published: June 19, 2008
Y'know, it really is true: You don't know what you've got till it's gone. And, boy, has that old adage been rearing its ugly head at Red Blood Club recently. Well, with a...
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Music
Treasure Hunt
Two years after Dove Hunter first burst onto the scene, the band finally unveils its anticipated debut
By Pete Freedman
Published: June 19, 2008
This week, Dove Hunter's debut release, The Southern Unknown, will finally see the light of day. And it's about time, ain't it? It'd be one thing if Dove Hunter were an act...
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Critics' Picks
The Gourds
Friday, June 20, at the Granada Theater
By Pete Freedman
Published: June 19, 2008
Austin-based roots rock act The Gourds has a sound that falls squarely between the jammier efforts of the Wakarusa set and the more Americana fare of, say, the Bend Studio set....
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playlist
Coldplay
Viva la Vida (Capitol)
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: June 19, 2008
Upon first listen: amiable and ambitious, a step in the right direction after the overcooked banalities of 2005's X&Y—which, still, had its share of keepers ("Fix You,"...
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Bsides
Grand (Re-)Entrance
Mat Brooke Traded a Band of Horses for some Archives—and came out just fine
By Darryl Smyers
Published: June 19, 2008
Although Mat Brooke isn't anxious to talk about his departure from the highly acclaimed Band of Horses, he is still amazed at how quickly his former band gathered critical...
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North of the Dial
North of the Dial
By Dave Sims
Published: June 19, 2008
Usually a "buzzkill" is the last thing a musician wants during a performance. But by the time a fan hopped on the stage at Dan's Silverleaf on Saturday, June 7, to hold Daniel...
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Dish
Bengal Tiger
Spice and everything is nice at a new Indian eatery
By Mark Stuertz
Published: June 19, 2008
Brass balls. The first time I heard restaurateur Mark Brezinski, a founding partner of Tin Star and Pei Wei Asian Diner chains, was banking on the mainstreaming of Indian...
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Hash Over
Willie-Nilly
By Mark Stuertz
Published: June 19, 2008
On-again, off-again: Willie's Place at Carl's Corner looks like it will actually open. Dallas-based Earth Biofuels—partnering with a group headed by country star Willie...
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Cheap Bastard
Cheap Bastard
Mike Anderson's BBQ
By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: June 19, 2008
Mike Anderson's BBQ 5410 Harry Hines Blvd. 214-630-0735 Cow skins hanging on the wall count: 2 People I mistakenly thought were setting up a joke when they were actually...
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Film
Back...and Loving It
Get Smart redux is a rare device: a TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms
By J. HOBERMAN
Published: June 19, 2008
As old Broadway shows are revived, new Broadway shows get spun from old movies so that new movies may be fashioned from ancient TV series. It's an iron law of the culture...
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Stage
Blair Bitch Project
Boys will be girls in The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode, a ribald triumph of low comedy and high production values
By Elaine Liner
Published: June 19, 2008
Which of the following was not in an episode of the 1980s sitcom The Facts of Life: (a) Tootie announces the onset of puberty by yelling "I'm bleeding down there!"; (b) Natalie...
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Game On
Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox goes heavy on the gore and glitches
By GARY HODGES
Published: June 19, 2008
It's probably a good thing Game On wasn't around to review Ninja Gaiden when it hit Xbox in 2004 — we probably would've written "an awesome, brutal, majestic action...
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Feature
American Girls
Crossing between American and Egyptian cultures, he Said girls made one deadly misstep: They fell in love
By Glenna Whitley
Published: June 19, 2008
On New Year's Day, Patricia Said stood at the door of a small house in a Hispanic neighborhood of Lewisville, pleading with her daughter Amina to come home. The girl cried and...
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Critics' Picks
Islands
Tuesday, June 24, at the Granada Theater
By Darryl Smyers
Published: June 19, 2008
With such a generic moniker, it'd be easy to confuse Islands with some Jimmy Buffet cover band hailing out of Denver. But there's nothing at all common about this Canadian...
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playlist
Weezer
Weezer (Geffen)
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: June 19, 2008
Fucking Weezer. Rivers C. and the other dudes (till Matt Sharp returns, who cares?) make one-third of a decent record—pure pop for now people, if your "now" happens to be...
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