The black specks that appear to grow out of Elida Lopez's driveway have the distinct look of the industrial waste. And, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, they probably are. These squared off chunks of rubber, called battery casings or battery chips, are byproducts of car-battery recycling. In other cities, the...
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The Pee-wee Productions logo that kicks off the new Netflix film Pee-wee's Big Holiday trumpets comedian-turned-actor Paul Reubens' comeback as the formerly ubiquitous man-child. Forget about The Pee-wee Herman Show, Reubens' fan-service-intensive Broadway extravaganza. Big Holiday (which premieres March 18 on Netflix) plays like an un–self-conscious continuation of the character's...
The Texas Rangers started 2015 as an abomination. That went 7-14 in April and appeared set to wander as haplessly through the season as they had in 2014. They ended the season as a revelation, reversing what, at the end of July, had been an eight-game American League West deficit...
Ethan Couch, you probably have no idea how people really feel about you. You think they hate you, right? You think they think you’re scum. Maybe you think they’re jealous of you for being rich. If you have been reading the online comments, then I guess you might be justified...
Midnight Rambler is decidedly one of the best (if not the best) places to spend all your cash on excellent cocktails in Dallas. The bar program Chad Solomon and Christy Pope have cultivated is sophisticated, interesting and constantly changing. The drink you liked from Midnight Rambler six months ago probably...
The Falafel Invasion has begun. Vertskebap, at the intersection of Walnut Hill Lane and Central Expressway (plus three locations in the suburbs) is the first of a series of fast-food falafel joints opening in Dallas. And the food at Vertskebap sets a high bar for its followers, while still pointing...
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The elephant in Dallas ISD's living room is segregation. Has been for decades. Before 1970, when Sam Tasby sued to force the district to integrate, the issue was the Jim Crow-style separation of blacks and whites. Since then, it's been the flight of whites (who now account for 4 percent...
Sam Lao remembers when she had the Dallas music scene in the palm of her hands in 2013. From the day she released her debut EP West Pantego, the rapper and singer has been riding a 15-month wave of critical acclaim. She opened for famed English singer Jessie Ware and played Homegrown...
On the surface everything always looks so sober and important at City Hall, following a solemn script as if every subcommittee meeting were a medical school graduation ceremony or the funeral of an important person. And then you get these bizarre little windows on what’s really going on. Yesterday I...
The state of music education in Texas is, well, depressing. Facing extreme budget cuts, schools across the state were forced to drastically cut music and art programs for students, especially those in socioeconomically disadvantaged districts. As a result, nonprofits and other organizations have been forced to fill the gap. Fortunately,...
Dave Rawlings Machine Majestic Theatre Friday, January 8, 2016 For the most part, the eighth day of the year is far too early to crown anything as the best of the year. But Friday night’s Dave Rawlings Machine show at the Majestic Theatre made it feel like the best Americana...
Hopefully through some sage advice, your St. Paddy's Day celebrations left you needing only rest, not bail. If you're not reading this from a drunk tank (they probably have Wi-Fi by now, right?), then make sure to get back out there and pair your bad decisions with good concerts. Whether it's...
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We gon' be alright? Maybe, maybe not. For one Dallas music fan it's probably the latter, because Whitney Larkins is suing Dave Free, Kendrick Lamar’s manager and president of Top Dawg Entertainment, for $1 million. As TMZ reported Tuesday, the lawsuit alleges that Free trying scamming her out of $10,000...
Eggnog. Caroling. Lawsuits. It's Christmas in Texas. Every year the legality of public nativity scenes generates court cases and headlines. San Antonio atheist Patrick Greene unsuccessfully sued Henderson County over its courthouse-fronting nativity scene in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In 2011, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) took issue with...
The Dallas Police/Fire Pension Fund, still trying to dig itself out of the billion-dollar financial hole it dug for itself by making stupid investments, is going to meet Friday to consider “censuring” board member Philip Kingston for speaking candidly and intelligently to the public about the pension fund’s problems. And,...
When SuperSonic Lips took the stage at the Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase this past December, they soaked up every bit of spotlight at the dark Deep Ellum metal bar Reno's Chop Shop. As singer Yaya Lion jumped up and down in a hoodie like a non-pregnant Juno, they became...
Early Saturday afternoon, nine days after he and a friend allegedly carjacked 37-year-old Sarah Hoff in her downtown Dallas parking garage before taking her car and credit card to a Pleasant Grove McDonald's, DART police found 17-year-old Ira Booker at a downtown train station. According to police, Booker initially tried...
It's been an interesting year for music festivals in North Texas. "Interesting" as in a year of transition, although to the most part essentially a year of growth. While Spune put its Index Fest on hiatus until 2016, it rolled out the first-ever Reunion Fest and moved its marquee Untapped...
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Food, they say, brings the world together. And in the case of grilled cheese, that’s pretty much true. At the eastern end of the Mediterranean, in Greece, Turkey and the Middle East, they even have a cheese meant for the grill. Halloumi has a firm texture and an extremely high...
“I feel like I might throw up,” says Stacey Verbeek, standing pale-faced in the busy locker room of Oakland, California’s Oracle Arena, a camera slung over her shoulder. She’s about to watch the young man who has spent Christmas with her family for the last few years, Maurice Hooker, enter...
With shocking suddenness, we're left to live in a post-David Bowie world. The man who brought us Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke and Jareth the Goblin King had secretly battled cancer for the past 18 months. On Sunday, just two days after celebrating his 69th birthday with the release...
At the end of last week, the Dallas City Auditor issued a report (copy below) saying the city handed out $29.9 million to housing contractors in a three-year period and forgot to keep any records to show whether any of the housing got built. Oh, and they also forgot to...