Following in the footsteps of a successful parent can be a discouraging task. When your father is Dallas producer SymbolycOne, there's a lot to live up to: Two Grammy awards, a list of list of collaborators including Kanye West and Eminem, and even an appearance (two, actually) at last week's...
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Digging through the this year's community survey, which you can see in full below, is like looking at one of those magic eye posters. You have to look past it to see what is really going on. On its face, the results of the survey are positive. The survey's "major...
Now that the holidays are finally over, most of us are slogging back into our regular routines as we throttle into 2015. Out with the holidays also go festive performances and shows. Now that the Dickens costumes and Santa suits have all been packed away, it's back to business for...
The Dallas video making its way around the Internet lately is the local rendition of "50 People One Question," which is exactly what it sounds like. Awkward Brunch Production stopped people on Lower Greenville on August 1 to ask them what would make the perfect day? It's one of those...
BY CRAIG MALISOW The purpose-bred laboratory beagle is a remarkably versatile animal. It can be used to ingest a toxic compound until it dies and to ascertain human safety guidelines for pesticides. Its heart, brain and prostate are easily accessible for cancer studies. It is bred to be docile and...
You hear it, or see it if you're online, every time someone asks what they should do while visiting Dallas. One of the quickest responses is always 'go check out the Dallas World Aquarium.' Some mention of penguins or rare birds and how it's a little expensive ($20.95) but worth...
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Dreadnaught is a crucial player in the Dallas DJ community, one of the cogs that keeps the wheel turning. As the primary admin of the DFW Electronic Calendar, a popular Facebook group, he has established a virtual meeting ground for many of the local promoters and DJs. Although he is...
By the ordinary laws of Internet fame, the universe should have long ago forgotten Teddy Bear the talking porcupine. It's been three years his emergence as a viral celebrity, roughly 8.6 billion years in Internet time. Adorable though he may be, with his vaguely anthropomorphic squeaks and amusing dietary quirks,...
This week promises some great concerts as the weather warms up to blistering levels. Toro Y Moi plays South Side Music Hall. Built To Spill plays the Granada. Paul Wall lights up Hailey's Club in Denton with the disco ball that’s all in his mouth. Purity Ring plays at Bomb...
Chipotle needed a better vegetarian option. Until recently, the only thing a meat-adverse diner could order in the restaurant was a set of tacos or a burrito stuffed with black beans and a mix of grilled onions and bell peppers. The results were filling (everything at Chipotle is filling) but...
Starbucks recently announced a new beverage meant to attract customers who are cutting back calorie consumption after the holidays. It's called the flat white, and boasts stronger coffee flavor with less milk, making the drink easier on the waistline. Yes, the company that sells caramel Frappuccinos that clock in at...
On a recent, sunny Sunday afternoon, dozens of youth soccer teams were engaged in some pretty serious competition inside Plano's sizeable Russell Creek Park. Driving into the park, the scene wasn't unlike the one thousands of families from across the Metroplex witness every weekend. Youth soccer has long been a...
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It doesn't take anything more than a few people, a couple of instruments, and a little inspiration to put a band together. Usually, though, there is some vision, some guiding force like a genre or message that compels musicians to get together and start making music. In the case of...
The art world and its stock market unpredictably will quickly make even the most well-intentioned artist cynical. These days the world is filled with aspiring art stars. The lifelong drive to make something valuable is easily diminished by a discussion of finding a gallery, pricing a work of art as...
BY DIANNA WRAY None of this would have happened if the Sam Houston Race Park track photographer hadn't been shooting from the inside rail. The $50,000 Richard King Turf Stakes on January 17 was the ninth race of the night, the eighth that jockey Roman Chapa had competed in since...
Starting with the adoption of a an equality resolution by the City Council in March, 2014 saw the city of Dallas continue to inch its way to becoming one of the most inclusive municipalities in the country. The city added health benefits for transgender city employees, made it possible for...
Walk into just about any coffee shop or other small business and there's a good chance there's an iPad or other tablet on the counter. They've replaced traditional cash registers in many restaurants, giving business owners flexible and inexpensive options to ring up tickets and process credit cards. Customers may...
It's technically not too early to start thinking about an entire summer of eating delicious crawfish and drinking beer, but most of Dallas' seafood restaurants have yet to put freshly-boiled bugs on their menu. Crawfish season's start date is a little fluid, occurring usually between late February and early March,...
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Some restaurants are so wine focused that they employ someone solely to procure, store and serve hundreds, if not thousands, of bottles of the stuff. Other restaurants place such value on cocktails that they'll bring in a consulting bartender to design their drink menu, if they don't hire a full-time...
After years of persistent and ugly rumors, Uptown bar Kung Fu Saloon was publicly, and loudly, accused last year of racism at its door and in its dress code. The bar's owners didn't say much at the time, but now the bar has accepted a plea deal with the city...
There is nothing wrong with the way that Mansfield regulates fracking, according to the people who run Mansfield. "City leaders say the gas drilling ordinance in Mansfield is one of the most progressive and balanced ordinances in the Barnett Shale," city leaders say in a not-so-modest news release. But some...
Dalton Kane can't sit still. Or, better put, he can't stop writing. Performing under the pseudonym "Chinaski, the Fury," he has a colossal catalog of work squirreled away on his hard drive, featuring over 300 tracks that he insists he can't ever release. Even in his live performances he improvises...