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Dallas’ Rat Problem Is Getting Worse

If a pest control guy is making you feel terrified about rats invading your home, he's probably just trying to sell you on his ability to kill all those rats. That's the lesson, anyway, from another guy who sells rat-killing services. "If it feels like they're trying to scare you,...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 37: Nasi Lemak at Kampong

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. A visit to Kampong can be a little confusing. Billed as...
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It’s Been A Terrible Season for Crawfish, and Now It’s Almost Over

Unfortunately, crawfish season is equally as fleeting as that beautiful weather the Texas spring brings with it. The season for everyone's favorite Cajun delicacy starts just after the Super Bowl in Louisiana, and typically lasts until mid-to-late June. Unfortunately, according to Jon Alexis of TJ's Seafood, this year's crawfish season...
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Texas Music Needs Cedric and Omar To Be OK

Antemasque/Le Butcherettes Trees 8/5/2014 We've all had friends who got married to each other. It's strange when these friends fight with each other. It's even stranger when these friends get divorced. What side do we take? Who do we support? Who do we boo? When it comes to Texas alt-rock,...
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Is Garth Brooks’ GhostTunes Genius or Chris Gaines Part Two?

After at least six years of radio silence, Garth Brooks brashly stormed back onto the country music scene with with last week's announcement that he would be going on a world tour before releasing a new album in 2015. On the heels of that announcement, Brooks also released his first...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 33: Bread Pudding at Sissy’s

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It is the bread pudding to trump all bread puddings, and...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 47: Banh Mi From Nammi

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It's common knowledge that the best banh mi sandwiches are found...
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Welcome to Earth

Science fiction has often been dismissed by cultural watchdogs as anodyne, low-brow trash deserving of its exile to cheap paperbacks and B-movies. Aided by this perception radical artists have long recognized the genre's potential as a medium for propaganda and veiled social commentary. Case in point — extraterrestrials in sci-fi...
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Dallas Observer Masterminds 2015: Meet the Winners of Our Annual Art Awards

They break down barriers and find new ways to communicate. They take risks, but maintain the self-discipline required to create. They venture to the boundaries of art to bring back new discoveries, and they dedicate themselves to preserving what's already here and valuable. In countless ways, they keep Dallas' culture...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 41: Lamb Burger at LARK

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. To me burger has always meant beef. The idea that ground...
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The Phuss Drummer Trey Alfaro Seriously Injured in Hit and Run

Dallas isn't exactly renowned for being a bike-friendly city, but over the weekend that point was driven home to the music community when one of its own, drummer Trey Alfaro from the band the Phuss, was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident while riding his bicycle Friday night. While Alfaro's...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 52: The Cuban at International Bakery

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Cubans are blowing up menus all over Dallas. The toasted sandwiches,...
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Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden at Gexa Energy Pavilion, 8/17/14

Nine Inch Nails With Soundgarden and Cold Cave Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Sunday, August 17, 2014 While some folks may have been attending religious services this Sunday evening, I found myself wandering around Fair Park in need of some classic alternative rock of the '80s and '90s variety. Seeing that...
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10 Things You Need to Know About Expanded Cinema’s Big Night

Three years ago, the Dallas VideoFest introduced a new program to their line-up of events that changed the way we view video in this city. "Expanded Cinema" followed Bart Weiss' interest in non-traditional ways of bringing video to people. For years, Weiss had been dreaming up a plan to pair...