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(Here's part two of travelin' woman Kristy Yang's Walk the Really Long Wok from the Bay Area. Coming up shortly, something about Asian food closer to home. Check out last week's California Wok here.) San Francisco's Chinatown is the largest Chinatown outside of Asia; established in the mid-1800s, it's also...
Electronica is an infant genre compared to most, its creation depending solely on tools and instruments designed in the last half of the 20th century. And its interpretation is constantly evolving. Because, even though it remains relatively new type of music, there remain some distinct differences between electronic production of...
Seems like only four and a half years ago that Terri Moore joined the Dallas County District Attorney's Office as Craig Watkins's first assistant. But Moore, once a perennial candidate for the Tarrant County District Attorney's job, is out effective July 1. So too is Mike Ware, head of the...
The state Legislature addressed Texas's baby-mama drama this session when, on May 12, Governor Rick Perry signed a bill that immediately relieves men determined not to be the biological father of a child from being required to pay child support. The bill passed unanimously through both the House and Senate.Previously,...
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Calhoun, Radiant and MenkenaKessler TheaterJune 10, 2011Better than: crossing the river to do anything else Dallas.Midway through Calhoun's loose, rollicking set at the Kessler Theater on Friday night, frontman Tim Locke addressed the crowd. "It's kind of casual tonight," he said. "So, we're gonna be, you know..." OK, so, its...
In four NBA Finals' fourth quarters, LeBron James has three baskets. He's been outscored in the final quarters of this series by Dirk Nowitzki, 44-9. In Game 4 he not only scored a playoff career-low 8 points -- first time in 433 games he's been held below 10 -- he let Jason...
They may boast a name that suggests a death metal band that just can't spell, but California's Dredg are actually an experimental rock quartet out of California that play music of a rather singular variety. For more than 15 years, the band defied easy description by playing an intriguing amalgam...
It's Christmas in July for science-fiction and fantasy fans. In the coming weeks, both "American Tolkien" George R. R. Martin and urban fantasy master Jim Butcher will flood the market with new books for their respective series. Blogs are a-flutter with the news that a couple hundred copies of Martin's...
Veracruz, a thin and wrinkly shaped state on the Gulf, wasn't the most loved state in Mexico. The Spanish used the region as a gateway to the New World, trouncing local tribes in search of gold. But they also brought along olives, capers, almonds and other treasures from home, imprinting...
George Krause, the Philly-born photographer who started the photography program at the University of Houston, has taken up residence in Wimberley, but the picturesque Central Texas town hasn't kept the 74-year-old away from the lens. His work is currently exhibited in The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The...
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The weather. The ring ceremony. The attendance. And oh, by the way, the results.When the Rangers beat reigning AL Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez 7-3 yesterday, it capped the perfect start to their encore season.They're now 6-0, joining the Cincinnati Reds as the only undefeated teams in baseball. Texas has...
The Rosebuds, Other Lives Dada June 23, 2011 Better than: a fried onion at an Aussie-themed steak house. The Rosebuds have what every other band worth its salt wants: Charisma. Sheer, raw charisma that makes connecting with fans a simple act. A smile, a nod, a knowing remark -- all...
Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixmaster's weekly sister. Say you're not in the mood for a feel-good musical. Say you're in the mood...
Fair Park has been the venue of choice for several youth-friendly summer music festivals of late, and gee whiz, those darn kids can certainly raise a ruckus. Two fans died at this past week's Electric Daisy Carnival in spite of seemingly some fairly intensive preparation on the part of the...
Britney Spears, Nicki NinajAmerican Airlines CenterJuly 12, 2011Better than: most shows by folks who actually sing, dance and write their own music. Here's the thing about Britney: She's a mediocre singer and dancer who got very, very lucky and very, very famous by singing songs that she contributed very little,...
You think the NFL lockout made you crazy? I submit to you the mind-set of Cowboys linebacker Victor Butler, who last week was so discombobulated that he inexplicably claimed to go eight hours without checking his phone for lockout updates, said he'd almost forgotten his July 29 birthday and developed...
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In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we point you in the direction of a piece penned by former Observer music editor Zac Crain that ended up as the cover story back in 2001. The subject of Crain's lengthy story: The pop-rockin' Chomsky, which appeared poised to...
In case you haven't heard, Google is trying to take down the Facebook empire with its new Google+ social networking site. (Seriously, though, if you haven't heard, it's really time to get out from under that rock). Because social networking sites have become an integral part of music promotion, we've...
It's undeniable that social networking has changed the landscape of food. How we eat, view and hear about food has been dramatically altered thanks to websites like Yelp, Twitter and Facebook. Only a few years ago, the process of marketing and discovering new foods and restaurants was reliant on a...
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