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New Science Projects Is Aimless On Purpose.

While setting up on the floor at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios on Saturday night, Denton's New Science Projects began to attract a pretty substantial crowd. With people lined up on all sides of them—some even standing on chairs—frontman and songwriter Dale Jones began belting out half-screamed words in his guttural,...
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The Sword’s Having More Fun Than You Think

Heavy metal can be fun. And in Austin, a metal band shredding its way not only through the city but also around the world is indeed having fun. The Sword, led by vocalist and songwriter John "J.D." Cronise, have learned to use the fact that Austin's musical focus often lies...
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Steelers 24, Jets 19: My Top 10 Observer-ations

10. Some of us said all week that with the way the Jets celebrated wildly in New England, it was if they'd already won their Super Bowl. Proved astute right out of the gate as the Steelers set the tone with a 15-play, 66-yard touchdown drive to open the game. The Jets...
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Bro Fest Offers Its Strongest Bill To Date

Every year around March, the spillover effect from Austin's South By Southwest music festival sends hundreds of underground bands through North Texas. Which is good news for those whose wallets aren't thick enough to afford a 2011 SXSW pass (a basic music pass goes for $750), as there are more...
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Novaak

Local music tends to roll one of two directions: It either shoots for the moon and adopts a universal, accessible sound (to varying degrees of artistic success), or it turns inward to play only for the local community (to varying degrees of artistic merit). Denton's Novaak takes the former route...
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Urban Crust’s Salvatore Gisellu: Simplicity is Best

Yesterday, we gave you the goods on Salvatore Gisellu, executive chef at Urban Crust. Today, we asked Gisellu to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow, he shares one of his recipes. (Gisellu's words are after the ellipses.) I was raised in...Sardinia. My friends say I'm...too Italian. [He laughs.] I...
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The Mavs Are Cratering. And, Yep, the Butler Did Indeed Do It.

So me and Charles Barkley call the Dallas Mavericks the best team in the NBA, but when I come back from vacation the whole thing's in shambles. What the what?! I believe when I left they were 23-5 and had just completed a season sweep of the Miami Heat. Now? Entering tonight's home...
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Bonus MP3: Calhoun — “Lioness”

In this week's paper, I used up a good chunk of ye olde music section talking up our takes on the most anticipated releases due out in '11 -- and for good reason, since, even after a strong 2010, this year stands a pretty decent chance of topping that one.One...