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Little Girl Blue

Cyndi Lauper has been doing her thing for quite some time now, even though her thing changes from time to time. We were introduced to Lauper as a fun-loving girl in the '80s. She turned out to have a lot more heart and soul than we first suspected, trying out...
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Cowboys 16, Chargers 14: My Top 10 Observations

10. I'm out of excuses/reasons/explanations. Any theories as to why - still - quarterback Tony Romo and receiver Roy Williams don't seem to be on the same page? Sometimes it's Romo overthrowing him and sometimes it's Williams falling down. Whatever, they just don't click. 9. Of all the linebackers drafted...
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Eisley Has The Battle Scars to Prove Their Coming of Age.

It isn't quite dark yet outside Deep Ellum's Club Clearview when a Chevrolet Suburban pulls into the parking lot. The doors open to reveal a vehicle crammed with musical equipment and Eisley, a family band comprising members of the DuPree family and their neighborhood friend, bassist Jonathan Wilson. They've just...
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Chef Tim Byres Goes in Search of Himself and Finds Smoke

Walk into Smoke early on any Saturday afternoon and you'll get the sense that the year-old restaurant hums along effortlessly. Simple preparations, a small, amiable kitchen crew, a mastery of the menu. Truth is, the food takes hours to prepare and there is meticulous care in the execution of what...
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While We Rip the Rangers, Let’s Praise Ron Washington

I was thinking the other day - after another mindless, rambling post-game press conference - at how Texas Rangers' manager Ron Washington was deteriorating into weirdspeak. He not only trips over simple subject-verb conjugation, but recently his synopsis has read like a play-by-play review. "They got a couple early, but...
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Serving a Dish Called Revenge

BRC, the gastropub with the naughty name that's been a sensation in Houston this summer, failed to impress Houston Chronicle critic Alison Cook. In her review this week, Cook declined to give Big Red Cock a single star. But the restaurant's response was pretty classy by food-and-beverage standards: In a...
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Saintkarla

Musically, Saintkarla are spirited, enterprising, and all over the map—hence, presumably, the hummingbird used as this album's cover art. Theirs, indeed, is a melting pot brand of rock. And while that doesn't work for everyone, if you've the attention span, there's a lot to draw from Elephant in the Room...
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Here We Go Magic, Beach Fossils

It's hard to find out what Brooklyn-based Luke Temple has on his iPod, but judging from the tracks we've heard from Here We Go Magic's recently released CD Pigeons (especially the lead single, the catchy "Collector"), he's been listening to a lot of psychedelic-era Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones, or...
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Last Night: Hot Hot Heat, The 22-20s at The Loft

Hot Hot Heat, The 22-20sThe LoftAugust 26, 2010 Better than: Sitting alone in your efficiency apartment making mixtapes. It's not hard to believe that Canadian New Wavers Hot Hot Heat have been around for over 10 years now. Credit the fact that the band was quick to step into the...
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Three Good Reasons to Visit Houston.
No, Really.

According to my handy Frommer's statewide guidebook, Houston is "not usually considered a tourist destination." Sounds like the folks doing the considering don't let their guts lead, since -- as I discovered on my first trip there this weekend -- Houston is an incredibly exciting town for eaters. I'm sure...