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100 Dishes: Fried Port Salut Cheese at The Porch

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can...
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The Eclipse

The Eclipse: The Eclipse is a curious Irish ghost story that fiddles with the recipe just enough to produce interesting results. Solidly built and middle-aged, Michael Farr (Ciarán Hinds) isn't the kind of vulnerable-looking nightgown-clencher usually cast to jump at bumps in the night. Working for a literary festival in...
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Gig Alert: Cute is What We Aim For Tonight at The Loft

Front man Shaant Hacikyan may be the lone original member of power pop band Cute is What We Aim For, but that hasn't prevented him from keeping the band's music fresh and intriguing over the past few years.Hailing out of Buffalo, Cute is What We Aim For started up in...
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The Problem with Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire”

What would you do if you had a million dollars? Would you buy nice cars? A nice house? Or would you be like Peter from Office Space and do absolutely nothing? Unfortunately, inflation requires that you demand even more money than that to fulfill your dreams, folks. Now, we all...
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On Whether To Bother With The New Hole

Listening to the new Hole record, Nobody's Daughter, it's impossible not to be distracted by the circular chorus of "Samantha," the slow-burning rager co-written by Billy Corgan that substitutes curse words for handclaps: "People like you FUCK!/People like me FUCK!/People like you FUCK!/People like me!" It's an odd offering from...
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England 1, USA 1: My Top 10 Observations

10. When the doors opened at 6 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Hall in Mockingbird Station, there were already 20 people lined up for a day of World Cup watching. We can rip soccer (and we will), but it's hard to criticize its fans' passion. 9. In a sport where you...
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Juarez’s Children: Drugs, Death and Fear.

CIUDAD JUÁREZ—Esteban was riding shotgun in his family's rusted teal minivan when his dad, Lorenzo, suddenly stopped the car. It was odd—a vehicle facing the opposite direction blocked their way on the narrow street. They were just four blocks from home. Esteban, who was 6 at the time, with soft...
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Craig Watkins Just Can’t Seem to Please Anybody.

Damned if you do: Short of handing his testicles to Republican County Commissioner Ken Mayfield to wear as cufflinks, what exactly could District Attorney Craig Watkins do to please those—like the local GOP and Morning News—who criticize his handling of the investigation into allegations of corruption by Constable Jaime Cortes?...
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You Think It’s Easy Being in of Montreal?

With of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes in Los Angeles, hard at work on False Priest, the band's follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2008 album Skeletal Lamping, and his band set to head out on tour in a week, the band's tour press responsibilities have fallen to founding member and Elephant...
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100 Favorite Dishes: Wingfield’s Bacon Cheeseburger

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can...