John Lewis and Kevin Dean were among the first two to plead guilty, both to one count of extortion, in the Dallas City Hall federal corruption case -- Lewis in March of last year; Dean, in June. When Lewis pleaded guilty, his attorney, Clint Broden, told Unfair Park his client...
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Today, Tufani sat in the shade of the south gorilla habitat at the Dallas Zoo half-reclined, peacefully peeling an orange, seemingly unaware of the gaggle of media looking on from a zoo-approved observation point. It was a far cry from the "code-red" scene triggered on Saturday when the 180-pound gorilla...
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To The Full Ex-Stent of the Law
...and for you all who still rock the YouTubes, here's your link.In this week's paper, I check in with the artist formerly known as PlayRadioPlay!, Aledo's Daniel Hunter, to talk about his set-to-be-released-next-week debut under the the moniker of Analog Rebellion. The new album, Ancient Electrons, is a big change...
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Days Gone Bite: Frito Bandito
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King For A Day
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Dallas hip-hop producer and DJ Rob Viktum is known as an impeccably tasteful sampler, a beatmaker who uses snippets of half-forgotten soul songs and boom-bap drumbeats for a sound that hearkens to the '90s Golden Era of rap and '70s movie soundtracks. And yet he still manages to sound modern...
And speaking of the U.S. Attorney's Office ...Jim and Sam were otherwise occupied this morning and couldn't make it back to the Earle Cabell for the second round of sentencing in the City Hall federal corruption case. But following Friday's marathon that saw Don Hill getting 18 years and wife...
St. Pete's Dancing Marlin2730 Commerce214-698-1511Everyone who passes through this Deep Ellum holdout must, at some point or another, think 'you know, if they'd toss all the damn model fish, this would be one handsome old fashioned saloon.'After all, it's not really a seafood joint. And the creaky hardwood floors, long...
It's always a good idea 'round this time of the year to make a list of accomplishments, if only to figure out what you need to get done in the coming year. So happens, of course, that Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins needs to get re-elected in 2010, and,...
There's Tuscany and Provence. Sushi and other dishes from Japan have circled the globe. People argue the merits of Argentine beef or Scottish salmon. But who ever says "I'd love a good Russian head cheese" or "let's have some Irish food tonight"?Unless by that they mean Jameson's.Closer to home, could...
Scared to flash your wallet this holiday season at the mall for fear somebody might nab it? Hate leaving your goodie bags in the car will result in a smashed-in window? (No, we're not talking to you, NorthPark Center. Why do you ask? Oh ... right.) Look, don't worry: The...
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Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the attendant kaboodle,...
Sure. Turnout for the Democratic runoff election for county judge on April 13 will be tiny. Few people will vote, but the outcome will be huge. The real issue is the character of the community. You know who the real candidates are, right? Let me paint it for you as...
Back in August of '08, Sam wrote about the case of the Dallas Police Department's Roosevelt Holiday, who claimed at the time that he'd been pushed out of his job as a crime scene detective by higher-ups who didn't like the color of his skin. Holiday, who's black, initially filed...
Way back in '97, and again last June, we told you the story of Sue Pope -- a Midlothian rancher who became legendary for taking on pollution-spewing TXI -- and the genesis of the fund named in her honor, which doles out green to groups cleaning up the air in...
We attended today's meeting of the council's Transportation and Environment Committee in the hopes of finding out from DART officials where they stood on the second downtown light-rail alignment and streetcars. Instead, the only thing that jumped out was committee chair Linda Koop's concerns about the lack of development near...
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Propane and Propane Mentalities
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P.O.S., Dessa, AstronautalisHailey's ClubFebruary 27, 2010 Better than: waiting in line for two hours. Here's one thing can be said with almost unerring conviction: You've probably never been to a hip-hop show like the one held at Hailey's on Saturday night. There was very little of what you'd normally see...
Twelve years ago, Jose Saenz was a LAUSD dropout and run-of-the-mill tagger known on the Eastside of Los Angeles as Smiley, a nod to the way he flashed his trademark brilliant grin. At age 22, he sidled up to two young Eastside men peddling dope on North Clarence Street in...
In this week's upcoming paper, Jesse Hughey talks to local hip-hop producer/beatmaker Rob Viktum about his upcoming release, Progress 2. Be sure to keep an eye out for that story, but in the meantime, some added background: As you'll hear/see in the above clip, the record's release is something of...
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