Use quotes to search for a phrase or name: "toy story", or "brooklyn bridge".

Article

Without T.O., the Cowboys’ pass offense opens with plenty of TDs

Terrell who? After last year's season opener, the Dallas Cowboys were 1-0, coming off a road win at Cleveland and defending their egomaniacal receiver, Terrell Owens, who had drawn a fine from the NFL for his track star touchdown celebration. After this year's opener the Cowboys are 1-0, coming off...
Article

Gig Reminder: Mos Def at House of Blues Tonight

Straight from the dead tree edition, courtesy Observer contributor Nate Patrin...Ten years after Mos Def's solo debut, Black on Both Sides, fans might've looked at his subsequent uneven catalog and started to wonder if their fondest memories of him in the '00s would consist mostly of his Chappelle's Show cameos...
Article

Uptown Ultralounge Suite Closed Yesterday.

The news spread pretty quickly among the scenesters yesterday afternoon: Suite, the ultralounge located near the intersections of Travis and Knox, closed, apparently after the club's owners chose not to re-up their lease on the property--or so this Dirty Dallas post, with its image of the lock-out notice posted to...
Article

After All These Years, Slayer Keeps Bringing The Metal Goods

Tom Araya, bassist and vocalist for legendary metal band Slayer, is unapologetic about the controversy that has always surrounded the group—whether it's charges of devil worship or having sympathies for Nazis or terrorists. "I don't look at any controversy as negative," Araya says from Slayer's tour bus as it heads...
Article

Mos Def

Ten years after Mos Def's solo debut, Black on Both Sides, fans might've looked at his subsequent uneven catalog and started to wonder if their fondest memories of him in the '00s would consist mostly of his Chappelle's Show cameos. But after the 2004's divisive, rock-heavy The New Danger and...
Article

Bonus MP3: Corporate Park — “Intimate Precision”

Unless you've been on vacation over the last week, you've probably already heard some of the buzz surrounding a certain upcoming live debut by a certain ex-Ghosthustler member's newest project. But, some worthwhile buzz that you may not yet have heard is that tonight's Back to Cooool show at Hailey's...
Article

The Mayor’s Retainers | Up the Sleazy River | Buzz

"The Mayor's Retainers," by Jim Schutze, September 3 Devil in Details Toward the end of "The Mayor's Retainers" article Jim writes: "The real tragedy of the federal corruption trial, no matter what the verdict it produces, is that the behavior of the defendants has sullied and squandered the promise of...
Article

The Informant! Gets Cute With Massive Corporate Scandal and Blows the Story

As evidenced by The Informant!, it's a hell of a tricky thing turning real-life pulp into floss sugar. The story of Archer Daniels Midland biochemist-exec-turned-crooked-federal-snitch Mark Whitacre is a tragicomedy. Journalist Kurt Eichenwald spent five years trailing the bipolar fuck-up, and his 2000 book, The Informant, is so densely, richly...
Article

Office Politics, or: Penney for Your Lawsuit

During the waning days of the '08 presidential election, a piece of Photoshop made the rounds featuring Barack Obama shining Sarah Palin's shoes. Collin County man Roger Baker, an eight-year J.C. Penney veteran at its Plano HQ, says he printed out the photo and taped it to a co-worker's computer...
Article

A Look At Food Labels And What They Really Mean

Julia Child said the only time anyone should ever eat diet food is while waiting for a steak to cook. That philosophy works for the rare woman like Child, who at 6'2 could absorb the extra calories stuffed in French cuisine. She was a giantess, but by no means gentle...
Article

Question Of The Week: Does ‘Celebrity Chef’ Mean Anything Anymore?

Nancy Nichols brought up a good point in a SideDish post about Blythe Beck, her restaurant and--more importantly--her television series. "I don't watch enough [television] to have an educated opinion" she wrote, "but, from where I sit, it looks like more top chefs bottom out after their 15 minutes, or...
Article

Short Orders: Central 214

Central 2145680 N. Central Expy214-443-9339My waitress claims that in all those months of filming for "The Naughty Kitchen," Oxygen's culinary reality show featuring chef Blythe Beck, there was only one moment of real drama. Seems a female guest recoiled from the cameras because she was on a date--though not with...