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O, Sweet Baseball

There's something so optimistic and buoyant about baseball that I can't give up on it, no matter how many times Jose Canseco opens his mouth. Our Texas Rangers are a good case in point. Every time I want to give up on them, something fantastic happens--like Ian Kinsler hitting for...
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A Cure For Tinnitus at UTD?

Joel Styzens was a serious professional drummer and percussionist, practicing three to four hours a day and playing three to four hours a night at gigs. He did this six or sometimes seven nights a week with big jazz bands and percussion ensembles—until one morning, three years and four months...
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The Science Diet

So much to rant about this week--the Dewhurst Bill, consideration of a code of ethics for food bloggers, that sort of thing. But an email this morning about "culinary constructivism," as practiced by chefs at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental, raised a few questions.Well, one question, really: why?According to the release,...
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Handle The Proof: Del Maguey Mezcal

Mention a bout with mezcal and at least one of your acquaintances will fire back with the "did you eat the worm" question.But insect larvae added to bottles of mezcal are a relatively recent marketing gimmick rather than some age-old tradition--an attempt to counter the spell its cousin, tequila, holds...
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So Many Shows, So Little Time: Let Us Help You Pick the Best

Geographically speaking, it makes perfect sense why we see so many shows in town come mid- to late March. Yet, every year, it manages to surprise us. Below is a breakdown of some of the more promising shows coming through as a result of South by Southwest overspill. But it's...
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So, Just How Happy is Dallas With Dallas?

Just noticed this on the Dallas City Hall Web site: the results of a recently taken survey of more than 1,600 Dallas households, who were asked about their thoughts about the city -- everything from "Perception of the Overall Quality of Life in Dallas" to "Ratings of Dallas As a...
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Thuggets 2, Mavwimps 0

Already being out-jumped, out-run, out-dunked and out-funked, the Dallas Mavericks last night became a desperate team suddenly out-manned. And after another thorough loss to the Denver Nuggets - this one 117-105 in Game 2 of the NBA's Western Conference Semifinals - it's inevitable the Mavs will soon be simply out...
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Last Night: Gaslight Anthem and Heartless Bastards at the Granada

Gaslight Anthem with Heartless BastardsGranada TheaterApril 28, 2009Better Than: Watching an anti-climatic basketball playoff. The Granada played host to brawny rock last night as the Heartless Bastards and headliner Gaslight Anthem played to a testosterone-rich crowd. In sets that were long on music and short on charisma, both bands played...
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Weekend Round-Up: The Edgefest 19 Edition

I just spent way too long on Youtube searching for videos from this past weekend in area concert-going (apparently our spring semester interns' last days have come and gone), and all I came up with were videos from Edgefest 19 up at Pizza Hut Park this past weekend.But beggars can't...
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“Off Course,” | Cheap Bastard, | Same Old, Same Old

"Off Course," by Jim Schutze, April 23 till it's gone Building reservoirs to feed Dallas' growth is Texas' version of paving paradise to put up a parking lot. Jim R. from Sachse, via dallasobserver.com That reservoir has been planned for decades. Dallas is going to need that water to prosper...
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Heart to Heart

As much as I'm tired of everyone saying, "In this economy, we here at [insert business name] wanna give you folks a deal!" I'm totally behind one event that, yep, in this economy, is quite a deal. Why? Because it's free. And because it provides, in a fun and casual...
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Casting Young Cuts Against Chemistry in Romeo and Juliet

With Romeo and Juliet, the problem is this: Cast seasoned actors who look a little too old for the title roles or use young ones who can pass as teenagers (Juliet's barely 14 in the play) but might be too green to wrap their heads around the characters' intense emotional...