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Sleep Whale’s Joel North Explains His Band’s Name Change

Just caught up with Joel North of Sleep Whale, which, at this point is still probably best known as the ambient instrumental Denton act fromerly known as Mom, to talk about his band's name change. What it boil's down to, North says, is simply a matter of clarification for North...
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Like No Other

As with many local art spaces in the past year, Barry Whistler Gallery has been on something of a roll. Having just hosted the stark work of Johnnie Winona Ross and the whimsical photographs of Allison V. Smith, the gallery has received a fair amount of press, resulting in some...
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The Empire Strikes Back

We imagine that Judith Lea Perkins is especially proud of Empire of Belief, her current show at Kettle Art. Since she was one of the gallery's co-founders back in 2005, it probably feels like a homecoming. Perkins, who also showcased work in Kettle's successful 2007 exhibit Skulls Babes and Sparkly...
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Dude Food: Burger House

Burger House 6248 East Mockingbird Lane214-828-2732Dude Factor: 8, or Seth Green, on a scale of 1 (Dustin Diamond) to 10 (Seann William Scott) Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} I recently...
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Pairing Off: Frozen Fish Sticks

More than any other "normal" food we've paired with wine thus far in this series, fish sticks scared the bejeezus out of the experts."God," mutters Jim Fleming of Sigel's Elite, shaking his head. "Oh, man," exclaims Majestic's Scott Loudder at the thought. "You come up with some odd ones."But when...
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Dear Cynical Mavericks Fans: Ya Nevuh Know.

Look, I can be as jaded as anyone. Cynical. Smartassy. Surly. Down right skeptical. Especially - in case you haven't been paying attention - when it comes to the Dallas Mavericks. But tonight's last night's 93-89 victory in Portland, on the heels of Tuesday's victory in Phoenix, should serve as a...
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NX35 Gives Music Fans Something to Remember

north of the dial On the final night of NX35, as Monotonix loads its gear and merch into a van in front of Hailey's, some guy a block away at The Boiler Room is already updating the sign high above the main entrance of the venue to reflect the coming...
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PVC Street Gang Pipes Up

If the three members of Denton's PVC Street Gang didn't tell you that they were in a band, chances are you would mistake them for out-of-work computer programmers and motley ones at that. "Well, I am currently out of work," singer/guitarist Chris McGaha says with a chuckle. Bald, stout and...
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Darktown Strutters Keep Things Evil, Exciting

If, as the saying goes, image is everything, then the satanic-disco duo of Darktown Strutters has everything firmly planted on the prongs of its pitchforks. The terribly talented twosome's oft-discordant dissonance can be blatantly diabolical at times. And while the sinister songs and soundscapes the pair creates certainly won't suit...
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Somewhere, Jim Schutze is Off Doing a Happy Dance

Mayor Tom Leppert reluctantly addressed local media this afternoon regarding City Manager Mary Suhm's earlier announcement that the Trinity River levees will be rated "unacceptable" in 34 of 170 areas by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in advance of a March 31 deadline. He stressed that safety remains the...
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The History Boys earns top grades at Uptown Players

The least important theme in Alan Bennett's wonderful play The History Boys is that a great teacher can also be a bad person. Hector, an overweight, 60ish instructor at a lower-tier English college prep for boys, is a popular eccentric who believes in the power of big ideas and the...
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Tonight at NX35: The Out-of-Towners Come Into Play.

Well, for all the folks who were complaining that NX35 featured too many local acts, you can't really complain about tonight. There's Monotonix (Tel Aviv, Israel), Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (Chicago), Beep Beep (Omaha), Sybris (Chicago), Black Gold (Brooklyn), Sugar & Gold (San Francisco) and The Botticellis (San Francisco)...
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Now With MORE Mercury!

Does it seem like mercury poisoning is only for the rich and famous these days? Well, it turns out the rest of us can join in the fun for cheap. Reports came out last week on a new study that found traces of mercury in samples of high fructose corn...
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Ron Natinsky Says Convention Center Hotel Vote Might Amount to Jack Squat, General Fund Will Lose $300 Million Without Hotel

While his colleagues assembled at City Hall, council member and Build the Hotel'er Ron Natinsky spent yesterday morning at the Farmers Branch Recreation Center selling the convention center hotel to approximately 40 members of the Preston West Republican Women's Club. Several of the audience members aren't Dallas residents and can't...
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Not Breaking News on Russ Martin’s Brief Day in Court

This is why I'm sticking to sports. Because if I show up to, say, a Mavs game or the Super Bowl or a Green-White Scrimmage, the event actually occurs. Not so with Russ Martin's supposed trial in Fort Worth this morning. The media - myself, a reporter from Dallas' Only...