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Christian Principles and Youth Sports Apparently Do Not Mix

By Robert Wilonsky
Back in October I wrote about a good guy and a great coach named Kevin Keane, who got politically blackballed by the Dallas Parochial League. In working that story it became disgustingly obvious that DPL athletics fall somewhere between sorely mismanaged and downright corrupt. In the months since the column...
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Legendary Punk Band X Returns With Original Lineup

By Darryl Smyers
With all four original members of legendary punk/roots band X back together and touring, it's almost like the band is going through a mid-life resurgence. And even after 30 years, John Doe, singer, guitarist and founding member, thinks the band still has something positive to contribute. "The bottom line is...
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Well, We Were Getting Tired of Lynn Flint Shaw’s Old Mugshot

By Robert Wilonsky
For those who might have missed the news, former Dallas Area Rapid Transit board chair Lynn Flint Shaw -- you know who she is, right? -- turned herself in to authorities this morning. Shaw's being investigated for allegedly forging Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins' signature and letterhead to dodge...
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The Roches

By Mikael Wood
It's been more than a decade since Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche released a new album together, but you wouldn't know it from listening to Moonswept. The sisters' distinctive harmonies still lock together so precisely that a younger listener might naturally assume them to be a result of technology as...
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Can’t Spell “Bust” Without “Bus”

By Robert Wilonsky
Your favorite Barking Dog, Avi Adelman, has posted this a.m. a missive from a DPD Central Patrol Division sergeant concerning a Thursday-night SMU fraternity throwdown that was, for the most part, shut down before it could reach Lower Greenville. Seems someone tipped off the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission that "a...
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Dallas Stars Finally Align

By Richie Whitt
Something funny happened on the way to penning another Dallas Stars' April obit. The team that annually dies in the first round of the playoffs not only has life, it suddenly looks like the strongest outfit in the whole damn National Hockey League. On the heels of a month so...
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Leukemia for laughs in CTD’s Marvin’s Room

By Elaine Liner
A comedy about terminal illness? That's the ticket at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas' production of the late Scott McPherson's 1991 play Marvin's Room. An absurd, off-kilter tone is established in the opening scene. Middle-aged Bessie (Cindee Mayfield) sits in her doctor's office, patiently watching her inept physician (Nye Cooper) chase...
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The Valentines Become The Fieros

By Chelsea Mueller
So, while we haven't named the winner in the Lovie vs. The Valentines Rock 'n' Rumble (expect results very soon – or, you know, look at the comments), we do have news about The Valentines. Specifically, the band changed its name to The Fieros. Does the name change make the...
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The Dwaine Caraway Show

By Jim Schutze
It's a little after 8 a.m. on February 14, and already Dallas Deputy Mayor Pro Tem/District 4 City Council Representative Dwaine Caraway is knee-deep in saggy pants and homophobia. Another day in the life. Outside, a chilly drizzle slides down the glass walls of the WFAA television studios. The downtown...
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Lesse. Do You Want the Katy Trail or an “Attractive Alley”?

By Sam Merten
As Schutze pointed out earlier, Trey Garrison posted his thoughts on FrontBurner about a zoning case involving City Plan Commissioner Neil Emmons -- something about him being a Blue Meanie or some such. I’ve been following this issue as well and came up with a different perspective, mostly because I...
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Mission Giant’s Golden Triangle Evokes Synth-Pop and Joysticks

By Merritt Martin
It's not clean new wave. It's not art rock. It's not straight experimental. Mission Giant's latest release, Golden Triangle, takes the synthesized and oft-instrumental works of 2003's Brotherhood of the Plug into a new genre—which I'll go ahead and dub arcade art wave. With several release celebrations on the calendar...
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AA Bondy’s Celebrated Nu-folk Sound is a Far Cry From His Earlier Works

By Jaime Lees
Though few outside of the indie circuit recognized Verbena, critics and fans hailed the group as the second coming of Nirvana. The comparison was easy to see—and not just because former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl produced the band's 1999 major-label debut, Into the Pink. When Verbena emerged from Bir­­m­ing­ham, Alabama,...
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Review: Kitchen Dog Theater Puts on a Lean, Mean Richard III

By Elaine Liner
By comparison, King Richard III makes Macbeth look like a pussycat. As Shakespeare's worst/best sociopath, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, romps merrily through one of the Bard's longest plays, killing everyone who stands, sits or squats between him and the throne of England. In a classical five-act production of Richard III,...
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Headstart for Unhappiness

By Robert Wilonsky
Larry James, president and CEO of Central Dallas Ministries Over on his blog today, Central Dallas Ministries president and CEO Larry James links to a story in The Wall Street Journal last week, about studies that reveal head injuries as a "factor in some social ills." But what's noteworthy is...
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What Rufus Wrote

By Sam Merten
Rufus Shaw Services for Rufus Shaw and Lynn Flint Shaw will be held tomorrow morning, during a funeral mass at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church in Oak Cliff scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. In addition to their son, Ian Shaw, surviving the couple is Rufus’ son, Rufus Shaw...
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Forget Me Not

By Ben Westhoff
With McMansions galore, a concrete-chic urban planning model and seemingly never-ending sprawl, Plano is many outsiders' vision of hell. But to Stefan Merrill Block, it's home, not to mention the inspiration for his debut novel, The Story of Forgetting, recently released to critical acclaim and high commercial expectations by Random...
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Why is Hillary Neglecting Delegate-Rich Dallas County?

By Mark Donald
Contrary to what the national media had you believing, the Democratic presidential primary did not end on Super Tuesday, and Texas is now in play. You figure it's time to get involved. After all, you're a Dallas County Democrat. For the first time in a generation, you are relevant. It's...
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It’s Dr Pepper Time!

By Robb Walsh
Ask any Dublin Dr Pepper bootlegger what the fuss is all about. They'll tell you that the top-shelf, premier cru of Texas soda pop is selling for eight bucks a six-pack in some stores—when you can find it. Back in the 1970s, when soft-drink bottlers across the country began sweetening...