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Is the 'Woman Caught in Adultery' Really Part of Scripture?
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Demanding Answers as the Dallas Convention Center Hotel Moves Forward
As Mayor Tom Leppert pushes for a convention center hotel, critics demand more details and less tax money. At least, those who haven't been silenced do.
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With the Addition of Pacman Jones, Valley Ranch Has Become a Halfway House
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The Great Trinity Forest Ain't So Great
Well, not yet anyway.
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Dallas' The Bridge Homeless Center's Progressive Approach May Actually Make a Difference
With a no-hassles approach to panhandlers, Dallas' new shelter hopes to kill homelessness with kindness
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Battle Against Teaching Evolution in Texas Begins (37)
Should creationism win out, textbooks throughout the country–not just Texas–will challenge the theory of evolution in science curricula
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Family Court Judge Sheds Light on Unfair Child Support Practices in Texas (46)
Judge David Hanschen lets men challenge whether the kids they support are theirs. And the Texas Attorney General's Office is pissed.
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Dallas Has a Real-Life Dr. Gregory House in Dr. Richard Buch (15)
Some call Dr. Buch a troubled genius. His ex-patients and hospital bosses call him trouble.
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Demanding Answers as the Dallas Convention Center Hotel Moves Forward (12)
As Mayor Tom Leppert pushes for a convention center hotel, critics demand more details and less tax money. At least, those who haven't been silenced do.
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DART Needs to Build a Subway Downtown (11)
If DART backtracks on its subway promise, downtown traffic will be even more congested
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Getting to Know Edgefest Bands Via Haikus
Poetry about the acts on Edgefest 17's bill? It's music to our ears.
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The Best Albums of 2008, So Far...
Just over three months into 2008 and we're already fussing over which albums will make our year-end best-of lists
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Reliving Last Weekend's Local Music Explosion
Between Good Records' birthday celebration and the Mokah Music showcase we were a little overwhelmed—but in a good way.
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Quick's Big Thing Awards Show Wasn't Very Big
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Van Halen
Thursday, April 24, at American Airlines Center
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What's Up With All Those White People Asking Stupid Questions?
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What Ross Perot's Thousand-Dollar Investment Has Yielded
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Bits: PlayRadioPlay!, Black Tie Dynasty, Faux Fox
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Bonus MP3s: RTB2's "The Spilling Blood Child" and Whiskey Folk Ramblers' "Moanin' Rag"
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Is Roy Williams Suddenly One Biscuit Away From Being A Liability?
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Sunday School ”“ Handing Out Grades To Our Weekend Wrap-Up Shows
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The Whigs, What Made Milwaukee Famous
Friday, May 9, at The Loft
By Michael Roberts
Published: May 8, 2008
Precious few listeners notice the drumming in modern-rock bands. But Julian Dorio, stick man for the Whigs, is an exception to this rule. His agitated skinsmanship on Mission Control, the band's new full-length, not only anchors the album but provides just as many of the hooks as do frontman Parker Gispert's voice and guitar.
Julian first took his seat behind the kit at age 6, and before long, he and his kin were cranking out classic-rock covers at parties and family gatherings. "My dad had us play in front of people whenever we had the opportunity, whether it was five people or a hundred people," he recalls.
Thanks to this experience, Dorio was more than ready when he formed the Whigs with two fellow University of Georgia students, Gispert and bassist Hank Sullivant (recently replaced by Tim Deaux). The three made their debut, 2005's Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip, on a shoestring budget, purchasing recording equipment on eBay and then selling it again after they were done. But upon signing with ATO Records, an imprint co-owned by Dave Matthews (whom the boys still haven't met), they got a chance to cut Mission Control in a high-rent facility under the supervision of one-time Beck producer Rob Schnapf. The disc that emerged has earned plenty of spins on college radio and brought Dorio to the attention of a growing legion of drumming aficionados.
Also on this bill: Austin's What Made Milwaukee Famous, whose bar-tinged indie rock should make for a nice pairing with The Whigs.
