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News
Courting Hookers
At the Dallas County courthouse, prostitutes will soon have a diversion program to call their own
By Sam Merten
Published: July 10, 2008
Robyn Byers never imagined she'd become a prostitute, but the risk factors were there. She was abused sexually, emotionally and physically as a child, and she grew up in a...
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You Said It
Ooo, Jenny, Jenny
Published: July 10, 2008
"Pack a Trunk," by Spencer Campbell, July 3 Ooo, Jenny, Jenny It's impossible to understand why Dallas Zoo officials are choosing to send Jenny to a foreign zoo that affords...
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Buzz
What, Price justice?
By Mark Donald
Published: July 10, 2008
What, Price justice?: Three decades ago, I was a baby lawyer smitten with the notion of becoming a public defender. It seemed the pure practice of law, unfettered by the...
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Sports
The Fab 50
Half a hundred power brokers who sculpt our local sports landscape
By Richie Whitt
Published: July 10, 2008
Jerry Jones is our Pied Piper. The Dallas Cowboys' owner has passionately hypnotized us into ditching Tom Landry, embracing Terrell Owens, believing Pacman Jones and, coming...
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Ask a Mexican
Ask a Mexican
El Rey lives south of the border, if only on black velvet
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: July 10, 2008
Dear Mexican: What's the fascination Mexicans have with Elvis? —Good Roceando Tonight Dear Gabacho: Your question is spot-on, but it's taken a while for Elvis to...
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Music
Big Willie Style
Willie Nelson doesn't have to continue performing—which makes his insistence to keep doing so all the more remarkable
By Pete Freedman
Published: July 10, 2008
He walks onto the stage, smiles kindly, waves sheepishly and, simply enough, dives right into his music. Aside from a few awkward PA squeals, there's nothing remarkable about...
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Critics' Picks
Bob Log III, Scott H. Biram, Possessed by Paul James
Thursday, July 10, at Granada Theater
By Chris Gray
Published: July 10, 2008
If you're unfamiliar with Hillgrass Bluebilly Entertainment, it's the Austin-based booking agency whose clients make generous use of the stomp box—a small wooden box with...
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playlist
Yaz
In Your Room (Mute)
By Merritt Martin
Published: July 10, 2008
In 1981, Vince Clarke left Depeche Mode after Speak & Spell (he wrote most of the album, which included DM's first hit, "I Just Can't Get Enough ") to team with singer Alison...
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Bsides
Still Wildly Childlike
Tilly and the Wall singer talks gossip, trippy kids' shows
By Jesse Hughey
Published: July 10, 2008
Tilly and the Wall's members have always mined childhood and adolescence for inspiration, as evidenced by the youthful exuberance of the band's live shows and the hormonal,...
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North of the Dial
North of the Dial
By Dave Sims
Published: July 10, 2008
If Delmore Pilcrow frontman Chris Garver wanted to avoid stultifying genre tags like "freak folk" or "new weird America," he might have considered picking a less freaky, folky...
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Dish
Ticket to Paradise
By Merritt Martin
Published: July 10, 2008
I planned out a vacation. It was an ambitious world tour touching down in various European, Mediterranean and South American countries. I would pack a wardrobe that would allow...
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Cheap Bastard
Jersey Mike's Subs
By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: July 10, 2008
Tropicana Fruit Punch at the fountain count: 1 SMUchebag count: 5 Jersey Mike's has a line out the door and zero parking. It also has a sub, drink and chips for less than 10...
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Film
Going Down
Brendan Fraser falls into a deep, deep hole at the Center of the Earth
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: July 10, 2008
At the top, let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent, if overly familiar and yawningly...
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Night & Day
Think About It
Kids and 'dults mix up the art
By Merritt Martin
Published: July 10, 2008
No one said anything about grown-ups cornering the market on art. In fact, if there's any group of people I know that truly have fun with a variety of artistic mediums, it's...
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Night & Day
The Impressionists I Get
See Van Goghs and Monets in Fort Worth
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: July 10, 2008
Art museums must have done really well in kindergarten 'cause they totally know how to share. Take the sweet, generous Art Institute of Chicago for example -- it's agreed to...
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Night & Day
Woof Woof Wino
By S. Anne Durham
Published: July 10, 2008
They're fast, sleek and beautiful. And for one night at least, they pair perfectly with a good merlot. We coul be talking about the latest tabloid princesses, but instead,...
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Night & Day
Hey Buuuuuuddy
Beloved '90s stoner hits the Improv
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: July 10, 2008
Sure, I did it back in the day, and all my friends were doing it. In the early '90s, it was as inescapable as Hypercolor and Hammertime. Weezing the juice was epidemic....
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Night & Day
Dynamic Duo
Ledoux and Pennigton unite at HCG
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: July 10, 2008
Since June 27, HCG Gallery has proudly displayed the work of Michael Ledoux and Shane Pennington (No relation to Chris or Chad...as far as we know, anyway. ) in an exhibit...
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Night & Day
Queen Bitch
Bowen tells the story of A Royal Pain
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: July 10, 2008
Author Rhys Bowen's A Royal Pain falls squarely in the comedy-of-errors tradition of classics like Mrs. Doubtfire, Dave, and uh, King Ralph. It's a book, though. Gotta read it;...
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Night & Day
Twice The Play
Theatre Three has a House and Garden party
By Merritt Martin
Published: July 10, 2008
It's easy to be intrigued by a play by Sir Alan Ayckbourn and man, does he have a few under his belt, but Theatre Three nabbed my attention with House and Garden. The 1999...
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