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Feature
Swingtown
Local swingers think life is a bowl of cherries, but Duncanville wants to spit out the Pit
By Mike Fisher
Published: September 18, 2008
Horses roam aimlessly in a meadow just around the block. There's a Boy Scout camp about a half-mile away.The green thicket behind the plain, ranch-style house prevents exposure...
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News
Clearing the Air
Former County Judge Margaret Keliher keeps trying to blow away the smoke over pollution plans
By Megan Feldman
Published: September 18, 2008
Two years ago, Margaret Keliher faced electoral oblivion, but since losing her post as Dallas County judge in the 2006 Democratic sweep of county elections, she has managed to...
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You Said It
Fresh Start|Who You Callin' Concise?|Please Say "I Don't"|Richie's Women
Published: September 18, 2008
"Deep Ellum Lives," by Robert Wilonsky, September 11 Fresh Start Well, it's easy to say that Deep Ellum could "disappear" or lose its flavor. Frankly, however, it has lost...
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Buzz
Falling on a Sword
By Patrick Williams
Published: September 18, 2008
Falling on a sword: So, Dallas Independent School District announces last week that—whoopsie daisy—it inadvertently blew its 2007-'08 budget by $64 million. The...
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Sports
The Great Digit Debate
Just which local players have earned the right to be eternally identified with their uniform numbers?
By Richie Whitt
Published: September 18, 2008
They are both blessed with cutesy dimples and with famous buxom blondes. Both dabble in golf. Both earned their reputations and their millions as charismatic captains and...
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Ask a Mexican
Ask a Mexican
Telling your Catholic, Mexican parents you're gay? How could that go badly?
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: September 18, 2008
Dear Mexican: I am a chica struggling with the choice to come out to my parents about my sexual orientation. My family is Catholic, and my parents are old-school. While we are...
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Music
Seeing a Ghost
Yeah, Grandmaster Flash graced the ones and twos at Ghostbar this weekend. But who cares? The people there didn't seem to.
By Pete Freedman
Published: September 18, 2008
The drinks are overpriced, the people are overdressed and the wait to get into the place is...well, it's a little bit longer than the usual lines to get into shows around the...
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Critics' Picks
Pinback
Thursday, September 18, at The Loft
By Andrew Lentz
Published: September 18, 2008
Those kings of modern-day jingle-jangle, Pinback, are back with more ethereal-pop bliss than ever. Despite a title that evokes a Finnish black-metal album, Autumn of the...
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playlist
Jackopierce
Promise of Summer (Foreverything Records)
By Darryl Smyers
Published: September 18, 2008
Promise of Summer is the first studio effort from Jackopierce in a dozen years, and it would appear little has changed in the collective muse of Jack O'Neill and Cary Pierce,...
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Bsides
Silver Lining
Silver Jew David Berman left Dallas when he turned 18. And, maybe for good reason, he never looked back.
By Noah Bailey
Published: September 18, 2008
In late April, we began to hear rumors about a new drug in the metroplex. It was in the gay bars. Kids at the Arts Magnet were getting it. Certain people at certain parties had...
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Dish
Bland on Bland
By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: September 18, 2008
Parking in front of Naan Korean Grill & Sushi Bar isn't free unless you drive a hybrid. They actually have meters in front of every primo spot in front of the restaurant (just...
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Cheap Bastard
Taco Joint
By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: September 18, 2008
Jalapeño ranch and salsa bar count: 1 Times I was amazed by how good crispy tacos could be count: 50 Urban Taco can suck one. A big fat one with a tattoo that says,...
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Film
Your Friends & Neighbors
Racial tension, above and below the surface, in Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace
By SCOTT FOUNDAS
Published: September 18, 2008
Earlier this year, when I found myself assigned to jury duty on a drug-related trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court, our jury foreman turned out to be a blond, blue-eyed...
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Night & Day
Art For Squares
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: September 18, 2008
Despite the general preconception, quilting isn't just for little old ladies. It's a labor of love for anyone who attempts the craft--after two years, thousands of little...
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Night & Day
Jack-Elitists
Worship the pumpkin at the Arboretum
By Patrick Williams
Published: September 18, 2008
Pity poor zucchini. Like its squash cousin, the pumpkin, it's a fairly useless fruit that grows large and abundantly. They're watery and bland, and the gardeners who grow them...
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Night & Day
Big-Time Givers
The Nashers get their due
By Laurie Dent
Published: September 18, 2008
You don't have to understand art to dig it, especially with a venue as cool and hip as the Nasher Sculpture Center. This month, the Nasher turns 5 years old, and to mark the...
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Night & Day
Farm to Market
Learn about the 1800s' marriage to the carriage
By Merritt Martin
Published: September 18, 2008
Oh, how we Dallasites love our transportation. We traipse around in giant trucks and SUVs guzzling gas as though we actually have hauling to do. Back in the days of the...
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Night & Day
Pop Poppins
By S. Anne Durham
Published: September 18, 2008
Balloons can be fun or scary, depending on how close they are to someone with a pin. But rarely have balloons been labeled "macabre." Apparently, it takes a BB gun to make that...
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Night & Day
Picture Book
12 photogs crowd the Magnolia
By Rich Lopez
Published: September 18, 2008
I'm a little confused. Take 12 photographers, have them submit "13 identical, archival, photographic prints from one single image," share the first dozen with the other...
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Night & Day
Full Moon Loony
Probable Stevie Nicks fans gather at White Rock
By Dianna Wray
Published: September 18, 2008
If you find yourself running low on incense and craving a drum circle, head for the Moonlady Festival at the Bath House Cultural Center. There will be henna tattoos, jewelry, a...
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