Archive Search Results

1. Feature

   Soldier Suicides

   Two Texas brothers fall in the war on terror—one in combat, one by his own hand

   By Megan Feldman

   Published: October 2, 2008

   As mourners trickled out of Lubbock's Resthaven Memorial Park in the gray chill, Andrew Velez stayed behind. He stood among the gravestones and watched his brother's coffin...

2. News

   Time to Make the Doughnuts

   Zales Corp. smells sweet success in expanding Dunkin' Donuts

   By Jesse Hyde

   Published: October 2, 2008

   It's 9 a.m. on a Friday in Plano, and Bob Ripper is making his morning run to Dunkin' Donuts. He comes to this pink and orange storefront on Independence Parkway maybe twice a...

3. You Said It

   Room Service|Work Smarter, Not Harder|Sweet on the Tea|Yeah, But It Was Tons to Read|F-Bombed Out

   Published: October 2, 2008

   "Checkout Time," by Sam Merten, September 25 Room Service I'm all for this. I just moved downtown and see little life, but a brother who lives in Houston has seen Houston...

4. Buzz

   Never, Ever Volunteer

   By Patrick Williams

   Published: October 2, 2008

   Never, ever volunteer: If there's a lawyer or, say, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives out there reading this, could you lend Nicholas Zimmerman a hand before the...

5. Sports

   Status Woe

   Insane Rangers again take similar path to identical destination

   By Richie Whitt

   Published: October 2, 2008

   September 26, 2007. Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington: "We made it real tough on ourselves with our start. But we weathered the storm. We never gave up. We played hard...

6. Ask a Mexican

   Ask a Mexican

   Dear Babe: Mexicans don't hate you because you're Spanish, but just because you're you

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: October 2, 2008

   Dear Mexican: I'm half-Catalan, and the women on my mom's side of my family have spent most of our lives being hated by Mexicans. I've never understood it. My mom and aunts...

7. Music

   The Winners and Losers of ACL Fest 2008

   By Jesse Hughey

   Published: October 2, 2008

   This year's Austin City Limits Festival ushered out the summer concert season with performances by Beck, Erykah Badu, Spiritualized and dozens of indie rock, folk and...

8. Music

   Catch some local music legends in Greendale

   By Pete Freedman

   Published: October 2, 2008

   Given the amount of love that we here at the Dallas Observer tossed the Dallas Theater Center's way over its The Who's Tommy—a cover story previewing the show ("Enter...

9. Critics' Picks

   Ra Ra Riot, The Morning Benders, Walter Meego

   Thursday, October 2, at The Loft

   By Ray Cummings

   Published: October 2, 2008

   "I know yesterday's gone, and tomorrow, it'll never come" is about as deep and original as Chicago duo Walter Meego allows itself to get. So it helps that profundity isn't the...

10. playlist

    Astronautalis

    Pomegranate (Eyeball)

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: October 2, 2008

    Like his 2006 album The Mighty Ocean and Nine Dark Theaters, Astronautalis' latest is a collection of stories about growing up, rebelling and dealing with adult...

11. Bsides

    The Whigs look to establish themselves live

    By Doug Wallen

    Published: October 2, 2008

    You'd think that when a young band has the good fortune to see its self-produced first album re-released on a big label and then be sent to a proper Los Angeles studio to...

12. North of the Dial

    North of the Dial

    By Daniel Rodrigue

    Published: October 2, 2008

    Before enemies climbs the steps onto Hailey's stage, Ryan Gillbert struts around the club clutching his guitar looking like a young, Don't Look Back-era Bob Dylan, while...

13. Dish

    Capriccio Ristorante shoots for Italian elegance but serves up tedium

    By Jonanna Widner

    Published: October 2, 2008

    As Americans, we know how to pick our nostalgia. We pluck the good, fleshy bits from the bones of our memories and leave the gristle to decay on its own. We hold onto the good...

14. Cheap Bastard

    Hickory House Barbecue

    Make yourself at home and stuff your face with meat

    By ALICE LAUSSADE

    Published: October 2, 2008

    Mama Carol's teeth count: 4 Overalls count: 3 My latest rule for how to spot a good place for lunch is that if the restaurant is an actual house, it's gonna serve up some...

15. Film

    Blindness blurs the line between bleak and sappy

    By Anthony Kaufman

    Published: October 2, 2008

    The most recent example of bleak chic, Fernando Meirelles' mostly harrowing adaptation of José Saramago's international best seller Blindness mixes the high-velocity...

16. Night & Day

    Pepin To Go

    By JENNIFER MEDINA

    Published: October 2, 2008

    Here's the scenario: You decide that you're hungry, so you round up your dining pals and try to figure out where to go, an exercise in futility that can take upward of half an...

17. Night & Day

    Big Bad Bob

    Add a little Swagger to your day

    By JARED BINDER

    Published: October 2, 2008

    Bob Lee Swagger returns in Stephen Hunter's latest novel, Night of Thunder. It's a lot like Days of Thunder, only with Bobby Lee Swagger instead of Tom Cruise. Also, Bobby Lee...

18. Night & Day

    Holding Out For A Hero

    The Public Trust has Good News

    By Jennifer Elaine Davis

    Published: October 2, 2008

    Heroism is a complex phenomenon these days, when even those that we look up to the most are bound to have a few skeletons in their closets. The media circus around our "heroes"...

19. Night & Day

    Border Crossing

    By Mark Hughes

    Published: October 2, 2008

    Any artist worth their easel pushes boundaries, but this region's artists seem interested in borders. The latest example is Unified Field: The Border, by contemporary artist...

20. Night & Day

    Excellent Adventure

    Gregory mines the saucy side of history

    By Dianna Wray

    Published: October 2, 2008

    Reading about the imagined private lives and inner workings of historical figures is a lot of fun, and when I get that smidgen of doubt brought on by the literary disrespect of...