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1. Feature

   Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spanky

   The Fort Worth preacher is accused of beating, threatening and assaulting women for more than 20 years

   By Julie Lyons

   Published: February 21, 2008

   That stench—horribly foul, like excrement sprinkled with cheap, rosy perfume. It had been 24 years since she smelled it last, but the odor was unmistakable. Someone had...

2. News

   Why is Hillary Neglecting Delegate-Rich Dallas County?

   While Obama has events going on throughout the city, Clinton is nowhere to be found

   By Mark Donald

   Published: February 21, 2008

   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...

3. You Said It

   Die, Peyote, Die!|Ponies Up|You Must Be Kiddin'|The VA's Other Side|Well, He Ain't Liberal

   Published: February 21, 2008

   Die, peyote, die! I would like to express my support for the ranchers to continue to fence their land and destroy the peyote plant ("The Flesh of God," by Russell Cobb,...

4. Buzz

   Priorities, Priorities

   By Patrick Williams

   Published: February 21, 2008

   Priorities, priorities: Man, Buzz needs a vacation. Here we are about to tell you that the Collin County District Attorney's Office is preparing to start requiring all persons...

5. Schutze

   DART's Outside Auditor Seems Too Inside to Expose Secrets

   We're over the game of hide the ball with Deloitte Touche

   By Jim Schutze

   Published: February 21, 2008

   Here is what you need to know about DART, the regional transit agency whose recently resigned chairwoman turned herself over to the cops recently on document-tampering charges:...

6. Sports

   The Dallas Stars Are Ready to Win Us Back

   The hockey team is fueled by the good ol' days

   By Richie Whitt

   Published: February 21, 2008

   Hear that? It's audible. But so quiet and muffled, almost tranquil. Is it the refurbished Mercantile Tower clock, silently ticking high above downtown? Two moths texting in a...

7. Ask a Mexican

   Why Exactly Does Mexico Suck?

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: February 21, 2008

   Dear Mexican: Why do you suppose Mexico has such a hard time getting its act together? It has vast natural resources, good climate, natural ports, super-generous and...

8. Music

   Dallas Music Finally Getting National Attention

   It may not be Austin-level love, but we'll take it

   By Pete Freedman

   Published: February 21, 2008

   Spend enough time with creative types—especially musicians—and you start to get a sense of how important outside feedback, either positive or negative, is to these...

9. Music

   Erykah Badu Has Returned

   The songstress burst through her stuggles with writer's block and created a solid record

   By Robert Wilonsky

   Published: February 21, 2008

   For a long time—about three years—Erykah Badu figured maybe she was done making records. It started around the time she released Worldwide Underground in June 2003,...

10. Critics' Picks

    The Black Lips

    Sunday, February 24, at Good Records and The Loft

    By Pete Freedman

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Atlanta garage rockers The Black Lips are no strangers to praise. Last year's Good Bad Not Evil was a fairly well-regarded release in critics' circles, only helping add stock...

11. playlist

    Mike Doughty

    Golden Delicious (ATO)

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: February 21, 2008

    It seems like Mike Doughty is doing everything he can to blend in with every milquetoast singer-songwriter who ever drew inspiration from Duncan Sheik. The ridiculous album...

12. Bsides

    Melodica Music Festival Out to "Light a Fire Under Dallas' Ass"

    By Rich Lopez

    Published: February 21, 2008

    From within the confines of his East Dallas apartment, Wanz Dover is foreseeing the future. He sayeth the Dallas music scene is on the precipice of something huge—like...

13. Dish

    Review: Yao Fuzi Cuisine

    A pop and son duo bring authentic Chinese to Plano

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Chinese cuisine, with rare exceptions, is a mongrel of conformity in these parts: a risk-averse version of the intensely risky food. It's transmogrified, morphed, tamed and...

14. Hash Over

    Urban Taco Domination

    Also: Go Fish founder and chef have re-bonded

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Marcus Pineyro, the 20-something SMU grad who slicked up Mexico City street food with his Urban Taco taco lounge in Mockingbird Station last year, is expanding. First stop: DFW...

15. Cheap Bastard

    Review: Keller's Drive-In

    By ALICE LAUSSADE

    Published: February 21, 2008

    People sitting in truck beds: 18 Motorcycles: 2 Times I wondered if someone would come to my car to take my trash or if I should just drive off with a tray attached to my...

16. Film

    Be Kind Rewind Comes Up Short, Stale and Flat

    Michel Gondry attempts to celebrate DIY filmmaking but disappoints

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: February 21, 2008

    The pleasures of Be Kind Rewind do not extend far beyond the promise of its premise: Jack Black, magnetized and manic (yawn), erases every single video tape in the rental store...

17. Night & Day

    When Two Become One

    Kamadeva and Psyche need some love

    By Andrea Grimes

    Published: February 21, 2008

    It's a comparative religion fan's hottest dream: Kamadeva, the Hindu god of love, and Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul, uniting as one in a steamy mess. Of course, it'd...

18. Night & Day

    Blowhard

    By Mark Hughes

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Saxophonist Maceo Parker has played with many of the greats. Stints with James Brown, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins' Rubber Band led him to be forever associated with funk....

19. Night & Day

    From the Top

    Stalk some art in Fair Park

    By Laurie Dent

    Published: February 21, 2008

    If you want to learn about a person, you can always peek into the windows or use the "follow them one car-length behind" strategy. But for non-stalkers, the best way to...

20. Night & Day

    Ain't That America?

    By Noah W. Bailey

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Anyone who's ever driven through the Great Plains can attest to its emptiness——miles and miles of corn or wheat in every direction with...