Email AuthorJoe Tone
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Here's What an SMU Sorority Party Playlist Looks Like
August 24, 2012 in DC9 At Night
What happens in a sorority house stays ... in your ear. Forever, ever, ever.See also: Ten songs to accompany very specific dorm-room scenarios The first weekend of the SMU school...
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Owners of Desta, the Ethiopian Restaurant on Greenville, Shot to Death on the Porch of Their East Dallas Home
August 15, 2012 in Unfair Park
The owners of Desta were found dead on their porch just after midnight.Amidst a cluster of Ethiopian businesses near Greenville Avenue and 635 sits Desta, "one of a few restaurants...
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The Dallas Morning News Produces Video Touting the Importance of The Dallas Morning News
July 24, 2012 in Unfair Park
The Dallas Morning News recently took some time from its very important schedule to film this slick little video declaring that "Journalism Lives." But not just any journalism. In fact,...
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We Have a New Commenting System for You to Bitch About
July 19, 2012 in Unfair Park
Your anonymous comments are safe and sound.And no, it's not Facebook, so don't worry your pretty little anonymous head. You will still be able to fire-hose the general populous from...
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Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis to Play Tug-of-War with Troops in Fort Worth
July 12, 2012 in The Mixmaster
See also: Will Ferrell's visit to SMU. If you've watched any TV of late you've likely caught the above trailer for Campaign, the election-season send-up starring Will Ferrell and Zach...
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On America's Birthday, Here's a Dallas Woman Who Wants to Throw Every Homeless Kid in Texas a Birthday Party
July 04, 2012 in Unfair Park
Paige Chenault runs The Birthday Project, which partners with the Family Gateway shelter to throw birthday parties for homeless children. Which is way more patriotic than anything I did today. via...
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July 01, 2012 in Unfair Park
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July 01, 2012 in Unfair Park
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July 01, 2012 in Unfair Park
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The Dallas People Issue: An Introduction
June 28, 2012 in Unfair Park
Skip the throat-clearing and jump right to the People Issue. If you hang around in the Observer's orbit in the coming days, or if you happen to glance at the newsstand...
Yasmin Bhatia and April Allen: The Alternatives
June 23, 2012 in Unfair Park
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Local Photog Stephen Masker Was Robbed at Gunpoint in Uptown Last Night. Well, Almost Robbed ...
June 19, 2012 in Unfair Park
StephenMaskerPhotography.comDo not fuck with this man's camera equipment.Last night, just as the sun sneaked behind the horizon, Stephen Masker was at the Cityplace trolley turntable in Uptown with a friend,...
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It's Not Just Lunch: The Jennifer Sprague-Mike Miles Story Has Officially Jumped the Shark
June 13, 2012 in Unfair Park
At his odd press conference defending the $185,000 salary of his communications chief, new Dallas ISD supe Mike Miles mentioned that he's never had coffee with Jennifer Sprague. It sounded...
Bill Cosby at the Winspear: Two Hours That They Hoped Would Never End
June 11, 2012 in The Mixmaster
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Buzz Bissinger Regrets His Dallas Tirade, Thinks He Should Maybe Get Off Twitter (Audio)
June 11, 2012 in Unfair Park
BuzzBissinger.comBuzz Bissinger: He doesn't hate Dallas, after all.So, Dallas, Buzz Bissnger regrets what he said about you, and your schools, and your freeways, and your collective IQ, and more...
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Jennifer Sprague, DISD's New Communications Chief, Will Make $185,000 a Year. Yes, That's Too Much.
June 06, 2012 in Unfair Park
Jennifer SpragueBig front-pager in today's Morning News about how Mike Miles, Dallas ISD's new superintendent, will pay his new communications chief, Jennifer Sprague, $185,000 a year. The general consensus among...
Buzz Bissinger's Feelings About Dallas Did Not Dissipate with a Good Night's Rest
June 06, 2012 in Unfair Park
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Buzz Bissinger is Trashing Dallas on Twitter Right Now
June 05, 2012 in Unfair Park
Friday Night Lights author and noted Twitter imploder Buzz Bissinger has a new book out called Father's Day, about a road trip he took with his developmentally disabled son. The...
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The Dallas Country Club is Now Worth $36 Million, DCAD Says. Cue the Lawsuit in 3 ... 2 ...
May 25, 2012 in Unfair Park
FlickrThe original DCC clubhouse.Around this time last year, the Internet had a collective chuckle when the Dallas Country Club sued the Dallas County Appraisal District, hoping to lower its annual...
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Mike Miles Taps Teach for America's DFW Director as DISD's New Chief Talent Officer
May 22, 2012 in Unfair Park
Charles Glover wants your talent.Teach for America, the teacher pipeline founded by Highland Parker Wendy Kopp, is often tossed into the bucket with the rest of the tools in the...
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Dominique Thornton, the First Named Katy Trail Robbery Suspect, Has Been Arrested
May 21, 2012 in Unfair Park
Dominique Trevun ThorntonWord came early Saturday afternoon that the Dallas Police Department had identified veteran shit disturber Dominique Trevun Thornton as one of the suspects in a string of armed...
Hope You Brought Your Glove to Work, Because We're Giving Away Some Bad-Ass Tix to Today's Rangers Game (Updated)
May 17, 2012 in Unfair Park
Cheap Bastard Alice Laussade is Officially the Second-Funniest Columnist in the Contest We Entered Her In
May 14, 2012 in City of Ate
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In Dallas Independent School District, It's the Best School Board Money Can (and Did) Buy
May 14, 2012 in Unfair Park
In the end, Damarcus Offord never stood a chance against Bernadette Nutall.Oh. Right. That. After all the candidate forums and the radio debates and the mayor-izen endorsements, it turned out...
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Last Night: The Dallas Observer's Iron Fork at the Fashion Industry Gallery
May 09, 2012 in City of Ate
Jay BarkerScott Romano (left) took home the giant skillet.Last night brought the Observer's annual celebration of station-to-station face-stuffing, a tasting event and cooking competition that packed downtown's sleek Fashion Industry...
