Train comes to Winstar before departing for UK
Mary Whitfill Staff Writer American rock band from San Francisco, Train, will come to Winstar Casino in Oklahoma tomorrow night. And oh yeah – I’ll be there. 62.8 miles might be too far for many to travel for a concert, but not for me as I have been waiting to go to a train concert for years. Yes, years. Nine to be exact. Ever since the release of their second album Drops of Jupiter, I have been head over heels for the band. The band, consisting of Patrick Monahan (vocals), Jimmy Stafford (lead guitarist) and Scott Underwood (drummer) achieved mainstream success with their 1998 debut album, Train. The single “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” was…
GOP witch hunt continues
by Blake Seitz It has recently been reported that Florida Governor Charlie Crist will run in 2010 as an Independent, rather than a Republican. For months, Crist has dropped in the polls. He is currently in second place with 30% of the expected vote after Republican Marco Rubio, at 37%. Crist’s switch is seen by some as the predictable outcome of a long-standing trend. Following Barack Obama’s landslide presidential victory in November of 2008, the Republican party has become more reactionary and unforgiving of moderate behavior in its ranks. Many moderate Republicans–already a rare breed–have felt unwelcome. Crist is not alone in his switch; last year, Senator Arlen Spector switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party. Even the intellectual…
Corbin scheduled to rock the honky tonk of Texas
By Luciana Mendes Staff Writer Country singer, Easton Corbin, will be performing at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth on Friday May 14. Tickets for the event are currently on sale through ticketmaster.com and are $18 for reserved seating and $12 for general admission. The show is scheduled to begin at 10:30 p.m. Corbin signed on with Mercury Records in 2009 and is steadily gaining popularity. In March 2010, Corbin released his first self-titled debut album. His single “A Little More Country Than That” recently became a hit on mainstream radio stations. This single hit the number one spot on Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in April 2010. For those who cannot make it to…
Rihanna, Ke$ha tickets to go on sale May 1
By Loren Hughes Staff Writer Rihanna has just announced that she will be coming to Dallas with Ke$ha for the Last Girl on Earth tour. The concert will be on Saturday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Superpages.com Center. Tickets for the event will go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. on LiveNation.com. If you don’t want to wait until Saturday to buy the tickets, numerous presales are going on right now such as the Fan Club Presale and the Citi Presale. To learn more about this concert, click here.
Senior citizens get reality show
Staff Writer Paige Wilson When ever you take a visit to a senior citizen home and look around its impossible to think of these people as young lively people in high school. However one new reality show is doing just that. Sunset Daze is a new series premiering on WE tonight. In Arizona at the Sun City Grand retirement community, one show will track nine retirees. Much of tonight’s episodes focus on Sandy Miracle-Jones, a widow seeking a boyfriend. The show has been described as Golden Girls meets Jersey Shore. The show is said to attract wide demographics. Watch senior citizens complete their bucket list which includes sky diving and trips to the shooting range….
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GlobalPulse: Top 3 Interesting Events of the Week
By Angela Almeida Opinions Editor United States: Dubbed by The New York Times as an “adrenaline addict,” Journalist Carl Hoffman has few qualms. Over the past five months, Hoffman has traveled all over the world taking the airlines and other modes of transportation with statstically the worst ratings. Hoffman just returned back from Kabul, where he met a French woman doing virtually the same thing he was, that is, testing the world’s limits. To see more about Hoffman visit: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/04/23/lunatic.express.carl.hoffman/index.html South America: “Avatar” director James Cameron is teaming up with indigenous rights activists in Brazil to save the rain forest and stop the projected dam that would flood miles of it. Cameron claims he was…
Player rotation, among other things causing Mavs 3-1 deficit
By Travis Bremner Staff Writer The Dallas Mavericks are on the brink of being eliminated from the NBA playoffs short of their ultimate goal yet again tonight at the hands of their arch rival San Antonio Spurs. Down 3-1 in the series, odds are not in Dallas’ favor to come back and win – only eight out of 189 have every won a series when trailing 3-1. For this to have a chance, several things have to happen. 1. Drive the ball. The Mavericks are a jump shooting team, we all know this, but taking the basketball to the rim has to be the number one goal for this offensively. In games three and four…
Coppell location of Rosa’s Cafe now open
By Loren Hughes Staff Writer The long awaited opening of the new Mexican restaurant, Rosa’s Cafe, is now over as the restaurant opened its doors for the first time on Saturday, April 24. Rosa’s Cafe offers a wide menu selection ranging from nachos to tacos to carrot cake, and takes pride in their fast service and freshly made food (such as their fresh homemade tortillas). Not only that, but Rosa’s offers Taco Tuesdays, which means that customers can get three tacos with rice and beans for $3.33 all day long every Tuesday. The restaurant, located on 705 North Denton Tap Road near Market Street and Bank of America, is a huge success across the state…