Bill Minutaglio

As KKDA Automates, a Community Loses its Voice

It was probably inevitable, what with the decades-long trend from AM to FM, from DJ to computer, but that didn't lessen the shock when KKDA abruptly laid off most of its on-air staff. We mourned it at the time on our music blog as a loss for Dallas radio, now devoid of the unique blend of old-school ... More >>

Scenes From R.L.'s Blues Palace #2

R.L.'s Blues Palace #2: You Really Should Go Check That Place Out Sometime

Danny FulgencioR.L.'s Blues Palace #2 is as old-school as it gets. For more photos, check out Danny Fulgencio's slideshow.​In this week's print edition, along with an awesome profile of 69-year-old regular concert attendee John Ferguson, you'll find a Daniel Rodrigue-penned tribute of sorts to R.L ... More >>

Congo Street Initiative Feted By AIA, HUD For Restoring "Integrity" to Community

AIA/HUDBefore and after along Congo Street​Till a Friend of Unfair Park just pointed it out, I hadn't seen mention made anywhere of Brent Brown and bcWORKSHOP's accolade handed out a few days back by the American Institute of Architects and the U.S. Housing and Urban Development. Brown's Congo Str ... More >>

If You're In Philly, That One-Woman Show About Molly Ivins Opens This Week

​Back in December we made mention of a one-woman show set to bow in Philly this month: Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. Yesterday, The New York Times offered a lengthy sneak peek at the show "by" and about Schutze's former colleague and competitor, which stars Kathleen Turner as t ... More >>

From Matty Walker to Molly Ivins

I spent 20 minutes trying to decide whether to use an old Kathleen Turner photo or a more recent one.​But a month after Bill Minutaglio and W. Michael Smith's book about the late, great Molly Ivins hit stores comes word of a stage production based on the Dallas Times Herald columnist's life: Red H ... More >>

A Few Sneak Peaks at Ivins's Rebel Life

​A Friend of Unfair Park asked if I wouldn't mind mentioning Bill Minutaglio's appearance at Legacy Books in Plano this Saturday, when the ex-DMN'er heads up north to sign copies of Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life, which he co-wrote with W. Michael Smith. Sure; happy to. Which reminds me: The book's in ... More >>

No Dallas, But, Maybe, Dallas Buyer's Club

Say Goodbye

Like most people who cancel their newspaper subscriptions, I have my reasons

Fluff

Kevin Cubed; Happy birthday; Mo' money

Buzz

Jukin' with the Reverend

The improbable rise of blues rulebreaker Robert Ealey

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