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  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Perfume Genius: "I Think All Gay Men Are Used To People Saying No To Them, To People Not Giving Them Choices."

    Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, is a talented, young singer-songwriter who has made quite a mark with his sophomore effort, Put Your Back N 2 It. However, the release was not without controversy. Perfume Genius' 16-second ad for the new album was deemed inappropriate by YouTube because it feature ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2012

    For 26 Episodes in 1966, WFAA Played Host to the Funkiest, Most Soulful TV Show in America

    ​Last night, I got a text from Peter Schmidt, who could not believe I've never written about a short-lived 1966 TV show called The !!!! Beat, hosted by iconic Nashville deejay Bill "Hoss" Allen. Wrote Peter, who'd come across it yesterday after a lunchtime discussion about Etta James turned up an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Best Musical Trends of 2011

    OK, Sexy Sax Man. Just 15 more minutes. ​Tell the world, rock is coming home This year saw a wave of rock bands catching up to a new generation. We got Soundgarden touring again, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink-182 and even less renowned bands like Urge Overkill and Bush releasing new albums. Aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Worst Musical Trends of 2011

    C'mon, guys​It's been quite a year enduring the Top 40 in "The Problem With....". Looking back at the year and my reviews, I've noticed three things about music that I loathe and think need to change. Too many collaborations (feat. Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Pitbull, Jay-Z...) The less we talk abou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2011

    Don't Take My Kodachrome Away

    C'mon, guys​It's been quite a year enduring the Top 40 in "The Problem With....". Looking back at the year and my reviews, I've noticed three things about music that I loathe and think need to change. Too many collaborations (feat. Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Pitbull, Jay-Z...) The less we talk abou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    Sound the Horn

    C'mon, guys​It's been quite a year enduring the Top 40 in "The Problem With....". Looking back at the year and my reviews, I've noticed three things about music that I loathe and think need to change. Too many collaborations (feat. Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Pitbull, Jay-Z...) The less we talk abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Five Music Shows We Wish MTV Still Aired

    ​At the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Justin Timberlake got on the mic and pleaded with MTV to "play more videos!" Timberlake's sentiment was hardly a new one. The station switched from heavily playing music videos to being a reality TV-based network in the early 2000s -- shortly after the old for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    We've Spent Way Too Much Time Watching Honest Tea's Hidden Downtown Camera

    ​OK, Honest Tea. You win. You too, Kat Kirsch, sender of press releases. Because for the past way too long to admit, we've been riveted to the tea company's livestream from Akard and Main, where that unmanned kiosk's been set up to see if people will leave a dollar, as requested, or just walk away ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Dirk Nowitzki, "Poetry in Motion"

    A few Friends of Unfair Park find those Dirk Nowitzki videos cute ... or something? But, writes one, "They're missing Dirk." Fair enough. This one, provided by the NBA and submitted by a reader, is all Dirk -- in slow mo, no less, his Game Four heroics augmented by a majestic orchestral score. Shame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Dallas PD Uses Facebook to Post Videos of Officer's Assault, Chief Brown's Address

    From the dash-cam video posted to DPD's Facebook page last Wednesday night​Late yesterday, Dallas Police sent word about a story you've no doubt seen plenty of since: Late on January 27, DPD Officer Quaitemes Williams kicked in the face and used pepper spray on a handcuffed man named Rodarick Lyle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    The Art of Art Conspiracy Redux, This Time in Mini-Documentary Form

    Yesterday we took a look at Mattie Stafford's look at Art Conspiracy 6, which occupied many Friends' Saturday night (and early Sunday morning). By way of companion pieces, I just stumbled across this on YouTube: a freshly minted mini-doc from Saturday night, scored to Sat-night-performing Ishi's "Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Via CNN, Via the Internet, Fort Worth Council Member Joel Burns's "It Gets Better" Bullying Speech Now an Inspirational Message

    By now, no doubt, you've seen Fort Worth council member Joel Burns's speech to the council on Tuesday, in which he told the victims of bullying that, yes, life may seem "unbearable" at times, but that "it gets better." At which point Burns, born and raised in Crowley, recounted the violence he encou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Finally, Someone Who Truly Values Their Observer Best of Dallas Awards: H. Ross Perot

    Well, well, well. I just found this interesting clip posted to YouTube this morning: H. Ross Perot giving some Dell Services associates a guided tour of his office -- specifically, the myriad pieces of memorabilia he keeps in the hallway outside his santuary. And on the wall, right next to his suit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Will You Take The "Panty Challenge"?

    ​Irving-based Kimberly-Clark, they of the toilet paper and tampons and whatnot, are already in the business of being in your business, as it were, so maybe we shouldn't be too surprised that they're currently looking for 250-word essays on how your underwear got to be so nasty."Project Makeunder," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Forget Ties, Wallets and Slippers, and Give the Old Man What He Really Wants: Beer

    All Meddlesome Moth owner Shannon Wynne wants for Father's Day is an ice cold beer -- and he's betting a few dads out there feel the same way. The Oak Lawn gastropub is buying a beer for every father who visits the restaurant this Sunday. In a YouTube pitch explaining the promo, a bespectacled Wynn ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2010

    The Insulter

    All Meddlesome Moth owner Shannon Wynne wants for Father's Day is an ice cold beer -- and he's betting a few dads out there feel the same way. The Oak Lawn gastropub is buying a beer for every father who visits the restaurant this Sunday. In a YouTube pitch explaining the promo, a bespectacled Wynn ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2010

    Too Much of a Bad Thing: Internet Lures Kids into Porn Addiction

    All Meddlesome Moth owner Shannon Wynne wants for Father's Day is an ice cold beer -- and he's betting a few dads out there feel the same way. The Oak Lawn gastropub is buying a beer for every father who visits the restaurant this Sunday. In a YouTube pitch explaining the promo, a bespectacled Wynn ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2009

    We Ain't Kiddin' Around

    All Meddlesome Moth owner Shannon Wynne wants for Father's Day is an ice cold beer -- and he's betting a few dads out there feel the same way. The Oak Lawn gastropub is buying a beer for every father who visits the restaurant this Sunday. In a YouTube pitch explaining the promo, a bespectacled Wynn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Dale and Oprah, Curbing Their Enthusiasm

    Dunno how we missed this -- well, actually, I do, since nobody 'round here watches the 5 o'clock news. Anyway, thanks to WFAA-Channel 8 for posting to YouTube this afternoon a clip of Dale Hansen with yesterday's special guest anchor, one Oprah Winfrey, with whom Dale took issue for introducing the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Rick Perry, Caffeinated

    Rick Perry came to Dallas yesterday for a bill-signing -- two months after he'd signed the bill.Then he swung by Opening Bell on South Lamar for some coffee-talk with campaign workers, which was closed to the media but open to YouTube. Drink up.

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    The Five Most Interesting Things You Didn't Know About Soulja Boy

    Rick Perry came to Dallas yesterday for a bill-signing -- two months after he'd signed the bill.Then he swung by Opening Bell on South Lamar for some coffee-talk with campaign workers, which was closed to the media but open to YouTube. Drink up.

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Tony Romo's Other Fumbles

    Remember that Tony Romo Funny or Die video last week? Didn't think so. Now, via a very thoughtful New York City publicist, we have the outtakes -- which are slightly more amusing than the real thing. Look, I said slightly. What do you expect for free?Update: Since the audio crapped out on the YouTub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Of Death And Cooking

    A couple of new food-related sites caught our eye last week...while we maybe should have been working. Aren't you glad we're willing to procrastinate? [Editor's note: you should have been working--and stealing stuff from the Internet to cover your tracks doesn't count].SympathyFood.com: Why say i ... More >>

  • Music

    July 2, 2009

    Dirt Nasty

    Friday, July 3, at Ghostbar

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    The Spirit of the Spirit of Texas

    A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to Uncle Barky's nice YouTube discovery: WFAA-Channel 8's analog adios on Friday, a brief retrospective of the ABC affiliate that offers a far fancier farewell than KXAS-Channel 5's anti-climactic fade-to-static. It's worth a look-see, especially for lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    At Least for a Day, Dallas Filmmakers Get Priorities Straight at 24-Hour Video Race

    Gloria LevarioCheck out our slide show for a look behind the scenes on race day.Now in its eighth running, Dallas' 24 Hour Video Race is built on harnessing that special brand of creativity that only surfaces under extreme deadlines. This year's racers had no idea what theme or elements will be requ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Why Corporate America Loves Dallas

    The short film below, posted to YouTube by Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall, isn't actually a city-made production. Rather, Librio tells Unfair Park, Destination Dallas is a Quin Matthews Films production made for the Dallas Citizens Council, which touted corporate relocations to the city during a r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    And Starring Jason Kidd as "Turtle"

    This Dallas Mavericks promo was just posted to YouTube, and the Unfair Parkers who semi-regularly attend home games say they haven't yet seen this at the American Airlines Center. The joke, such as it is, works only when the vid's viewed in high-quality mode. Still, not even in the same league as "T ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2008

    Wanna Be MySpace Music's CEO?

    Rupert Murdoch's toy is trying to go legit; mayhem may ensue, and success may not

  • Music

    November 27, 2008

    Dallas Hip-Hop: Swagger Like Us

    Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    A Grand Slam Breakfast

    Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    Rewinding the 2005 Mavs-Rockets Series

    Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2008

    C'mon, City of Dallas, Give "Clever DISD Student" Credit Where Credit is Dew

    Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    Dallas, Your Future Is Now!

    Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    DPD Wants You

    Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2008

    Video: South San Gabriel at Granada Theater

    Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2008

    Oak Lawn Band's Take on The Simpsons

    Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2008

    Justin Time, A Tony Romo Super Bowl Ad (Sort Of)

    Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2008

    Big Bad Bill

    Please don't boo Mr. Burr

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    Spinner's Relm

    DJ Mike Relm scratches the Midwest's surface

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2007

    "Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Mine" is Still a Friend of Ours

    DJ Mike Relm scratches the Midwest's surface

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2007

    Jim Schutze Needs Your Help. (Yeah, Yeah.)

    DJ Mike Relm scratches the Midwest's surface

  • Music

    June 14, 2007

    VNV Nation

    Thursday, June 14, at the Granada Theater

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2007

    Too Late? Yup. Too Little? Nah...

    Thursday, June 14, at the Granada Theater

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2007

    Digging for Gold-diggers in Dallas. Like That's Hard.

    Thursday, June 14, at the Granada Theater

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2007

    I Vote for Icky Twerp!

    Thursday, June 14, at the Granada Theater

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2007

    The New Polyphonic Spree Video, Without Any Video Whatsoever.

    Thursday, June 14, at the Granada Theater

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2007
  • Blogs

    November 24, 2006

    Dallas Punks on Parade in 1978

    Thursday, June 14, at the Granada Theater

  • News

    February 27, 1997

    Buzz

    Thursday, June 14, at the Granada Theater

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