Subject: Marshall

• Richie Rich Round-Up

  May 4, 2006

• In the Matter of Kirk v. Klingon

  March 27, 2006

• We Aren't Marshall: Volkswagen Wants Case Moved to Dallas

  August 1, 2008

• Echoes & Reverberations: Van Halen’s “Almost Infamous”

  October 9, 2008

• Last Night: Cat Power At The Palladium Ballroom

  October 10, 2008

• VW Suit Moved to Dallas, Threatening Marshall's Plaintiff-Friendly Caseload

  October 13, 2008

• (Un)sound Bites: Southpaw's Organic Cafe, A Left-Handed Compliment

  November 4, 2008

• Fact or Fantasy? You Decide, as Fort Worth Woman Takes on Tyler Perry.

  Over in Marshall, a Fort Worth woman named Donna West has taken cross-dressing franchise Tyler Perry to federal court, claiming that Perry used her 1991 play Fantasy of a Black Woman as the basis for his 2005 movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman. West actually filed the suit in May 2007, but the trial's underway at this very moment -- and Perry's attorneys are insisting that West's claims are unfounded, as in: "Why would he need to copy Ms. West's script?" Dunno, but the jury will likely hear the ca

  December 3, 2008

• He is Marshall: Tyler Perry Takes on Fort Worth Woman's Theft Claim

  A brief follow to yesterday's item concerning the Fort Worth playwright suing Tyler Perry over Diary of a Mad Black Woman out in Marshall -- chiefly, because Perry testified yesterday and reiterated his claim that he didn't lift a single word from Donna West. Recounts the Associated Press: "'I never stole anything from anybody -- never,' Perry said, locking his eyes with the jury." One look at the video above, with Perry being swamped for autographs outside the courtroom, probably gives some i

  December 4, 2008

• In Marshall, a Jury Rules That Only Tyler Perry's to Blame for Diary

  Been a long while since I've heard the name Bob Gale, who was quite the big deal back in the early 1980s for having written the likes of Used Cars and Back to the Future, both for Robert Zemeckis, with whom he was Oscar-nominated in '86. (Gale also wrote the Back to the Future sequels -- and 1941, ugh.) Last I heard he was doing comic books for Marvel. And, so happens, he's also collecting big paychecks to testify up in Marshall, where Gale on Monday was the expert witness on Tyler Perry's behal

  December 9, 2008

• Pickup Games

  February 16, 1995

• Letters

  February 23, 1995

• Rough road ahead

  March 2, 1995

• Events for the week

  April 13, 1995

• Poor ol' Foots

  February 6, 1997

• Roadshows

  July 24, 1997

• Letters

  October 30, 1997

• Texas, Our Texas

  A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to this Texas Observer item concerning House Concurrent Resolution No. 50, filed Tuesday by three Republican state representatives -- Leo Berman of Tyler, Brandon Creighton of Conroe and Bryan Hughes of Marshall -- who more or less want to declare Texas a sovereign state. As in: The lawmakers claim that the federal government has overstepped the bounds of the Tenth Amendment by imposing laws not expressly outlined in the Constitution. Therefore, the

  February 19, 2009

• Echoes and Reverberations: The Bad Sleep Good or Not At All.

  They were loud, rude, bratty and obnoxious. They smoked pot, drank lots of beer, did drugs and slept in their clothes. If you were a guy who hung out at Theatre Gallery during the late '80s, chances are pretty good that one (or more) of them fucked your girlfriend. And they got away with it all because they were the best band in town. When the Buck Pets' eponymous debut album was released on Island Records in 1987, your girl started making some plans of her own. She saw that album cover and d

  February 20, 2009

• Letters

  April 6, 2000

• Eminem

  June 6, 2002

• Cat Power

  February 20, 2003

• Cat Power

  March 13, 2003

• What It Was Like: Baptist Generals, Red Red Meat, Mark Sultan, Herman Dune, Justin Townes Earle, The Tallest Man On Earth, Dinosaur Jr.

  Noah W. Bailey The Baptist Generals' Chris Flemmons at the Sub Pop Showcase.Band: Baptist GeneralsWhere: Sub Pop Showcase at Radio RoomWhat It Was Like: If you're ever seen the Baptist Generals play one of their "rug shows" then you know what a special experience these all-acoustic sets can be in the right room with the right audience. Thursday night's set opening the Sub Pop showcase at Radio Room was marred somewhat by the roar of 6th street coming through the windows, but Chris Flemmon

  March 20, 2009

• Rocky's Road Back to Woodrow

  As we mentioned yesterday, Dallas-born blues guitar great Rocky Hill will be buried today in Hopkins County, with a funeral beginning at 1 p.m. followed by a graveside service. Soon as we noted his death on Friday at the age of 62, Friend of Unfair Park LakeWWWooder sent us this photo of Hill at the Woodrow Wilson High School homecoming dance in 1964 -- guy could clearly get his groove on. The picture's from the 1965 Crusader yearbook.This morning, I spoke with a familiar voice -- KTCK-AM's Mike

  April 14, 2009

• The Best Albums of 2008, So Far...

  Just over three months into 2008 and we're already fussing over which albums will make our year-end best-of lists

  April 17, 2008

• Review: Afghan Grill

  At Afghan Grill, the fortunes of war pay delicious dividends

  March 6, 2008

• Fallen Star

  A small town turns away from a football hero convicted of drug crimes

  September 7, 2000

• Moshing for Jesus

  And upon this RAWK they shall build their church...

  September 9, 2004

• Dude Food: Olive Garden

  Olive Garden639 N. Cockrell Hill Road, DuncanvilleDude Factor: 3, or Roseanne (waitress/proprieter of loose meat sandwich specialty diner The Lanford Lunch Box), on a scale of 1 (Zach Braff in Garden State) to 10 (Jonah Hill in Forgetting Sarah Marshall)Last Saturday my lady and I--with tired bones, no pressing social commitments and a burning desire to do as little as possible--were in the mood for some easy Italiano. At first we thought we'd make due with a frozen Bertolli Chicken Parmesan din

  May 19, 2009

• Brooks Bothers

  Lame psych thriller another low point for Mr. Costner

  May 31, 2007

• Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band

  Saturday, September 16, at the Gypsy Tea Room

  September 14, 2006

• Cat Power

  The Greatest (Matador)

  January 26, 2006

• To the Limits

  Elvis tanks, the Pixies rock and other tales from the 2004 ACL Festival

  September 23, 2004

• Detroit Champs

  DKT/MC5 returns to remind us how jams are supposed to be kicked out

  June 24, 2004

• Very Clever, Boys

  The top 10 indie-rock albums of 2003

  January 1, 2004

• State Pen

  My Morning Jacket is from Kentucky. Stop holding that against them.

  October 16, 2003

• Without Clearance

  Or, how Eminem's new single spawned a dozen of the best (illegal) songs ever

  June 20, 2002

• Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

  May 2

  May 2, 2002

• Cat Calls

  El Gato's crippled music is for the Birds.

  January 24, 2002

• Lift To Experience

  The Texas-Jerusalem Experience (Bella Union)

  September 13, 2001

• Tears of a Clone

  It's Arnie vs. Arnie in the most kick-ass issue of Omni ever

  November 16, 2000

• Cover girl

  Chan Marshall's latest album is a collection of other people's songs, but it still smells like Cat Power

  April 27, 2000

• Mommy's little angel

  Marshall Ball can't talk. So he listens to God. Everyone else listens to Marshall.

  March 16, 2000

• Dawson's book

  February 3, 2000

• Out Here

  Pinkston

  January 6, 2000

• Sweet dreams

  Amy Crenshaw isn't playing anyone's Patsy anymore

  January 6, 2000

• Leaves us dry

  Robert Christgau's collected essays read like the day the music died

  December 17, 1998

• Picture Show: Texas Guitar Show World Record Attempt

  Rachel Parker"Hey kid, anyone ever tell you what 'Louie Louie's really about?"​ Blame it on the last weekend of the fair, clear skies after weeks of rain, and this down economy, but Saturday's attempt to top 1,800 guitarists strumming to the same tune in the same room came up far short of the record set in Luckenbach this summer. But Texas Guitar Show organizer Dave Crocker doesn't mind saying their group rendition of "Louie Louie" couldn't complete with the long-standing record: "We didn't tr

  October 20, 2009

• Last Night: Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr. at the Granada Theater

  Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & The Missing Men, Disco DoomGranada TheaterOctober 22, 2009 Better Than: a Thursday evening at home in your rocking chair.​ At his Good Records performance held earlier last night, Lou Barlow expressed his love for playing in the endangered venue of the record store. "I love playing record stores," he said. "It's like playing in a church--it's one of the only places where no one talks through the set." Well, Lou can add the Granada Theater to t

  October 23, 2009