Reunion Arena

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Classic Rock, Covered in King Biscuit Flower Hour

​George Gimarc confirms what I thought I remembered: Early on the King Biscuit Flower Hour aired on KZEW, before, some time in the early '80s, it jumped over to Q102. Makes sense: Blondie's 1979 KBFH appearance, recorded at the original Palladium, and mid-'70s Clapton, with Freddie King at the Dal ... More >>

Live, From Reunion Arena, It's R.E.M. on MTV

Over on Unfair Park a little while ago I said my piece about R.E.M.'s unexpected farewell, conveyed via the band's website, and directed your attention to the band's 1986 stopover at the Fair Park Band Shell -- a must-have on this or any other day. I also reminded Pete about the '95 show at Reunion ... More >>

Looking Back at Some Other Local Music MTV Moments (Not All Involving the Toadies, Swear)

I see our music blog's celebrating MTV's 30th today by ticking off a few Dallas-music-related moments featured on the former music network over the years. I have since reminded our music editor: I'm old. So old I recall off the top of my bald head a few that were left off the list -- like, say, the ... More >>

My First Show: Joel Buchanan Saw Dennis Rodman Join Pearl Jam at Reunion in '98

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Joel Buchanan and a robot. Guess which is which.​If you happened into Fallout Lounge on a Friday night a few years ago, chances wer ... More >>

March Madness in Dallas: Has It Really Been 25 Years?

Short shorts. Skinny players. No 3-point line. Jay Bilas at Duke instead of ESPN. A lot was different in college basketball the last - and only - time the Final Four descended upon Dallas. (College basketball's March Madness will climax in Cowboys Stadium in 2014). In 1986 the stage was an old rel ... More >>

For Your New Year's Eve Listening Pleasure: When Sinatra Did It His Way at Reunion Arena

​I know just where my folks were on October 24, 1987 -- sitting in the fifth row for Frank Sinatra's concert at Reunion Arena, as Mom boasted only this morning. And so we wrap this year with a sound track perfect for any New Year's Eve wingding. Or maybe I shouldn't have stopped to watch the end o ... More >>

Hey, the Dallas Mavericks are Finally Winners!

​Where were you on October  11, 1980? I was inside Reunion Arena, watching the Dallas Mavericks and guys like Winford Boynes and Tom LaGarde somehow beat George Gervin and the San Antonio Spurs, 103-92, in their inaugural game as an NBA franchise. At 1-0 - at least for a night - th ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Joe Walsh Brings the Funk (#49) to Reunion Arena

​No need to rehash my feeling about The Eagles -- if only I'd kept that fax Don Henley sent me back when I was at the Dallas Times Herald and he tried to bar me from his Starplex show. Though, on second though, I guess he was trying to do me a solid. Still, I would have missed opener Susanna Hoffs ... More >>

Cross Stitch: Yes, Indeed, Hobby Lobby's Behind Proposed National Bible Museum

​Ever since he first posted his item about Dallas getting the National Bible Museum, Jim's been tracking down the source of funding for this estimable project. And all arrows pointed in one direction: north, toward Oklahoma. Specifically, Hobby Lobby. As a matter of fact, Jim spoke with president ... More >>

Judge Spud: Webb Returns to the Height of His Popularity

Anthony "Spud" Webb dazzled Reunion Arena and captured America in 1986. Unfortunately, I'd seen his act before. As a horrible point guard for the 1981 Duncanville High School Panthers, I had the ball stolen from me on consecutive possessions by Webb, then a star at Wilmer-Hutchins. After the ... More >>

Listomania: 5 Local, Music Related Things We Should All Be Grateful For This Thanksgiving

Patrick Michels​ 1. The Granada Theater's early (or just plain thought out) starting times Opening band at 9:00, headliner just after 10:00. What's not perfect about that? I get all these excuses from other club owners about alcohol sales and whatnot, but every time I exit the Granada at just ... More >>

Scoreboard! Or: This Texas Stadium Relic Would Look Great Above Your Bed.

​Seems like we'll never be done with Reunion Arena or Texas Stadium, which is still loaded with shit the city of Irving would love to sell you for pennies on the penny. Like, oh, this scoreboard -- which, believe it or not, can be yours for the low, low price (so far) of ... $25?!?! (Same goes for ... More >>

Sweep the Legs! It's Gonna Cost More -- and Take Longer -- to Get Rid of Reunion Arena.

​When last we saw Reunion Arena, it looked like "a coffee table from 1974." Or, "that carport thingie that's going up in the Arts District." Turns out, it'll stay that way a while longer -- like, oh, till at least January of next year. How come?Under the arena's exterior plaster finish, there is a ... More >>

How Do You Spend $2,720,519,393?

​The city has posted the entirety of Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm's proposed FY2009-2010 budget, including a searchable breakdown of line-item details. (Look -- the demolition of Reunion Arena, which will now be finished come January 2010 per this week's council agenda, saves the city $3.6 millio ... More >>

R.I.P, Dallas Sports History

Better days, my friend. Better days.To quote the great Eddie Izzard, "The problem with America? You fuckers keep tearing down your history, man!" Stubborn answer: Progress. Grim reality: Sadness. I remember a kinder, gentler era in Dallas when as a little punk I'd peer out the family Fury alo ... More >>

At Last, the End of An Area: Reunion Arena's Already Beginning to Vanish, Bit by Bit

Patrick MichelsReunion Arena's scoreboard hit the floor Friday morning, as the city announced its plans to take the building down gradually.If you've been planning your implosion party for Reunion Arena's impending demolition, well, we've got some bad news. Pack up your lawn chairs and put the coole ... More >>

The Safety's Off: So, What Did a Non-Believer Learn at Saturday's Gun Buy Back?

Amanda WarrDeputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway and Trey Garrison at Reunion Arena SaturdayAs he promised last week, right after we first mentioned Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway's offer to swap guns for $50 Kroger gift cards, D contributing editor Trey Garrison went out to Reunion Arena to make ... More >>

Guns N' Groceries

City of Springfield, IllinoisThat's Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway's plan, anyway: Folks who bring an "operational, unloaded firearm" (oh, and an ID) to Reunion Arena on Saturday between 9 a.m. and noon will receive in exchange a $50 grocery card -- from Kroger, sounds like, courtesy such spons ... More >>

Who'll Buy Our Memories? A Peek Inside Reunion Arena Before Its Long Goodbye.

Reunion Arena Seats Not Yet Available. But About Those Texas Stadium Ones ...

The Only Incentive Dallas Can Offer Filmmakers: Blow Us Up, Please?

Jerry Jones Wants You (To Answer Phone Calls and Take Reservations)

A Music and Arts Education For All DISD Kids? Why, That's Elementary.

Kicking a Dead Horse: Just Why's the City Council Trying to Save Reunion Arena, Anyway?

No Security, Not Just a Bad Rolling Stones Live Album

Oscar Overhaul

Action Sports Take Over Dallas

Those crazy kids have built our li'l skate rink into a huge international sport

Rodman and Vedder, Together Again

Check That, Everything Isn't Bigger In Texas

Mavs Can't Win a Damned Thing

Perry and the Prez, Not Much of a Draw

"Eat My Bush" and Other Likely Signs

Guitar Gospel

Get ready for G chords and Jesus

MILF Police Come To Town

Miami Hot Under the Collar

On the Mark

Cool Girls

After the Flood

Plus: Still Living, Wrist Slap, We Screwed Up

Little News

Mayor Miller wants a casino downtown? Hmm.

Rock 'n' Run

Marathon men and women of White Rock

Best in Show

Meet the four-pawed, cold-nosed athletes of Pet Fest

Body Talk

Turn pound cake into beefcake

Oopsie

It's not easy selecting the Best of Dallas

Shut Out

New arena to union: So long, it's been good to know you

Monster Mash

Wrenchead.com Monster Jam

Bob Strum und drang

The "greatness" that is Ticketstock

It's one "ele" of a show

Save the elephants ... from these circus costumes

Anywhere but here

1998 was a great year for sports...just not in Dallas

1998 Best of Dallas

Sports

March Mav-ness

Don't look a gift Bull in the mouth, but a win over Chicago doesn't mean a darned thing