Patrick Michels Dick the Editor makes way for Joe the Plumber. Plenty of debate watch parties sprung up around Dallas last night, but one of the most intriguing was the one at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza — the museum built around on the spot where Oswald took…
Lily Tomlin urged the Dallas City Council to relocate Jenny the elephant this morning, reminding her rapt audience of Dallas politicians about how tough it must be to live in a closet, alone, on a hard-as-cement floor. Apologizing for speaking so long without “being funny,” Tomlin closed by offering, “‘Zoo’…
Courtesy the City of Dallas So, wait, you’re saying the Statler Hilton’s abandoned? Hardly. Piggybacking on our streetside coverage from yesterday, in which Mayor Tom unveiled his recipe for protectingrebuilding downtown’s vacant buildings, we’d like to invite you on a journey deep into the heart of … the old Statler…
Courtesy MCA Public Relations Big Dan, working the crowd. Working it. Missed Connections Me: The guy in the corner with a snap-button shirt, jeans and a camera. You: The Canadian star of Saturday Night Live, Spies Like Us and this incredibly weird promo for your new vodka brand. Thanks for…
Ray and Peter Lek A handful of local DJ’s – including One FM, James Warren and the house duo Beaters and Bowls – spun at clubs on Greenville Avenue over the weekend, and our after-hours lens crew was there to document all that went down. We’ve got a slide show…
It was a weekend of options, a weekend of tough choices, which you already knew if you read Pete’s column. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, because there were so many shows to choose from – but it’s Monday now and we’re all feeling…
Hillary Whitehead While we wait for all the Longhorns and Sooners fans to clear out of town, it’s worth revisiting the scene from outside the Cotton Bowl this morning, where our photographer Hillary Whitehead trained her lens on some of the best Longhorn hairdos and Sooner cheerleader routines before the…
Aural Ambush is back this week, with a handful of folks around West Village weighing in on “Morning Tide” by the Little Ones. The Los Angeles fivesome says their sound blends indie, folk rock and psychedelia — but the shoppers and workers we caught had ideas of their own. “Morning…
According to this stone-age photograph, Palin has dinosaur experience. Since the Republican nominee for vice president has stated that she believes that men and dinos coexisted at some indeterminate point in history, I decided to throw together a list of albums Mrs. Palin and her ever-swelling brood of children might…
You’ve bought the ticket. You’ve washed the T-shirt. You and your best friend, also a big Apollo Sunshine fan, have been practicing your encore yells to make sure they’ll be irresistible at the band’s show in Dallas next Friday, October 17. Keep in mind, there is a global financial crisis…
Patrick Michels Better than: Any act that ever wailed at a microphone, strummed a little on the guitar, and called that a show. In retrospect, it began all too neatly: a fine stream of lighter fluid splashed across the cymbals as the drummer undressed in the corner. There were other…
Patrick Michels Well, there’s something you don’t see every day: Frank Campagna and Marky Mark, hunh. The tandem were brought together by the magic of Max Payne, which Mark Wahlberg was in town to promote yesterday during what turned out to be a rather star-studded Tuesday. The Kettle Art-ist, famous…
Spill it in your lap, and you could actually make money. We already told you about Dunkin’ Donuts’ big plans to spread franchises and apostrophes all across Texas (see Jesse Hyde’s “Time to Make the Doughnuts”), and noted that their expansion’s coming just as Starbucks is scaling back. Well, in…
Patrick Michels To Swerve and Protect Sarah Palin’s visit last Friday drew nearly about as many fans as protesters to the Fairmont downtown, and it was a charged atmosphere. Slogans were hurled across the barricades and signs were thrust high into the air — but thankfully, with the Dallas Police…
So the duck says to the sailor, “What are ya doin’ this weekend, buddy?” The sailor sighs. “Gosh, I don’t know. Pete’s blog says I already missed the good shows of the week, being out at sea and all. What’s a sailor supposed to do if all the good stuff…
For all you Beatles enthusiasts out there, or anyone looking for a new way to drop a few grand today, Dallas’ own Heritage Auctions is holding a live auction in their showroom on Maple Avenue, with some rare records, ticket stubs, sketches and other items from the band. Even if…
Patrick Michels In case you missed it, our slide show from The Palin Protest at the Fairmont Hotel is up here, with some of the most impressive turns of phrase and slant rhymes we’re likely to see in a while. And, while you’re at it, the Dallas Peace Center has…
We gave it the requisite thee days PLUS one (a hard and fast rule in this business), but we’re ready this afternoon to unveil two new slide shows showing ACL at its seediest, hairiest, and knee-high sock-iest: Hipsterwatch: Our top shots of that zany crowd at Zilker Park last weekend,…
A hundred bucks for a hookah pipe? Please. The Gas Pipe’s much, much cheaper — and closer! The new King Tut exhibit, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, opens Friday at the Dallas Museum of Art. To give the show a little kick in the hype department, because…
Patrick Michels One more photo of Mayor Tom Leppert giving a speech about the convention center hotel, and we’ll have enough for a free night! Tom Leppert’s chief of staff, Chris Heinbaugh, had billed the mayor’s speech today before the Dallas Regional Chamber as an opportunity to weigh in on…
We dangled a teaser photo late yesterday, but thanks to the good people down at Dallas’ newest cushy downtown hotel, we’ve got a dozen more shots from the Joule’s opening gala last Friday, which boasted quite the guest list. Not the headiest kind of news, but there’s a special kind…
The Foo Fighters performed Sunday night at ACL. (Dawn Jones-Garcia) Don’t miss our slideshow of select shots from our entire photo team — but to delve a little deeper in to ACL’s last day, check out more work by the classically trained Dawn Jones-Garcia after the jump…
