No doubt you’ve already heard (and just pretended you didn’t): Daughtry’s landed the halftime gig at Cowboys Stadium on Thanksgiving Day, the annual kickoff for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign. Which prompted this locker-room meeting of the musical minds on Friday: Free Reign, meet Daughtry — which, apparently, is…
It’s been a couple of months since last we heard of the city council’s plan that would require rent-house owners to register with the city for a fee, but it’s still very much alive and well at Dallas City Hall and moving forward with a briefing to the entire council…
View Larger MapWell, at least now we know what they’re planning to build on the site of the former Loews Cityplace, which has been shuttered for almost two years: It’s slated to become a Kroger. So says this morning’s briefing to the council’s Economic Development committee, which now has to…
I spent the better part of this morning virtually touring the First Baptist Dallas Web site devoted to its proposed $130-million “worship center” that will “embrace the church’s historic past while boldly asserting its place in the Dallas skyline.” That’s quite a site too — more short films than a…
Friend of Unfair Park Peterk, always on the lookout for vintage Dallas photos of note available on eBay, sends our way this morning a genuine (and genuinely cool) relic: a photo of the Camp Dick jazz combo. And what, you might be asking, was Camp Dick? Well, writes Art Leatherwood…
View Larger MapMaybe you recall that back on September 15, Elm Street-based Blockbuster filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a little heads-up that, oh, just maybe it would shutter by the end of 2010 somewhere between 810 and 1,560 stores — it all depends on how you define “shutter.”…
Sam’s all booked up Tuesday morning — got himself a Trinity River Corridor Project Committee meeting to attend. But speaking of, I did want to direct your attention to one agenda item of note: a presentation on the design for the Continental Bridge, which, as we mentioned last month, is…
Until today, there has been not a single word of media coverage about an incident on the Dallas North Tollway earlier this month involving a state trooper accused of using excessive force to make an arrest. But moments ago Tela Mange, spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety, sent…
View Larger MapLast week we mentioned the handful of would-be venues slated to open in Deep Ellum, among them the still-mysterious joint rumored to be taking over the former Articles space on Elm Street and Good Latimer Expressway. Today, we have a few more details, only because I noticed on…
A Friend of Unfair Park who knows of my, um, interest (sure, why not?) in the American Basketball Association’s return to the DFW sends along this profile of Isaiah “J.R.” Rider, who, I’ll be damned, is set to make his return to pro ball with the North Texas Fresh outta…
View Larger MapWhen I was talking to First Assistant City Manager Ryan Evans yesterday about the city’s decision to deny parking-citation scofflaws their vehicle registration, I also asked him about the old Bama Pie building across from Fair Park. No real reason why, except that three looong years ago, Evans…
One week after providing Unfair Park with the KNUS acid flashback ca. 1970, rock-and-roll alternative George Gimarc has dug into his own vaults — how awful generous. And he submits for your listening pleasure this most appropriate kick-off for the Friday before All Hallows’ Eve: a lengthy interview George conducted…
Here’s a friendly little heads-up from your pals at Unfair Park: If you’ve received a citation from the Dallas Police Department and haven’t taken care of it, you might want to settle up sooner than later. That’s because the city’s this close to signing a contract with Dallas County that’ll…
Speaking of the Dallas Video Festival …DVF founder Bart Weiss mentioned during our conversation this morning that this year’s short film that’ll be used to introduce each screening was made by a student filmmaker. As in: a junior at Greenhill named Ryan Kline. Says Weiss, Kline “came to me looking…
Seems Tamara Lowe, one half of the couple behind Monday’s Get Motivated! sell-or-be-sold hoedown at the Fort Worth Convention Center, isn’t too keen on the coverage of the event. Her peoples have sent word that Lowe wants to right the media’s wrongs: Per the press release freshly landed in the…
During its 22 years of existence, the Dallas Video Festival has paid tribute to a great many pioneers and visionaries, among them Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam, Robert Smigel, Paul Reubens, Martin Mull, Mike Judge, Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Joel Hodgson and Slam Bang Theater creator Bill Camfield. To that list,…
We’re still waiting on the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s investigation report that’s supposed to “address the issue of the agents’ use of force at the Rainbow Lounge”; it was due a few weeks ago, but it’s now overdue. Till then, in the aftermath of the June 28 raid on the…
Last month, the Startlegram outed former Barry Bonds and Jose Canseco agent Dennis Gilbert as a would-be buyer of Your Texas Rangers, which the Beverly Hills-based Gilbert wouldn’t confirm at the time. That made sense: He’s still in pro ball (he reviews contracts for the Chicago White Sox, where his…
Daniel Iacofano — the “I” in MIG, Inc., which the city hired to develop the latest downtown master plan — was at the Dallas Convention Center a couple of weeks ago collecting wish-list items from stakeholders and civilians; more than a few Friends of Unfair Park have offered suggestions since…
Whilst doing some research for something that may not lead to anything, I’ve been reading Walter J. E. Schiebel’s Education in Dallas: Ninety-two years of History 1874-1966, published by the Dallas Independent School District. So this isn’t entirely an exercise in futility, I thought I’d share some of the tome:…
It’s just a single line on the city’s Automated Red Light Enforcement Commission’s agenda for Tuesday’s meeting: “Program Transition from PWT to DPD.” But as it so happens, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle tells Unfair Park, that transition — getting the city’s Safe Light Program out of Public Works and…
Maybe you saw Michael Lindenberger’s story in The News this morning about the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board meeting yesterday, during which DART officials found that DART officials didn’t do anything wrong during the Fair Park eff-up that resulted in folks missing a big hunk o’ Texas-OU. And maybe you…
