A good Friend of Unfair Park sends word of a most historic property for sale not far from Unfair Park HQ: 3206 Knight Street, yours for the low, low price of $399,999. Notice the year built: 1874. Which happens to coincide with the construction of the first home of Oak…
Speaking of Southwest Airlines …The Love Field-based carrier reported this morning a $16-million third-quarter loss, which, given the current state of the aviation industry, Southwest is treating like a big victory. Hence, CEO and president Gary Kelly sunny(ish) disposition on Fox Business this morning. And a Friend of Unfair Park…
Even after having mentioned the Dallas CityDesign Studio — which the Trinity Trust is paying for, thanks to Rusty and Deedie Rose’s $5 million donation — a few times, we still didn’t know what the what it’s supposed to do. After all, its mission statement seems awfully vague: “This resource…
Another day, another review of the AT&T Performing Arts Center — this one from Nicolai Ouroussoff of The New York Times, whose assessment graces the top of this morning’s Arts section. (You remember Nic — he’s the one who called Cowboys Stadium “a somewhat crude reworking of old ideas” last…
I was reading David Cross’ new book, I Drink for a Reason, on the plane last week–went cover to cover on a flight from Love Field to Austin, which is the ideal commitment for a stand-up actor’s Deep Thoughts. The book, which attracted the wandering eyes of two fuckin’-wasted frat…
The movie wastes no time: Before the opening credits, a man watches two home invaders slaughter his wife and daughter—and we don’t even know their names. And then: Deals are cut, the murderer walks while his less culpable accomplice is sentenced to death, and the dad wonders, “But what about…
My dad came by the office yesterday — not to see me, of course, but to meet his favorite actor, Glenn Morshower, who’d stopped by Unfair Park HQ for a chat-up. Morshower — who began acting at the Dallas Theater Center when he was 12 before making his big-screen debut…
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines releases its third-quarter financials tomorrow. Will the numbers go up? Dunno. Down? Could be. Hard to say. Kind of like whether Southwest is gaining passengers or losing money because it refuses to charge for luggage. BusinessWeek — which spoke with Kevin Krone, Southwest’s vice-president of marketing and…
Moments ago, U2 posted to its Official Web Site a behind-the-scenes look at getting The Claw inside Cowboys Stadium. It’s not so much a deconstruction of the reconstruction, but a brief chat with U2 360 Tour production manager Jake Berry, who explains how the band ended up in Arlington (the…
At 8 p.m. tomorrow, the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House gets its proper christening with performances by mezzo-soprano Denyce Grave, baritone Thomas Hampson, Morphoses choreographer Christopher Wheeldon in a piece commissioned for the AT&T Performing Arts Center’s opening week. Given the Winspear’s London roots — it was designed, after…
Good friend of the show Jack E. Jett sends word: This weekend he’s debuting a new”experiment” on Rational Radio (1360 on Your AM Dial) that’s quite the throwback — two hours’ worth of punk rock, nothing but. Here’s how he puts it in his missive to Unfair Park:After a brief…
We’re in the midst of a staff meeting, but The News’ Rudy Bush, of course, is at City Hall keeping tabs on the council’s doings. And this morning, he offers two updates on items that first appeared on Unfair Park. First off: The council unanimously approved to give Deloitte LLP…
Two transportation items of interest this morning …First off, in a subscription-only story The Bond Buyer wonders where in the wide, wide world of sports Texas is going to get $2.2 billion for an “expansion of heavily traveled Interstate 35 to six lanes from San Antonio to the Dallas-Fort Worth…
Back in June we noted that the former Red Blood Club on Commerce Street in Deep Ellum was getting a new tenant — and, turned out, it was Tuckers’ Blues, which had its grand opening about two weeks back. (Friends of Unfair Park highly recommend the joint — say it…
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…
Got quite a few calls today after posting that item about the city council’s Wednesday vote to shutter the Commission on Productivity and Innovation and the Youth Commission. Had no idea you cared. No, seriously. None at all.First off, council member Angela Hunt is none too pleased about the item…
The great Hal Samples shot the U2 show at Cowboys Stadium, as evidenced by this most wondermous slide show that looks far better than a good hunk of what I heard last night. Pete reviewed the show on DC9; in the comments, I re-reviewed it. Let’s rumble, kid…
Speaking of Kirk Cameron …First Baptist Dallas has posted the Growing Pains star’s request for you to show up downtown on October 25. And you’re invited to bring a friend, co-worker or family member who’s going to hell. Shouldn’t be too hard, right? Maybe he’ll even sign your copy of…
Meet Keith Garvin. Or maybe you already know his work from, oh, Good Morning America and ABC World News Now. At this moment, he’s an anchor and reporter for the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C., but before that he spent a good long while reporting and back-up anchoring for ABC…
Friend of Unfair Park PeterK, who knows of my affection for old Dallas photos, sends word of this rare gem for sale on eBay: a portrait — or, perhaps, a self-portrait — of Charles Erwin Arnold. If you’re unfamiliar with the name (or the nickname, “Painter of the Lens”), perhaps…
The city’s Commission on Productivity and Innovation, born from the ashes of the alluringly named Privatization Technical Subcommittee, was created to advise the Dallas City Council and the city manager how to make City Hall run more efficiently. Guess it’s done its job: Per the addendum for tomorrow’s meeting, the…
Before they were looking for a “Pretty-Handsome Harvard/Yale Type” to stand next to Billy Zane; now, “fit” will do. Seems Twentieth Century Fox had some trouble finding extras with whom they could fill the offices of Sterling Law: Two episodes into shooting the six-eps-ordered The Deep End for ABC, the…
