No, literally. It would appear the Trinity River Audubon Center wasn’t good enough for Mayor Tom Leppert. That’s where the Dallas city council met last year for its annual retreat, a much closer-to-home and, at around $2,700, slightly less expensive alternative to ’07’s choice: the Garrett Creek Ranch Conference Center…
Jeff Liles called early this morning with the astonishing, sad news: Brian Barnaud, photographer and longtime Deep Ellum fixture, died suddenly and unexpectedly yesterday at the age of 46. Teresa Gubbins has the details: “According to a family friend, Barnaud hadn’t been feeling well and collapsed after taking a shower;…
After the jump you’ll find a lawsuit filed earlier this week in Dallas federal court in which three Dallas Area Rapid Transit cops are suing the agency over overtime pay they claim they’re owed. But Derek Johnson, Ronald Lindsay and Tracy Vice (one of the best cop names ever) aren’t…
This is probably a way-too-early heads-up, but I just opened the afternoon mail to find a copy of Tinsel: A Search for America’s Christmas Present, due on bookshelves ’round November 12 — just in time for all your gift-giving needs. And, trust me, those living up in Collin and Denton…
Had no idea till receiving the press release moments ago that Paul Budnitz’s Kidrobot was opening an outpost in Mockingbird Station on Thursday. The Melrose Avenue joint in Los Angeles is quite the kidult nerdboy hang; during a handful of visits there over the years, I don’t think I’ve ever…
Bud Gillett is still at KTVT-Channel 11 — says so right on the station’s Web site, where he’s hailed as the most veteran reporter at CBS 11 News with 33 years in major market television news, the last 26 years working the streets of Dallas/Fort Worth.” But, as Ed Bark…
Went back to Lone Star Auctions this morning to check on how my horse bidding was going, and I noticed quite the steal — once again courtesy the Dallas Independent School District, which is in the habit of offloading its surplus for The Nice Price and then some. All told,…
Dunno how this went unnoticed, but yesterday Dallas city council member Angela Hunt posted to her Web site a few paragraphs about how, look, she really doesn’t care that Mayor Tom Leppert didn’t make her a chair or vice-chair of one of the city council’s standing committees. Far as she’s…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends the bad news:I went to Vern’s in Deep Ellum for lunch today and found it closed! No more home cooking. The hand-lettered sign said they’re out of business.A Deep Ellum landlord who just went by the place confirms it, and the owner of a…
A good Friend of Unfair Park passes along the video below — a newish TV (wha?) spot created by the folks at the Texas Nationalist Movement (who, I see, have an eat-and-greet scheduled in Mansfield this weekend). Notes our Friend, “I love the Sam Houston quote, because he never favored…
Just got the August issue of Spin — the one with Harpo Marx Jeff Tweedy on the cover — and figured, well, sure, there’s gotta be at least one Dallas band amongst “The 100 Greatest Bands You’ve (Probably) Never Heard.” And, sure enough, there they are — the Buck Pets,…
When we first reached out to Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s office last week to discuss the United States Postal Service’s study concerning moving some operations from the Dallas Main Post Office to Coppell, we got no response. Then came a brief statement. A few days later, there was this letter…
Back at the end of June, the U.S. Attorney’s Office sent word that it has arrested 25-year-old Jesse William McGraw — otherwise known as “GhostExodus,” founder and ostensibly the leader of the Electronik Tribulation Army — for threatening to cause serious damage to the computer systems at the Carrell Clinic…
If you have time for a quick trip ’round the world this morning, check out the home page of World Villages of Grapevine — home of the alleged $70-million indoor ski jump announced yesterday. (I say “alleged” only because, well, back in ’06, you may recall, we were promised a…
[Editor’s note: Rawlins Gilliland penned this tribute to legendary local figure Jean Carpenter in advance of this morning’s memorial service, during which he will read several pieces of poetry at the family’s request. We had intended to post earlier, but a server issue delayed that.]At this very moment at Holy…
For some reason, within the span of the last 15 minutes I received a handful of e-mails (and a phone call) from a few strong Friends of Unfair Park that all contained some variation of the following message: Go stream Richard Hunter’s Rational Radio show … right now! So I…
Below you’ll find the order from the Texas Court of Appeals concerning the fate of convicted killer Roderick Newton, who was scheduled to be executed tomorrow some time after 6 p.m. As you’ll see, the court has stayed that execution and ordered a new hearing — not only for the…
Patrick Michels is putting the finishing touches on what’s sure to be a sprawling slide show from last night’s Dallas Observer Music Awards at the Granada. (Hence, the reason for no DC9 postings today — but, look, back in my day, we wrapped around 1 a.m., grabbed an early breakfast,…
We’ve talked about shrouding the Statler, but what about the insides of the embattled hotel on Commerce Street, across from the under-construction Main Street Gardens? So happens that council member Angela Hunt took a tour of Conrad Hilton’s baby last week, accompanied by the city’s director of Economic Development Karl…
Back in June of ’08, we pointed your attention toward the Southwest Airlines ad at right, which first appeared in the Wall Street Journal. It was, of course, a statement: American Airlines, and the other carriers, might be charging for bags, but not your beloved low-cost Dallas-based Southwest, nowaynosir.But during…
Remember that Tony Romo Funny or Die video last week? Didn’t think so. Now, via a very thoughtful New York City publicist, we have the outtakes — which are slightly more amusing than the real thing. Look, I said slightly. What do you expect for free?Update: Since the audio crapped…
After the jump you’ll find a trailer for the ABC-TV mid-season replacement The Deep End, a legal dramedy set in “one of L.A.’s most prestigious law firms.” The rest of the narrative sounds like every other legal drama in the history of the vacuum tube (especially the now-adiosed ABC series…
