More than a week later, the Rainbow Lounge raid continues to make national headlines.Yesterday, The New York Times revisited the Rainbow Lounge raid; this morning, the Los Angeles Times pays a visit to Fort Worth, where residents are still coming to terms with the impact of the incident. Making a…
Till he gets his new SMU digs are done, George W. Bush is keeping his stuff in storage in Lewisville, and along with his futon, “grown-up” dresser and collection of framed mid-’80s Tom Cruise movie posters is Saddam Hussein’s pistol — quite the keepsake, as this is the very (unloaded)…
National Public Radio’s Wade Goodwyn headed out to Southfork Ranch yesterday for America’s Tea Party — alas, no Janeane Garofalo, though. Or Rick Perry either, though the governor did put in an appearance at a tea party out in Rockwall (hope he had time to grab a bite at the…
One week later, word of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Fort Worth Police Department’s raid on the Rainbow Lounge has reached Page A16 of this morning New York Times. The piece recaps for a national audience what the locals already know about the incident that has prompted TABC and…
Two hours into Stardate 0704.09 (so sorry), and the die-hards are still putting the finishing touches on our street’s entry in the annual neighborhood parade, for which everyone goes all-out days in advance till the final sprint into the wee small hours of the Fourth. What you see above is…
In the paper version of Unfair Park this week, I make mention of my interview with Willie Hutch, the Carrollton-born great who, during our 1998 chat at his Cedar Hill recording studio, recounted how he came to write the Jackson 5’s immortal “I’ll Be There.” The story about The Mack,…
Beginning in 2006, ’round the time Rex Tillerson replaced Lee Raymond as CEO of Irving-based ExxonMobil, the company said it would cut funding to public-policy groups whose policy it was to deny in public the existence of climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, matter…
Michael Jackson’s Dallas ties are scant, save the obvious concert dates throughout a career cut short last week. But the most memorable of those stopovers celebrates its silver anniversary this upcoming July 13 through July 15: In the summer of 1984, Michael and his brothers reunited for the Victory Tour…
When, back in April, we first made mention on our blog of George Gimarc’s intention of honoring KDGE FM’s 20th anniversary with a shindig at the Lakewood Theater, one commentor noted that “the occasion only invites more tales of regret and lost opportunity.” Amen, brother. Because The Edge being feted…
First there was Bernie Madoff; then, Alan Stanford. Then came Minnesota’s Tom Petters, who, as The Wall Street Journal documented in April, was popped by federal authorities who claimed he operated a $3-billion Ponzi scheme built upon his taking investors’ hard-earned scratch to buy flat-screen TVs and other electronic whatchamacallits…
This is very good news — big news too, especially for those who, during their travels to Los Angeles, found themselves spending an afternoon at Storyopolis in Sherman Oaks after it moved from its original Robertson Boulevard location. Come July 17, Storyopolis Fine Art makes its official Dallas debut with…
Earlier today, the Fort Worth Police Department sent out the following press release in response to Saturday night’s raid on the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth. In short, the FWPD’s temporarily breaking up with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission till both agencies figure out how the raid on the newly…
So says Men’s Health in its July-August issue, in which the magazine ranks the top 100 major U.S. cities’ “sports-obsessed citizenry” and puts Arlington at the very top o’ the list with an “A+” ranking. Says here that myriad factors went into the ranking — everything from the number of…
The Vancouver Sun brings word this morning that Bobby Goldstein — the man behind Cheaters and former-KTVT’er Robert Riggs’s boss since February — is opening an outpost in British Columbia this month. Right now, he’s got about 30 folks working out of the Lovers Lane HQ, but it seems Goldstein’s…
One day after the President George Bush Turnpike went to all-electronic toll collection, The Wall Street Journal’s Environmental Capital blog takes note of one of the North Texas Tollway Authority’s reasons for ditching the quarter-catchers: “Air Quality and Fuel Efficiency.” As in: “Transitioning to all-ETC will eliminate the stopping, starting…
Eight days ago, Unfair Park broke the news that the city was looking to rename at least a section of Young Street for César Chávez. What a difference a week makes, as city council member Steve Salazar — head of the mayor’s task force charged with finding a suitable street…
As promised here’s the city’s complaint brought against Colby Properties today in Dallas County District Court. In the complaint — and the request for a temporary and permanent injunction against the owners of 508 Park Avenue — the city is seeking $1,000 per day for every listed violation of both…
To this day, people still post comments to the September 4, 2007, Unfair Park item concerning the smoking-cessation drug Chantix and its troubling effect on users. Andrea Grimes wrote the piece because Sorta’s Carter Albrecht and his girlfriend had begun using the Pfizer-made medicine shortly before Albrecht was killed on…
At last, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has issued an official statement concerning Saturday night’s raid on the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth, which left Chad Gibson hospitalized and a community outraged. Carolyn Beck, the spokesperson for the agency, just sent Unfair Park the document, in which TABC Administrator Alan…
View Larger MapChris Heinbaugh, Mayor Tom Leppert’s chief of staff, told us a few weeks back that the city was close to working out deals with a few of those vacant buildings the mayor was none too happy about last October, when he gathered city officials — including City Attorney…
Whilst we’re on the subject of universities and technology, there’s this intriguing addendum to yesterday’s tale concerning the arrest of Carrell Clinic security guard Jesse William McGraw, who federal authorities say was planning a major hack attack on July 4 … or, as McGraw allegedly referred to it, “Devil’s Day.”…
Wired’s Danger Room blog this morning visits the SMU campus, where Electrical Engineering Associate Professor Marc Christensen is helping the military create a powerful paper-thin camera that uses low-resolution sensors to create a hi-res image. Notes David Hambling, “troops and unmanned aircraft could be the first to benefit” from the…
