T. Boone Pickens Knows Which Way the Wind Blows

Mesa Energy main man T. Boone Pickens sits down today with the U.K. Guardian to discuss his investment in 500 Panhandle wind turbines, which cost, oh, ’bout $2 million each. And even the Dallas billionaire, who’s about to turn 80, is mighty impressed with his $10 billion investment in the…

First Step on the Centraltrak

The University of Texas at Dallas provides a sneak peek at “False Space and Time of the Apartment,” the first exhibit to occupy Centraltrak — the school’s gallery and artists’ residency opening Saturday in the spot formerly occupied by the Fair Park Post Office. The obvious draw at first glance?…

In Faraway Dallas This Afternoon, An Anti-Hugo Chavez Protest

Luisa Ravelo-Guedes, at left, and her husband Carlos, in the middle, at today’s anti-Hugo Chavez protest downtown A few dozen of Hugo Chavez’s compatriots gathered in Ferris Plaza today to protest the Venezuelan leader. The rally was part of an international day of demonstrations organized through Facebook, and while there…

Welcome to Hell: Or, Good Luck Getting Out of DFW, Suckers.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport All the seats in Terminal C at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were empty late Thursday afternoon. At each gate, 20 to 30 people, most loaded down with duffel bags or with small suitcases at their feet, stood bewildered in queue. I was scurrying to gate C20…

Lyric Stage Gets Ready to Rumble

From Lyric Stage’s production of Carousel last fall Could it be? Yes, it could. Something’s coming, something good. To Lyric Stage, that is. Big musicals on a small budget are what the 16-year-old musical theater company in Irving does best. But its 2008-’09 season lineup, announced today by company founder-producer…

Naughty Dallas: “A Moviegoer’s Must!”

I’ve only seen the late Larry Buchanan’s 1964 film Naughty Dallas once, back when Jason Cohen had it amongst the stacks at Forbidden Video in Expo Park. To the best of my knowledge, it’s never surfaced on the YouTube — till today, that is, courtesy our pals at Cringemedia. Alas,…

Have a Shot of Cuervo on Him

It’s a great day to be a Dallas sports fan. And an even better day to be Randy Galloway. In light of Thursday night’s cumulative success, the media icon can do lots of talkin’ as he celebrates his 5,000th radio show on ESPN 103.3 FM starting at 2. He can…

In Plano Tomorrow: A Beauty Pageant, a Brit and the BBC

I know you already knew this, but a reminder: The Flower Power Beauty Pageant’s taking place tomorrow in Plano, and it promises to be a glorious occasion filled with little miss sunshines from all over. There’s even a contestant coming all the way from England — and she’s bringing with…

In a Couple of Years, You Can Live at DFW Airport … On Purpose

Last summer, we mentioned that University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor John D. Kasarda was predicting the rise of “the airport city” — or, ya know, The Aerotropolis. Chief among those new central business districts is, of course, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and GlobeSt.com today fresh news of…

Tom Hicks, You’re “Offensive”

Liverpool FC chief executive Rick Parry One day after Tom Hicks demanded the resignation of Rick Parry — chief executive of Liverpool FC, which Hicks co-owns with frienemy George Gillett Jr. — the English newspapers have pretty much had it with the Ugly Dallasite. Says The Sun in one piece…

Since Tuesday, Some Navy Recruits Have Been Living at DFW Airport

The New York Times this morning recounts the tale of seven Navy recruits stranded at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, courtesy American Airlines’ copious cancellations this week. Among their lot: 25-year-old Karin Peyregne, a mother of two from Mobile trying to get to the Great Lakes Naval Station in Illinois, who…

Dallas, Now Virtually Improved

Late yesterday Microsoft unveiled a new-and-improved “Version 2” of its Live Maps, which claims to better render in 3D only four cities thus far: Las Vegas, Denver, Phoenix and Dallas. Says Microsoft of its Virtual Earth experience: “Cities now have thousands more buildings than before especially noticeable as you move…

Intelligence Goes Soft in the Obvious Smart People

Smart People got no reason to live—and, sure, that’s not quite how Randy Newman sang it, but the point still stands. Because in Noam Murro’s directorial bow—one of those Sundance premieres starring famous people slumming it in dingy Indieland—the smart people ain’t doing much l-i-v-i-n’ at all. They’re just drifting…

Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers and … Dallas’ Demi Lovato?

Dallas’ Demi Lovato Till, oh, 13 minutes ago I’d never heard the name Demi Lovato — which, admittedly, is a little surprising, as the TV in our house does occasionally find itself tuned to the Disney Channel, courtesy a remote-control-savvy 4-year-old with whom we share the space. Regardless, the 15-year-old…

Will Clarke on the Right Way and the Amway to Sell Your Novel

Mark Graham Will Clarke Good news, as the encroaching idiocracy may still be a ways off. Nonetheless, how does a professional writer stay positive — and sell books — in what’s been a fairly depressing reading landscape? Local novelist Will Clarke makes the rounds at Dallas book clubs. “The most…

Really, Skip, You Thought Oliver Stone’s Bush Biopic Would Make Sense?

George Bush Presidential Library and Museum The Hollywood Reporter got its grubbies on a copy of W, Oliver Stone’s forthcoming biopic about The President, and the movie-biz trade says it depicts George Dubya as “a foul-mouthed, reformed drunk obsessed with baseball, Saddam Hussein and the conflicted relationship with his dad.”…

Update: The Fear of Landing

At this point, we’re sticking with Braniff. In the comments section of an earlier item today, our good (and beleaguered) Friend Tim Wagner — ya know, The Voice of American Airlines — offers further details regarding the airline’s compensation package for those left stranded by the airline’s copious cancellations this…