ABC News Dr. William Rae and Nightline’s Terry Moran, from tonight’s upcoming broadcast. It says on the Web site for the Environmental Health Center on Walnut Hill Lane that founder William J. Rea, M.D. “is a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon with a strong passion for the environmental aspects of health…
Dallas-based CringeMedia, purveyor of the best worst broadcasting bits available on VHS, is back on the YouTube after a brief absence. Which means more CringeVideo for watching with your eyes, if you dare. And which means, praise the Baby Jeebus, more and more Mr. Peppermint. Because, notes CV in the…
Harry Thomason, one of the producers of 12 Miles of Bad Road Got quite the surprise in the morning mail: all six unaired episodes of 12 Miles of Bad Road, the set-in-Dallas series HBO shut down before producers Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason got the chance to shoot the 10…
Because it’s never too late for, um, art. The above photo comes, of course, from Saturday’s Greenville Ave. St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and it’s courtesy council member Angela Hunt — who has plenty more just like it available on her blog. –Robert Wilonsky…
Ever wanted to get in the tattoo bidness? Because, really, now’s your big chance: Ace in the Hole, on W. Mockingbird Lane for the last year after moving out of its decade-in-Deep Ellum digs, is up for grabs on eBay at this very moment. And you can either take the…
Annie Hall’s among the eight United Artists films screening in April at the Inwood. So many film fests from which to choose: the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, which kicks off next week; the USA Film Festival, which this week announced its kickoff date (April 21); and now the UA…
Hard to believe that just two years ago, Avery Johnson was Coach of the Year. 1. Jason Kidd riding the pine for three-quarters of the second half while Tyronn Lue runs the show. Remember the big trade? Ya know, the one I never liked? Wasn’t it because Kidd’s experience, leadership…
The French Room at the Adolphus, still the best restaurant in Dallas, says Zagat’s Texas survey. The new Zagat Survey’s out covering the entirety of Texas’ dining choices — by which they mean “1,505 restaurants in Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio.” Tops in Dallas: The French Room at…
Fine. Perhaps that headline’s a little too gassy with hyperbole. But it’s been Unfair Park’s pleasure — nay, honor — to run a few of Justin Terveen’s photos in recent months. They’re extraordinary — like, oh, this one from New Year’s Eve and this one of the skyline, which Brad…
I can’t stop watching this brightly animated, virtually populated sneak peek of Dallas’ future just posted to YouTube by the fine folks at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, scheduled to open in the fall of ’09. The Multiform Theater is especially fascinating — is that part of the…
And the city council member’s willing to put her own money to prove it. Because shortly after we posted the video from the Texas Hydroponics parking lot, she added this comment: This makes me so mad I can’t even see straight. I just talked to Tom, the owner of Texas…
This morning, many photos of Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo snapped during the Mavs’ loss to the Lakers at the AAC are making the virtual rounds — like this one and this one, among others. But this one? The best, no question. Speaking of the Mavs, sort of, the team…
Dallas hotel developer and Bush “pioneer” Mark Langdale Big piece this morning in The Philadelphia Inquirer about the reopening of the legendary Bedford Springs Resort in Pennsylvania, which was built in 1796 and shuttered 21 years ago before undergoing a $120-million restoration and expansion. Turns out, the historic and faraway…
The owners of Texas Hydroponics on Elm Street — right next door to the Sons of Hermann, of course — are offering $300 to anyone who can ID the dumpster-defacing vandals seen in this 10-minute video. I’ll be honest: I didn’t think I’d make it through 38 seconds of the…
After the AT&T Cotton Bowl game packs up and leaves Dallas in January 2009, our grand old decrepit/refurbished Fair Park stadium will almost immediately host another college football bowl game. So says State Fair of Texas president Errol McKoy.”I’ll say it with certainty,” McKoy told Unfair Park Tuesday afternoon. “We’ve…
If you must protest, at least provide a decent soundtrack — today’s has Nathan Berg, at top, and the Halliburton(s) Might be a little commotion and congestion around Dealey Plaza this afternoon, beginning around 4: There’s a “Five Years TOO Long” peace rally scheduled till 6:30 p.m. — though, truth…
A couple of random notes to keep you dry. First off, turns out we now have some idea why Justice Department official raided the offices of Dallas-based ice maker Reddy Ice earlier this month. Something to do with, oh, allegations of price-fixing, revealed late last week in a federal lawsuit…
Build-A-Bear Just got back from Mavericks’ shootaround at American Airlines Center in preparation for tonight’s showdown against the Lakers, and I can report the following: 1. Commence your ark building. 2. It’s sad watching Phil Jackson walk with a cane. 3. This, my friends, is a huge week for your…
As noted before, HBO’s done gone and killed 12 Miles of Bad Road. But that didn’t stop someone from posting a sneak peek yesterday, complete with a phony billboard planted smack in the middle of the Trinity River bottoms. So, here ’tis — perfect entertainment for a rainy Tuesday afternoon,…
Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who will be honored by TCU March 28 A short while ago, Barack Obama delivered his speech on race and politics — you can read the entire speech here, where you can also view it in its entirety. During the speech, of course, he addressed at length…
If you’re planning to fly American Airlines in to or out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport today, well, no, you’re not. Friend of Unfair Park Tim Wagner, the Voice of American Airlines, was just on KRLD-AM (1080), where he said the airline has canceled its full schedule of flights to…
Deadspin wonders this morning: “Will Cuban Ban The Almighty ESPN?” And it asks only because ESPN’s True Hoop’er Henry Abbott is coming to town tonight, to cover Mavs-Lakers, and he’s spoiling for a fight with Mark Cuban, who decided last week to ban bloggers from the Mavericks’ locker room. Writes…
