Schutze is out of the office, no doubt freshening up his deep, dark tan for his forthcoming television appearance, about which we were just notified by Meg Fullwood at KERA. As she does every week, Meg sent along the programming schedule for next week’s Thinks, both the radio and teevee…
Honestly, I thought the guy was gonna walk. I’m shocked he took a plea today. I mean, “no contest” is a sort of an admission of guilt, right? To me, this smells like Russ and Mandy – who were reconciled for months – having a very recent falling out and him fearing…
Flickr’s been very good to Unfair Park over the years, helping to turn up vintage photos from Fair Park, inspired looks at the skyline and sharp political commentary from Southfork.Starting next week, we’ll be showcasing some of the best new shots from around town in a weekly slide show: the…
At least, it’s looking that way. On Monday, the Landmark Commission will discuss the installation of a scoreboard opposite the towering HD screen that looms over the south end zone. It’s all but a done deal: In the few weeks since the proposal of a 17′-by-29′ scoreboard in the north…
A Friend of Unfair Park wondered earlier this week what had become of the Institute for Creation Research’s federal lawsuit filed in April against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in which the Dallas-based organization claimed the THECB violated its constitutional rights when it refused to grant the ICR’s request…
Yesterday, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced that HUD would be doling out $1.2 billion in stimulus funds to some 400 cities, who’ll use the money to “to rapidly re-house families who fall into homelessness, or prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.” Of that…
That Cheap Trick eight-track cartridge Stephen Colbert was holding up last week? Made in Arlington. Hand to God. By mom-and-pop’s KTS Productions, to be specific — though you’d never know it from reading recent stories concerning Cheap Trick’s expensive gimmick, which’ll set you back $30 should you pre-order a copy…
By late Thursday, set-up was nearly completed for this weekend’s annual Taste of Dallas Festival in the West End. So be warned: Ross Avenue (past Lamar Street) is already blocked off and will not be reopened until Monday. There are plenty of small parking lots in the area; however, DART…
The latest issue of The Economist contains a special section about Texas — six stories in all to down with your morning coffee: “Lone Star rising,” “Tex-mix,” “Work hard. Be nice,” “Beyond oil,” “The red and the blue” and “The new face of America.” (Guess which of the handful leads…
I put a Dallas Cowboys’ source in a Happy Hour headlock last night in an attempt to – as promised – try to get a name on the new P.A. voice of Cowboys Stadium. No luck. “Just remember,” the source cautioned, “CBS owns more stations than just The Fan in this…
In the wake of a busy summer for environmental activists, Dallas-based TXI has chosen to withdraw its application for a permit to burn tires and tire shreds in one of the kilns at its Midlothian cement plant. Why they did so isn’t clear — though if it was in response…
Ah, and speaking of bad drivers …Dallas residents go 7.2 years between car wrecks, not counting high-speed chases. Says so right here, in the Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report™, on which Dallas doesn’t fare terribly well when it comes to smash-’em-ups. Out of the 200 cities ranked, Dallas comes in…
After the jump you’ll find dash-cam footage provided by Dallas County constables from the June 29 car chase through Dallas, Richardson and Garland, during which Shane Michel captivated a nation for a good 90 minutes. KDFW-Channel 4 got hold of the video and ran some highlights; one can only imagine…
I’ve answered the “Where’s Greggo?” inquisition over and over and over. But what of Russ Martin? At one time he was the No. 1 radio voice in this market. The first half of this decade 105.3’s Russ Martin Show and The Ticket’s Hardline battled for supremacy amongst male listeners in afternoon…
Earlier this week, we pointed out this impressive three-minute virtual walk-through of Entangled Bank, a winning Re:Vision Dallas entry from North Carolina-based Little Diversified Architectural Consulting.Turns out, Little’s director of design, Brad Bartholomew, was in Dallas for a tour of his own this week, checking out the proposed project site…
A few hours from now, Dallas Video Festival co-founder and UT-Arlington film prof Bart Weiss will get on a plane for Pakistan — Karachi and Lahore, to be more specific. He will do there what he’s done here for more than two decades: show movies and teach anyone willing to…
How anxious are Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving and Arlington about attracting conventions this year? Anxious enough to band together to create a coalition, in conjunction with the Hotel Association of North Texas and American Airlines, to offer deep hotel and transportation discounts to groups willing to travel and meet here…
On Wednesday afternoon, in a well-lit classroom on Forest Lane, the Dallas Happiness Club held its first meeting. I know — it sounds like something advertised in the back pages of the paper version of Unfair Park. But the club’s actually a monthly gathering rooted in the belief that happiness…
Didn’t hear this myself, but several P1s are telling me today that ol’ buddy George Dunham announced yesterday on The Ticket that he is no longer the public address voice of the Dallas Cowboys. Long the P.A. voice at Texas Stadium, Dunham said he was personally relieved of his duties…
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Iran student protests, which is why the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran and the Iran Society plan to rally outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building on Commerce Street. What time? Not sure. They only told the Associated Press “midday.”MoveOn.org is…
The University of Texas at Dallas sends word this morning that researchers there, working in conjunction with a Plano-based call center support company called Working Solutions, there have come up with software previously believed to be unattainable: “a tool that could sense your anger in a customer service call and…
On the heels of being one-hit by somebody named Chad Gaudin and losing the opener of a series in Arlington, I wondered aloud if the Texas Rangers would ever see first place in the AL West this season. Answer: Yes. Since then they have won seven of eight, including last…
