Dallas-based HKS Inc., almost as popular in England as Tom Hicks This is how much they hate Tom Hicks in the U.K.: Friday’s collapse of a section of new seats at Texas Christian University’s Amon Carter Stadium is making news in England this morning because the Dallas-based company responsible for…
They were anonymous, and while they weren’t exactly legion, as promised here, they were an enthusiastic bunch at Sunday’s Scientology protest in Dallas. Between 60 and 70 protesters (at a guess, average age about 19) lined the sidewalk on the west side of Buckner Boulevard across from the Church of…
View Larger Map For such a short, pleasant-looking street, Chapel Creek Drive — off Webb Chapel Road, just south of Walnut Hill Lane — has a fairly lengthy list of criminal activity, according to this morning’s Daily Crime Report. Since Thursday alone, the Dallas police have been called to six…
Gary Fitzsimmons and two Dallas County colleagues have come out for Obama. In case you were waiting to choose a presidential candidate till you found out who Dallas County District Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons, Dallas County Treasurer Joe Wells and Dallas County Clerk John Warren were voting for, well, the trio’s…
Maybe you haven’t heard: Bob Dylan’s coming to the House of Blues for three nights’ worth of shows, beginning February 21 through 23. Tickets officially go on sale February 15 — though, says Dylan’s official site, pre-orders will be taken beginning Monday at 9 a.m., for those on the lookout…
Pat Ahrens, whose daughter does not want to believe his death two weeks ago was a suicide Last week on Unfair Park we reported the deaths of two men who apparently killed themselves shortly after being released from the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center; we followed that up with a…
Today, a good Friend of Unfair Park sent along a most useful link to the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department Active Incidents Web site, where you can see an up-to-the-second listing of all the incidents to which local authorities are currently responding. Writes our Friend Chris, “It will show you what type…
Justin Terveen The Grand Hotel, as captured by Justin Terveen for a collection of photos shot in 2004-2007 from inside and outside the building Moments ago, from the steps of the Capitol Building in Austin, Preservation Texas released its fifth annual list of Texas’ Most Endangered Historic Places — and…
Will Johnson’s recycling his beer cans for a very worthwhile cause: paying for a friend’s funeral. No doubt DC9 will include among its weekend picks Will Johnson’s solo show tonight at Dan’s Sliverleaf in Denton; he’s sharing a bill with Sarah Jaffe, for which you should need no further recommendation…
Allison V. Smith, duh The late Stanley Marcus may have Reflections of a Man to showcase his lifetime of photographs, but his grandaughter, Allison V. Smith, isn’t waiting for her bio-compendium to get a published collection out there. And thank goodness for us art lovers: Her use of color is…
Former CBS producer Mary Mapes Just noticed over on The Huffington Post that Jim Schutze’s neighbor, Mary Mapes, wrote a piece about how the Texas primaries on March 4 will actually mean something, if you hadn’t already figured it out — and by something, Mapes writes, the primaries mean “maybe…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Jerry Fowler at the Chad-Darfur border in 2004 There was a brief mention in the National Journal last week concerning the new executive director of Save Darfur, the worldwide coalition of “faith-based, advocacy and humanitarian organizations” united to, well, save Darfur. (And, yes, give the…
Greg Williams, left, and Mike Rhyner, before their messy divorce Caught up yesterday with Greg Williams, formerly half of The Hardline. Maybe you remember him? While The Ticket rolls along toward this weekend’s Ticketstock with only occasional references to their former host as “He Who Must Not Be Named,” Williams…
Sam Shepard Spent a few minutes touring the Serenity Falls Web site this morning, curious to see what Dallas-based dreamFLY Productions has in mind for its first full-length feature — which, says this week’s Variety film production chart, is scheduled to start shooting in the area come April 14. What’s…
David Letterman’s Wednesday-night Top 10 list — as in, “Top 10 Signs John McCain is Getting Cocky” — is OK; the “Mike Suckabee” gag’s a giggle, at least. But the local mention at No. 1 is the reason it gets posted (and mentioned this morning on KTCK-AM’s morning show). Said…
Debbie Dudley Branson Today, reporters were allowed to eavesdrop on the weekly conference call with major donors to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. And Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic Monthly reports back with this gem: Dallas’s Debbie Branson, a former president of the state trial bar, implored the campaign to send…
Dallas Fed prez Richard Fisher Last week, in advance of the Federal Open Market Committee’s two-day get-together, we learned a few things about Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher — like, oh, he’s a big Robert Earl Keen fan. Today, courtesy Dow Jones’ Marketwatch, we learn why he was the only…
First time I ever met Erykah Badu was at Grinders, the late Lower Greenville coffee house where she’d worked till a mere four months before our sitdown in February 1996. Twelve years later, she’s back working the coffee-house circuit: In a not-yet-online Billboard piece previewing her forthcoming 18-track two-fer Nu…
Just got off the phone with the attorney for Chrissy Haley, the wife of former Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Todd Haley who, in 2006, found a rat in her Southlake McDonald’s salad. Seems her case against the grotesque golden arches won’t be going to trial this month after all. “All…
So maybe they’re tearing down the Shell station in Preston Royal after all? So, about that Shell service station in Preston Royal. Yesterday I was told that the longtime full-service fixture in the neighborhood wasn’t being demolished, despite its demolishy appearance, but that it was being refitted with new underground…
Robyn O’Neill I haven’t listened to Howard Stern in, oh, probably a decade; didn’t help when he moved to satellite radio. Which explains why I missed last week’s appearance from Houston-based visual artist Robyn O’Neil, a former Dallas resident who, in 1999, was awarded a DeGolyer Grant from the Dallas…
Former Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro Last I saw, Barack Obama was still trying to decide whether he’d participate in the MSNBC debate scheduled for February 28 in Houston, in advance of the March 4 Texas primaries. Hillary Clinton wants four more debates before she and Obama go after Texas’…
