A Trashy Tale

Lotta places you could go with a story pitting one waste-disposal company against another; sounds like two or three Sopranos episodes, at least. Only, this one’s being waged in a Dallas courtroom: Duncan Disposal is alleging that Dallas Waste Disposal & Recycling is hauling off its “roll-off” waste disposal containers,…

Is Creationism Science? Dunno. “Not a Scientist.”

Commissioner of Higher Education Raymund Paredes is “not a scientist.” A week ago today we broke the news that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Committee on Academic Excellence and Research in Austin was considering the Dallas-based Institute for Creation Research’s request to grant master’s degrees in science education. Well,…

Smack in the Middle of Northwest Dallas

Dennis Road runs from Royal Lane north toward Forest Lane, where it turns into Josey Lane. But on that short Northwest Dallas street, federal law-enforcement agents discovered a fairly large heroin trafficking operation that, early next year, could very well land three Dallas men in prison for life. The U.S…

Why You’d Want Want Of These, We Have No Idea

Far as I’m concerned at this point, three e-mails is a “torrent,” so consider this a public service: If you’d like to order yourself one of those pink Tony Romo jerseys, like a certain someone was wearing Sunday at Texas Stadium, all you gotta do is go here — to…

Dallas’ Other Bubble

Someone out there’s working on a doc called Devious Dallas, clips from which have been surfacing on the YouTubes for the last couple of months — like this “promo” and this clip featuring the guy who “considers myself a pony or a horse.” Today we’re treated to “The Bubble Dancer,”…

The Eagle Has Landed. Again.

J.D. Freeman, Clear Channel’s Dallas market manager, called this morning with the news that as of 10 a.m. today, 97.1-FM is once more … The Eagle. As in, “We’ll play artists like Metallica, Nirvana, Ozzy Osbourne, Linkin Park,” etc. As we reported last month, Clear Channel ditched the Spanish-language format…

Cash and Carry a Sportatorium Memento

So, the deadline’s came and went yesterday, without a single soul bidding on Johnny Cash’s signed contract to play the Big “D” Jamboree at the Sportatorium on April 19, 1956 — for the whopping sum of $175. The Austin-based collector trying to part with the contract, which bears the signatures…

It’s the “Virgin” Part That Hurts

Memo to Chris Anderson, “40-year-old Dallas marketing manager”: If you’re going to spend “$1,000 on games like Mattel’s 1977 handheld Electronic Football,” it’s probably not wise to tell Newsweek — especially when the game’s going for just a few bucks. Oh, and when it’s for a short story titled “Forty-Year-Old…

Making a Fortune With Dallas’ Investing Whiz, Susan Byrne

Susan Byrne, making cents Susan Byrne’s the founder, chairman of the board and chief investment officer at Crescent Court-based Westwood Holdings Group, which manages major corporations’ pension funds and big-money players’ mutual funds; she’s also a member of the Dallas Citizens Council, fancy that. And this week, she’s one of…

‘Boys Fill Up the Pro Bowl

The official announcement won’t come on NFL Network until around 3 p.m., but I just got my grubby lil’ hands on this year’s Pro Bowl teams and – s’rnuff – it’s dominated by your Dallas Cowboys. Seven starters. Eleven players. The biggest Cowboys’ representation since 1993. The starters: Tight end…

Rest In Peace, Right Next to The Mick!

At last, the perfect Christmas gift for the baseball fan who has everything: two mausoleum crypts at Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home, Mausoleum & Memorial Park on Northwest Highway, right next to where Mickey Mantle’s been resting in peace since 1995. Each crypt will only cost you $50,000 a piece, but, dang,…

Houston: “It’s Not Dallas.” Whew.

Come February, Houston’s launching a new PR hellbent on selling the not spot as a hot spot; among those taking part are George and Barbara Bush, Hilary Duff and George Foreman — wow, impressive. Before that, though, there’s a new photos-and-essays book out called Houston. It’s Worth It, which stems…

Still Our Favorite Dallas Cowboys Christmas Carol Ever

USA Today today mourns the death of Christmas carol. Alas, don’t fret, says Michael Hawn, Director of the Master of Sacred Music Program at SMU: “It will take imagination and a willingness to break the ice,” he tells the paper. “Singing is an act that naturally enhances a sense of…

Kid From Dallas Wants a Record Label Deal, Courtesy Doritos

Landon Austin, secretly a Zapp’s fan So, Doritos is putting on a battle of the bands called “Crash the Super Bowl,” the winner of which eats up some 60 seconds’ worth of precious ad time during, d’uh, the Super Bowl XLII broadcast on February 3. And top prize also consists…

CBS Wishes Neimans a Happy 100th

CBS Sunday Morning was in town to profile Neiman Marcus, just in time for the holidays — specifically, its 100th Anniversary Christmas Book, which, this year features, among other high-priced items, a private concert (hosted by Regis Philbin) and the Triton 1000 submarine for a $1.44 million. (And, yes –…

The Quarterback’s Girlfriend

You remember Cowboys-Eagles, December 2006, right? No? Here’s your complete recap, most notably: Tony Romo goes 14 for 29, adding up to 142 yards, one touchdown and two picks. And one singing girlfriend, sitting in a Texas Stadium box. Which was bad, but not as bad as 13 for 36,…

Pat Robertson’s Lying? Noooo.

Last month, we cruised the Highway to Hell with Pat Robertson — good times, good times. You remember, right? K, then. Anyway, mentioned in that 700 Club report was James Stabile, “a 19-year-old homosexual who’d come by to drink and party” on Cedar Springs and wound up, like, finding God…