Is Sherman Allen back on the job? So we hear … Pastor Sherman Allen has left the Church of God in Christ and is back in the pulpit preaching, according to several sources. Allen, founder and pastor of Shiloh Institutional Church of God in Christ — the name of the…
Too liberal? Too soft? Craig Watkins would beg to differ. Late yesterday afternoon, I finally spoke with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins about his comments in Thursday’s New York Times concerning Los Angeles’ — and, by extension, Dallas’ — failure to reduce gang-related crimes. Seems L.A.’s attempts at busting…
Do you wanna see 20 women go hard for eight straight hours this weekend? Hells yes, you do. And your buddy Frank Campagna over at the Kettle Art Gallery in Deep Ellum has hooked it all up for you. From 2 to 10 p.m. tomorrow — and later, if the…
In 1991 — “eight years before my conversion,” she says — Dawn Eden was 23 and, ahem, sharing a bed with Buzzcocks Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle. Dawn Eden is taking the train to Washington, D.C., and we are talking about masturbation. Just before the connection goes bad, she suggests…
Can Dale Jr. fit any more sponsors into his hand or on his body? Yes. We’ll say yes. The Hartford Courant says Dallas will be the home next week to some pretty big sports news — if by sports, I mean sports sponsorship news. Looks like Dale Earnhardt Jr. will…
If you wanna know why Your Dallas Cowboys are worth $1.5 billion, here’s most of your reason right here. For the first time in eight years, Your Dallas Cowboys are the most valuable franchise in the National Football League — thanks to, you guessed it, that billion-dollar stadium Jerry Jones…
Scott Kesterson Over on his Web site, local photographer Hal Samples just posted the trailer for a forthcoming documentary titled At War, directed and shot entirely by a former soldier-turned-photojournalist, Scott Kesterson, who spent a year embedded with troops in Afghanistan and now lives in Dallas, at least while editing…
In The New York Times today is a piece about how Los Angeles’ attempt to crack down on gangs and gang-related crime just ain’t working. Turns out, that city’s myriad laws — among them, ones that “prohibit public gatherings of two or more people suspected of being gang members; establish…
Speaking of Arts Magnet grad Norah Jones — which I was, kinda — her publicist sends word this afternoon that she’s about to be, well, everywhere. On TV (she’s the performer on the Austin City Limits season premiere, set to debut October 6). In the movies (Wong Kar-Wai’s My Blueberry…
Apparently, Tyrell Gatewood just needs to stay out of the car. Bad news, Longhorn fans: “Texas senior safety Tyrell Gatewood remained in jail Thursday after his arrest on drug charges, the fifth arrest of a Longhorns player since June.” Also popped in the arrest was freshman defensive back Ben Wells,…
Casey Thompson, putting the “first class” into “first class.” Dunno what that means, either. Two in a row, Casey Thompson — very impressive, especially considering you had guest judge Anthony Bourdain eating out of the palm of your hand by episode’s end. “This is Top Chef, not top cook,” he…
On Monday afternoon, the Advisory Board of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is getting the peeps together for a big announcement at the Belo Mansion. First off, in the first major update since construction started on the new Arts Magnet last year, they’re going…
All together now: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. We don’t really think of Highland Park as the go-to place for a good car wash, as we’re rather fond of the DIY stalls in East Dallas. But PR maven Holly Morgan at the beloved Dallas Museum of Art knows how we love a clean car…
Late yesterday, I was told that the owners of several long-established live-music venues in Deep Ellum club did not know they had till the end of the year to get specific use permits — SUPs — from the city in order to keep their doors open. Far as they knew,…
Kinky Friedman, Texas Jewboy and former gubernatorial candidate, is about to have himself a new book in stores: You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can’t Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics, and how do they fit all them words on one book cover anyway? Yesterday,…
Wired NextFest is kicking off today in Los Angeles, and it’s where Richardson-based robot maker David Hanson, a Highland Park High School grad, will debut his offspring: Zeno. It’s supposed to be the first robot that can actually expand its consciousness over time, which means that one day, yes, he…
Sigh…: Man, Buzz is so gonna regret saying this, but here goes: If you believe that the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center were not the feats of terrorists but a government conspiracy, you are—how do we put this diplomatically?—a moron. Or maybe Rosie O’Donnell. Hard to say,…
It sounds like a bad Jeff Foxworthy joke. A drunk, middle-aged man unloads his handgun in his backyard, hitting a passing truck, and then tries to punch a cop in the balls after the law comes knocking. Only the suspect in this case isn’t your typical redneck. He’s Martin LeNoir,…
For thousands of years, humans have constructed shrines and places of worship to honor the things we value most. These physical manifestations of holiness give our souls a place of refuge—from China, where many-layered pagodas rise toward the sky, to Europe, where the great, gilded cathedrals of Christianity inspire awe…
R.I.P. Carter Albrecht Abusive nonetheless: He may have been a talented musician, but he still beat up his girlfriend and kicked in the door of her frightened neighbors (“Strange and Sad but True,” by Jonanna Widner, September 6). And why would you put “so he claims” in parentheses regarding the…
Considering his expansive portfolio, Jerry Jones seems a bright businessman. That’s why Tony Romo should receive a new contract. Today. Why wait? Evidenced by his scintillating five-touchdown performance in last Sunday night’s 45-35 season-opening win over the New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys are blessed with one of the best—perhaps…
After Tom Leppert coasted into the mayors office in June, I decided he and I needed to take a little break. It wasnt an easy decision. In spring 2007, I learned so much about him, from how his single mother inspired his heartland values to how he never swore throughout…
