Jim Schutze’s favorite blog points out that the sad inevitable is upon us: The Gold Rush Cafe is taking its summer break, starting, oh, now. But Jeff Siegel does come bearing good news: He says that come the cafe’s August reopening, proprietor George Sanchez will have installed “a Wi-Fi connection,…
Acclaimed novelist Mohsin Hamid recounts part of a recent trip to Dallas, where he discovered that he is both “they” and “us.” Pakistan-born, American-educated, London-living novelist Mohsin Hamid was in town during the spring to read from and sign copies of his latest novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, in which a…
Perhaps to get the jump on its Austin counterpart, which airs its Deep Ellum piece on Friday, KERA-FM (90.1) will, at noon today, air its own Deep Ellum roundtable. Think’s Krys Boyd will host Alan Govenar, co-author of the book Deep Ellum and Central Track: Where the Black and White…
The Texas Freedom Network’s expecting a packed house tonight, when Jim Wallis pops in to the Wilshire Baptist Church on Abrams Road as part of the TFN’s Faith and Freedom Speaker Series. Wallis — president and executive director of Sojourners, author of the bestselling God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets…
Marlin Linville’s Arboretum oil painting is one of two Dallas scenes painted by the Texas artist for sale on eBay. A Dallas fine art collector is using eBay to offload the work of noted Texas artist Marlin Linville, who died in 2001 after a long battle with cancer. The seller’s…
So. This morning, while doing a very occasional search of Craigslist’s “rants & raves,” I came across this “freakin rant” posted at 5 a.m. today by someone claiming to be mentally ill, unemployed, broke and suicidal in downtown Dallas: So I’ve decided I’m going to kill myself. Not make a…
Courtesy one of your better MP3 blogs, Songs: Illinois, comes a link to The Quavers’ cover of “Dallas” — which is not the Jimmie Dale Gilmore “Dallas,” nor the Steely Dan “Dallas” (worth grabbing, as you’re already here), nor the Alan Jackson “Dallas,” nor the Jimmy Buffett “Dallas.” No, this…
Good God, that Antonio Swad is a genius. After making a small fortune selling pizza for pesos, the Pizza Patrón founder is at it again: Beginning Friday, his 65-store pizza chain will begin selling unlimited calling cards to Mexico, which means, according to the press release: “Unlike traditional calling cards…
If you visit the MySpace page for local hip-hop label Clout Records, you’ll find there an invite for tomorrow night’s press conference at the downtown Hyatt Regency, where the label’s CEO, Corey Cleghorn, will formally announce his new distribution deal with the mammoth EMI Records. Or you could just go…
While it may sound like a racy bowl of chili, Devil’s Bowl is instead a nasty tub of dirt where modifieds, late models, super sprints and street stock cars get sideways in the turns and throw up pinwheels of North Texas clay every Saturday night. A super sprint flipped and…
Fun is the loneliest number at the Kroger on a Friday at midnight. There aren’t a lot of things that will make me leave a good house party just as it reaches its prime, but that’s what I had to do last Friday night in order to procure my copy…
Brian Harkin The best thing about dining at Victory Plaza is no longer. Sommelier Rudy Mikula has evacuated Nove Italiano for Consilient Restaurants pastures. There he will serve as wine and beverage director at Hibiscus and consult for other venues in the Consilient stable. Mikula, formerly of Loews Anatole Hotel’s…
Trammell Crow Company’s getting much grief today for a $10-million tax break it’s receiving to build a $90-mil hotel-and-condo project. It sounds so familiar, only, it’s not in Dallas (this time), but outside Atlanta — on Jekyll Island, a Georgia state park that contains some of the hottest property in…
No, seriously — if you need anyone on the council for any reason during the next couple of days, good luck getting hold of ’em, because they’re having their annual retreat far, far away from the city limits. According to a missive Mayor Tom filed with the City Secretary’s Office…
At this very moment, the family in control — for now — of Dow Jones & Company and The Wall Street Journal is huddled up at the Boston Hilton, trying to figure out if it’s worth selling their crown jewel to Rupert Murdoch for, like, $1.2 billion. The Bancroft family…
Filter has a Q&A this morning with The Greatest of All Dallas-Born Actors, Stephen Tobolowsky. And while the man’s nothing short of The Greatest of All Interview Subjects, he does recount here one tale I’ve never heard before — about the time he reunited his old Kimball High School band…
NBA ref and alleged game-fixer Tim Donaghy, who, we’re pretty sure, is somehow related to Jack Donaghy. We just don’t know how yet. John Walters of NBC Sports reminds us this morning that in 2001, Mark Cuban said of NBA referee Ed Rush, who’s also the league’s Director of Officiating:…
Look out — they’re “chasing after the young Mexicans pouring into the area”! And by they, of course, I mean the local media outlets about which AdWeek writes this morning, as it dissects the ultra-competitive Spanish-language radio stations, television stations and newspapers in Dallas-Fort Worth vying for the Hispanic audience’s…
The amazing thing is, Bobby Patterson still wears this jacket on stage — like, 35 or so years after this photo was taken. Well, I was going to post an MP3 of Bobby Patterson’s “Quiet! Do Not Disturb” in advance of his show tomorrow night at the Sons of Hermann…
If you’re moping about working late on a Friday or having to squeeze into that bikini you’ve outgrown or finding your boyfriend in a closet with your best friend, this will either give you refreshing perspective or make you feel like an utter loser not worthy of taking up space…
Good Friend of Unfair Park Kris Youmans has just notified us that he’s booked “a pretty short-notice show” featuring Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues Band for August 17 at the Granada Theater. And while that’s special enough to merit mention, it turns out Chan Marshall was going to be…
Lest you think grieving over the deaths of the Gypsy Tea Room and Trees and other Deep Ellum venues is mere hipster posing, let us offer you the following video. It arrives courtesy our new art director, Alex Flores (aka “Warhol Reject”), who captured Tiger Army’s Nick 13 last weekend…
