This morning, the Associated Press sets out to prove that things are looking up downtown — by revealing how high the demand is for folks to swing that jib and drop that hook ’round these parts. “In Dallas there’s more tower cranes up now than I think there’s ever been,”…
We are taking the day off; Unfair Park will return tomorrow. Till then, here’s an appropriate video for this Memorial Day: A few weeks back, ABC’s World News featured as its Person of the Week a local named Bert Brady. Every morning, damned near, for a year, Brady has gotten…
Look who’s playing music critic: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who today engages in a little Texas music history lesson with this piece about our state’s “Rich Musical Heritage.” In it, he writes: In recent times, Texas has produced originals in virtually every musical genre, from country (George Jones) to blues…
Hard to tell which thing to go with right about now — we started our three-day weekend three hours ago, if this empty wine bottle’s any indication — so how about putting two items into one. They’re kinda related anyway. First up, UT Southwestern Medical Center’s gonna participate in a…
Turns out that Morrissey story we heard this a.m. isn’t so much rumor as meaty fact: An AEG Live rep tells Unfair Park they’re gonna “try to work around” that Gilley’s BBQ stank whilst Morrissey’s moaning at the Palladium. How? Well, a Friend of Unfair Park who knows to always…
It was all I could do not to call her Lilith. Really. It’s that throaty voice and husky laugh. Actress Bebe Neuwirth called exactly at the appointed time to talk about starring in the fundraising Centerstage Gala June 2 at the Dallas Theater Center. If you have an extra $1,000…
Just heard the craziest rumor about tonight’s Morrissey show at the Palladium Ballroom. A well-informed Friend of Unfair Park who was trying to score Morrissey tix for tonight’s sold-out show caught wind of the fact that the former Smiths frontman has in his rider a no-meat clause — not surprising,…
What’s become of Susie Priore’s grand neighborhood restaurant Iris, which shuttered April Fool’s weekend after burning out from competition and undercapitalizing sclerosis? Hark, it will soon be…Campisi’s No. 4, but you may know this number better. Yes, that’s right. Iris’ corpse will be the new home of Campisi’s Inwood Village,…
For now, Anthony Kim’s at top the Colonial leaderboard. Just when we were all comfy letting the awkwardly named Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial run its course undetected, a local kid up and bolts to the top of the leader board. OK, admit it, we’re still going to ignore the…
Perhaps I missed this, but I had no idea that this weekend, “Dallas will be center of the world of space.” And, no, not just because today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars. (Thanks for the heads-up e-mail, fellas, but a certain almost-4-year-old reminded me of…
Tom Leppert and Ed Oakley, meet your worst nightmare: Tracy Rowlett. OK, I dunno about all that, but the KTVT-Channel 11 anchor-on-his-way-out will, a week from tonight, moderate a half-hour debate (really, that’s all — the length of an episode of According to Jim?) twixt the two mayoral candidates. It’ll…
We spent the better part of Tuesday trying to find a copy of Vincent Bugliosi’s book-exercise equipment Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which has gotten more press in recent days than Monica Goodling and the man or woman who won American Idol. (Shhh, don’t tell me…
Mark it down: You have not heard the last of Natasha Galkina’s broken English. We’ll admit it: We did a piss-poor job of keeping tabs on Natasha Galkina, the local gal — via Russia, in case you forgot — vying to become America’s Next Top Model. Well, she didn’t win…
Completely by accident — well, sorta — we just found some Dallas Morning News subscription ads online. They’re alternating with other advertisements right here — why, we have no idea. Unless it’s part of that Belo-Yahoo! deal. Or someone at Belo’s still trying to translate this. –Robert Wilonsky…
A fool opined about how these new Texas Rangers would be constructed, and instructed, to win games not only by scores of 13-2 but also 3-2. Fool, meet gold. Er, copper. The teasing peep show we’ve seen the last eight years — eye-popping blowouts negated by numerous close losses; gaudy…
First, Tom Hicks gets in hot water in the U.K. for announcing that his purchase of Liverpool’s football club was nothing more than a business decision — no different from buying, oh, a cereal manufacturer. (I do so love this headline from a pissed-off column in today’s Guardian concerning Hicks’…
Al Gore was out in Marin County, California, yesterday signing copies of his new book, The Assault on Reason and 1,001 Other Summertime Smoothie Recipes, and, of course, he was greeted by some 2,000 peeps all begging him to run, Al, run. Among the throngs, reports the Marin Independent Journal,…
Business Week’s been showcasing the “best affordable suburbs” to which its readers might wanna move, and this week it saves the best for last: the South, notable for its “strong job markets and low living costs.” And, naturally, there is a Dallas-Ft. Worth suburb included on the list: Flower Mound,…
In case you couldn’t make it to the East Dallas Christian Church last night for the Dallas Homeowners League-sponsored debate over the $1.2-billion Trinity River toll road, our Friend (and yours — admit it) Avi Adelman has posted the opening statements from TrinityVote’s Angela Hunt and Trinity Commons Foundation’s Craig…
…she’ll be at SMU — specifically at the Meadows Museum, at 5900 Bishop Boulevard. She’ll be there at noon, if you wanna stop by and ask her about her husband’s museum and think tank or just tell her, ya know, “S’up, Laura.” And just why will she stopping by her…
Dallas Observer reporter Matt Pulle has asked his editors to give you the following information: He has no opinion about the size of former Dallas County Deputy Constable Jim Gilliand’s behind, no interest in procuring sexual partners for Constable Mike Dupree and nothing to do with anonymous phone calls to…
Nine days after Farmers Branch voters overwhelmingly approved an ordinance that would ban apartments from renting to illegal immigrants, a federal judge on Monday issued a restraining order blocking the law from taking effect on May 22. Since last August, the suburb has been consumed by protests, counter-protests, shouting matches…
