David Lynch Gets to the Point

By now you know David Lynch was in town over the weekend for the AFI Dallas International Film Festival; you saw the pic of him hawking his coffee beans at Central Market, right? Anyhoo, Lynch agreed to a quick chit-chat at the W Hotel with a rookie interviewer, who asked…

Jim Schutze Makes You Think

We’ll likely be taking off from noon till 1 p.m. tomorrow, as we huddle ’round the radio to enjoy the first hour of Think on KERA-FM (90.1). Why come? Because our own Jim Schutze will join host Krys Boyd and The Dallas Morning News’ Dave Levinthal to discuss the Dallas…

Listen With Your Eyes

So, the Gypsy Tea Room’s damned near done for — closing March 31, in case you forgot. We’ve been expecting word for weeks about what the joint has planned for closing night but never got the news, and the club’s Web site ain’t much help: It still says TV on…

Free Midlake

Over at The Downloader, an on-the-up-and-up Brit-based music giveaway site, Bella Union’s making available today an “exclusive remix” of Midlake’s so-called “calling card,” the indie more-or-less-hit “Roscoe.” (It’s Erol Alkan’s dreamy-trancy “Beyond The Wizards Sleeve” remix, which has floated around a few MP3 blogs in the past and proves that,…

ACS: Whatever Suits Ya

Helluva last few days for Affiliated Computer Services: First came the news that ACS’ chairman Darwin Deason is offering $59.25 per share for all outstanding ACS shares in order to take his company private. Wow — wonder why he wants to do that? Oh, yeah: that whole backdating stock-option scandal,…

He-Man Called and Wants His Phone Back

Ever heard the local band Greyskull? No? Dude, they rock. Or so Nokia thinks, anyway: Says here that the band’s been tapped to provide the soundtrack for a series of ads promoting the company’s new Nseries phones — specifically, the new N93i video phone. Only, you won’t get to see…

So Here’s To You, Mr. Robinson

Robinson Tejeda will pitch Your Texas Rangers’ home opener in a few days. Oh…joy? The Rangers’ pitching staff looks decent — which, putting it in perspective, means it’s as good as any time since the late 1990s. Kevin Millwood’s a workhorse ace. Vicente Padilla is a bulldog. And newcomer Brandon…

Okpa Out, But Not Down

The city’s finding one way to narrow the mayoral wannabe field: by disqualifying all the interesting left-field candidates, including Edward Okpa. Edward Okpa, my favorite long-shot candidate for Dallas mayor, has been thrown off the ballot after the City Secretaty’s office found he didn’t submit enough signatures to qualify. (He…

Hell’s Culinarian

“Lord love a duck, he just wants to get out of here,” says Catherine Fotre of her feisty chef husband Francois, who made a name for himself with killer Vichyssoise, a cold summer-slap watermelon soup spiffed with Schnapps, and a tomato fanaticism that frightened produce suppliers (Dallas needs more such…

Did Someone Just Say “Amon”?

If you have plans to visit the Amon Carter Museum some time in the next few months, you’d best hurry: The place is shutting down May 21 and will remain shuttered for a good three months. The reason why: “Repairs on the building’s fire suppression system,” which is not a…

Free the Fuzz: An Unfair Park Ticket Giveaway!

So, like, we’ve pimped Hot Fuzz — the latest from the gents who brung ya Shaun of the Dead — plenty o’ times here at Unfair Park. But unless you already have your tix for the AFI’s Thursday-night screening at NorthPark, or you just wanna take your chances by standing…

Look, Who Doesn’t Want Some of Mark Cuban’s Money?

This is Delta Keoninh’s dream. And the rest of America’s too. How is it someone hasn’t come up with this before? It’s not like folks aren’t always asking Mark Cuban for spare change (like, ya know, a hundred thou) all the time. But far as we can tell, HelpMeMarkCuban.com marks…

Dipping Chocolate in Some Peanut Butter

Mary Suhm, otherwise known as the most powerful person in city gummint. This morning we got a missive reminding us of this intriguing event on Thursday night: a Women’s Council of Dallas-sponsored get-down titled “Dallas 101: The Partnership between DallasISD, the City of Dallas and Dallas County.” Sounds fascinating –…

Woulda Been Better With a Piece of Pie

I was scheduled to interview David Lynch on Saturday, till his people moved it to Sunday morning. Had to tell Lynch, like, no can do; the 3-year-old who lives in our house had a school function on the field of Texas Stadium, which the missus described as “a dump,” though…

Don Hill’s Faith-Based Plan For…Crime-Fighting?

Yeah, that’s what is says in the press release we just got from Hill’s campaign…pardon, from Hill’s “Campaign of Courage.” (Wait — isn’t that also Jennifer Gale’s slogan? No? M’bad.) Anyway, here’s Don Hill’s crime-fighting plan. We’ll let Dave Levinthal check the sources, but we have a feeling this is…

TXI: Guilty. Now, Hand Over $20 Million.

Since there have been rumblings about mayoral candidate Sam Coats sitting on the board of Texas Industries, the infamous Midlothian cement-manufacturing plant that’s been condemned by environmentalists for burning hazardous waste, we thought we’d let you know that today, TXI lost a court battle with a former contractor’s family –…

“Piss Soaked Turd Loaf”

Don’t like gay people? Join the fans of Widespread Panic. That’s what I was called in just one of the nearly 600 “responses” to my article on Widespread Panic in this week’s paper version of Unfair Park. In the piece, I wrote that fans of the band were notorious for…

The AFI Trailer Park

I’ve been asked many, many times in the past few days: Which movies are worth peeping at the AFI Dallas International Film? I’ve offered my suggestions, oh, here and even over there. And while I seem to always be leaving off a few here and there (you really must see…

Dallas: Full of Famous Folk Friday!

Halle Berry’s in town — and, believe it not, she ain’t here for the AFI. Last night’s AFI Dallas International Film Fest coming-out party was quite the swanky affair in the downtown Neiman Marcus; said a visiting dignitary, “I’ve never been around so much money.” You could almost count every…