If Zac Crain wants my vote next year, he’s gonna have to line up with all the other mayoral candidates and answer the tough questions, the first one being: What did Dallas do to piss off Ben & Jerry, and what will you do to win them over? Fort Worth…
Now there’s one more reason to get satellite radio if you’re a Mavs junkie, a technology dork or just have a man crush on Mark Cuban: Starting this summer, Cuban will join Howard Stern and Richard Simmons on Sirius when he begins hosting a weekly show. Plans are for it…
Writing in the Austin American-Statesman today, sports columnist Kirk Bohls says the annual University of Texas-University of Oklahoma game at the Cotton Bowl is damned near a done-gone deal: “‘I think it’s 80-20 that Texas will leave,’ said someone with connections to both Texas and the Cotton Bowl…Barring a change…
It was Don Nelson who set the table and prepared the food for your Dallas Mavericks. But it’s been Avery Johnson who’s taught them how to eat. Johnson, known as the Little General for his short stature and stern disposition, will receive the NBA’s Coach of the Year award before…
I would give one billion dollars to sit in on this: Organizers of the Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off today and runs through May 7, have announced the juries that will hand out accolades to everything from full-length narrative features to documentary shorts entered in the fest. The Narrative…
Last week, The Wall Street Journal ran a special car section exploring, among other things, alternative fuels, car recycling and the coming global traffic jams as the number of cars in service worldwide hits 1 billion by 2020. It also had an article on hybrids, stating that hybrid buyers tend…
I have no idea how serious a mayoral candidate Zac Crain will be come next year’s elections; Lord knows he’s swimming in a crowded pool that will likely include not only Mayor Laura Miller, but also attorney and perennial candidate Darrell Jordan, council members Don Hill and Bill Blaydes (and,…
Anyone inside the Gypsy Tea Room last night would never have suspected Deep Ellum is hurtin’ for cover-paying peeps. A bill of Celebration and TV on the Radio begged for a packed house, and fans responded in kind. Now, both are national acts, to be fair, but nevertheless, looking back…
I’m asked this three times a day, at the very least: “Zac’s kidding, right?” Or, “What’s Zac thinking?” Or, “He’s not serious, is he?” Seems no one wants to take former Observer music editor, and my good friend, Zac Crain at his word when he says he’s running for Dallas…
Beginning today, you can change the face of the Monopoly board game–a lifelong ambition, I know. Hasbro’s giving it a makeover with its so-called “Here & Now Edition,” which will replace such iconic properties as Boardwalk and Baltic Avenue with modern-day, real-life locations that include one of three Dallas landmarks:…
The fallout from the April 9 immigration rally continues: There’s a big billboard greeting traffic heading north out of downtown on the Tollway that reads, “No Guest Worker/Amnesty!! Call Senators Now!!!” The billboard, which will only be up for the day, was paid for by a group called Citizens for…
I’m no grade-A shopper, so this might sound a little ignorant to readers who own one or more credit cards, but what in the hell happened to NorthPark Center? I drove up on Saturday to get my once-every-six-months clothes-shopping expedition out of the way, so I figured I’d pop in,…
I love to watch former SMU Mustang-turned-World Series of Poker runner-upper and Observer cover-story subject David Williams play cards. What I don’t like watching him do is dine out on porn star Janet Mason’s tuchus. If that’s him, of course. Maybe that’s David as “20-year-old Tony” in this video (you’ve…
News that SMU will hire Matt Doherty to be its next basketball coach comes with a mixed message. Bravo: Doherty is a Dean Smith starter kit who jump-started flatlining programs at Notre Dame and Florida Atlantic. Bullshit: Doherty is a spoiled brat with anger management issues who resigned at North…
They ain’t making Jews like Kinky anymore: The would-be gov spoke to a crowd at Bill’s Records and Tapes at noon on Saturday. Kinky Friedman has but three weeks left to submit to the state the 45,450 signatures he (and fellow independent gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn Rylander Jingle Heimer…
My favorite thing about this item are the first two words: “Movie star.” I just like the fact someone felt the need to remind people who Luke Wilson is, ’cause God forbid they confuse him with pastry chef Luke Wilson or flamenco instructor Luke Wilson or gas-station attendant Luke Wilson…
This past week, a 50-member faculty and student delegation from Richland College went to Washington, D.C., for some very important business. Led by school president Dr. Stephen K. Mittelstet, they had to pick up the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. What is it? It’s only an award the President of…
Praise God, the plight of the BOMA people is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Thanks to Mayor Laura Miller, the great and tragic BOMA diaspora of 1914 will be commemorated for the entire month of June, officially designated BOMA International Month in Dallas by the mayor. So break out…
I don’t know if you think you’ve ever been to a dive bar, but I’m here to tell you that if you haven’t been to the Red Blood Club in Deep Ellum, you have not. Last night my hometown buds Prayer For Animals played a gig there, along with Denton…
The Dallas Morning News came out today in favor of Dallas Independent School District superindendent Michael Hinojosa’s reform plan, Dallas Achieves!, which is designed to root out the waste in the system and make it more accountable to students and parents. No one could argue with the plan’s core mission…
Local attorney Bill Holston sends this missive regarding the May 1 “Day Without a Mexican” protest: “I sat next to a Mexican-American businessman on a flight yesterday. He employs about 150 people, and they’ll be closed on May 1. I think this could be a really big deal. I hope…
If you’re a KDMX-FM (102.9, The Mix) morning-show listener, you probably already know about Tony and Cappy’s MySpace predator sting. If you’re not, prepare to be severely skeeved out. After watching Dateline’s disturbingly addictive “To Catch a Predator” series in which host Chris Hansen confronts old dudes looking for a…
