It’s nice to know my good buddy G. Craige Lewis is alive and well, preaching the evils of hip-hop to the Japanese. I heard he hated my story on him, which I couldn’t really figure out since every other e-mail I got about the piece came from some preacher who…
In this very city there’s a company called Chemical Resource Solution, which specializes in a product called DOT-Pothole Filler. CRS pitches it as “a product that can fill voids and cracks in 10 to 20 minutes and be firm enough to traverse in 30 to 40 minutes!” If the mayor…
Gustavo Jimenez, a junior at Duncanville High School, explains here just what sparked his leading a student walk-out last month. One word: MySpace. –Robert Wilonsky…
Went out to the Dallas Cup youth soccer tournament at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco Tuesday afternoon and bumped into an amazing team of 12- and 13-year-olds. They were extremely skillful on the field. Polite and bubbly during interviews. And, oh, did I mention they hail from Baghdad? The Iraqi…
Something called the Business Travel Coalition, run by some dude who used to be a VP of Human Resources at CIGNA Corp., wants to shut down Love Field. Maybe I’d pay more attention if the group, if that’s really what it is, wasn’t based out of Radnor, Pennsylvania (I don’t…
Before moving to Dallas, I rarely flew on a major carrier. Southwest was much cheaper to fly home from Utah, as was JetBlue when I lived in New York. Now that I cannot fly on either (due to the Wright Amendment, I guess) I am forced to choose between United,…
On Sunday The Dallas Morning News ran a piece reiterating the myth that NASCAR was once a regional–specifically southeastern–sport that has suddenly expanded into the major urban markets. Strangely, even NASCAR officials adhere to this and other myths (such as the disregard for non-southern drivers). Long-time fans are not so…
Last night the Observer softball team convened for our weekly butt kicking. As in, we stand there, other teams do the kicking. But last night, it was personal. We played the Dallas Morning News team, a formidable crew outfitted with fancy-schmancy SportsDay shirts. One of them had on a knee…
This comes from the front page of today’s USA Today: “Zagat’s list is full of surprises. The best? Think Dallas.” It teases this story about the top restaurants found in U.S. hotels, and sure enough, the chart-topper is The French Room in the Adolphus Hotel, about which “there are’t enough…
A little Bristol, Connecticut, birdie tells me former Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin has re-signed with ESPN. The contract, which will be announced later this week, is for four years and pays the Playmaker about $1.5 million per year to continue his role on the network as NFL analyst-Terrell Owens…
I was on the fence about the whole Wright Amendment thing till yesterday, when I got on an American Airlines flight that lasted three hours and felt like a lifetime. It’s hard to figure which was worse: the flight attendant who pretty much threw a can of Coke at the…
Yesterday, Marguerite Brown took a three-hour bus ride from Dallas to Shreveport to vote early in the Orleans Parish elections. That’s a big deal. What made it even bigger is that she’s 85 years old. So, when you fail to show up at your neighborhood polling place on Election Day,…
God, please, make it all go away. The latest casting new from the land of Dallas has Jessica Simpson (who else?) in the role of Lucy Ewing. In related news, I no longer give a damn about this movie and have moved on to the big-screen redo of Carter Country,…
Rumors are flying at Internet speed, so here’s what I know for sure–the Double Wide is closing down. Their doors will not be open tonight and will not be open in the immediate future. I spoke with DW booking agent Chelsea Callahan just a few minutes ago–she answered her phone…
Though 88 bands were advertised to play the Wall of Sound Festival, the total number of acts that actually played was only 86. Huge disappointment, right? The two drop-outs were relatively notable, though–Comet, who played one of their first 2005 reunion gigs at last year’s debut WoSF, had to bail…
Gentleman, if you wanted to hook up with Dr. Mona, CBS-11’s jet setting medical correspondent, you might have missed your chance. In case you didn’t see Channel 11’s nauseating promo, the station was openly pimping out Dr. M, making her dating life depressing fodder for its depressed viewers: “How in…
I don’t write a weekly music column, which has two advantages. One, I probably haven’t insulted your band. Two, I probably haven’t insulted your friend’s band. As such, you can approach this entry with little to no prejudice against my opinions and decide only after you’ve read this that I…
After years of making promises to southern Dallas that turned into threats, the city has apparently decided to put its money where its mouth is. According to this story from the Dallas Business Journal, the city is considering using money from the upcoming bond election to buy property in the…
This float, built by David Hall, gave Saturday’s protest a distinctly parade-like vibe. Except for all the hate. I couldn’t tell you how many there were: fewer than 100, according to some estimates; almost 500, say others. But on Saturday, at the intersection of Walnut Hill Lane and North Central…
Seven years ago I almost moved to Lower Greenville; hell, everyone else was doing it, and property values were only gonna go up. Starting to think I made the right decision to stay away. –Robert Wilonsky…
The Dallas Mavericks won’t win the NBA’s Southwest Division championship. But last Friday night in San Antonio they earned something more precious: confidence. With a 92-86 victory over the Spurs, the Mavs proved they can win playoff-intensity road games against the league’s defending champion. And that will be important a…
Stop yer whining, Dallas, and keep drinking. Turns out Dallas ain’t high on the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s list of best cities in which to bust boozers–not even in the top 10, which is awesome. Just stay away from small towns when popping yer tops. –Robert Wilonsky…
