Shortly after Judge Carter Thompson said to Jerry Lee Evans, “It’s the court’s hope that your next 23 years are happier than the past 23 years,” Dallas County’s latest DNA exoneree appeared, via satellite, on CNN’s Larry King Live. He was joined by Dallas County public defender Michelle Moore –…
Overheard at last week’s HP Byron Nelson Classic: Jesus effin’ Christ, didja see those? In other words, screw Tiger Woods. You, I and the tipsy woman with the low-cut top, high-rise bottom and oscillating morals know the truth: As long as it has The Pavilion, The Nelson doesn’t need Tiger…
Stand and deliver: On behalf of Dallas, Buzz would like to make the following statement: Listen, world, we’re sorry about that whole Kennedy assassination thing. Real sorry. Now, can we just move on? Apparently not. A new Web site—a sort of photo sharing, socializing spot called www.stoodthere.com, based in the…
“Magnetic Subtraction,” by Jim Schutze, May 21 Bunch of Dupes What I, too, find scary is how many people actually believe [Superintendent Michael] Hinojosa and his “fairness” and “equity” stance. It is unbelievable how easily deceived some people can be, how the masses will simply follow and not really question…
It’s a balmy morning in April, which to Anthony Tovar means only one thing: crunch time. Instead of walking the halls of Sunset High School in his usual happy-go-lucky way, greeting teenagers with a grin and calling them by name, the principal is hunched over paperwork in his office, his…
In a sworn deposition filed in Dallas today, Dallas County Judge Jim Foster is quoted saying he has spoken with the FBI “on many occasions” concerning an ongoing FBI investigation of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and the southern Dallas “inland port” project. Reached for comment this afternoon, Foster…
After spending 23 years in a prison cell for a crime he did not commit, Jerry Lee Evans’s first order of business is a Big Mac from McDonald’s. So said the man who, at a little after 2 p.m. today, was welcomed back to the free world by Judge Carter…
The city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee yesterday afternoon met for 90 minutes in executive session after Unison Consulting, the city’s consultant for Love Field airport, presented a briefing on the benefits of competition for the airport’s concessions. Because rent is paid to the city based on a percentage of…
At last night’s “Day of Decision Rally,” timed to coincide with the California Supreme Court’s ruling on Proposition 8, the cries of “We’re here! We’re queer! Get used to it!” rang out above the roar of traffic at the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Oak Lawn Avenue. “Se-pa-rate, church…
If you’re a loyal Sportatorium reader, chances are you aren’t hot enough to be a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. (But who knows, send me a photo and I’ll be the judge.) But I bet some of you aren’t even smart enough. Surprise, it’s not as easy as it looks. (Check out…
One week ago today, Dallas artist Chet Phillips (and I’m a big fan) was featured on Drawn!, a must-read for the illustration and cartooning fetishist. Specifically, Phillips’s latest project got the shout-out — a brilliantly assembled collection of 14 trading cards called World War Monkey: A Portrait Gallery of Military…
A Friend of Unfair Park wants to make sure we know that Ellis Short — co-founder of Dallas-based Lone Star Funds, and a bigwig at locally based asset management company Kitano Capital — is no longer partial owner of the Premier League’s Sunderland club (otherwise known as The Black Cats)…
wee see – collection one from Rolyn Barthelman on Vimeo.During Record Store Day last month, I took the 5-year-old who lives in my house to the Good Records all-day shindig, where one Julie Doyle slipped us a Polyphonic treat: a sneak peek at something called Wee See, about which Mrs…
In the end, soon-to-be former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis is so much Michael Finley and Michael Young: A great leader and good player buried in a shitty era. Except that – with his annual bitching about this or that – Ellis may have tarnished his ultimate legacy. Considering the 33-year-old…
Yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas, Silveroak Holdings, Ltd. — better known as Bob’s Steak & Chop House — filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. Bob Sambol and his attorney, Mark Ralston, say the bankruptcy filing has nothing to do with Lee Thompson’s claim that Sambol owes him $300,000 –…
A seven-part download this weekend by Danielle McClelland, in the Dallas City Hall Public Information Office, allows those who missed out on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge’s groundbreaking ceremony to have a look-see at the event, which took place on December 9, 2005. It’s been mostly downhill for the project…
It’s been a long time since the city of Dallas inventoried properties nestled in the 30 historic districts listed on the National Register — so long, in fact, that there’s not even an electronic database available that lists all the historic properties in the city, which would come in awful…
Now playing first base for your Texas Rangers … Ryan Howard. Okay, would you settle for Rob Deer? Chris Davis continued his amazingly dichotomous season last night with two home runs and, you guessed it, two more strikeouts. Dr. Jeykll: Davis leads the Rangers with 12 homers. Mr. Hyde: Davis leads…
What a happy coincidence: Today over on Renegade Bus, Joan Arbery and New York-based architect and planner Hans Roegele had quite the spirited back-and-forth over the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park and whether it will turn the Arts District into a neighborhood, as Arbery insists, or whether it’s just “an urban…
Last December, we directed your attention to the publicly funded sculptures dropped in front of Fire Station No. 35 near the Marsh-Walnut Hill intersection — otherwise known as “Elemental Forces,” my favorite Triumph album. Some of the Friends of Unfair Park dug the rocks; others, less so. But the artist…
As mentioned late last week, Brick-layer Rian Johnson was at the Magnolia last night for two Q&A’s — one after the 7:10 p.m. screening of his Brothers Bloom; and one before the 9:45 p.m. showing. The house was packed for both screenings, each filled with fans who knew every last…
Even if you don’t like tennis, I’m suggesting you’ll enjoy The French Open. Hot and dirty young women sweating and grunting and playing with fuzzy balls. What’s not to like lust? Even though Anna Kournikova has bagged her beautiful raquets, there’s plenty to look at in the women’s game on the clay at…
