The Smashing Pumpkins, at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie last Sunday, love the DFW — or, at the very least, our wimmins. Best show ever? So says drummer Jimmy Chamberlin in this brief clip, his reasons amplified by a grinning, thumbs-up William Corgan Jr. In other pickings from the…
William Dembski believes in intelligent design, and who am I to knock him? I used to think there really were Vulcans. Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the intelligent-designer who has everything? Fret not, as Dallas-based Foundation for Thought and Ethics this week unleashes mathematician William Dembski and biologist…
When you’re down in Deep Ellum — and, see, I didn’t say if you’re down in Deep Ellum — you’ll notice the late, great Gypsy Team Room is now decorated with a periodic table. Turns out, it’s for a very good reason and for a very good cause. (Oh, and…
The wingding isn’t till February ’08, but registration closes in a couple of weeks, so act now. If, that is, you’d like to spend a couple of days out at The Ranch of the Lonesome Dove in Southlake, which just looks lovely, y’all. Just look at it — 63 acres…
Ever wonder how many QBs have thrown at least one regular-season pass for Your Dallas Cowboys? The answer’s 33 — though, sure, you already knew that. And I have no doubt you can name ’em all. If not, “phishon99” has posted to the YouTubes a tribute to the entire squadron…
The fried chicken and scrumptious Latin offerings of Pollo Campero and its Dallas-based American division, Campero USA, are about to become available in Wal-Marts across the country. Given the chain’s rapid growth worldwide — from Ecuador to New York to China and Indonesia — and the abject worship of its…
Courtesy our Friends here, we’re reminded that it’s never too early to start shopping for holiday gifts for that very special Greg Williams fan on your list. I mean, Hanukkah starts in a couple of weeks, so get to it. Perfect for Festivus, if nothing else — because, apparently, some…
Ed Bark — Uncle Barky, to you — sends word that beginning December 1, he’ll be hosting a “monthly live interview show where his readers can talk about the media and meet local radio and television personalities.” It’ll kick off at 2 p.m. at Stratos Global Greek Taverna on Northwest…
Anybody else out of popcorn? As instructed, I had mine ready. But after yet another amazing, dominating, downright delicious performance by the Cowboys receiver, looks like we’re gonna need another bucket. This is getting good. Shocking us all by continuing his high-production, low-drama season, T.O. scored all four of the…
Paul Quinn College president Michael Sorrell “We are embarking upon a journey to become one of America’s elite small colleges,” writes Paul Quinn College’s newly installed president, Michael J. Sorrell, on the school’s Web site. And he has a long, long way to go: As the Associated Press noted yesterday…
And in other Sunday Times reading with local ties, a Dallas man whose “entertainment company had enlisted” several hundred high school girls to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade had to scramble to find a way to get the girls into the few Broadway shows not shuttered by the…
This is more Andrea Grimes’ bit. But as November 22 is nigh upon us, a company called Avatar Promotions is celebrating by setting up in Second Life a virtual Dealey Plaza as it appeared in August 2007 and as it looked on the Friday John Kennedy was gunned down in…
Four years ago, Cynthia Fitzgerald of Dallas — a former pharmaceutical saleswoman turned health-care equipment purchaser — filed a federal lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, Becton Dickinson, Merck and nearly a dozen more health-care equipment manufacturers. The suit, which was unsealed in 2007, alleges that “improper sales practices, together with…
It’s almost impossible to overstate the importance of next year’s sheriff’s race, since its outcome will likely affect two other prominent Dallas County seats: county judge and district attorney. If the Democratic incumbent, the perpetually embattled Lupe Valdez, wins, then Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, who has received nationwide…
If you mail a threatening letter to Bob Mong, editor of The Dallas Morning News, you just might wind up with 20 years in federal prison. That’s just what happened today to Alan Van DeLaughter, who was convicted in August of “mailing threats to damage or destroy property and mailing…
Last week, Dallas oilman T. Boone Pickens was in Washington, serving as chairman of a 40th anniversary shindig for The American Spectator. On November 6, Pickens apparently said he’d give $1 million to anyone who could disprove a single one of the allegations made by the Swift Boat Veterans for…
Found this today on the Web site for Agency.com’s Irving offices on N. Belt Line Road: “There’s a little saying in Texas: If you can’t think big, you’d better think of moving.” It’s doubtful that the employees there — charged with handling such clients as Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services, Hilton,…
Dr. Kern Wildenthal, which is the third-most amazing name of all time ‘Twas but a week ago folks all around town were poring over The List to see if they were among UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas’ 6,400 VIPs. The hospital hustled to contain the story, and on Saturday,…
Carlos Quintanilla, before he got arrested … for failure to maintain financial responsibility. No justice, no peace! If you missed the ironic news flash, controversial Dallas activist Carlos Quintanilla went from preparing to lead a protest against Irving’s treatment of illegal immigrants to sitting in the Irving jail yesterday. The…
You think when Tony Romo was at Eastern Illinois, he thought he’d wind up in People or the Post every other week? Tony Romo’s dating an older woman from New York who’s got her own dough, thank you very much, and who used to be Derek Jeter’s gal pal not…
Last week, Fort Worth police chased 24-year-old Jose Garcia from near Hulen Mall in Fort Worth all the way to the Dallas Zoo, damned near, after he allegedly stole a GMC pick-up from an apartment complex parking lot. You might have read about it, but thanks to the YouTubes, you…
Twenty-four percent of all children in the state of Texas are “at risk of hunger,” says a report released yesterday by America’s Second Harvest, the country’s largest charitable hunger-relief organization. The report’s titled Child Food Insecurity in the United States: 2003 — 2005, and it analyzes data collected by the…
