Dooney Da Priest Well, well, well. Bold Types is turning into quite the MP3 blog. First this, now this: Local gospel-rapper Dooney (or “Da Priest”) contributes to The Dallas Morning News’s Metro blog an anti-baggy pants, pro-pride rant called “Pull Your Pants Up,” in honor of Deputy Mayor Pro Tem…
A few days after receiving a major award, KDFW-Channel 4’s Rebecca Aguilar has been suspended from the Fox affiliate. Monday night, KDFW-Channel 4 ran a piece about 70-year-old James Walton, owner of Able Walton Machine & Welding in West Dallas, who, early Sunday morning, shot and killed a man trying…
Yesterday, in the midst of bouncing back and forth between Jim Schutze and Steve Blow’s exchange of love letters, I noticed that Blow has posted to Bold Types a mind-blowing MP3 — an anti-Proposition 1 rap Blow received from Dave Levinthal, who got it from who knows where. (Sample lyrics:…
For those who missed it last night, ESPN interviewed Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban about the rumors that Kobe Bryant might be leaving Los Angeles for Dallas. Cuban talks about the Mavs being “opportunistic” and willing “to explore” their options, but the best part of this brief segment: It was…
Clinton Kelly wants to tell you what not to wear — cargo shorts, say, or flip-flops. Yup, yer screwed. Think you may have seen an unusually dashing gent near the Grand Spa or Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport yesterday. It was probably Clinton Kelly of TLC’s What Not to Wear. The…
Former Dallas Observer writer and pin-up Adam Pitluk Since leaving the Dallas Observer a few years back, former staff writer Adam Pitluk has graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, turned one of the articles he wrote here into a book, been the features editor for Boys’ Life magazine…
Seven-year-old Caroline Turns, who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric cancer Not sure what’s more mind-blowing to Kelly Howell these days. the fact that a precious 7-year-old girl can get pancreatic cancer. Getting up at 5 a.m. to run 13 miles. Or the kindness of total strangers…
And while we’re on the subject of the Trinity River — like, when aren’t we, right — this single-day shindig sounds rather fascinating: On November 16, designers from all around the country — including well-regarded lighting pioneer Leni Schwendinger; waterfront expert Ann Breen and so-called “green” landscape planner-designer Ignacio Bunster-Ossa…
Scot Miller owns Sun to Moon Gallery on Keller Springs Road in Carrollton. He’s also on the advisory board of Groundwork Dallas, the 2-year-old nonprofit charged with cleaning up parts of southern Dallas — including, especially, the Great Trinity Forest. And it’s all about getting the kids involved. (Groundwork Dallas…
Freddie McCoo’s El Dia de Los Muertos for Nawlins is among the works currently on display at the Bath House Cultural Center. The annual Day of the Dead art exhibit that opened over the weekend at the Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake is far from a collection…
It was the feel-good story of the year: In late February, Everson Walls donated a kidney to his former Dallas Cowboys teammate Ron Springs. The two became, as the Associated Press reported in March, “the first former U.S. professional athletes to undergo an organ transplant.” Springs said Walls did it…
David Garza is confirmed for the October 28 Beard benefit at Dada. That did not take long: Amanda Newman sends word this afternoon that Irving’s own David Garza — who, in December, will begin a month-long residency at Los Angeles’ famed hipster hang Largo — is the first artist to…
When we stumbled across this real-estate offering, we just had to know: Just which “Modern, Urban Coffeehouse In Downtown Dallas” with a “Gorgeous Atmosphere” is for sale? And for the low, low price of $110,000 too — despite the promise of annual revenue of $215,141. (Hmmm, anyone interested in going…
It’s well-known ’round these parts that when it comes to sports-talk radio, we’re partial to KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket). But for those who prefer their X’s and O’s in FM, here’s some personnel news from ESPN’s local radio affiliate: Weeknight host Mike Taylor, who locks down the 7-9 p.m. time…
In May, Tuan “Andy” Nguyen was among 22 folks arrested and indicted on charges of staging car accidents with salvaged vehicles in order to collect the insurance money — to the tune of some $1 million in fraudulent claims. Well, today Nguyen — singled out by the U.S. Attorney’s Office…
Mark Graham John “Beard” Brewer, ruler of the Dada doorway Amanda Newman, new co-owner of Club Dada, sends word this morning that iconic Dada doorman John “Beard” Brewer has been at Parkland Memorial Hospital since Friday night. Brewer suffered what friends are referring to as a seizure. Doctors had expected…
Hilary Swank and Burt Tansky, president and chief executive officer of the Neiman Marcus Group Saturday night As we somehow misplaced our invite to last weekend’s Neiman Marcus centennial shindig — at the Cotton Bowl, then at the downtown Dallas flagship — we’re stuck reliving the magic through the ultra-fab…
Either Angela Hunt is a “monkey wrench” or Mayor Tom Leppert would like to hit her over the head with said implement. Not sure which after reading this missive from the mayor, in which he demands Dallas business and civic leaders — and their “business colleagues, vendors, suppliers, and professional…
Bella Pilar Mark over at Pawn Gallery has alerted me to breaking news on the $30,000 millionaire beat: The Beautiful Room isn’t claiming to be beautiful any longer. In a surprising display of self-awareness, the social club is now calling itself “The Room.” Actually, the Web address is “the–room.com,” so…
The portfolio is small. Restaurateur and Sfuzzi alum Robert Colombo and partner William Solomon have just Trece and The Club as whet holdings. But Villa-O will slip between them in December. What is Villa-O? Think Al Gore meets marinara. Villa-O is billed as a fresh (read: environmentally sensitive; think: the…
KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) I wasn’t in the New England Patriots’ locker room yesterday after their 48-27 walloping of the Cowboys, but apparently some grizzled, oh-so-serious Bostonians can’t take a joke. Even after a three-down shellacking of an heir to their throne. While I was listening to Terrell Owens not…
Unfair Park’s best Friend sends along the following video, from last week’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, along with the note: “OK, as a Longhorn, I felt a lot better about the game after seeing this.” We are so in agreeance. –Robert Wilonsky…
