While pit-stopping at Gorilla vs. Bear this morning, I took notice of a new video from young fresh Dentonites Ghosthustler, who’re all of, what, 12 when ages are combined. The band’s playing a GvB shindig next weekend, and after 14 views, I’ve decided, yeah, I can hang with “Parking Lot…
In our in-box this a.m.: TO: ALL MEDIA OUTLETS FROM: TEXAS RANGERS COMMUNICATIONS SUBJECT: HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCEMENT — TODAY The Texas Rangers Baseball Club will announce their 2007 Hall of Fame Class TODAY, June 21, at noon in the media interview room. All local media are invited to attend…
Mr. Speaker, we ask unanimous consent to address the House for one minute, and ask then to rock your balls off immedialely following our remarks. Here’s a headline you don’t see every day. Or ever. Drowning Pool To Testify To The US Congress Not that there’s anything definite. From the…
You know you had a bad day in the kitchen, Tre Wilcox, when Bravo puts on its Web site a picture of you doing push-ups on the balcony. Last week on Bravo’s Top Chef, Abacus’ Tre Wilcox was tops — winner of guest judge Anthony Bourdain’s complete library and the…
Tom Leppert likes to snack on bran muffins and Grape-Nuts. He listens to contemporary Christian music. Punctual and disciplined, he schedules breakfast meetings for 6 in the morning. He doesn’t swear and is irritated by those who do. “I’ve been with him since August,” says Willis Johnson, his campaign consultant…
The Leppert touch: Buzz believes the devil is not the only one in the details. You can find politicians in there too. That’s why Buzz was interested to learn that Dallas’ new mayor, Tom Leppert, apparently took time during the final weeks of his campaign to call Dale Davenport, the…
One of Dallas’ quarterbacks holds purses, the other holds records. One was temporarily linked to Jessica Simpson, the other eternally linked to the Milwaukee Mustangs. One makes $1,500,000, the other $100,000. Though they both toiled at small colleges before ascending to prominent positions on our local football teams, Tony Romo…
It is just before 7 o’clock in the morning, and I’m standing in a closet somewhere deep inside Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Cristina, a short woman with a smile far too big for the early hour, is shaking her head in amused disapproval as I fumble with the gold buttons…
Dad’s Potty Mouth Katies debacle: Kudos to Matt Pulle and Jesse Hyde for their story on Elizabeth Albanese and the Press Club (“Kiss Me, Katie,” June 14). They did their homework, and they wrote the story accurately, fairly and well. The bigger challenge ahead is two-fold. First, redefining the relevancy…
When he spotted the pretty woman standing on the front lawn of a stately home in Highland Park, Alan Rehrig whipped his Bronco into the driveway and climbed out. The former college basketball star shook her hand and asked if she knew anyone who had a garage apartment for rent…
News about HKS’ being in the running to build a spaceport in New Mexico gives us a reason to run this picture, which is why blogs were started in the first place. Well, it’s about time: Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith has started a new blog: State of Mine. Actual…
Why is Dallas-based Gatehouse Capital Corp. feuding with a Hollywood icon? The Los Angeles Times reports today that Angelyne, the buxom beauty whose billboards have become legendary in Los Angeles, is angry that Gatehouse Capital, in its efforts to build a new W hotel, has moved her out of her…
Will Jim and Pam get together in the video game version of The Office? Perhaps virtual Michael Scott knows. At first, we were opposed to NBC’s turning BBC hit The Office into an Americanized version of the Ricky Gervais-Stephen Merchant masterpiece; it just seemed like a bad idea, moving Wernham…
Jon Daniels and Tom Hicks: a match made somewhere just south of baseball heaven In extending general manager Jon Daniels’ contract through the 2009 season, Your Texas Rangers finally have something they haven’t had this millennium — a plan. Didn’t say it was a good plan, but it’s a plan…
With all proper credit to Uwe Blog and 100% Injury Rate, we now present the greatest Dirk Nowitzki video ever. We only wish we knew what it meant. Then again, we’re not high. But it’s still early yet. –Robert Wilonsky…
We also wish we had a better photo of Tom Sime. Tom Sime, longtime theater critic at Dallas’ Only Daily till 2005 and a former Dallas Observer writer, has stumbled, at age 48, into a new career as a playwright. His play Klutz Theory just won Stage West’s first Texas…
If you’re keeping score at home, the proper gift for a 2-year anniversary is cotton — though, says here, china’s a great modern-day alternative for those looking to drop a little more coin. Us, we’re waiting till the 3-year mark before purchasing gifts — that’s the leather anniversary, by the…
A club-owning, music-playing Friend of Unfair Park e-mails this morning with a hot scoop: Local musician Cas Haley, from Dallas Observer Music Award-winning Woodbelly, killed ’em last night on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. And, sure enough, Haley proved that actually having talent will indeed impresses the judges — especially Piers…
If you’ve been at all curious about the fancy digs nestled in the Ritz-Carlton that’s been high-rising between McKinney, Pearl, Olive and Cedar Springs, and you’ve got some time to kill this a.m., perhaps you’ll want to scan the for-sale Residences at The Ritz-Carlton. Turns out, according to today’s announcement,…
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund just sent a press release celebrating U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay’s decision today to grant a preliminary injunction that blocks the implementation of that anti-illegal immigrant ordinance in Farmers Branch. The ACLU-MALDEF release celebrating…
Clearly, I am in denial over the sad fact that Your 2007 Dallas Mayors Race is over. What, exactly, will I write about on Unfair Park now? As I try to figure that out, let me share with you what’s clearly my proudest moment yet: my first poem, consisting entirely…
Nine days ago there appeared in The Dallas Morning News a touching little feature about Roosevelt Wilkerson, who was once living on the streets of South Dallas but has recently achieved international renown with his hand-carved walking sticks made from Trinity River tree limbs. The occasion of that particular story?…
