It’s been a couple of months since last we heard of the city council’s plan that would require rent-house owners to register with the city for a fee, but it’s still very much alive and well at Dallas City Hall and moving forward with a briefing to the entire council…
Last Thursday I saw a band called MuteMath at The Palladium. Very decent, but in the big picture not quite funky enough or not nearly hard enough for my musical lusting. While there I was thinking – ya know, like you do – whether I’d like to see them if I was…
View Larger MapWell, at least now we know what they’re planning to build on the site of the former Loews Cityplace, which has been shuttered for almost two years: It’s slated to become a Kroger. So says this morning’s briefing to the council’s Economic Development committee, which now has to…
I spent the better part of this morning virtually touring the First Baptist Dallas Web site devoted to its proposed $130-million “worship center” that will “embrace the church’s historic past while boldly asserting its place in the Dallas skyline.” That’s quite a site too — more short films than a…
10. Ten. That’s how many Cowboys caught passes Sunday. Of the players eligible to be a receiver, only Tashard Choice got shut out. 9. Halloween hangover. The end of Daylight Savings Time. Whatever. Something weird was going on at Cowboys Stadium, for I coulda swore I saw Bobby Carpenter make…
Friend of Unfair Park Peterk, always on the lookout for vintage Dallas photos of note available on eBay, sends our way this morning a genuine (and genuinely cool) relic: a photo of the Camp Dick jazz combo. And what, you might be asking, was Camp Dick? Well, writes Art Leatherwood…
View Larger MapMaybe you recall that back on September 15, Elm Street-based Blockbuster filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a little heads-up that, oh, just maybe it would shutter by the end of 2010 somewhere between 810 and 1,560 stores — it all depends on how you define “shutter.”…
Sam’s all booked up Tuesday morning — got himself a Trinity River Corridor Project Committee meeting to attend. But speaking of, I did want to direct your attention to one agenda item of note: a presentation on the design for the Continental Bridge, which, as we mentioned last month, is…
Until today, there has been not a single word of media coverage about an incident on the Dallas North Tollway earlier this month involving a state trooper accused of using excessive force to make an arrest. But moments ago Tela Mange, spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety, sent…
The annual meeting of the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau kicked off with drama and class — a few notes played on a grand piano, a few notes sung from an opera. If you’re going to take in a meeting at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, might as…
Since the day he arrived at Valley Ranch in 1989 Jerry Jones has been in charge of well, you remember, everything from socks and jocks. But this morning on his weekly visit with me and Newy Scruggs on 105.3 The Fan Jerry – more unequivocal, more crystal clear and more adamant…
View Larger MapLast week we mentioned the handful of would-be venues slated to open in Deep Ellum, among them the still-mysterious joint rumored to be taking over the former Articles space on Elm Street and Good Latimer Expressway. Today, we have a few more details, only because I noticed on…
A Friend of Unfair Park who knows of my, um, interest (sure, why not?) in the American Basketball Association’s return to the DFW sends along this profile of Isaiah “J.R.” Rider, who, I’ll be damned, is set to make his return to pro ball with the North Texas Fresh outta…
View Larger MapWhen I was talking to First Assistant City Manager Ryan Evans yesterday about the city’s decision to deny parking-citation scofflaws their vehicle registration, I also asked him about the old Bama Pie building across from Fair Park. No real reason why, except that three looong years ago, Evans…
One week after providing Unfair Park with the KNUS acid flashback ca. 1970, rock-and-roll alternative George Gimarc has dug into his own vaults — how awful generous. And he submits for your listening pleasure this most appropriate kick-off for the Friday before All Hallows’ Eve: a lengthy interview George conducted…
Here’s a friendly little heads-up from your pals at Unfair Park: If you’ve received a citation from the Dallas Police Department and haven’t taken care of it, you might want to settle up sooner than later. That’s because the city’s this close to signing a contract with Dallas County that’ll…
Speaking of the Dallas Video Festival …DVF founder Bart Weiss mentioned during our conversation this morning that this year’s short film that’ll be used to introduce each screening was made by a student filmmaker. As in: a junior at Greenhill named Ryan Kline. Says Weiss, Kline “came to me looking…
At the conclusion of his poorly attended campaign stop in Plano on Saturday, Houston Mayor Bill White addressed the rumors that he’ll take his $6 million in campaign contributions and head over to the governor’s race if Kay Bailey Hutchison hasn’t left her Senate seat by the January 4 filing…
Usually there’s nothing to see at the locked-up West End Marketplace save for the giant cowboy-boot-wearing lizard, a remnant from Planet Hollywood days, which ended in 2001. And he’s seen better days — so too has his tail, the tip of which has vanished. Today, though, we saw a rare…
Seems Tamara Lowe, one half of the couple behind Monday’s Get Motivated! sell-or-be-sold hoedown at the Fort Worth Convention Center, isn’t too keen on the coverage of the event. Her peoples have sent word that Lowe wants to right the media’s wrongs: Per the press release freshly landed in the…
During its 22 years of existence, the Dallas Video Festival has paid tribute to a great many pioneers and visionaries, among them Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam, Robert Smigel, Paul Reubens, Martin Mull, Mike Judge, Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Joel Hodgson and Slam Bang Theater creator Bill Camfield. To that list,…
We’re still waiting on the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s investigation report that’s supposed to “address the issue of the agents’ use of force at the Rainbow Lounge”; it was due a few weeks ago, but it’s now overdue. Till then, in the aftermath of the June 28 raid on the…
