Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we’ll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren’t musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk. David Castell is credited with producing some pretty successful music from North Texas, starting getting his start with live recording in the late ’80s, after building his…
Despite another brave battle, cancer won again yesterday. Back in July I told you about friend and fantastic basketball coach David Milson, one of the happiest people I ever did meet. Lung cancer finally got the best of him, as the former Cedar Hill High School basketball coach has passed away…
In the ’08 Obama/Clinton primary election, it was clear we had two Democratic Parties in Dallas County. We had the one that won that election — the smart Obamacrats. And then we had the losers, the Dallas County Demacrooks, the usual suspects, the ones who took all that Clinton money…
Whether you’ve reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Sure the Mavs have won three in a row, but they’ve beaten no one — Nets, Clippers and Rockets — and when you blow a 25-point home lead to Houston and have…
Dear Mexican: A few years ago, I moved to Tucson. In said city, I noticed that there were little piles of stuff accumulated on the medians of the main roads. It looks like what was Dia de la Muertos paraphernalia—I’m not so gringo as to not know what’s up. These…
Ever since Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert announced on January 17 that he won’t run for re-election next May, people have been talking about who will run. I say people. Maybe six people. Most people don’t care. I know. People these days are into other things, like unemployment. Wondering what to…
Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we’ll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren’t musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk. Last week, with 25-year-old Michelle Pelissero, we found ourselves celebrating the “accomplishment of youth” factor in Local Music ‘Mericans. To further that, allow us to present Katie…
On January 13, I wrote a column for the paper about Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and how thin-skinned and paranoid he seems to be getting. Two days after my column came out Watkins issued a new policy directive to his entire staff telling them they are no longer…
Great. Tell me you’re sick of journalists talking about journalists. I was too. I was perfectly ready to drop L’Affaire Tim Rogers — whether or not he used his clout as the editor of D Magazine to get his kid bucked into a preschool program ahead of qualified poor kids…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *So the Dallas Cowboys hire loquacious, bombastic, entertaining new defensive coordinator Rob Ryan not with a press conference but only a press release? That’s like hiring Ricky Gervais to emcee the…
As a community, we get horrible leadership from City Hall. Terrible. City Hall brings out the worst in us. On Monday, Building Community Workshop (called bcWORKSHOP), a housing advocacy group, began installing plywood silhouette figures of homeless people around town with cardboard signs urging people to think about the homeless…
Dear Mexican: I’m not Mexican, but I get mad when the gabachos in my town say that all Mexican girls do is take drugs and get pregnant, drop out of school and end up on welfare. I know a lot of Mexican women who haven’t done any of these things,…
Dear Baby Journalist: Grandpa Journalist sees that you are very perplexed about “L’Affaire Tim Rogers” and that you are struggling to comprehend it in the context of a concept you were taught to believe in at journalism school, called “journalistic ethics.” Grandpa Journalist had made up his mind he would…
The plot thickens. I told you here a couple days ago that Jeff Siegel at the Advocate had been pushing me to run for mayor. Now he has a very smart item up on the Advocate blog Backtalk in which he hopes Angela Hunt will not run for mayor, because…
Welcome to Local Music’Mericans, where we’ll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren’t musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk. Michelle Pelissero can be seen working at some of the luckiest of spots — like rinkside at a Dallas Stars game or dead-center in front of a lot…
Hey, generally speaking, the response to my offer of yesterday to run for mayor was quite disappointing. I got 20 comments, almost none of which were positive about the possibility of my being the next mayor. In fact most of the commenters talked about where the worst potholes are around…
Jeff Siegel at the Advocate has nominated me for mayor, and, after long consideration and discussion with my family, I have accepted. I shall run, unlike our current mayor. If elected, I shall serve. If offered a salary, I shall accept. I have decided to keep my platform simple. My…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Jerry Jones is desperate to break the Super Bowl attendance record, set at the Rose Bowl back in 1980. To do so, he needs to pack 104,000 into Cowboys Stadium. Or…
I guess everybody thinks the Dwaine and Barbara Caraway marital discord story is over, now that Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway has confessed he called the cops to his house because he was having a fight with his wife. Well, it’s not over for this cowboy. I need answers…
Oh, now it starts. Faced with a state budget deficit somewhere between $15 billion and $27 billion, Governor Rick Perry says the most important thing for the Legislature to do now is ban “sanctuary cities.” Those are cities where the cops don’t ask people about their immigration status, because if…
Dear Mexican: Read your column in the Village Voice and am hoping you can help me. I think I have a Mexican problem. In short, I have a home in sunny California on a property with an abundance of agave cactus and century plants growing along the street. Every year…
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is supposed to be a star—a big star. Four years ago after he was elected Dallas County’s first black prosecutor, Watkins leaped into the national limelight for his role in DNA-evidence exonerations of wrongly convicted prisoners. So what’s the matter with him? Maybe the…
