David Wingo, better known as Ola Podrida — the singer-songwriter, not the mall. Here’s the damnedest coincidence: Yesterday, Spin featured as its Artist of the Day selection a band out of Austin called Ola Podrida, which is really none other than soundtrack composer David Wingo — the same guy who…
It does not get any easier than this. You have until 5 p.m. Friday, when the polls close and retire to Lithuania, to tell us who you think ought to be the mayor of our city. You can vote only once, and when you do, the results will be visible…
Because of this video. No other reason. And maybe this one. –Robert Wilonsky…
A lot of people have worked for Neiman Marcus over the years, though, till today, we had no idea how many. Turns out, according to this story, that number’s at 160,000, more or less. How do we know the exact number? Oh, turns out all of their personal info was…
Local radio just got a little bit better with the return of Redbeard. When Chancellor Media Corporation abruptly and without warning yanked Q102 off the air in the late summer of 1998, there was a rumor floating about that Redbeard — the longtime voice and, well, beard of Texas’ Best…
Last week in the paper version of Unfair Park, Jim Schutze revealed the real reason Ed Oakley’s been snatching up tiny pieces of land inside the Trinity Design District. Today, mayoral candidate Sam Coats tells Oakley that “an apparent conflict of interest” isn’t such a woonerful thing after all, and…
First those hosers take out our hockey team. Now comes word that Toronto’s basketball coach has beaten out ours for NBA Coach of the Year. What’s next — a Canadian winning American Idol? It’s not like an official rule or anything, but can you win an honor if you live…
You must head over this morning to The Bush Library Blog, where Michael Phillips — a researcher at the Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841-2001 — takes on the Great George W…
My father stands at a glass case admiring a human body. The hand has been reduced to muscle and bone, and you can see the intricate weave of ligaments and nerves that run down the arm to control each finger. “Look at the complexity,” my father, a doctor for the…
Brian Harkin Someone told us the other day this photo of Sam Coats almost makes them wanna vote for the guy. “Makes him look tough.” Which is one way of putting it. If a mayoral candidate has a beef with one of his fellow combatants, we usually hear about it…
Whenever you get crap service on American Airlines, just remember, Gerard Arpey made $6.6 million — this week. Gerard Arpey, boss man over at American Airlines, got $5.4 million last year — and, oh, another bonus worth $6.6 million this week. So reports the Associated Press today — as well…
Bobby Patterson played the Sons of Hermann Hall Saturday night. And he wore this jacket. A few random notes from a rare Saturday night out. The family went to dinner in Preston Royal, and when we emerged round about 7:30, the sunset sky was filled with the sounds of…”Livin’ in…
Things are getting mighty ugly in the District 9 Dallas City Council race. Between this story from Pegasus News, in which it’s revealed that council contender Jill Kotvis was convicted in Dallas of driving while intoxicated and for resisting arrest in October 1987, and the following press release we just…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends word there are photos of Dallas’ favorite quarterback and Carrie Underwood enjoying theyselves at the Ghostbar this weekend. And, sure enough, they’re on Kidd Kraddick’s Web site. (They’d be even cooler without that “Kidd Kraddick in the Morning” logo smeared all over them.) Andrea…
This week, at least, Time magazine insists the word “fanboy” has been transformed from pejorative to powerful compliment — at least, if you’re one of those fanboys who runs a Web site where other fanboys post movie reviews read by other fanboys who will make or break fanboy product just…like…that…
Yeah, so maybe Tony Romo and Carrie Underwood are dating after all. But Ghostbar? Jesus, Tony. You can do so much better. According to Perez Hilton, Carrie Underwood and Tony Romo were spotted mugging down at our very own Ghostbar this weekend. Unsure? It probably looked like some kind of…
Avery Johnson is still scared of Don Nelson. Yeah, this is gonna be a long series. Toldja. The Dallas Mavericks will eventually win this war, but ol’ pal Don Nelson has already won an important battle. See, when Nellie used to coach the really crappy Mavs in the ‘90s and…
Tom Leppert, Don Hill just called you out. Doesn’t really believe that whole billion-dollar minority contract thing. Neither does our sister paper in Cleveland, come to think of it. On Friday, in his weekly mayoral frontrunner round-up, Matt Pulle noted that at week’s end, Don Hill sent Tom Leppert a…
Last month, Affiliated Computer Services’ chairman and founder Darwin Deason offered $59.25 per share for all outstanding ACS shares in order to take his company private. A lot of folks didn’t think too highly of it: the two shareholder groups that filed lawsuits to block Deason and Cerberus Capital Management’s…
Dunno which is the bigger news: that Clear Channel-owned KZPS-FM (92.5) is going commercial-free, with a single sponsor paying for an hour’s worth of broadcasting at a clip, or that the classic-rock mainstay is switching formats. Says here that KZPS has brought on four initial sponsors — Southwest Airlines, AT&T,…
Ed, couldn’t you have found a mayor people actually voted for? And one they remember? C’mon — you’re loaded. Only a political reporter would ever say this: Sam Coats is super hot. This week, the afterthought candidate became the rage of the local blog world after he debuted two pitch-perfect…
I will never forget the first major crime story I covered. The images never go away, and maybe they aren’t supposed to. They snap me back to realities about my world. A Seattle-area man had murdered his wife and kids, then traveled south to Tacoma, where he gunned down his…
