As a player, Avery Johnson spurred the Mavs to win their Game 7 semifinal against the Kings in 2003. Can he do it as the team’s head coach tonight? On May 17, 2003, the Dallas Mavericks were about to host the Sacramento Kings in Game 7 of the NBA’s Western…
I like most animals more than I like most people. Animals, on the whole, are much kinder. Your cat will never leave you stranded at the bar after a night of drinking so she can go home with a hot guy from the band. Your dog will never take you…
Mazel tov to our pal Chris Cantalini: The blogmaster of Gorilla vs. Bear, one of the few must-visit MP3 blogs going and certainly among the few to pimp local acts, is getting himself a radio gig. He’s joining Howard Stern, Mark Cuban and Richard Simmons as part of the Sirius…
In today’s New York Times, there’s a profile of the guy who helped kill The Dallas Times Herald: Dean Singleton, or, as the Times calls him, “a bantam figure with flinty blue eyes.” (That was the title of my first album, matter of fact.) The story, which is essentially a…
For those who’ve been riveted by our serialized tales of federal lawsuits and busted-up friendships at the MADI Museum, here’s the last word on the subject–at least till Monday. And it comes from one of the central figures in the dispute over artist Volf Roitman’s installation outside the building, which…
Looks like Doyle Davidson read about himself in the Dallas Observer, according to the latest of his “Messages to Lisa,” which was posted yesterday. You might also note that he confuses God and himself in his quotation of Scripture–something that happens fairly frequently in his messages, at least in the…
Think SMU hasn’t produced a decent NBA player since, oh, Jon Koncak? Don’t sell that load of Peruna droppings to the league’s two-time MVP. That’s because Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash is getting his mane all tangled up in a former Mustang named Quinton Ross. In Thursday night’s Game 6…
At least a few members of Dallas Fire-Rescue should turn the hose on themselves. Last week, we wrote about the latest revelations in the bizarre sage of Roland Gamez, the former assistant fire chief terminated in March for, in effect, rubbing people the wrong way. Before that, we wrote about…
Jason Terry won’t be there, but the rest of Dallas should be. When the Dallas Mavericks host the San Antonio Spurs tonight at 8:30 in Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals at the American Airlines Center, it will be this town’s most important sporting event since the Dallas…
One of the Friends of Unfair Park has this to say about Doyle Davidson’s bizarre theology and some stuff I’ve written in the past about Pentecostals: Funny, this is the opposite side of the Charismatic movement that you wrote about in one of your earlier blog entries. While I thought…
Turns out the Dallas-based sellers of Clyde Barrow’s birth home in Telico in Ellis County–about 30 miles south of Dallas–couldn’t move the place, not even for the low, low price of $2,999. That’s what Drop to Sell It, a storefront on Irving Boulevard, had the house listed for on eBay,…
Library of Congress The times, they were a-changin’ in 1945, when this pic was taken. The photo here, called Cowboy and skyline, Dallas, Texas, 1945, comes from the Library of Congress, and it’s the featured item here today. It’s downloadable in several sizes, and just perfect for that special someone…
Says here Drew Henson oughta be considered as the Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback of the future. Why? Because he’s gone 5-3 during his stint as QB for the Rhein Fire in NFL Europe, throwing nine TDs and three picks. Sounds about right for a Cowboys QB these days; the bar’s low,…
You’ve always wanted to paint on walls but your tagging skills stink? You can play outdoor artist tomorrow, which is the city of Dallas’ first Graffiti Wipe Out Day; there’s even a free lunch in it for you. Teams of volunteers will fan out around the city looking to clean…
In case you haven’t heard the ridiculous news yet, the Mavs have taken a serious blow to their lineup for tomorrow night’s playoff game against the Spurs. Starting guard Jason Terry has received a one-game suspension for “punching San Antonio’s Michael Finley” during last night’s game. Really? Watch this (Windows…
We fact-check other blogs so they don’t have to: Our pals at FrontBurner are reporting that Dean & DeLuca, the upscale New Yawk grocery store, will arrive in Dallas at a Lemmon Avenue location currently occupied by Tower Records. This comes as a surprise to Tower’s Sacramento-based senior vice president…
Volf Roitman, the artist whose work is at the center of the federal lawsuit involving the MADI Museum and the Kilgore & Kilgore law firm about which we’ve been writing, sent an e-mail today detailing the birth, and possible death, of his creation in Uptown. In his missive, the Argentine-born,…
Damn the dated form of print media: I ran out of page space in this week’s music feature about the Theater Fire, so here’s the extra, promised info about their CD release shows: Friday: The septet plays a free, “intimate” show at Good Records (1808 Lower Greenville Ave.) at 7…
At least, that’s what Dallas Cowboys’ wide receiver wants you to think as tries to ingratiate himself to a community more inclined to remember him as the dude who took a figurative dump on the Texas Stadium star during his days as a trouble-makin’ Philadelphia Eagle. Says here on his…
I know what you’re thinking. Is the TAKS test really that hard? Who the hell is Jimmy Hoffa? How did the refs not call a foul on San Antonio’s Tony Parker for clearly grabbing a handful of Dirk Nowitzki’s jersey on the potential series-winning tip at the buzzer? And, hmmm,…
Yesterday, we posted an item about the federal lawsuit pitting artist Volf Roitman against Kilgore Law Center Investment Group over the fate of the MADI Museum. In summary: The law firm is selling its building on Carlisle Street, advertising it as “vacant land” suitable for “multifamily” development, which means Roitman’s…
Two days ago, American Airlines’ parent company, AMR Corp., submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus in which it announced it was selling precisely 15,002,091 shares of its common stock. As of yesterday, that stock was selling for $25.40 a share–which was way down from $27.63, its price…
