A question: Does this mean Dave Levinthal is the new Carl Monday? As Levinthal writes in this tasty tongue-twister of a sentence, “Easy availability of pornography at Dallas’ libraries also pits two strong interests against each other: Those who don’t believe a taxpayer-funded facility designed for education and research should…
Unfair Park don’t take no holiday breaks — instead, we go on a working winter holiday to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Which means that beginning tomorrow through next Friday, Unfair Park won’t be all-local, all-the-time — just, well, most of the time, as we add to…
A short while ago FC Dallas announced it has moved its star player, Carlos Ruiz, to the Los Angeles Galaxy for a draft pick and allocation money. The speculation was that Ruiz was on the downhill slope of his career, and if the Hoops were ever going to get anything…
View Larger Map Right now, this is what it looks like at 1800 N. Henderson Avenue — an abandoned Carnival grocery store, an empty parking lot, a sprawling expanse of barren land (2.95 acres worth, to be specific). As mentioned here last month, Marc and Roger Andres want to redevelop…
Jason Garrett ain’t moving to Baltimore … yet. But says ESPN, the chances are now “60-40” that the former Cowboys backup QB-turned-offensive coordinator will take the Ravens’ head coaching gig, which was, apparently, just offered to the world’s biggest Bob Dylan fan. Bot do note: “According to a Cowboys source,…
Ascension Group Architects From the looks of this sketch, the new Forest Park Medical Center will be catering to luxury car-driving clientèle. Looks like I missed this a couple of weeks back, but says GlobeSt.com today, four Dallas docs — Richard Toussaint, Wade Barker, Robert Wyatt and Corazon Ramirez –…
One of the transportation commission’s recommendations is going to electronic toll collection, which would mean fewer tollbooth workers. Today, the bipartisan National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission finally released its 258-page report, titled Transportation for Tomorrow, which is supposed to pave the way for the country’s highways and…
We wouldn’t pay $250 for a Fire Wade Phillips Web site. Because, then, where will Tracy Phillips go? Still trying to figure out how the Cowboys lost a playoff game despite limiting the Giants to only 56 yards in the second half. But let’s put away the mirrors and get…
Kentucky’s Ryan Parker is the … um … um … Ryan Adams of sport-song parodies. Perhaps you’re already familiar with his hits: 2006’s “Why The Cowboys Stink,” 2007’s A-Rod ballad “Been Caught Stealing” and so, so many more. Well, he’s got another Cowboys jam this week: “Don’t Worry Be Happy…
Tonight at 9, KERA-Channel 13 will air, as part of the American Experience series, director Robert Stone’s documentary Oswald’s Ghost, yet another look at the assassination of John Kennedy. The film, which had a limited theatrical run last year, is more or less yet another distillation of the myriad conspiracy…
Four years ago, Dallas-based TXU Corp. sued FPL Energy (a subsidiary of Florida-based FPL Group), claiming that FPL’s Texas wind farms weren’t producing enough energy, per TXU’s contracts with FPL. In June 2007, a jury agreed with TXU and awarded the company $8.9 million in damages. Today, it looks like…
So, the bidding just closed on that Tripping Daisy Dallas Observer Music Award I told you about on Wednesday, and, turns out, it wasn’t worth $107.50 after all. Nope, the Lucite doorstop went for … $405. And it sold to an enormous Tripping Daisy and Polyphonic Spree fan, judging by…
Noah W. Bailey What follows is a transcript of my phone conversation with a 911 operator this morning, reached during my commute to work. This took place in Oak Cliff, off North Plymouth Road. Me: “Uh, there’s a truck in the creek by my house.” 911 operator: “OK, is there…
Schutze says, “Anything that happens in the Flag Room is bullshit,” so approach this item with caution: Tonight at 7 in the Flag Room at City Hall is the Trinity River Corridor Community Meeting, consisting of the City Plan Commission Trinity River and Urban Design Advisory Committees. And you, if…
The New York Post is very, very proud of itself this morning — as in, “POST’S ‘JESS’ HELPS GIANTS KO DALLAS.” Writes the NYC tab this morning: “We sat her in the third row at the 50-yard line behind Dallas’ bench. The stunner’s Simpson-esque vibes must have made the difference…
Thirteen wins. Twelve Pro Bowlers. Seven-point favorites. Giants 21, Cowboys 17. Zero playoff wins in 11 years … and counting. Let’s shovel some shit, toss some accusations and lay some blame, shall we?…
Hitting it on the Railhead: Or, the No. 1 reason to love Fort Worth? Frommer’s Budget Travel has come up with its “25 reasons we love Fort Worth,” and topping the list is … Railhead Smokehouse BBQ? Um … OK. Though something says this is really why it’s at the…
T. Boone Pickens, who also proved in ’07 that charity begins in the home T. Boone Pickens may not have weasled out of his million-dollar dare with John Kerry, but that doesn’t mean the Swift-Boating Dallas oilman doesn’t share the wealth with others. Indeed, just today Pickens shows up at…
So far, three weeping-T.O. parodies have surfaced on the Interwebs — including, argh, a Chris Crocker “Leave Britney Alone” rant remix. And while the inclusion of R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts” here adds a nice touch, the execution leaves something to desire. Hate to say it, but the Coors Light commercial parody…
Because something just didn’t feel right. –Robert Wilonsky…
Bedhead, just because they’re mentioned somewhere in this mess of a blog item A few desk-clearing items before heading out to meet Galaxy Quest’s Missi Pyle at the Dallas Comic Con this weekend. Turns out, I have two tix to Art Garfunkel’s Sunday-night show at the Nokia Theatre in Grand…
Rod Dreher really likes the phrase “honor killing.” Like, really likes it. Yesterday, The Dallas Morning News ran a well-reported front-page piece on the killings of Sarah and Amina Said, which laid out the sordid tale of an angry, controlling father who terrorized his daughters for years. Yaser Said, it…
