Reporter Scott Parks had an excellent “get” Friday in The Dallas Morning News revealing that Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings has been running a secret task force to come up with ideas for the future of Fair Park. Fair Park — the 277-acre 1930s Art Deco exposition park in the heart…
By Andrew W.K. Editor’s note: Every week Andrew W.K. takes your life questions, and sets you safely down the right path to a solution, a purpose or — no surprise here — a party. Need his help? Just ask: AskAWK@villagevoice.com] Dear Andrew, I have serious trouble letting things go. For…
Earlier this week Yelp published its top 100 restaurants — what it described as a list of “the ultimate, try-before-you-die, food-coma-inducing, so-good-it-makes-you-want-to-slap-your-momma places to eat.” The ranked list seemed to touch on every aspect of American dining, from east coast to west, from downtown to suburban, and from fine dining…
Drill down into the Trinity East lawsuit against the City of Dallas, and it tells one hell of a story about how Dallas City Hall really operates. The question is whether or not to believe it. That story started in 2007 when the city was facing a $90 million budget…
Not too long ago, we at DC9 took a look at the value of supporting music with the local tag. It’s tempting to apply the tag to anyone with any ties to North Texas, but how often is it accurate? Two notable releases will be widely, and perhaps wrongly, deemed…
Yesterday morning after I read the story in The Dallas Morning News about the so-called Trinity lakes the city is going to build, I went straight to the kitchen and put my face under the cold water tap, then gave myself a couple of sharp slaps and said loudly, “No,…
“I will be coming from the gym. I hope it’s okay if I am a little grubby.” The message appears on my phone with a ting. “Oh, same,” I reply. “Now we can both be a little grubby.” That shared agreement is important. Two gym outfits cancel each other out…
Dear Mexican: Why is there in every Mexican family a jealous cousin driven by insecurity? Must Excuse Vulgar-Ass Lingual Expression Dear ME VALE: Take your pick. It’s because a) your dad unwittingly insulted their dad back in the rancho when they were boys, and your cousin was taught to hate…
“Grow South” is Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings’ initiative to erase or at least soften the hard economic border dividing white North Dallas from black and Hispanic southern Dallas. When Rawlings ad libs about it from a chair out front of his desk in his City Hall office, he can reel…
Yesterday I came in and found a fat suspicious-looking Fedex package waiting for me not on my desk with other mail but propped alone on my chair. Normally with potentially harmful mail, I leave it unopened and dispose of it safely in the trash can in the advertising department But…
Press PhotoDave Grohl is one of my favorite dudes in the world but he needs to hop off my radar for a minute. I’m a mega Nirvana fan and I’ve always admired Dave for his talent and humor, but lately I can’t seem to get him out of my face…
Thirty years ago this week, The Smiths released their self-titled debut. It arrived at a time when every bass groove, dissonant guitar and echo-ey drum machine rhythm that would become identified with late ’70s and early ’80s post-punk music was at its peak. However, this debut also represented a new…
Yes, I, too, love the Shakespeare T-shirt about first kill all the lawyers, and I bet I’ve got five good lawyer jokes to your one, but then again, I do dearly love it when good lawyers get elected to the City Council. In Dallas, as a result of having had…
Electronic music’s recent surge in popularity comes with serious side effects for underground-party aficionados. Suddenly, Daft Punk is winning Grammys, and drunk girls (and guys) are ruining life at 4 a.m. in a warehouse somewhere. By Sarah Stanley-Ayre Take this recent incident: Under a haunting pink hue Dustin Zahn tended…
Very interesting press conference Friday in the Flag Room at Dallas City Hall … wait … wait. Oh, no. Did I just tell you there was an interesting press conference in the Flag Room at City Hall? Tell me I did not just say that. No, what I meant to…
I’m going to let you in on the secret: I don’t know anything about music that normal adult humans listen to. Avalanches of culture engulf our entire society while I sit in a grubby basement, hunched over a laptop listening to old Motorhead records. However, on occasion, I’m forced to…
Wait. The State Fair of Texas spent $30 million to start up a new summertime amusement park at Fair Park. It ran one season — two months plus a week — last summer. Now they’re giving up already? No second season? What is this, Broadway? You put in $30 million,…
Matt Hooker”David Lee Pan” combines the best of Van Halen and Big Trouble in Little China.One of the most painful feelings in the world is when you encounter someone who desperately wants you to see their art. If you’re not overcome with waves of panic and dread, you’re already plotting…
Drinks are for drinking, not for chewing. I thought this was obvious. But then I bought a coconut water from the grocery store. “With pulp” it said. “OK, that’s probably like orange juice with pulp,” I replied. I opened the can, took a sip, and that’s when the pulpy can…
You know, I’m beginning to think a million bucks, maybe a couple million, just flat does not matter in today’s world, at least if it’s “public” money (that would be yours and mine sorta). Maybe whenever people say “a million bucks” on a public document or in a public hearing…
Dear Mexican: Do you agree with gente who think you can’t be vegetarian if you’re Mexican ’cause meat is an essential part of our diet? I think it’s babosadas. Like, my parents growing up in Zacatecas only had meat on Friday when the pollero came knockin’, or other rare occurrences…
The powers that be made sure leadership of the Dallas City Council’s Trinity River project committee would go to Vonciel Hill, their biggest suck-up. Therefore, most of the good information about the project dies right there. Everything would die if it were not for Sandy Greyson and Scott Griggs. Griggs,…
