If you haven’t read the rather even-handed coverage of tomorrow’s Trinity River toll road vote in The New York Times today, here ’tis. Dig the headline: “Dallas to Vote on Remaking City.” Wow, sounds important. But further down comes the money quote courtesy Harris Steinberg, executive director of the University…
Jim now says he was “ill” during Tracy Rowlett’s visit two weeks ago. So that explains it… So Tracy Rowlett did in fact use our interview on his weekly “Perspectives” mini-show last night. I liked the piece very much, mostly because it gave me an opportunity to call Mayor Tom…
J.D. Freeman handles all the Clear Channel Communications stations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, among them KDGE-FM (102.1) and KZPS-FM (92.5, better known as Lone Star Radio). And the company’s regional vice president called this morning because he heard Unfair Park was lookin’ for him, which was true enough: We…
Really, you would have thought this was a no-brainer. But, no, only took 35 years before Mattel decided to release Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Barbies, expected in a Wal-Mart near you before Christmas. They’ll come in three flavors, none of them lead: “Caucasian (blonde), African-American and Hispanic (brunette) versions,” says the…
You’d think on Troy Dungan’s special day on November 13, he wouldn’t have to share the spotlight with the man who replaced him when the WFAA-Channel 8 icon stepped down in July. But, no, weatherman Pete Delkus will indeed serve as the master of ceremonies next Tuesday when the Press…
Another season, another first-round flame-out. Thanks to FC Dallas’ come-from-ahead loss to the Houston Dynamo Friday night, our teams’ playoff pratfalls continue to continue. Let’s see, the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, Desperados and now FC Dallas all failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs in their most…
You did see how Dick and Lynne Cheney dressed their dogs for Halloween, right? Seriously. Any more questions? A Friend of Unfair Park makes an interesting point this morning, concerning Dick and Lynne Cheney’s Friday-afternoon pit stop. Following the veep’s speech at the World Affairs Council luncheon at the Hyatt…
“That’s … that’s … heroic,” I said last night, more than a little tipsy. “Heroic?” said the missus. “‘Uh-oh, I have the ball, and they’re chasing me — guess I’d better keep running.’ What’s heroic about that?” Fine. –Robert Wilonsky…
Jesper Juul of the University of Copenhagen recently published the comprehensive history of the “match-three” game — a la Bejeweled, Luxor and Chuzzle. Which is apropos of nothing, except this morning Dr Pepper and Dallas-based Imaginuity New Media — which is actually an online ad agency that handles everything from…
Trinity River Expedition’s Charles Allen was Julia Barton’s guide for her Weekend America story over the weekend. Ten years ago, former Dallas Observer contributor Julia Barton wrote on Salon about the giant ball of flaming space rock that destroyed Dallas — c’mon, you don’t remember NBC’s Asteroid? On Saturday, on…
“No, you’re not Mayor Tom. Excuse me. Sorry. Thought you were the mayor. Hello …?” Well, it’s time to admit the obvious. The Tom Leppert I thought I knew was a fake. Fake. Fake. Fake. Fake. Fake. As Elaine might say. No matter how hard I picked on Leppert during…
Angela Hunt has been doing some research. Mayor Tom keeps saying the cost of the Trinity River toll road has more than tripled because of inflation. So Hunt put together a table showing what effect the Department of Labor’s inflation index would have had on the cost of the road…
Josh Venable, pictured doing the job he doesn’t have as of today, damn it. There will be no Adventure Club on Sunday — this Sunday or any other in the near future, at least not on KDGE-FM (102.1). Minutes after his pal Zac Crain posted the news on FrontBurner, Josh…
Scott Dorn How Scott Dorn sees downtown Dallas on his days off I’ve just spent the last half hour or so trolling Scott Dorn’s Flickr page, where he’s stored some 1,500 photos — most of which are stunning pictures of downtown Dallas, historical city landmarks and some out-of-the-way and taken-for-granted…
They like their gigs: The Hardline’s Mike Rhyner and Greg Williams We know where Corby Davidson will be this weekend. We know where Greg Williams still isn’t. But, let’s face it, we’ll probably never know the real identity of Line 4 Guy. “If he walked in this room right now,…
Fresh off declaring a mistrial in the Holy Land Foundation case, Chief U.S. District Judge A. Joe Fish of the Northern District of Texas this month will take senior status, leaving a vacancy in the federal courthouse downtown. By the end of next week, his replacement will likely be on…
Marvin Lee Aday, graduate of the great Thomas Jefferson High School, is calling it quits. So reports The Times of London today, anyway. Says the paper, on Wednesday night the man known as Meat Loaf was performing at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne when, just before launching…
One week from today, the BlogMaverick himself, Mark Cuban, will fly to Las Vegas to address a conference of bloggers. It’ll be like Bill Shatner talking to Trekkies when Cuban delivers the adios address at the close of the Blog World and New Media Expo at the Los Vegas Convention…
Tomorrow marks a major holiday — at least according to the folks at the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. Some four years back, the Cotton Bowl folks decided to commemorate the first Saturday in November as National College Football Day, so designated because on November 6, 1869, Rutgers defeated Princeton by…
On the YouTubes, TrinityVote has posted three “Vote Yes” ads, in addition to Justin Spence’s Mac-PC parody that Angela Hunt had redone for use on local TV (though why they didn’t completely excise the bleeped-out “fuckin'” is a bit of a head-scratcher, since WFAA-Channel 8 won’t run the thing till…
One of the two so-called “Hitler Albums” Robert Edsel donated to the National Archives yesterday. Dallas’ Robert M. Edsel — St. Mark’s and SMU grad, collegiate tennis star, oil man, writer, filmmaker and all-around busy, busy man — was in Washington, D.C., yesterday to make a significant presentation to the…
This can’t be good news: Dick Cheney’s in town to speak to the World Affairs Council tomorrow at the Hyatt Regency. And he’s buying guns. (Well, maybe. Hunting clothes, at least.) This just in from a Friend of Unfair Park who works in Highland Park Village: Just wanted to let…
