This year marks the 20th anniversary of Rhett Miller’s solo debut Mythologies, which I’ve still got somewhere — it hides in a closet, no doubt in youthful shame. Doubt there’ll be a double-disc deluxe reissue; oh, not if I can help it. Though, rather unbelievably, someone’s selling their autographed and…
On Wednesday, as you’re no doubt aware by now, the Dallas City Council voted to create three municipal management districts, or MMDs. They’re the first in Dallas, though Houston is often invoked as proof that MMDs do wonders for development. Which is no surprise, as they’re made for development –…
Judge David Lopez has been presiding over the 256th Family District Court for more than two years, and on any given day, he grants around 15 divorces. This morning, though, he was busier than usual: On this day before Valentine’s Day, Lopez upped the number of splits to an even…
About 200 cities around the world hosted Twestivals Thursday night — part Twitter meet-up, part charity fundraiser — and Dallas got in on the action with a party at Mockingbird Station. For three hours last night, local social networking all-stars paid a $15 entry to drink at Trinity Hall with…
The press release showed up a tad late in the in-box for us to make a 10 a.m. press conference in Arlington. Nonetheless, this heads-up. Local law-enforcement agencies are announcing the kick-off to the Third Annual Great Texas Warrant Roundup, which is “designed to target thousands of defendants with traffic,…
For all the lovers. …
The Texas Historical Commission sends word that the Dallas Downtown Historic District is now a little bit bigger than when first established in 2006 by the National Register of Historic Places. Says the THC, the district — which encompasses 555 acres and 66 buildings in an area “roughly bounded” by…
I exchanged a few e-mails with Michael Precker on Tuesday, after a brief mention in the Wall Street Journal blossomed into a miniature media feeding frenzy. Said the former Dallas Morning News-er who went to work managing The Lodge following the first round of Belo buyouts in 2006, “I figure…
And now, from KXAS-Channel 5, the story of the naked, “terracotta-colored” man spotted along the Katy Trail Thursday morning. At first, the woman who saw him thought he was a statue. Till he moved. And, please, do keep in mind: “This is very offensive and something that is not funny,…
So says the former president’s chief of staff, Andrew Card, who also told Politico that Bush has been “very, very busy.” Doing what, exactly? Well … lots of things. No mention of his trip to Calgary, where Bush is expected to pocket some serious Canadian bacon. Garrison Keillor, though, sees…
If you, like me, were at American Airlines Center last night for Celtics 99, Mavericks 92, you woke up this morning mad enough to spit. If you are head coach Rick Carlisle, you might still be cussing. After watching Boston’s Paul Pierce hit consecutive impossibly tough jumpers over Devean George down the…
Over the weekend, I drove by the under-construction Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, and the 5-year-old in the backseat was fascinated by the hundreds of tubes running along the exterior. Also fascinated by the aluminum siding: The folks behind the DCPA, who,…
The Department of Defense announced today that on Tuesday, Army Specialist Peter John Courcy of Frisco was killed in Salerno, Afghanistan. The 22-year-old Courcy and 19-year-old Pfc. Jason Watson of Louisiana, both of whom had been based out of Fort Campbell in Kentucky, died of injuries suffered when an improvised…
A good Friend of Unfair Park has been yammering for weeks about coyotes roaming around White Rock Lake. And while that isn’t uncommon, it does seem as there have been more sightings than usual, especially near the Bath House Cultural Center at dusk. Which comes as no surprise to the…
What better way to cap our very female-friendly Thursday than with an interview with the No. 3-ranked hottest female athlete on the planet? That’s right, Sasha Cohen is in the Sportatorium. I see it this way: If you selfishly keep Valentine’s Day as yours, go to Purgatory Saturday night at 10 to…
City Hall would like to tell you all about the city’s new smoking ordinance — so, if nothing else, you can’t say you wasn’t warned before enforcement officers hand you that $200 ticket upon lighting up. Hence, this press release that just landed in our in-box:DALLAS – The City of…
Your Texas Rangers have signed outfielder Andruw Jones to a minor-league contract. Ideally, I wish they would sign guys at their peak instead of with one foot in the grave, but I’m cool with the transaction. If Jones is good, he’ll be the team’s best center fielder since, I dunno, Garry…
Found this VHS remnant from the Dallas Mavericks’ 1985-’86 season at Half Price Books over the weekend — for the low, low price of $3.98. Fortuitous timing, to say the least, as tonight at 8:30, Your Dallas Mavericks play the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics at the American Airlines Center. Dallas…
Good Morning America this morning ran a lengthy story about a woman, shown but not identified, who believes that 25 years after she was beaten and raped at knifepoint in her family’s home, the Dallas Police Department has solved the crime. The attack occurred when she was 12, but last…
The Consumerist has picked up WFAA-Channel 8’s piece concerning the rise in thefts reported at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in recent years. Reports Jason Whitely, in 2003 there were 266 reports of thefts and stolen vehicles at the airport — and 607 last year. Meanwhile, the significantly smaller Love Field…
Imagine the look on her face … when she sees the look on his face. …
Women’s Wear Daily reports in a subscription-only story this morning that Neiman Marcus is looking for someone — anyone — to take over the lower level at its NorthPark Center location. In recent months, the downstairs has gone empty: Richard Hayler Colour Salson closed last week after 17 years (the…
