Nicke Mitchell Mike Haskins’ photo of the Nervebreakers has found its way to an enormous collection of Dallas music memorabilia. I am posting this at the end of the day because, well, you’ll need to clear your weekend to properly enjoy the mounds of photos, fliers, advertisements, magazine covers and…
Safe as a baby. ‘Till July? Never said it was imminent. Called them “contingency plans” in the headline, in fact. But after reading the comments of Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and president Nolan Ryan in response to my post yesterday about manager Ron Washington, aren’t we more sure…
Sheffie Kadane When we broke the news Wednesday about Angela Hunt’s memo to Mayor Tom Leppert, she was still in the process of gathering signatures — despite having the five needed to force a council briefing on the Dallas County Appraisal District’s new commercial valuations. She ended up with most…
Because, notes the Friend of Unfair Park who sent this along, we’ve got lots of available land, falling unemployment rates and, dang it, because you’re smart and beautiful. And, look, if Forbes said it, it must be true: Dallas-Fort Worth, we’re officially “Recession-Proof”! –Robert Wilonsky…
Yesterday we took a peek at Entertainment Weekly’s new issue, featuring Oliver Stone’s W — timely too, considering that just down the road tomorrow, George’s lil’ Jenna is gettin’ hitched with din-din courtesy Eddie Deen and the bridesmaids’ gowns by Dallas-born Lela Rose. Well, after we went rollin’ with Brolin,…
Putting down galliant fillies like Eight Belles is only one of horse racing’s serious problems Tomorrow, Lone Star Park holds one of its biggest days of the year, and after a disastrous and embarrassing Kentucky Derby, horse racing could use some good news. Maybe that’s why Lone Star Park is…
Courtesy Uncle Sloppy As Pete points out over on DC9, some of us ’round these parts got a classified-ad missive yesterday from one John Freeman — you know, the Dutch Treat behind the shuttered Sloppyworld. Well, Uncle Sloppy is headed to NYC to work on a rock opera with one…
Luis Yanez Last time we saw Dallas boxer Luis Yanez it was a week before Christmas, and Yanez was hardly in the mood for peace on earth. Instead he was dreaming of wreaking havoc on the Chinese, the Cubans — the entire world. Since then, Yanez has been in Colorado…
Wanna job? Okay, then how ’bout a casket? The new Minor League Baseball team that has hired Pete Incaviglia as manager, will next month give away a free funeral, and is probably considering Star Jones vs. Barbara Wah-Wah in a 7th-inning stretch Octagon wants you to be part of the…
Lotta questions about last night’s bench-clearing brawl between the Rangers and Mariners, after the “gutless” Richie Sexson charged Kason Gabbard for no good reason t’all. But, first and foremost, what the hell’s going on between catcher Gerald Laird and Milton Bradley at the 1:24 mark of this nearly seven-and-a-half minute…
This probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone who tries get around the city by bicycle, but, yup, Dallas sucks for you. That’s according to the June issue of, d’uh, Bicycling, which ranks the best and worst cities for cyclists. Says the list, which ain’t up yet, Dallas joins…
Matthew Tully Some people have the best gossip sessions under a cape, getting snips, foils and whatever else done to their heads by their stylists. Today, however, we get the dish on two Dallas ‘do-ers from Bravo as the network pimps the second season of Shear Genius (think Top Chef…
Chris Elliott Scanning Variety this a.m., I stumbled across this note from the Film Production Chart: Come Monday, writer-director David Jackson Willis is set to start shooting Renaissance Girl in and around Dallas. Which is interesting for several reasons, chief among ’em the plot more or less suggests at least…
State Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston, who called for yesterday’s meeting to discuss Texas’ wrongful convictions At some point, the Texas State Senate’s Web site should contain the audio from yesterday’s “Roundtable on the Prevention of Wrongful Convictions,” held down in Austin. Till then, here’s the Houston Chronicle’s account of…
Think his new, all-time favorite baseball moment is being driven in by Mike Rhyner? While a lot of you wasted your Thursday evening on Red Wings 4, Stars 1, I trudged out to Frisco for some baseball. At least, I think it was baseball. It was KTCK 1310 AM The…
In sorting through the rubble of a series, a season and an era that totally and hideously imploded, Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson is discombobulated. How else do you explain him awkwardly giving a vote of confidence to his team’s wayward pot-head while leaving a crack in the door…
Kids rule: Buzz was wondering when the Liberty Legal Institute, that Dallas-based network of lawyers who labor on behalf of religious freedom and parental rights, would weigh in on Texas authorities’ raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound in West Texas. How could Liberty…
Farmers Branch’s May 10 election poses a pivotal question: Will the suburb known nationwide for its efforts to expel illegal immigrants push forward on the same path, or will its some 26,000 residents chart a new course? Mayor Pro Tem Tim O’Hare was the driving force behind Ordinance 2903, which…
“Tarnished Star,” by Richie Whitt, May 1 I liked the article. However, you’re both on and off the mark! I was born and raised in “D-town.” Every Sunday I watch the Cowboys and scrutinize the team’s every move with honesty and open-mindedness. No doubt Pacman’s arrival in Dallas is almost…
The southern edge of downtown Dallas has grown quiet and dank before tonight’s storm, and there’s not a homeless person in sight. Most have sought cover in shelters, under bridges or in the construction sites that dot this side of town. But that doesn’t stop Mike Faenza, on this blustery…
Farmers Branch touts itself as a homey community of parkland and wide, landscaped medians — you know, a “charming” paradise. Only, as you no doubt well know, the suburb has seen some pretty charmless chapters over the past year or so. And as this Saturday’s municipal election approaches — including…
Hal Samples is on the list of people to whom TVT Records owes quite a bit of money. If I may direct your attention to our other blogs … Over on The Sportatorium, Richie brings news that Your Texas Rangers have indeed begun talking to other folks who might be…
