Making book: As a young senator, John F. Kennedy wrote Profiles in Courage, about various courageous characters who had served in the Senate. Buzz hasn’t read it, but we understand it’s a “classic” in the political genre, meaning it’s one of those books everyone has heard of but no one…
Two burly men face off in the ring, fists up and feet moving fast. Sweating under the lights, they duck and dodge blows and throw punches while the speakers blare and the beer-swilling crowd cheers them on. “It’s not how big you are—it’s how bad you are!” yells the announcer…
Free Man Walking This (“The Man Who Fell to Earth,” by Megan Feldman, February 7) is one of many stories that have been heard, and many more, I imagine, shall be heard. We can only be very grateful for DNA. The years that have gone by and the hardships endured—money…
Mauro Morales picks his way through mesquite trees and prickly pear cacti. The 65-year-old cautiously steps around a thicket of tasajillo, or rattail cactus, just down the road from his small ranch near Rio Grande City. Tasajillo thorns stick you like a fish hook, he says. Then there’s the cola…
So, it took a while to get the answer directly from Radiohead’s U.K. peeps, but thanks to the tenaciousness of the band’s NYC PR folks, we now have the exact second at which tickets will go on sale for Radiohead’s May 18 show at Starplex. Ready? Here goes. They will…
After more than an hour of debate, the Dallas City Council voted today to approve two addendum items that will spend $170,000 of taxpayers’ money on a feasibility study to refinance the Dallas Convention Center and $500,000 of Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau cash on an option to potentially spend…
Best part of the Jason Kidd trade: his girlfriend, Hope Dworaczyk I’ll have more details on the Jason Kidd trade come morning — and, says the latest version of the ESPN report, Jerry Stackhouse “ain’t going nowhere” –but for now, here’s why I hate it. Granted, your chances for an…
John Wheeler If a Canadian developer gets its way, this Howard Meyer-designed building on Turtle Creek will become a hotel-condo high-rise with a restaurant. Local architect Cliff Welch sends word today of another important Dallas building on the chopping block: the Howard Meyer-designed office building at 2505 Turtle Creek Boulevard…
Mavs owner Mark Cuban has, in recent days, vehemently poo-poo’d the idea of bringing Jason Kidd back to Dallas from the New Jersey Nets. But former Dallas Morning News’er Marc Stein, now at ESPN, brings word that the deal’s back on — and damned near done. Wrote Stein moments ago:…
Eric Dickerson’s mentioned somewhere in this item, and in a nice way. Hard to top last week, when we said goodbye to two assholes (Bill Belichick and Bobby Knight) and hello to a hero (Nolan Ryan). Today, however, could be just as delicious as sports climbs atop Capitol Hill. NFL…
For forever, the Stoneleigh Hotel’s been promising it’ll open the doors to a renovated gem in “early 2008” — well, actually, at one point it was fall 2007. (Of course, back then it was also a $28-million makeover, and now the price tag’s a little closer to $36 million.) Well,…
Two Huffington Post pieces to point out this a.m.: The first is from Mayhill Fowler, who’s on the ground with the Clinton campaign as it skitters across Texas today. Writes Fowler, if Hillary takes Houston, she’ll take Texas — and, yup, has to do with the Latino vote, because Clinton’s…
Southwest CEO Gary Kelly, in a photo that ran on Southwest’s blog around Halloween Kind of a good news-bad news Wednesday for Southwest Airlines. On the one hand, in today’s New York Times there’s a really flattering piece about Southwest’s chief executive, Gary Kelly — who, says the paper, “transformed…
A Friend of Unfair Park with a punk-rock past points our attention this morning to this “awesomely bad version” of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” performed by Irving “Punk / Reggae / Hardcore” band The Cygnus Psyanide. Me, I don’t think there’s a damned thing wrong with it — I mean, what…
Sports Illustrated I was trying to decide which of these stories with which to start the morning: the one from the Wall Street Journal about how last year, developers built 18.6 million square feet of warehouse-distribution space in the DFW, which kicks the ever-loving crap outta the Riverside-San Bernardino, California,…
In a subscriber-only story from Daily Deal, looks like Northwest Dallas-based Dave & Buster’s is for sale to the highest bidder — or, barring that, whoever wants it. Says the piece, Wellspring Capital Management LLC’s decision to offload D&B’s comes as a surprise to bankers and execs who don’t think…
A look at tomorrow’s city council agenda would lead one to believe it will be a pretty typical day at City Hall. Sure, you can go see what happens to the homeowners from Little Mexico if you have a couple hours to burn whilst waiting for agenda item No. 61…
No, I still don’t think the Mavericks should trade for Jason Kidd. But another couple upchuck performances like the last two nights, and even Mark Cuban will get antsy. While you digest these hideous numbers, keep calmly repeating to yourself, It’s only February … It’s only February … It’s only…
Former Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill, now in the defending bidness Not that I would pimp my former boss for my current one, but my old colleague and pal John Council at Texas Lawyer brings word that ex-Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill has risen from the politically expired,…
Hillary Clinton’s campaign peeps just sent her Texas schedule for tomorrow: 9 a.m. at the McAllen Convention Center, 1 p.m. at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown, 6:30 p.m. in the St. Mary’s University Gymnasium in San Antonio — where Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer endorsed Barack…
So, as of three minutes ago, we know where and when Radiohead will play locally: at the Starplex Amphitheatre on May 18. (Fine, the Superpages.com Center — like you’ll ever call it that.) And, courtesy Radiohead’s PR reps, we also know when tickets go on sale: this Thursday at Radiohead’s…
The City of Dallas recently launched Green Dallas, the purpose of which is “building a greener city.” Clearly, we needs to try just a little bit harder — because of the four Texas cities on Popular Science’s new list of “America’s 50 Greenest Cities,” Dallas ain’t there. Austin is. Fort…
