Late yesterday we were alerted to “another catastrophic collapse in Deep Ellum,” as the headline reads over at Save Deep Ellum. Turns out that around 4 p.m. yesterday, “the bricks along the roof of 2932 Main came crumbling down upon Main St. [falling] from along the roof of the building…
Hell of a morning to wake and find this in the paper. Only thing I took out of The Dallas Morning News’ pieces on how Dallas isn’t really No. 1 in crime is because we report too many of ’em, because, see, “the data can’t account for the willingness of…
You know what Dallas-Fort Worth could use more of? Yup — barbecue restaurants. And says here we’re getting … this can’t be right … “up to 55 locations” of the Brentwood, Tennessee, chain called Bar-B-Cutie. The company’s first location in Fort Worth — at 5710 Rufe Snow Dr., to be…
This week’s Sports Illustrated has a story about “The King of Texas” — who is, like you didn’t already know, Dallas Cowboys “wildcat” owner Jerry Jones. Actually, it’s about his billion-dollar bid for football immortality in Arlington, because writer Richard Hoffer sure does seem to be in love with a…
Kate Mackley Always thought Ben Fleming sounded a little like Neil Young, come to think of it … A good Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention this evening to Neil Young’s Living With War Web site, where there are listed nearly 2,000 anti-war songs submitted from performers all around…
Meet the new boss, Jaime Cortes, who’s not nearly the same as the old boss. Not even close. Every now and then, taking the high road pays off. Jaime Cortes, who twice ran and lost against The Constable Formerly Known as Mike Dupree while never responding to the incumbent’s personal…
He’s no Kevin Garnett, but Chris Webber would be a fascinating off-season move for the Mavs, to say the very least. ESPN.com’s Marc Stein sends word today that Chris Webber may not be on the verge of retiring after all. Webber, who’s already playedworn out his welcome with the Golden…
Last week in the paper version of Unfair Park, we wrote about Steve Asmussen, who is either the greatest horse trainer in America or one of the sport’s biggest cheaters. Personally, I found Lone Star Park’s prodigal son to be a pretty likable dude; others say he’s a jerk. What…
Eisley — named 2003’s Best New Act in the Dallas Observer Music Awards, for those of you with short attention spans — has returned from Narnia, or wherever it is the band summer vacations, for a new disc. Shruggingly titled Combinations, it’s out August 14 — but the first single,…
World of Longmire.com This is really just a post to let you know where I’ll be tomorrow through Saturday, if you need to find me: at the Hyatt Regency Dallas, for the 27th Annual National Conference of the Romance Writers of America. You must respect the list of conference sponsors…
It’s every parent’s nightmare. You work hard trying to raise your child, teaching him bad manners and a healthy disrespect for authority, and the little jerk turns out to be a straight-A nerd on the straight-and-narrow. If only there were some kind of rehab for young geeks, a place where…
So, we finally got an answer from Andria Kavanaugh, Fort Worth’s official mosquito specialist, about those saltwater mosquitoes National Public Radio reported were swarming in Dallas County. As you may recall, NPR ran a piece last week about Aedes sollicitans, a big and mean ol’ mosquito that shouldn’t be found…
Big day for our old pal Keven McAlester, whose his Roky Erickson doc gets a DVD release right about now. Kev, former met-ropolitan and current good human, celebrates with the biggest video currently racking up positive feedback on the blog-o-circuit: Spoon’s new “The Underdog” from the out-today Ga Ga Ga…
KPRC-Channel 2/Houston So, the Dallas Police Department is trolling for officers — in Houston, says here, which seems like a bad idea. Because, see, while Dallas needs about 350 new officers to swell its ranks to a reputable count, the Houston Police Department “has 400 to 500 officer vacancies, while…
FC Dallas opens play in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tonight at 7 at Pizza Hut Park way the hell up in Frisco. The news is that the Hoops will play their starters rather than their reserves, as is the tradition for most MLS clubs that compete in the…
This weekend, its first in its new Fair Park-area home, a church for the homeless and needy endured a death and a break-in attempt. On Saturday, a man named Rodney Burris died in the back of a Fair Park-area church while protecting a gas-powered generator; two other men who were…
Tim Seelig’s left the Turtle Creek Chorale, but he’ll still be plenty busy. Standing ovations were easy to come by at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center last night as Dr. Timothy Seelig conducted and performed his last concert as the artistic director of the Turtle Creek Chorale. (How many…
Matt Pulle’s not looking for a new gig, Mr. Mong, but he does want you to know what a fine job your paper’s doing. You’re welcome. I can’t believe I’m about to write this, but here goes: Jim Moroney and Bob Mong are right. The Dallas Morning News is doing…
Dallas native Michael Kieschnick is founder of, among other things, Working Assets. Since 1985, it says here, Working Assets has generated over $50 million for progressive nonprofits” — among them, Greenpeace, Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International and various enviro-friendly causes. It does this getting folks to use their “donation-linked services,”…
Before he started working with substance-abusers outside of Dallas, Isiah Robertson was one of the NFL’s biggest and baddest. Isiah Robertson lives with his four children in Garland. He looks like an ordinary guy who’d be out mowing his yard and playing catch with his grandchildren — well, except for…
Asher Frankfurt, a local kid, read his screenplay to a Smithsonian audience recently. No one will even look at ours. Congrats to three local high school students who were recently honored as Presidential Scholars of the Arts. Very big deal. These three kids — Jay Jackson (Carrollton), Brittanie Brown (Oak…
Best record in the league. Home cookin’. Mediocre opponent, orchestrated by a familiar face. Shocking upset. Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Except Saturday night it wasn’t your Dallas Mavericks choking away a red-carpet post-season, but instead the Dallas Desperados. Led by the greatest quarterback in the history of…
