We also wish we had a better photo of Tom Sime. Tom Sime, longtime theater critic at Dallas’ Only Daily till 2005 and a former Dallas Observer writer, has stumbled, at age 48, into a new career as a playwright. His play Klutz Theory just won Stage West’s first Texas…
If you’re keeping score at home, the proper gift for a 2-year anniversary is cotton — though, says here, china’s a great modern-day alternative for those looking to drop a little more coin. Us, we’re waiting till the 3-year mark before purchasing gifts — that’s the leather anniversary, by the…
A club-owning, music-playing Friend of Unfair Park e-mails this morning with a hot scoop: Local musician Cas Haley, from Dallas Observer Music Award-winning Woodbelly, killed ’em last night on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. And, sure enough, Haley proved that actually having talent will indeed impresses the judges — especially Piers…
If you’ve been at all curious about the fancy digs nestled in the Ritz-Carlton that’s been high-rising between McKinney, Pearl, Olive and Cedar Springs, and you’ve got some time to kill this a.m., perhaps you’ll want to scan the for-sale Residences at The Ritz-Carlton. Turns out, according to today’s announcement,…
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund just sent a press release celebrating U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay’s decision today to grant a preliminary injunction that blocks the implementation of that anti-illegal immigrant ordinance in Farmers Branch. The ACLU-MALDEF release celebrating…
Clearly, I am in denial over the sad fact that Your 2007 Dallas Mayors Race is over. What, exactly, will I write about on Unfair Park now? As I try to figure that out, let me share with you what’s clearly my proudest moment yet: my first poem, consisting entirely…
Nine days ago there appeared in The Dallas Morning News a touching little feature about Roosevelt Wilkerson, who was once living on the streets of South Dallas but has recently achieved international renown with his hand-carved walking sticks made from Trinity River tree limbs. The occasion of that particular story?…
Jason Terry’s personal chef stole $52,000 from the Mavs point guard. He clearly needs to work on his defense in the off-season. Jason “JET” Terry’s a fine ball player for Your Dallas Mavericks, worth every penny of his $8.9 mil annual salary, more or less. Apparently, the guard’s also a…
Because we’ll never let this one go… A good Friend of Unfair Park sends this reminder: Speaking of getting all political in this piece, I’m sure you already know this anyway, but Rudy Giuliani is in town today for a presidential committee benefit at his pal Bob Sambol’s steakhouse. The…
Best lead ever to appear in an Army News Service story: “Linda Tinnerman, 66, of Grand Prairie, Texas, estimates she has kissed tens of thousands of young military men and women in the past few years. But the kisses she planted on 151 troops today were extra special.” If you…
Belo Corp. today presented its half-a-year-in-review in New York City, and bossman Robert Decherd wisely played up the company’s television properties — you know, the ones investors and financial analysts seem to love a whole bunch. Said the chairman and chief executive officer, even with the recent upswing in Belo…
Your Texas Rangers have the worst record in the majors: 26 wins and 43 losses. So of course owner Tom Hicks would give general manager Jon Daniels a contract extension through the 2009 season; only makes sense, when you think about it. And if you’re in the mood to ask…
http://www.myspace.com/bigdickhunter Metal Skool poses Friday night with fans Tony Romo, Big Dick Hunter and Hal Sparks. The Cowboys haytuhs’ version: Tony Romo is staining his and his team’s image by associating with a vulgar rock band that makes on-stage jokes about incest, pedophilia, devil worship and the quarterback of America’s…
If you think you’ve seen Lea Thompson around town in recent days, well, chances are you have seen the Howard the Duck star. (Sorry, probably should have mentioned Jaws 3-D instead.) She’s in town shooting a little something called Exit Speed, which is being directed by Scott Ziehl (Road House…
Nancy Brinker — though you can call her “ambassador.” As it’s unlikely you saw this press release from the White House yesterday, perhaps you missed the announcement that President Bush has nominated two Texans (one of whom is very local) for some gigs currently open in his administration. Fine –…
Is it us, or does Russ Berger looks a little like The Ticket’s Norm Hitzges? Russ Berger owns a company in Addison well known for its “acoustical and architectural design for recording studios and broadcast facilities,” among them the tony joints belonging to NFL Films, Whitney Houston, Billy Graham, National…
We’re not huge fans of patting our own backs at Unfair Park; I know, that’s so hard to believe, right? So we’ll just accept the congratulations of our friends at FrontBurner, who make mention this afternoon of our weekend win at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies conference, where Unfair Park…
Perhaps the most interesting question after Saturday’s runoff election is the gay one: Did Ed Oakley lose votes because of his sexual orientation — or, at least, the way it became part of the campaign in recent weeks? Certainly many Friends of Unfair Park believe so, and if he did,…
Turns out, Heritage Auction Galleries in Oak Lawn was indeed approached about selling off those stolen Stevie Ray Vaughan items after all. This afternoon, Unfair Park spoke with Doug Norwine, the consignment director for the company’s entertainment memorabilia department, and he confirms that in May he was approached by James…
Quite the Father’s Day. Tiger Woods, all mondo buffed (how long till the steroid whispers arise?), gets bested by Angel (ahn-HELL) Cabrera, a pudgy, chain-smoking Argentine known as “The Duck.” The Texas Rangers actually win a series, when supposed ace Kevin Millwood wins his first start in two months. And…
There’s a story in the Austin American-Statesman today about two men Austin cops claim stole “more than $100,000 in backstage passes, music equipment, photographs and other memorabilia of Stevie Ray Vaughan from the storage unit” belonging to his brother Jimmie. The story also notes that six of the Oak Cliff-born…
But not as much as Phoenix and Las Vegas. Still, them scientists (rather, surely, than those marketing pimps) over at Old Spice today released a list of the sweatiest cities in the U.S., and Dallas comes in third — ahead of San Antonio (No. 5) Waco (No. 6), Austin (No…
