Take 25 musicians, a magic hat and 12 short hours and you’ve got the recipe for one of the most innovative rock-and-roll ideas ever born. Rock Lottery returns to Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton tomorrow, full of suspense and surprises for patrons and participants alike. The fast-paced crossbred concert/social experiment challenges…
McMansions like this 10,000-square-foot monster on Southwestern Boulevard have some University Park residents waging war against home builders in the Park Cities. At a packed public University Park City Council meeting last night concerning the size of homes in the Park City, builders there probably felt like their neighbors were…
On September 28, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said “anyone who buys [YouTube] is a moron.” Yo, Google and your $1.6 billion, looks like he was talking about you? Speaking of Cuban, he has some thoughts about The Dallas Morning News’ recent buyouts and the state of local sports media…
Really, would you wanna give Mark Foley any money? Seems some of yer fellow North Texans have. S’up, Pete Sessions? Here’s one more good reason to never give politicians a single buck: One day they’re championing childrens’ rights, the next they’re givin’ ’em the IM reach-around. And then bored bloggers…
Jerry Ambrozuk, the man Plano residents knew as Michael Smith, wanted him some Internet love. Got him in trouble. Usually does, trust us. A personal ad appears to have been the undoing of Jaroslaw “Jerry” Ambrozuk, the Canadian fugitive living large in Plano under the pseudonym Michael Lee Smith. Yesterday,…
Trey Hillman, currently managing the Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan, is a candidate for the Rangers’ gig. We were hoping for Foo Fighter Dave Grohl. My Lil’ Rangers birdies this morning are chirpin’ about Trey Hillman being a legit candidate to follow Buck Showalter as Texas Rangers manager. Not surprisingly, you…
www.marcusfootball.com With so many obvious sports options in front of ya this weekend, do the unexpected and check out upcoming high-school phenom Matt Faulkner instead? A sports weekend like this comes around only, oh, about once a decade. So many options, so little time. And TVs. If I were you,…
Dunno where the researchers come down on beauty school dropouts, but when it comes to Texas high school dropouts, we’re doing worse than the TEA claims. This morning, national education researchers are confabbing at Rice University for a conference titled “The Texas Dropout Crisis and our Children — A Conference…
As of 12:46 p.m., beloved roots rock locals Sorta were reigning over such acts as Fred Everything, Probation Violation and little-D peeps Current Leaves with 179 votes. Where? What? Huh? Well, as is true with much of anything these days, it all comes down to MySpace. Three MySpacers from Montreal…
If you looked very, very hard in today’s Dallas Morning News, you may have come across this ad in the classifieds: JANELLE STONE ESTATE SALE The Von Erichs Dallas Wrestling Dynasty 4918 SWISS AVE M-46B Munger/Fitzghugh! Fri-Sat October 6 & 7 9-5 Doris Von Erich, wife of Frtiz Von Erich,…
In little Talco, certain lines were sharply drawn. Railroad tracks literally separated black from white in this rural East Texas town. And on the black side, you had a further division, of darkness and light. Darkness: The men, plus a few sad-faced women, who gathered to drink whiskey and beer…
This is the actual cover to Terrell Owens’ newest book, which comes out November 15. And this one’s actually intended for kids, as opposed to that last one, which just read like it. This is not a joke. Just got off the phone with Jennifer Thomason and Laura Watkins at…
It was just two years ago that Buck Showalter was named AL Manager of the Year. Now, he’s the unemployed manager of the week. Tom Hicks’ Dallas Stars got their season off to a rousing start last night with a 3-2 overtime win in, of all places, Colorado. Which begs…
According 2 Guideline Inc & eBay Express, Dallas is the 5th most impatient city n the U.S. We tied w/Jacksonville & Baltimore. Their study found the top 5 plcs where ppl r least likely 2 wait 4 everyday conveniences like quick change oil shops, ovrnite delivery, speed dating & wi-fi…
You know, sweatshops have really come a long way since their inception as a friendly, safe environment in which workers celebrated their jobs manufacturing wearables for the masses. Most people who purchase fake Prada bags and knock-off Luis Vuitton luggage probably don’t associate their new wares with children chained to…
This week it was revealed that eight reporters and 29 freelancers for The Miami Herald’s Spanish-language spinoff, El Nuevo Herald, got money for appearing on the U.S. government-owned Radio and TV Marti networks, which broadcasts out of Miami and into Cuba. That the Herald let some of its reporters get…
Ya know, seems not so long ago we all kinda hated Terrell Owens and could not have cared less about what he said or did. Ah, the good ol’ days… Can’t wait till Monday, because just the prospect of the Eagles-Cowboys game on Sunday has already turning into a beating…
This morning, 14-year-old Amber Davis is still listed as missing on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s Web site; she’s classified there as an “endangered runaway” and has been since March 8 of this year. Regarding her circumstances, the site says only that “Amber may still be in…
The Reverend Pimp Morally corrupt: You did a wonderful job on this article (“The Reverend Freak,” by Andrea Grimes and Stephanie Morris, September 21). I was stunned that so many could sit in church and not question the antics and exploits of a morally corrupt ministry. “Your husband shouldn’t allow…
Not that we need much help, but Terrell Owens brings out the worst in all of us. T.O. turns us into baffled skeptics grasping at guesses. Right, fans? After an unprecedented Dallas Cowboys week featuring a clogged throat, sliced thumb and trampled face, Owens raised the most compelling questions. Considering…
Among the decorations at the Bishop Arts District peace festival was a sign outside Hunky’s burger joint reading, “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” Perhaps the district folks should contemplate the Temptations’ Motown refrain. The September 16 event meant to celebrate World Peace Day prompted clashes over street…
As 13 people filed into the jury box of a packed Tarrant County courtroom last August, all eyes shifted from the man at the defense table to the men and women who would decide his fate. Briefly, Bishop Terry Hornbuckle fell out of the spotlight. Onlookers must have been surprised…
