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At this very moment, KXAS-Channel 5 is reporting, students from Skyline, Sunset, Kimball, Adamson and Molina high schools are gathering in Kiest Park in Oak Cliff t0 protest Congressional proposals that would strengthen immigration policies. (That, or to get outta class.) Speaking of, my cousin (well, my aunt’s third husband’s…

Robert Greenwald’s best known as the agit-doc filmmaker behind such fists-in-yer-face as Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism and Uncovered: The War on Iraq. But as we reported last week, Greenwald, through his Brave New Films production and distribution company, is also releasing…

If I had the time or the interest–or a car I thought could withstand a drive further than 12.8 miles–I might head out to Marshall on Wednesday for what oughta prove an interesting trial that just might have an enormous impact on the satellite and cable TV business. At long…

The MP3 blog Strange Reaction, which specializes in obscure punk bands from the 1980s, touches the local base with this generous posting: The Hugh Beaumont Experience’s entire four-song EP Cone Johnson , released in 1981 (and forgotten in, well, 1981). I would direct you to our archives for some info…

Seems the Plano Independent School District was pretty surprised about Liberty Legal Institute’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Sherman on Monday, that claims the district is engaging in religious discrimination regarding its treatment of a Christian organization called Students Witnessing Absolute Truth (or S.W.A.T.). As first reported on…

So now that you know the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is reinforced and ready to blow (they carry portable breath testers), surely you’re wondering, “What bar will they hit next?” Please note, we’re not judging here. You could be wondering that because you’re looking for a bar free of obnoxious…

You should’ve been at the Cavern last night. Doesn’t matter if the crowd (and the stage) were too cramped or if the room was too smoky or if you had to wake up early for work the next day–Pegasus Now is a band worth enduring all of those burdens for…

Lushes are falling all over themselves to protest the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s latest outrage: arresting people in bars for being drunk. Today, The Dallas Morning News ran the sad tale of a guy who downed a sixer but never even left his own hotel–until the TABC carted him off…

One presumes this is not what Woodlawn will look like as a boutique hotel, if and when that ever happens. Unlike so many of my unhealthy obsessions, my fascination with the old Woodlawn Hospital building held such promise. Day after day, I gazed out at the abandoned former home of…

When Tom Sime quit his job last year as theater critic at The Dallas Morning News, some of his colleagues (including me) thought he was nuts. He took a pay cut to go to work for one of his best friends, Sue Loncar, as general manager of her Contemporary Theatre…

So, Southern Methodist University and the University of Dallas are still in the running for the George W. Bush Presidential Library (and, look, I could probably fit that thing in the closet with all my comic books and old porn). Texas Tech University ain’t. I didn’t really think that would…

I am starting to feel awfully bad for Leo Barron Hicks, the administrator of the embattled South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Fund. In November, the Observer ran a cover story about the fund’s history of making lousy loans to business owners who wind up making busy work for folks in the…

Had family in from out of town last night: aunts and uncles, the kind who prefer martinis and gimlets and Scotch to wine and bacon-wrapped scallops. This was their first visit to Dallas since the mid-1970s. And what was their lasting impression of the Big D? Was it the JFK…

Wuh-oh. Don’t think the mayor’s gonna like this bit o’ bad news. Seems John Travolta, tapped to star as J.R. Ewing in the oddly anticipated big-screen version of Dallas, wants to film the movie near his home. In Florida. “John Travolta loves his adopted hometown of Ocala so much he…

Kids these days are pretty lame, a fact made evident when you go to YouTube and type “Dallas” into the search engine. The results include a kid named Dallas twitching his head and some dumb girls descending into a local parking garage, among other brilliant pieces of cinema. A refreshing…

Apparently, plagiarism’s a big no-no even in the world of…phone books? According to this release: “Attorneys representing Dallas-based Gordon Publications (GOPUBCO) have filed a lawsuit against Your Town Yellow Pages of Carrollton, Tex., based on claims of federal copyright violations involving advertisements contained in Your Town’s local telephone directories. The…

Breaking our record of Most Local Music Videos Posted on Unfair Park In One Week, here’s the second musical clip in the past seven days: “Plan to Stay Awake” by the Deathray Davies. This was filmed by Austin resident Keith Lowry, who may or may not have other music video…

For some reason I find myself the daily recipient of e-mails from one Bobby Eberle, the Pearland resident best known for having created the Talon News Web site that employed fake journalist and real gay prostitute Jeff “Gannon” Guckert. As you may recall, Gannon was outed last year (henh) after…