In this morning’s item about the late, great Don Ivan Punchatz, Jeff Liles drops a comment to remind us of the TCU illustration prof’s estimable contribution to the local music scene. Writes Jeff, he “also created that amazing cover illustration for Biting on Tin Foil, the first Three on a…
The missus and I are going to Steve Martin’s bluegrass hoedown tonight at the Meyerson — good cause, sure, but also a good time from the sound of recent reviews. And, say what, Onion A.V. Club: “The band nonchalantly launched into a bluegrass take on the novelty tune ‘King Tut.'”…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
Despite the Monday-morning rain that littered surrounding freeways with wrecked cars, by 8 a.m. yesterday the Fort Worth Convention Center was packed with some 15,0000 people who’d paid less than $5 — $19.95 for the whole office! — to get a one-day dose of inspiration at Get Motivated! There were…
Speaking of The New York Times …On this morning’s front page is a lengthy piece about the rise in runaways turning to prostitution, and how most law enforcement officials treat these children, most of them young girls, “more as teenage criminals than under-age victims.” But, as we’ve noted in the…
Spent the better part of the morning looking at the artwork of Don Ivan Punchatz, the New Jersey-born illustrator and TCU adjunct design professor for 40 years who died last Thursday in an Arlington hospital following cardiac arrest earlier this month. Punchatz’s résumé is the stuff of pop-art-world legend: from…
Last time we saw our Dallas Mavericks it wasn’t pretty was ugly. Jason Terry was flopping (only 15 points per game), the defense was floundering (surrendering 115 per game) and owner Mark Cuban was flapping (his gums at Kenyon Martin’s mom) in a 5-game playoff loss to the athletically superior Denver…
If nothing else, the city council’s hastily planned ethics reform briefing early this morning showed that this group is capable of a spirited debate. For the most part, Mayor Tom Leppert has been able to keep everyone, with the exception of Angela Hunt and former council member Mitchell Rasansky, on…
Halloween’s still a few days off, but last weekend there were plenty of chances to take the costume for a spin, especially for zombies in Deep Ellum last night, and for every other thing you can imagine (and a few you might rather not) Saturday night in Oak Lawn.Get a…
Sean Salisbury was not — no way, no how, no sir — fired from The Fan 105.3 for “sexting.” At least, that’s what Richie wrote on September 11 about his former radio-station teammate. Gawker Media-owned Deadspin, which has been obsessed with the Frisco resident’s Salisbury steak for a long time,…
Sci-fi cons held days before Halloween are always highly recommended, for reasons made clear in this slide show from Eli Luna, who trekked out to the Plano Centre for Star Wars Fan Days. I was out there for, oh, a solid hour Saturday — waded through the sea of stocky…
First off, how can something be a “flash mob” when local media’s tipped off to the happening, oh, a week before it’s scheduled with a press release? Second, it’s awful hard to make a statement out of a conceptual-art event tied to health-care reform; yellow ponchos don’t have quite the…
I was only half-kidding when I wrote after yesterday’s game that … 3. Credit to the Cowboys’ pass rush. They sacked Matt Ryan four times after he had been nabbed only twice entering today. Seems like a good week for DeMarcus Ware to nudge owner Jerry Jones about those contract…
When the Dallas County Commissioners Court needed an outside attorney to advise them on how to proceed with their investigation of Constables Derick Evans and Jaime Cortes, they turned to Sidney Davis Jr., a partner at Touchstone Bernays, over the objections of John Wiley Price. Davis was ultimately the attorney…
We’ve already told you when KERA-FM’s all-music offshoot, KXT, launches — November 9 at 7 a.m. But the question remains: Who’s gonna do the talkin’ while the station gets to rockin’? This morning, we have some idea: Jeff Ramirez, veep of radio, sends word that former Ticket traffic reporter Gini…
As promised, I ventured to Grand Prairie’s Quick Trip Park Friday night for some Dallas Desire Lingerie Football. In a word: Loved it. And not just the toned female physiques running around in their bras and panties. (Though, if you haven’t seen Erin Marie Garrett in and/or out of “uniform”,…
Mark your calendars: March 8. That, says Jack Fink, is when state Rep. Terri Hodge will finally stand trial, per Judge Barbara Lynn’s decision. Say what? You forgot Hodge was indicted along with Don Hill, D’Angelo Lee and the rest of the found-guilty gang? Then you should go back and…
About a month ago we showed off 2005 Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne’s model for the $185-million Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park, scheduled to open in September 2013. But it’s never too early for the Dallas City Council to get a sneak peek at the landscape…
In April 2008, our Elaine Liner spoke with Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty about his “once-in-a-lifetime, life-changing” meeting with DTC founder Paul Baker, who actor Charles Laughton once famously called “irritating, arrogant, nuts — and a genius … one of the most important minds in the world theater…
Houston Mayor Bill White’s speech Saturday afternoon in Plano was initially as insipid as the front of the brochures handed out at the door touting his experience as a Sunday school teacher. “I’m here to work for you, and that’s about it,” White said at the Baker Bros American Deli…
Turns out Miles Austin is Mr. Fix It. Who knew? Wade Phillips’ job insecurity. Jason Garrett’s credibility. The Terrell Owens supporters. Tony Romo’s playmaking. Don’t look now, but the undrafted receiver from Monmouth took care of all those and more the last two weeks of the Dallas Cowboys’ season. And…
Too bad that tree-hugger Alexa’s not here — me, I can’t see the forest for the trees, but she knows all about the city’s efforts to take an inventory of our trees and the ramifications of this particular head count. Still, there’s the question of how to do it in…
