A Friend of Unfair Park this morning directed our attention to Amanda Newman’s Web site, Boca Tinta, which in turn directed our attention to a terrific mini-documentary made by local art-makin’ great Frank Campagna. It’s a nine-minute short film about the famous Deep Ellum gateway known as the Good Latimer…
A few months back we mentioned that Emmitt Smith, who was then in the middle of dancing his way into America’s hearts (oy), was in Phoenix pitching a real-estate development: a 237,738-square-foot retail center. Turns out, it’s hardly a one-off venture: The February 5 issue of Fortune, which isn’t online…
This is David Fricke, who writes about “must-have” bootlegs you can’t have because he doesn’t tell you how or where to get them. To hell with Rolling Stone. Apparently, the only reason I take the magazine, which stopped being relevant long before I was born, is because every couple of…
Revisit the glory days of Duane Thomas this week, when the NFL Network pays tribute to America’s Team on America’s Game. No, your Dallas Cowboys still don’t have a head coach. But I’m sticking with my initial prediction, which sounded solid on January 11 and feels stronger than ever today…
Two editorials over the weekend — one in The New York Times, another in the Houston Chronicle — suggest, in short, that S.M.U. oughta be happy with that George W. Bush Library-Think Tank-Pet Store-Juice Bar proposed for the Hilltop, but only if Dubya stops being so, like, secretive. Yup –…
Bible Girl, if it makes you feel any better, distributors don’t think anyone else wants to see Dakota Fanning get raped in Hound Dog either. One of us has got to be crazy. One of us has got to be deluded, dumb and blind. It is so very daring to…
Yeah, Doug Jones isn’t creepy at all in this pic from Pan’s Labyrinth. So, sure, go say hi to the man with the eyes on his hands. Earlier today we received a press release from the Vistas Film Festival folks concerning two chances tonight to meet Doug Jones. Who’s that?…
Trust me, famous people are way overrated. But on the off chance you wanna meet one or just feel the need to spend some time hanging out with film industry folk, here’s the deal: The AFI Dallas International Film Festival, which makes its bow March 22 through April 1 in…
Now this is the only way to listen to any album: Get every single song on the disc, edit each till one till it runs no more than five or six seconds, then post the thing as a “sneak preview.” That’s what someone’s done for the new Norah Jones disc,…
Vindication! And, alas, a modicum of disappointment. Here’s the latest e-mail from DISD spokesperson Celso Martinez, who so wanted to be my new best friend this week: “A determination has been made that there is insufficient material regarding trespassing at Preston Hollow Elementary School. Nevertheless, I would encourage you to…
There have been shouting matches, lawsuits and demonstrations, but the fight in Farmers Branch is just beginning. A petition has forced the city’s controversial ban on renting apartments to illegal immigrants to a May vote, the city revised the measure only last week, and supporters are continuing with fund-raising efforts…
A little while ago we linked you to the Comedy Central site, where you could see Stephen Colbert talking last night about the Dubya Library at Southern Methodist University. But, since we never like you to leave Unfair Park for any reason, and because we love you, we’re just gonna…
Things be gettin’ uh-guh-lee in the legal battle over TXU’s proposed new 11 coal-fired power plants that will, in all probability, choke us to death. Today the Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition (or the TCACC), fronted by Mayor Laura Miller, is going to try to force TXU — and, specifically,…
Oh, you know you want it. It’s just that, like a lot of us, you aren’t exactly sure what it is. I come to you today with this high-definition TV scouting report, because I care. Because I care, and because I damn well expect to be invited to your Super…
Former Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells finally spoke about his “retirement” earlier this week — and, natch, he didn’t do it on a local station, because God forbid he talk to the team’s actual fans. So, instead, he spoke with The Fan (WFAN-AM) in New York, specifically to hosts “Mike…
So, earlier this week, Billy Crudup hisself confirmed to us that he did indeed go to Hillcrest High School in the early 1980s. Even told us he was in the yearbook. Only took us a few days, but we now have all the proof you ever needed: Crudup’s freshman class…
Last night, the glory that is Stephen Colbert spent a considerable amount of time talking about SMU — pronounced “SMOO,” apparently — and the George W. Bush library. “As somebody who loves our president and hates books, I don’t know where I stand,” said the host of The Colbert Report,…
Look, because I love — and because it’s late, and who knows, maybe you too gots nothing better to do — here’s a tip: Go here. The sooner, the better, I’d say. You never know how long these things stick around, and by “these things,” I mean a very, very…
In this week’s paper version of Unfair Park you’ll find our preview of tonight’s New Riders of the Purple Sage show at the Granada, which kicks off promptly at 8 p.m. with a set by Austin’s Brothers and Sisters, our favorite new act from the 512. The band first caught…
David Beckham: Yes, but is he good for the Mexicans? Al Dia ran an interesting story yesterday about the arrival of David Beckham to the MLS, saying that his success here will depend largely on whether he can attract more Hispanic fans to MLS (don’t forget that a large chunk…
This is not young Jim Schutze… OK, this is navel-gazing of the worst kind, but I thought you might like to know about it anyway: That picture (at right) on the cover of this week’s Dallas Observer, accompanying Jim Schutze’s story about the de-hippy-fication of East Dallas, is not Schutze…
We can’t tell Jamie Foxx from Ray Charles anymore. That’s how much of a genius he is. So he says. Just yesterday I was reading in The New York Times a review of Terrell native Jamie Foxx’s Monday-night concert at Madison Square Garden. Sounded kinda…awful. Sample sentence: “He began with…
