Let the quarterback controversy begin. No, not that one. Sure, Dallas Cowboys backup Tony Romo looked decent in last Saturday’s preseason opener. But c’mon, Romo wasn’t built in a day. And Drew Bledsoe didn’t start tiptoeing toward Canton overnight. The only hot debate surrounding America’s premier sports position this season…
On a fiercely hot Tuesday afternoon, Yolanda Davis sits outside and watches her two children–a 10-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy–ride bikes up and down weary Collins Avenue in South Dallas. Davis says she is 30 and does not work because she has a criminal record that keeps her from…
You might want to think twice about complying the next time you hear “spread ’em.” We’re not talking about your last encounter with the Dallas SWAT squad. We’re talking about the delicate matter of laser hair removal. This week a court hearing is scheduled for Jimmy Earl Adams, owner of…
It’s just after 2 p.m. at Bryan’s House, and most of the 2-year-olds have fallen asleep for their afternoon naps. They sleep in a semicircle, each boy or girl on his or her own miniature cot. Across the hall, the 3-year-olds are stirring. One girl with beaded hair is making…
Caffeine jitters: So the McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., owner of financial services firm Standard & Poor’s, has sued local coffeehouse Standard & Pours over alleged trademark infringement (see “Poor Standard & Pours?” by Robert Wilonsky, July 6). As we reported on the Dallas Observer’s blog Unfair Park, fans of the artsy…
The Gospel of Ole Lose yourself: I’m glad someone finally had the courage to publish a book about the real Ole Anthony. Thank you, Wendy Duncan. And thanks to the Dallas Observer for having the journalistic savvy to follow up on it (“The Cult of Ole,” by Glenna Whitley, August…
Brian Harkin The Herrling Court Apartments in Fair Park have been abandoned for years, and rather than tear it down, the city keeps paying to board up the windows. There’s also two years’ worth of litigation. None of that’s cheap. Janet Spugnardi is a lawyer in the code compliance section…
They don’t call him “Rich” for nothing. Well, it is former ACS CEO Jeffrey Rich’s last name. But some shareholders ain’t happy about how he got so, well, rich. We’ve spilled much virtual ink in recent weeks documenting the troubles at Afflilated Computer Services Inc., which is being investigated by…
Used to be Dwayne Goodrich had his picture on football cards. Now, all he’s got to show for himself is this 2003 mugshot. When Dallas Cowboys Rayfield Wright and Troy Aikman were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame earlier this month, we were reminded of what happens when…
The town hall schedule reveals two things: when and where you can go to talk about the proposed 2006-2007 budget, and a schedule of Angela Hunt’s upcoming appearances. Thank me later, Jim. The proposed 2006-2007 city budget is available for your perusal; check out for yourself where City Manager Mary…
Over the weekend we experienced something we weren’t truly prepared for. In a showing that wasn’t entirely unlike a Spinal Tap concert, Blood on the Moors provided a debut performance at the Double Wide that rocked our non-existent balls off. Featuring members of [Daryl], Shiloh and Macavity (don’t worry boys,…
I can only wonder what people in Manhattan say when they get a letter like this one from Dallas, which appears in today’s edition of The New York Times: “Re ‘What Will the License Plates Say?’ (editorial, Aug. 11): You say that Texas has named a state bat. Actually, the…
Richard Hamburger, who announced today he’s leaving the Dallas Theater Center, regrets he didn’t provide more of a home to local talent. Some of his critics have have said the very same thing. He’s in the middle of casting, directing and designing Dallas Theater Center’s fall production of Cat on…
This afternoon, Behringer Harvard, a commercial real estate company headquartered on Dallas Parkway, issued a press release announcing it sold a five-story office building located at 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway “in the dynamic Uptown submarket of Dallas.” Only it didn’t say to whom or for how much–or mention the fact…
Roberto Coronado and Jesus Ca�as, two researchers at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, released a study today in which they report that the Mexico’s maquiladora industry grew at a 6.2 percent annual rate in May. Reuters follows with a story that reports that for the year, or at least through…
Former Dallas attorney Mark Gimenez’s new book–old one, but new to you in paperback–is out in a few days. There’s a small, but growing, stack of books written by local authors piling on my desk, and it is one mixed bag of lit. Random House’s Anchor Books imprint has sent…
Richard Hamburger’s decision to leave the Dallas Theater Center is accompanied by a press release and a lot of questions. Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Richard Hamburger is out. Not for another year, but, as our friends at FrontBurner noted this morning, the timing does seem odd: DTC is due…
On Sunday, The Dallas Morning News ran a story about Kenny Troutt, the local billionaire who flies his son’s basketball team to tournaments on a private jet normally used by the San Antonio Spurs. He has also hired three full-time coaches, two skill instructors, a general manager, a traveling secretary…
If you wanna see what’s going on right behind Unfair Park HQ–which is to say, a four-alarm fire that has cops shutting down Maple Avenue heading north–go here. Funny, all I see’s the KXAS-Channel 5 helicopter. And from here, looks like just a little bit o’ smoke. Very little. –Robert…
Vinnie Paul’s got a new project. Bet ya, like, 10 bucks that it rocks. Hard. To our dedicated blog-metal audience, we giveth unto you this: a new Vinnie Paul band. The Fort Worth Weekly hinted at it nearly two months ago, but Blabbermouth.net confirmed this week that the former Pantera…
If this guy is the quarterback of the future, Quincy Carter just got a free pass to the Hall of Fame. Tug the reigns on the Tony Romo bandwagon. That means you, overzealous and obnoxious Dallas Cowboys fan. And you guys, Romo’s agent and Tony’s third cousin, chill. And especially…
Last year in the paper version of Unfair Park, we ran a piece about the nuttiest dispute–over the control of the local accordion market. No, seriously. Accordion teacher and performer Natasha Geddie accused Texas Accordion Association (and, later, National Accordion Association) founder Norman Seaton of essentially trying to monopolize the…
