Until Monday, Abdel Jabbar Hamdan, a 46-year-old father of six U.S.-born children who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Buena Park, had been in jail for two years. He was incarcerated on Terminal Island, a man-made island in Los Angeles where, during World War II, Japanese men were detained…
Daystar, a local broadcaster that carries T.D. Jakes, is having trouble getting blessed to air in Los Angeles. Daystar Television Network–the Marcus Lamb-owned powerhouse that bought KDTN-Channel 2 from KERA in 2003 for some $20 mil and has some 50 million viewers worldwide, so it claims–wants to buy a channel…
If you’re thinking of taking Julius Jones as a Top 10 pick in your fantasy football draft, why are you even bothering? Admit it, fellas, you want it. You crave it. You actually need it. Dude, you’re sick. Instead of a fantasy where you jump into a Jessica sandwich between…
For two weeks all anyone’s talked about is the imminent arrival of the award-winning New York critic known for his brutal critiques of “critic fellows” here at the Theater Farm. He’s so tough, they say, he’s made professional journalists cry as he ruthlessly dissects their prose syllable by syllable. “Das…
In case you were wondering just what was going to happen with the next Bat Out of Hell album, fret no more. Meat Loaf and songwriter Jim Steinman are portrayed as surprisingly chummy in this not-too-informative post-lawsuit write-up…not that we’re suspicious or nothin’. –Sam Machkovech…
Just so you know, Lincoln Kennedy failed his physical today for the Cowboys. He weighed about 380 pounds, or 50 more than when he was an elite player. Also heard that he had some sort of internal thingamajig that will keep him from being football-ready for about a month. And…
We would tell you what this is, but you might find it kinda, well, gross. OK, it’s allegedly a Morgellons fiber taken from a kid’s lip. Happy? Two weeks ago we reported on the mysterious skin disease known as Morgellons, which is defined by symptoms that include black sweat and…
Going deep (into your wallet), Al Gore brings his Inconvenient Truths to Grand Prairie next month. Since when did the Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie turn into a lecture hall? Just look at next month’s schedule for what I thought was supposed to be a concert hall. On September 9,…
This morning, there’s a piece in The Dallas Morning News concerning some cheating going on at the Dallas Fire Rescue training academy. Specifially, it deals with how Lieutenant James Hunter, an instructor at the academy, helped trainee Desmond Luster prep for the test–by, ya know, giving him the answers. Handwritten…
Why is Lincoln Kennedy so danged happy? Maybe it’s because the former Raider’s getting a shot at being a Cowboy during training camp. Two words this morning: Lincoln Kennedy. Been a while since you heard that name, eh? Well, you’ll be hearing it again later today as the Dallas Cowboys…
A date’s been set for the Brook Mays auction: August 8, a week from today. That’s pretty much when the 105-year-old local musical-instrument company will cease to exist as we’ve known it, only a few weeks after it filed for Chapter 11 following lower-than-expected revenue in the third and fourth…
Wanna know how many Texas lawyers are making their long green these days? Today’s issue of Texas Lawyer has the answer: defending companies being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice, who’re busy looking into allegations of stock option backdating. And not only that, but…
Over the weekend, I accompanied the missus to Chicago for her family reunion, which essentially consisted of a Saturday-night dinner at the famous Gibsons steakhouse (Sinatra sang there, way back when). Guess we got placed at the Texas table: Joining us were three distant relatives–a middle-aged husband and wife named…
In his last two stops, Terrell Owens has driven quarterbacks, coaches and fans crazy. After exactly two days of Dallas Cowboys training camp here in Oxnard, California, there’s evidence his presence is already pushing coach Bill Parcells to the brink of insanity. In a fascinating, frustrating 10-minute span on a…
Look, I don’t want to get you all freaked out or anything. I’m not trying to raise hell. I don’t want to pick a fight. But I’m going to say something that may rub you the wrong way: Some of the best shows in town lately have been in Deep…
Here’s what Lisa Martin’s nymphomaniac dust bunnies look like. That one in the tie looks like a real perv. As someone whose job is to regularly write about embarrassing herself, I guess things like the American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning dust bunny contest shouldn’t surprise me. But I am,…
OK, if I had it to do over again, I might not have made that crack about Whiney McKnuck (my secret nickname for my Critics Camp nemesis). It’s just that she was fawning all over a certain Big Name Critic from a New York paper. “I just looooove your work,”…
Paul Slavens got the ol’ gang back together for last night’s Ten Hands reunion at Club Dada. Three songs into last night’s Ten Hands reunion at Club Dada, lead singer and pianist Paul Slavens (current host of 90.1 at Night on KERA-90.1 FM) launched into “East Coast Jones.” How convenient…
Preservation Dallas is in the middle of its Summer Preservation Institute, described on its Web site as “professional adult education classes that offer various introductions to local preservation issues and history.” Courses are $20 each, except for the two—day professional courses, which run $175 a pop. One course, which takes…
Straining camp: As goes Drew Bledsoe, so goes Dallas. Unless you think Tony Romo’s the QB of the future. Heh. Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells’ training camp T-shirt reads “Who’s All In?”, a poker reference to risking it all in a do-or-die hand. Terrell Owens is here in Oxnard, California,…
In the brand-new issue of Governing magazine, which is published by Congressional Quarterly, there’s a 3,000-word piece that asks, “Can Dallas Govern Itself?” Hard to imagine it takes 3,000 words to say “no,” but we read on anyway and found a few things to share–not the least of which is…
Santiago Calatrava finally has something to say about his overpriced bridges. And by something, I mean very, very little. Our old co-worker Tom Korosec finally got a response from the Invisible Man Santiago Calatrava, whose $54 million bridge turned into a $113 boondoggle last month. In a story about the…
