Buzz is a little late getting around to reporting this–been busy and all–so forgive us for sharing a little old news about a class action lawsuit filed against Belo Corp. for its recent circulation woes. You may be aware of the suit if you read the business section of The…
This is Jason Terry–everything you need to know about his personality encapsulated in one brief moment. Practice has just ended, and he walks off the court, leaving the free-throw line and a good sweat behind him. He could shoot past the gathered media, brush off the pack the way other…
Reality Check Judge not: David Morr (Letters, February 3), please be advised that I can only wish upon you that when you are driving your prestigious car to your prestigious job with a full tummy and a healthy family that all of you suffer the same inhumanity that has made…
Mighty and Young No More Five years ago, the Casa Linda Theatre’s marquee became a tombstone, memorializing the movies that made one last stand before the theater closed in January 1999. Those films–A Bug’s Life, Prince of Egypt, You’ve Got Mail and Mighty Joe Young–were forgettable then and notable now…
To see him today is to see him as Charlie Sampson did in 1991. Back then, Adriano Moraes was 21 but already the best bull rider in Brazil, dark and handsome, with a square, dominant chin and closely cropped black hair and a build more linebacker than bull rider, more…
On a busy Saturday night, nearly 2,000 players can be found working the glittering banks of slots and crowding the poker tables at the Kickapoo Indian tribe’s huge new casino, the only legal house of gambling in Texas. Next month, the tribe will host the Tejano Music Awards ceremonies at…
First, a little mundane personal anecdote: Buzz’s home was broken into a couple of weeks ago. Mrs. Buzz called 911, and the person who answered pleasantly explained that no officer would be dispatched. The incident would be handled on the phone. So what, you say? Virtually everyone has a story…
The poetry in sports is rooted in its symmetry, or so I’m told. For every star there’s a role player. For every champion, a chump. There is a flip side to each situation, and therein lies the beauty, right? There is a reason the thrill of victory has long partnered…
Homeless in Hell Ashamed of myself: I am writing this in response to David Morr’s letter (February 3) regarding Jim Schutze’s “Sleight of Hand” article (January 27) about the homeless. Recently, I’ve found myself without a place to live and using many of the resources for the homeless in downtown…
In The Wizard of Oz, the line about lions and tigers and bears is a refrain, repeated four times. Tin Man, Scarecrow and Dorothy say, “Lions and tigers and bears!” And then Dorothy punctuates with “Oh, my!” So right now I’m Dorothy. I am standing here at a gateway to…
It’s been a week since a conservative student group at the University of North Texas staged its most radical event yet, and still it’s unknown who the biggest dupe was: the organizers, the people upset with them or the media that covered it all. They called it “Capture the Illegal…
Who says Buzz can’t be helpful? Why, just this very day we’ve done our part to contribute to the city of Dallas’ democratic processes. How did we do it? With a threat, of course. Hey, whatever works. Here’s the deal: Candy Marcum, a candidate for the District 14 council seat,…
The season has been over for a while, and we still don’t know any more about the Dallas Cowboys than we did before their season-ending loss to the Giants. The ‘Boys and head coach Bill Parcells disintegrated in that final game, and now it’s almost as though their remains have…
Loves Me, Loves Me Not Voice of Dallas: Sarah Hepola again reminds me why she is, and rightfully so, the voice of Dallas-Fort Worth music. Admitting guilty pleasures like Hall and Oates, Lionel Richie and The Vanished only serves to prove you don’t choose what you like, but you can…
Del Harris wasn’t up for talking about Avery Johnson, not at first. In general, the Mavericks’ assistant coach is a kind man, amenable to just about anything and happy to help. Harris is the type who, if you asked him for a quarter, would happily hand you a dollar and…
Shoot the Messenger Misguided outrage: I felt I had to speak up here to counter so much of the misguided outrage over the article “Gay Caballeros” (by Claiborne Smith, January 13). I won’t address the issue of the use of the word mayate since that has already been addressed. What…
Union Suit A lawsuit targets a Dallas Police Association leader According to people close to the lawsuit, the cover-up goes straight to the top: to the police chief’s office and then the mayor’s. The alleged cover-up involves an influential cop–Eddie Crawford, vice president of the Dallas Police Association, the largest…
Been getting a few complaints, and some praise, for the Dallas Observer’s cover story last week, “Gay Caballeros.” Some of the complaints have been along the lines of “How dare you write a story about homosexuality among Mexican immigrants without pointing out that not all gay Latinos or even gay…
The “M” Word Gay by any other word: To begin with, this story was quite interesting (“Gay Caballeros,” by Claiborne Smith, January 13). Immediately looking at the cover, it caught my attention–because under the main title “Gay Caballeros” it said, “Inside the secret world of Dallas’ mayates.” “Mayates” en Español,…
A man shrieks at the top of his lungs: “Please 911 PLEASE I need an ambulance!” Clutching a cell phone and pacing through his house, the man roars with primal anger and pain. “Please help me–hurry–I’m right down the street from the fire station…My wife, I don’t know what the…
At closing time on a recent Saturday night, Ignacio leaned against the bar at Bamboleo’s, a gay Latino club near Oak Lawn, satisfied that he’d snared one last beer before the cut-off. He wanted it known that he usually would have been drunk by that time, but instead of boozy…
Al Lipscomb lost it last week. The former councilman with the fright-wig hair actually got up in front of the city council and compared his old nemesis Laura Miller to, wow, Adolf Hitler. “Even the Holocaust started somewhere,” Lipscomb barked, comparing Miller’s support of attorney and city council candidate Beth…
