Hard to say how seriously to take the results of today's Public Policy Polling press release that says Debra Medina's becoming quite the player in the GOP gubernatorial race; after all, this is the same company that asked America the other day, "Saints or Colts?" (Saints all the way, but...
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Brooklyn-based Phosphorescent went from being an unknown indie poet scouring the globe and playing empty rooms to a critical darling almost overnight--many thanks to Willie Nelson. Matthew Houck, the man behind the moniker, made the risky decision to do an album of Nelson covers last year, called To Willie, which...
California (and possibly Earth's) heaviest band, High on Fire, is ready for its close-up. The trio's fifth studio album, Snakes for the Divine, is its first for the E1 label after several years on highly regarded metal imprint Relapse. And, for it, the musicians worked with a real producer for...
Stayed up way too late last night reading all 148 pages of Blockbuster's latest annual report, which was submitted yesterday to the Securities and Exchange Commission and is full of dire warnings that, look, bankruptcy may be inevitable no matter what CEO Jim Keyes says. It's a pretty gritty read...
First came the news of Oso Closo's demise. Then went The Cut*Off. Then Odis. And, quickly following suit? 100 Damned Guns. Basically: Four area bands have broken up in the past month. Wait, sorry: Make that five.Over the weekend, the pop-rockin' Hendrick also passed along a MySpace message to its...
Ken Carter, a consultant working for Dallas Love Field Airport food and beverage concessionaire Gilbert Aranza, sent us word yesterday afternoon that the city council's seven minority members are expected to appear at noon today inside City Hall's lobby along with other community leaders for a press conference supporting contract...
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My guts were wrong, folks. I know, given my wrap-up from Tuesday night's show, that I may have gotten you all stressed out (not really) and worried (only if you're related to them) that Todrick or Tim could be kicked off of American Idol this week. Alas, no North Texas...
Cocktails, brunch, and perfect spring patio weather. What a civilized way to start the week. My wife and I have been indulging our food fetish alfresco as of late, since last winters freeze has retreated, and the all-too-brief-in-Texas good weather of bluebonnets and Blue Bell ice cream gives way to...
On a recent afternoon inside the bustling day-care center Las Familias del Pueblo in downtown's Skid Row, Alice Callaghan heads toward a ringing phone. The middle-aged Episcopal minister, who was once a Catholic nun, still wears a kind of religious uniform that's both pragmatic and modest: a khaki skirt cut...
Yesterday The Dallas Morning News editorial page rolled out the big cannons and opened fire again on Oak Cliff Metals, a metal recycling yard on Pontiac Street in Oak Cliff that the paper wants moved, we know not why. The editorial, which I'm sure was written by editorialisto Tod Robberson,...
If you don't recall the name Chynna Stone, maybe you remember what happened to her on April 18, 2008: At 3:30 that Friday afternoon, the SMU sophomore was sitting on the couch in her apartment living room on McFarlin Avenue when a very drunk and very stoned 24-year-old Brian Michael...
The Dallas Morning News has been doing stories and editorials about the shrinking population of black students in the Dallas public school system—a phenomenon the newspaper calls "black flight." In its first story the paper reported: "Interviews with dozens of parents reveal that the exodus is not fueled by a...
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On Monday I mentioned that I hadn't heard from Greg Williams in a while. Well, lo and behold, Hammer rang yesterday afternoon in an attempt to tell his side of the story in the fizzled radio pairing with John Clay Wolfe. What did I hear? Greggo was angry. Downtrodden on the...
A couple of news and notes before I head out to butter my unleavened bread ...A Friend of Unfair Park takes note of New York State Sen. Eric Adams's latest initiative: "Stop the Sag." Which only puts New York about three years behind Dallas and, more to the point, council...
The CNN headline, just posted, says it all: "Census Bureau: Dallas posts biggest population gain." That's based on July 1, 2009, population estimates released today, which say that Dallas and Houston gained about 140,000 people each from July 1, 2008, to July 1, 2009. (Actually, if you look at the...
The big shakeups credited with turning around public schools in New York, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. -- which Mayor Tom Lepeprt and organizers cite as influences for a new school reform effort in West Dallas -- have only succeeded in separating top students in charter schools from lower-performing students...
10. Spurs' rookie DeJuan Blair is a beast. Sunday he had seven points and seven rebounds in 11 minutes and even placed an elbow in Dirk Nowitzki's ear to bait him into a technical foul. Roddy Beaubois may grow into the Mavs' point guard of the future, but some of...
A week ago today, for whatever reason, T-Pain was in Dallas and, better yet, at XTC Cabaret for a little fun (one assumes). The details of what happened next, however, are a little fishy. Doesn't really sound like fun, though...
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In the issue of the Observer set to hit stands today tomorrow (depending on your Metroplex locale), Chris Parker checks in with Bowerbirds' Phil Moore. And, in the resulting piece, Moore was kind enough to candidly explain the differences between his band's beautifully spare 2006 debut, Hymns for a Dark...
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Whitt’s End: 5.21.10
It's tough to not pay Hoyotoho much mind. For starters, there's the new Dallas band's flashy live show—which, last Thursday night at 1111 Studios in the Design District, saw Hoyotoho offering up a "videopera" to an arty crowd typically not in attendance at rock shows around the region. And there's...
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