Moments ago, John Blake, exec veep of communication for Your Texas Rangers, sent word that there is, at long last, a plan in place that will finally give Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan's Rangers Baseball Express control of the team. And, yes, it does involve "a voluntary, 'prepackaged,' court-supervised process...
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After four straight kicks in the band nuts from Pitchfork.com's notoriously fickle reviewers, Dr. Dog's Scott McMicken has learned to roll with the punches. "From our very first record and everything we've put out since, they've pretty much just ripped us a new one on all those reviews," he says...
Over 30 teams of smokers from around Texas competed on Saturday for the chance to win the Taste of Mesquite Barbecue Cookoff at the Real.Texas. Festival. hosted by the Lone Star Barbecue Society (the punctuation is theirs not ours).The winner, Tom Hoefer from Allen, received a $500 Grand Champion title...
El Gordo Crepes Demonstrated by Luciano Lopez of Café Brazil Richardson There are certain restaurants, bars and hole in the wall-type places that we consider our second home, or even our actual home because we frequent them so much. The place we like to go after a long day to...
We were there in October of last year, when the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, the I.R.S., the U.S. Secret Service and Texas Air National Guard -- and every other law-enforcing abbreviation -- showed off the guns, drugs and money hauled in after they busted up the meth-trafficking members of...
Around the time self-proclaimed shareholder activist Carl Icahn bought into Blockbuster half a decade ago, its stock was worth $10, give or take. He ultimately spent well over $300 million stocking up on shares, in large part to lead the effort that would lead to the ouster of then-CEO John...
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It took a while for Patrick "Buzz" Williams to get State Board of Education candidate George Clayton on the phone before the GOP primary earlier this month, but he finally did -- long enough to ask the North Dallas High School teacher, then considered a long shot to beat incumbent...
Just as I was finishing off the sample pack Harpoon sent recently, a few free samples from Magic Hat arrived, offering a nice opportunity to compare IPAs from two well-established New England craft brewers. The contrast between the two companies could hardly be starker. Magic Hat has a markedly lighter,...
Apologies for this week's post being both tardy and short, my fellow beer lovers, but kid-related circumstances have kept Lady Hophead and I housebound, and trying new brews was temporarily knocked down a few pegs on the priority list. Good news is I managed to take some notes on a...
Psst! Hey buddy, wanna buy a used watch? No? Then how about a broken, if not broke, local professional sports team? Plenty in stock. Last December on HBO's failed Joe Buck Live, guest and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was asked about his confidence in spending—amidst the worst economic crisis...
10. So far, so good Josh Hamilton. Didn't exactly crush the ball, but had two singles in yesterday's debut. If he returns to 2008 form, the Rangers can will win the American League West. 9. Team president Nolan Ryan, by the way, predicts 92 wins for this team and says...
Before posting anything about Sports Illustrated's breaking story about Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington's positive test for cocaine last July, I wanted to clarify one question: How often are managers tested for drug use? Because initially, the SI story didn't say, though now it's been updated to reflect that info.As...
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[Update at 8 p.m.: I just texted Michael Cramer to see if he was still in the hearing. He replied, just now, "Yes, judge is ruling now. Event is on. We have to stage parking elsewhere though." More to come when he can call.Update at 8:51 p.m.: Cramer says that...
At some point in the next few days, Erykah Badu will be sent a letter from the Dallas Police Department. Inside that piece of mail, she'll find a ticket charging her for a Class C misdemeanor, which could cost her $500 in fines. "The City Attorney's Office and the Dallas...
The Idol competitors were challenged this week with the task of reinterpreting the classics of Frank Sinatra. Ol' Blue Eyes' daughters were even in the audience (no pressure, singers) and presented Sinatra fan Simon Cowell with a monogrammed FAS hankie. Awesomely cool. Made me really wish his shirt wasn't unbuttoned...
After council member Angela Hunt led the charge in August 2008 to deny a special-use permit for longtime Ross Avenue staple Woodard Paint & Body Shop, she admitted that it was "one of the hardest decisions I've had to make on the council." As other repair shops shuttered as a...
Never mind the "international" part of the moniker Dallas International Film Festival, formerly known as AFI Dallas International Film Festival. It's the homegrowns with which you should concern yourself as you fill out your movie-going schedule. Eat local, dig? This is what Michael Cain had in mind way back when...
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Speaking of Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins ...This week, SMU hosted a Media and Human Rights Symposium that featured among its guests Watkins, a few profs and even a noted Oscar-winning filmmaker. Watkins delivered his presentation on Wednesday, and during his speech he spoke at great length about his...
Editor's note: Following publication of this article, U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton enjoined the state of Arizona from enacting key provisions of state Senate Bill 1070. Though the law's most dangerous sections were put on pause, pending the outcome of litigation, the remainder of the law goes into effect,...
The results are in from our New York sister paper's annual Pazz + Jop critic's poll, which aggregates the opinions of thousands of music scribes into one, easy-to-peruse list of the best music from the year that was 2009 (or was it 1901?). In total, some 1,934 albums were nominated...
The staff was all tied up today and couldn't make it to the Earle Cabell for Terri Hodge's sentencing. But the guilty-plea-taking ex-state represenative got a year in federal prison, because U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn didn't really buy her story that, look, it was all a tax-return...