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Harold Simmons Harold Simmons has managed to beat the hell out of his old running buddy and Swift Boat co-captain T. Boone Pickens. Because while Pickens has lost a billion dollars this year, the man behind the Bill Ayers attack ads has that beat and then some: A Friend of...
How would you like to slice into these everyday? Lobsters are easy. We mean that in a culinary sense. Bind up the pincers, drop them in water and commence to melting some butter. Likewise steak: a dash of salt, another of pepper and a crackling grill—that’s all there is to...
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First he leaves At the Movies; now, he's no longer the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. As of tomorrow, Richard Roper's back in the private sector, working for Thompson & Knight, after four years spent as U.S. Attorney. Course, this was inevitable: Barack Obama will pick a...
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Salvia Is Not Your Bud
Andy Hanson Photographer Andy Hanson, with whom Schutze and I had the absolute pleasure of working at the Dallas Times Herald, was a beloved institution in this town -- always ready to grab a photo of any quotable notable nearby. That's evidenced by even the handful of photos currently on...
Intern Courtney's at 3700 Ross Avenue this very moment, where district officials have indeed confirmed a sudden $64-million shortfall -- in the 2007-'08 budget. How'd this happen? Well, see, it's "complicated," said superintendent Michael Hinojosa, the result of having more teachers and support staff in the schools. "The majority of...
"Band of Brothers-In-Law," October 16, by Jim Schutze Fire Everyone The Observer has a chance to make a difference. No local paper can have any effect on the economy. No local paper can have an effect on our totally incompetent and self-serving state government. You can, however, have a definite...
Are you single? Do you like to mingle? If so, and you live in Dallas, well done -- because according to the always-listy Forbes, you're in the third-best city in the U.S. for singles. And just how'd the magazine arrive at such a result? By factoring in "Cost of Living...
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It was a weekend of options, a weekend of tough choices, which you already knew if you read Pete’s column. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, because there were so many shows to choose from – but it’s Monday now and we’re all feeling...
The city's giving away the Atmos Complex, highlighted, mostly because nobody can do a danged thing with the buildings till the Statler Hilton, top right, is redeveloped or exploded. Sam detailed yesterday the city's plan to redo the convention center and restructure its $263.9 million debt (bond sale! bond sale!)...
Dear Mexican: I recently received the biography of Rolling Stones bassist Ronnie Woods. While reading about his friendship with Jimi Hendrix, Ronnie described him as part black, Cherokee and Mexican. I've always read about Jimi's grandmother being Cherokee, but this was the first I read about him being Mexican. I...
Little Honey, Lucinda Williams’ latest release, hit the streets today and, because of that, the Double Wide is hosing hosting a listening party for the new disc tonight. No word on whether or not the great Lucinda might make an appearance--although I'd say the chances are slim to none), but...
On a windswept rise in southwest Dallas, Frank Bracken squints into the late-afternoon sun and sweeps his wiry, flannel-clad arm across the empty expanse of chalky white caliche. This ridge used to be thick with 30-foot jade-green cedar and oak trees, the only species tenacious enough to cling to the...
For a moment, imagine that you're Caleb Followill. You front Kings of Leon, and on your band's just-released fourth album, things finally seem to be falling into place. That disc, Only by the Night, is (for the most part) critically acclaimed and commercially successful—in the U.K., your album debuted atop...
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This is the time of year when most people who do what I do for a living write about what they think will happen in the year ahead. In other words, they take the day off. But I prefer to view the future through my own lens. What warms my...
In light of the recent closings in Expo Park -- Bar of Soap and Meridian Room -- Amsterdam Bar's Mike Scheel sends word of his joint's very temporary closing come Sunday:...
The belching, cement-producing smokestacks that dot Dallas County's southern horizon have long befuddled area officials working to comply with federal clean air standards. Facing deadlines, fines and the potential loss of federal funds, a growing group of local governments is mounting a green revolution in the cement market. Two years...
Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. (The D-Town...