Not that the office of district attorney isn’t political anyway. In the old days when the Republican old guard dangled the local district attorney on puppet strings, the office functioned as a kind of collection agency for the well connected. Walk away from a deal with one of those guys,…
Getting pretty stoked, have to admit it, pretty revved up for the 50th Kennedy Assassination Celebration downtown tomorrow. Lots more calls coming in from the curious. Friend called from New Jersey asking if there will be a parade. Had to tell him no, sadly. They were afraid they wouldn’t be…
Dear Mexican: I watched the brown pride marches of the early 1970s and heard the shouts of “La Raza” and how it was going to be different now that the “Chicano” had arrived. I remember when President Ronald Wilson Reagan gave amnesty to some 5 million illegal Mexican immigrants and…
Over the last three years as the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination has drawn closer, Dealey Plaza where he was killed has been the setting for an ugly battle. On one side has been an eclectic army of conspiracy theorists insistent on their right to use the plaza as…
Earlier this year, we ran an article on some of the top live sound engineers in Dallas. We were properly admonished for not including Carlos Sanchez on that list, and it lit up our interest in him. While he’s not the easiest fellow to get ahold of (many live soundfolk,…
All, right, that’s it, I’m sick of this and I’m not going to take it anymore. Every other day The Dallas Morning News runs another op-ed piece by some unknown New York pinhead about who should be the next city manager of Dallas, and not once have they asked me…
Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist and is the author of The Girls’ Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to…
Editor’s Note: Shea Serrano is an award-winning music writer and goofball whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book. In his new column, he writes about his life and times. Last week, I wrote about why One Direction’s “This Is My Story” sucks. Usually, whenever one of…
This last weekend was one of those times when you could take just about any city in the world and keep it if you left me White Rock Lake. The weather was gorgeous. The lake was perfect. Everybody was out there. Justin Terveen, photo laureate of Dallas, shot this from…
“The secret word is buenas tardes. Greet the two accordion players with that phrase outside the address and they will let you in. The dress code is all black.” That and an address were the only instructions received the night before heading to House of Plate’s collaboration with Cafe Momentum…
Do you ever wonder about the positive qualities you may be overlooking in the artists you hate? Probably not. Who has time to dig through the details to find out who’s actually pretty cool, but an unfortunate victim of their own terrible art? Well, my friend, we do. That’s why…
Every time I start to gag over yet another JFK 50th piece in the papers, I have to remind myself, “Schutze, you’ve been cranking out the same stuff for two years.” Yeah, I know. I added to the pile. But that’s different. That was my stuff. This weekend I found…
I always feel better after I talk to Larry James. I was worried. Now I’m not. James, president and CEO of CitySquare, the city’s biggest and most comprehensive private anti-poverty organization, had an op-ed piece in The Dallas Morning News yesterday, one of those things about who to hire for…
Dave Buchwald/Wikimedia CommonsYeah, he’s just screwin’ with you.Is your infant crying? Of course it is. But the harder question to answer is “Why the hell is this baby crying?” If you’ve asked the Internet to help you, I’m sure you’re already at the emergency room. But if you’re looking for…
Matthew Powers (who plays with local punk outfit The Street Arabs) and his brother Justin run a DIY in Dallas called Fringe Media Events. They’re the ones, ahem, responsible for the locally filmed Troma movie Pot Zombies, its harrowing sequel and a new local punk fest they debuted last summer…
Had another conversation with a foreign journalist this week assigned to cover the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination ceremony here next week, who said the same thing others have been saying to me for a month, which, I must point out, is the same thing I said a year…
Dear Mexican: Could it really be possible for a terrorist to sneak into the U.S. through the southern border, or is that just more fear-mongering from the conservatives? Not Crazy about Quds Dear Gabacho: Of course it’s possible, but we’re really not going to know until we find out, right?…
Last week, November 5, election day, there was one election you missed for sure if you do not happen to live in the part of Dallas affected by it. Come to think of it, you probably missed it even if you do live there. Voter turnout in that area was…
Editor’s Note: Shea Serrano is an award-winning music writer and goofball whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book. In his new column, he writes about his life and times. Song: One Direction’s “Story Of My Life” History: A long time ago there were barber shop quartets…
Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist and is the author of The Girls’ Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to…
Maybe this is nitpicking. Sometimes you see a nit that just begs to be picked. Yesterday on the op-ed page of The Dallas Morning News, State Senator Royce West was talking some kind of stuff about who should be the new city manager, and down toward the bottom of his…
One big lesson to draw from Tuesday’s special election to fill an empty school board seat: The public school employees unions in Dallas are weak tea, indeed, when it comes to any kind of a shootout at the polls. Take away a couple of pissed-off rich supporters with axes to…
