Articles for February, 2010
Dallas Art Fair Generates Enormous, Unmitigated, No-Holds-Barred Controversial Controversy!!
At the conclusion of the Dallas Art Fair, local (but international) artist Richard Patterson offered up a wonderful (and not entirely positive) critique of the proceedings. Today, FrontRow brings you a rebuttal from Chris Byrne, co-founder of the fair. An intelligent discussion about art and what it means to Dallas? Nice. The only problem here is that FrontRow has set the bar for itself pretty high in its first week of existence.
Postcard From Former D Magazine Publisher Terry Murphy
Terry Murphy was the publisher of D Magazine back in the day. He also started a little street basketball competition known as Hoop-It-Up. When he told me recently that he was in town for the All-Star Game, I asked him why. Here’s a little history about D Magazine’s connection to the NBA and what the big man is doing is doing with himself these days:
Diddy is Looking for a Strip Club in Dallas
I figure someone out there can help Diddy do Dallas.
Leading Off (2/12/10): Now Twice As Much for the Same Price!
1. Yeah. It snowed. Hard. Do you really even need a link for this one? (Personal aside: my father, who lives out of the country, is staying with us for a couple of weeks while he recovers from surgery. He and my mom divorced about 30 years ago and have seen each other maybe twice in the past 20 years. Not a friendly parting of ways. My mom lives a few blocks away from me. Our block seems to be one of the few in the hood that has power, so she spent the night with us. The snow storm is bringing people together.) (Another note: Jason was supposed to do leading off this morning. He’s been without power for 12 hours.)
2. Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosures are up. The March filings are up 18 percent from the previous month and 30 percent from the same period last year. Thing is, though, the February listings were actually down 4 percent from the same period last year, which seemed like really good news at the time. Anyone’s guess, I guess.
3. My screenplay starts with the unexpected reunion of my mother and father due to a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm. But I know where Zac’s screenplay begins: in the Emergency Operations Center in the basement of Dallas City Hall. That’s where security officials set up shop yesterday to fly their drone airplanes over North Texas, ready to take out any NBA All-Star Weekend reveler who steps out of line.
Leading Offish (2/12/10)
1. Did your alarm not go off this morning because the electricity was out because there’s record snowfall outside? Yeah, we had the same problem.
2. Regardless of the record snow fall, the game must go on.
3. I think we got all this snow so that we could better understand those athletes who are participating in the Olympics. Watch out for speed skater Jordan Malone, from Denton.
And if you’re wondering, no, there is no other news besides the fact that we got a lot of snow yesterday. Enjoy your snow day!
Real Estalker Shares the Love With DallasDirt on Deion Sanders’ Azure Pad
I plumb forgot to tell FB about Deion Sanders’ $7,500,000 penthouse condo at the Azure, but seems like Mama took care of it for me. (I heart Mama!)
Iran Demonstrators Brave Snow
Around noon today, I noticed these demonstrators braving the snow at the JFK memorial. I couldn’t figure out what JFK and downtown Dallas had to do with Iran until I found this website, which explains that the rally was one of 70 taking place across the world this week meant to “raise awareness prior, during, and after the anticipated demonstrations in Iran.” What you see on the ground are green shoes, now blanketed in white, which represent those who lost their lives in the demonstrations against the government in Iran. Consider my awareness raised.
Dallas NBA All-Star Party Gets Kobe in Trouble
Or at least that’s what Perez Hilton’s saying. Apparently Kobe’s hosting a “Best of Both Worlds All-Star Celebrity Gala” NBA All-Star party this Saturday at some place called Bacy’s. The trouble is, the party is co-hosted by models featured in Show Magazine, which I would google for you right now, but I’m afraid of getting fired for looking at porn. His wife is allegedley upset. It’s probably total B.S., but way to get some publicity, Bacy’s! (Thanks to the lovely FBer who sent the link.)
Win a Date With a Professional Bull Rider
As the Big and Rich say, “Save a horse. Ride a cowboy.” Right? By now you’ve probably heard about the 2010 Dickies Iron Cowboy Invitational, which goes down Saturday, February 20, at Cowboys Stadium. It’s the first time the PBR has done a bracket-style competition, “pitting the baddest bulls against the toughest cowboys,” as the press release says. It sounds like a helluva time. You can fill out a bracket for a chance to win $50,000. And you can go here for more details on the gig. But what brings us together today is the opportunity to vote on the hottest single professional bull rider. The kind folks at the PBR have offered up these cowboys for the amusement of all FrontBurnervians. We’ll vote on the hottest cowboy. We’ll do a random drawing. The winner will get two tickets to the event and a date with the cowboy of her (or his?) choice at Cowboys Arlington, where they are hosting the official PBR after party. Let’s jump to do this in chaps.
Who’s Blaming Oncor Now?
Every year we go through a ritualized kabuki dance of neighborhoods complaining about Oncor’s tree-cutting program. It’s useful to recall those controversies as I watch trees bend over like ungainly ballerinas, hoping none of them encounter a power line on their way down.
A Few Thoughts About (And Photos Of) NBA All-Star Jam Session
I will be upfront with you: I did not go to the NBA All-Star Jam Session as part of my job here. I went as the father of a kid who is obsessed with basketball. So I spent most of my time trying to make sure he didn’t wander off into the huge crowd, and that he was having a good time. The first part was stressful, but mostly uneventful. The second part was surprisingly successful, especially given the fact that, thanks to long lines, he only got to do a couple of things. I did manage to get a couple of photos. Jump?
Debra Medina Says Government Needs to Answer Questions About Its 9/11 Involvement
She told Glenn Beck as much this morning.
Beck says he would now like to French kiss Rick Perry.
NBA All-Star Celebs Offer $100,000 For Sexy Dallas Dirt
The deets are over on DallasDirt and oh Tim, I think I know who might be coming in on all those private jets you are watching. Go get you some Dallas real estate news.
Ridgewood Park Wants Kids in Lakewood School
The Advocate and Dallas.org are all over the story of a request by the Ridgewood Park neighborhood to be moved from the Rogers Elementary attendance zone into Lakewood Elementary. Rogers is rated academically acceptable while Lakewood is exemplary. Of course, we know that increasingly the state’s accountability system sort of cheats anyway, moving the goal posts.
The school board is looking at the request this morning during a briefing. The Dallas ISD administration is not recommending it be approved. Perhaps it’s because some of the affected homes are as close as 50 feet from Rogers Elementary.
Or maybe it’s because they’ve seen the research that says it’s about the parents, not the school, anyway.
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