Articles for November, 2010
Find Out Booze Proposition Results Fast, Probably
The Internet elves that work for city of Dallas has enabled some kind of tracker doohickey so you can know if you can get your drink on all over town the split second the totals come in.
But in the meantime, how’d you vote? Demon drink: Yea or Nay?
Win AIA Dallas Home Tour Tickets
You like homes. You like good architecture. You would like to go on AIA Dallas’ home tour. You’re in luck: you can win free tickets here. Hurry, they’re almost gone.
First Baptist Church in a New Light
This photo was taken by J. Ivy Foster and sent to us from our neighbors at First Baptist. It was taken right after the implosion of their old buildings on Saturday. The work is part of a building project that has so far received commitments for $115 million, the largest capital campaign ever for a Protestant church in the United States. Says the note from the PR man who sent the pic: “When the dust from the implosion cleared, the sun shone on the sanctuary, which was undamaged by the destruction all around it. Church members took this as a sign from God affirming their plans to create a campus equipped for 21st-century ministry.”
With all due respect and all neighborly goodwill, I take the sunlit steeple as a sign of meteorological conditions and the geometry of the buildings downtown. No question, though, that’s one hell of picture (if you’ll pardon the expression).
Update Those D Mag Apps Now!
We just released a new version of our D Recommends iPhone app. This one’s got the retina display. Get thee to the App Store and get thee updated. You’re welcome.
(And for those of you with Androids, get off our backs. We’ll have something for you in due time, friends. Be patient.)
Wise Men: House to GOP, Dems Keep Senate
The GOP should pick up around 50 House seats today, but Democrats will hang on to the Senate. Joe Miller, Christine O’Donnell and Ken Buck should all go down in flames, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (the “toughest, nastiest S.O.B.” in Washington) is likely to survive. It all means the biggest donnybrook over taxes since the 1980s could be coming next year, when Republicans will face some risky decisions (like cutting defense spending) to prove they’re serious about deficit reduction.
Those were a few of the predictions when mega-Realtors Pierce and Allie Beth Allman hosted three soothsayers from D.C.’s Ogilvy Government Relations for an “Election Eve” gab-fest last night at Dallas’ Tower Residences at The Ritz-Carlton. The three wise men were, from left in photo, former Obama strategist Moses Mercado; McCain/Palin campaign vice chair Wayne Berman; and Chris Giblin, previously chief of staff for Congressman John Carter (R-TX). The Allmans laid out some good groceries, too.
Things to Do in Dallas Tonight: Nov. 2
Well, frack. After I finally fell asleep last night, I had a horrible dream in which suspected sociopath Tim Lincecum vandalized my home—toilet paper in the trees, broken forks in the yard, etc. It was awful.
Anyway, take a look outside right now. There’s a delightful Something Wicked This Way Comes feel to the morning, which is really only fitting given that it’s Election Day. Your first order of business: go vote (if you registered on time, that is). Then follow me over yonder, where I’ll detail the best of today’s offerings.
Arts District Stuff for Your Eyes
Click over to FrontRow for my belated report from the Arts District street fest and info about a panel discussion we’re hosting to explore how we can better utilize that downtown space.
What to do for Post-World Series Depression
Dear San Francisco Giants,
Take your ugly bearded mugs and go home. You broke my heart—you are pros at stealing hearts. However, there is one special moment you can’t touch. Sweetest moment of the year.
Your One-Stop Shop for Exit Polling
Someone asked if we’d be covering the elections today. The answer is no. Or yes with a qualified maybe. Or something.
Listen, people, we’re a monthly magazine, and we’re staffed accordingly. Now, it is true that we wander over to this digital kaffeeklatsch on a daily basis as the spirit moves us. But we don’t have the bodies to go around bugging people today as they leave polling locations and follow up on tips about campaign shenanigans and call Bruce Sherbet every 30 minutes or so. Because you know why? We’re working on the January issue of D Magazine right now, and we’re already behind (as we usually are — not to cast any aspersions Krista’s way).
But today is a big day for Dallas. Yes, there are all those judges races. Yes, the contentious DA’s race finally draws to a close. But more important: today we get to decide whether we can buy beer at grocery stores all across the city! So if anyone has a report from his precinct, file it in the comments below. I’ll start. At Precinct 2230 (Lochwood Library in East Dallas), I voted at 8:15 and was No. 100. Then they stained my right thumb purple, and I ran like hell to avoid the suicide bombers.
Leading Off (11/2/10)
1. It’s over, but let’s not forget the Texas Rangers’ run to the World Series was magical. Now sign Cliff Lee. Claw!
2. Rain on Election Day? I wish everyone would stop these political dirty tricks.
3. The man who posted a threat against President Obama on Craigslist was sentenced to 27 months in prison. So The Glenn Beck Show will be on hiatus for 27 months.
Rick Perry’s Next Stop: Dubuque
By this time next year, you might think he ran for Governor of Iowa. Here’s the first of what will surely be many, many speculative articles about the man’s ambitions.
(Personally, he reminds me of President John Connally and President Phil Gramm.)
MLB and Rangers Crack Down on Awesome Rangers Shirt
Remember when I told you about the most awesome Rangers t-shirt going? Yeah, well, Major League Baseball and the Texas Rangers apparently didn’t think it was so awesome. Or maybe they thought it was too awesome. In either case, they shut down the website for the “That’s how baseball go” guys. The shirt guys got cease-and-desist letters from both MLB and the Rangers. The Rangers said the shirt guys had appropriated the image of Ron Washington. The team also said in its C&D letter that it has filed for a copyright on the phrase “That’s how baseball go.” This according to Ricky Thiot, the shirt guy who started the whole deal. Thiot says he’d like to explore selling what he believes is his intellectual property to the team, but for now he’s waiting to hear back from his attorney.
As someone who works at a magazine, I’m all for protecting copyrights and trademarks. Absolutely. But I have a hard time believing that printing that “likeness” of Ron Washington violates any trademarks. Seems to me that that’s an original work of art. Now, as the for the copyright on the phrase “That’s how baseball go,” doesn’t that depend on who filed for it first? This is above my pay grade. I’m sure you law-practicing FrontBurnervians will set us straight — or at least inform us — in the comments.
Things to Do in Dallas Tonight: Nov. 1
Monday. Rather than allow ourselves to wallow in a post-Halloween, post-Rangers-loss depression, let us take stock of that for which we should be grateful:
A) Today marks the beginning of Movember. I’ve always envied men their ability to grow facial hair. Want to look older, wiser, hipper, or more mysterious than you actually are? Cultivate a beard! Want to look younger and/or better rested? Shave that sucker off! So many possibilities. Sigh. Gentlemen, don’t squander this gift from nature. Grow yourself a fine moustache this month and help raise money to fight prostate and testicular cancer. And if you need a little inspiration, check out the Dallas Movember Kickoff Party tonight at J. Black’s Feel Good Lounge. Jump for more words typed by me.
First Baptist Church Building Implosion: D Magazine’s Sundance Film Festival Entry
We dispatched our video intern Robbie Curtis to cover Saturday morning’s building implosion by our downtown neighbor, First Baptist Church. What he delivered to us isn’t your run-of-the-mill piece of Web journalism. Oh, no.
It’s more like a meditation on the very nature of death and destruction. It stands as a testament to the ineffability of memory itself. (Plus you can see our office building, in the last shots.)
Leading Off (11/1/10)
1. Dallas County is key in the race for the governor’s mansion, writes Gromer Jeffers ahead of tomorrow’s election, and the latest Dallas Morning News poll shows voters split 47/40 in favor of Perry. Curiously, Perry has received an endorsement from Dallas mayor Tom Leppert, a break from tradition since local offices, at least on paper, are not party affiliated.
2. Natural gas drilling is not a topic that is factoring into many Texas races this season, whereas it is a big topic of debate other parts of the country. That’s because natural gas is old hat in this area, where the Barnett Shale led the way in the new era of gas production. That’s doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still go see Gasland (currently at the Angelika) which shows that despite the fact that University of Texas at Arlington professor Michael Moore describes gas drilling as “part of the fabric of the community,” we should have some concerns about flammable water.
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