Could the St. Paddy’s Parade Move Downtown? Jacquielynn Floyd asks that question in her column today (sub. req.). As you know, the Greenville Avenue version of the parade is financially strapped and might not go off. Floyd herself winds up admitting that her idea couldn’t work, but I’ll go ahead and say: that idea won’t work. Please, Greenville Avenue merchants, I implore you. Get organized, and get this thing funded. As this man so wisely put it a few years ago, it is one of the best things that Dallas does.
Dallas Police Department Gets Hacked. The DPD has taken down www.dallaspolice.net after hackers stole some officers’ usernames and passwords. No doubt Zac is already working on the Rica y Chato script.
Golfer Stabbed With Club Shaft in Brawl. If you haven’t yet read the story about the guy who was nearly killed on the Eagle Mountain Lake course, you ought to. Because it’s insane.
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom Are Having Sex. That’s not the way she put it, but in an interview that NBC Channel 5 aired on its 10 o’clock newscast last night, she said she and Odom are trying to have a baby. I inferred the part about the sex, simply because that’s the cheapest way to get a baby.
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Admit it, Tim…that’s also the cheapest way to get a thrill.
I don’t understand the parade angst. For me, the parade of late has been the least engaging part of what turned into an “event.” Even Tim’s prior paean acknowledges that “[s]ure, there is a parade, and there are judges who judge it. But everyone knows the parade is only an excuse to close the street to vehicular traffic so there’s more room for socializing.” Indeed.
The Observer recognized this and withdrew its support of the parade-proper in favor of the party/concert/mosh pit on middle Greenville. Shouldn’t you neo-hipster types be celebrating the end of the parade and embracing of a street fair outdoor market ethos?
I’m just going to say it. Since the DO isn’t funding the parade, and Tim loves the parade so much… Why doesn’t D fund the event? Think of all the “best of” that can be captured in that sponsorship. Dueling publications, one handling the event, the other handling the concert. The whole thing has a Rodney King vibe.
As much as I’d love to see downtown host an event like the St. Patrick’s Parade, there’s just no way that could happen without moving the street fair downtown as well, and that’s just not going to happen. Also, downtown doesn’t have enough bars to support thousands of drinkers all at once.
@Thufir_Hawat: I’m blushing. Thanks for thinking of me as a neo-hipster. But, yeah, you still need the excuse. The parade causes the street to be blocked off. A blocked-off street provides a venue for ambling and imbibing and so on. Parents with babies in strollers won’t attend that party/concert/mosh pit. The Observer gig is tiny compared to the space in which the parade is held.
@amanda: If I were the marketing director of D, I’d totally spend the $40,000 to make this thing happen and not worry about whether I could make back our money. As it is, though, I’m just the editor, so the only budget I control is the editorial budget. Now, yes, I guess technically I could spend $40,000 of my editorial budget on the parade, but then I’d have to produce several issues of the magazine without hiring any freelancers. Which means, of course, that I’d have to make Zac write everything in the magazine. None of us wants that.
@Tim Rogers: None of us wants 112 pages of rocketships and other stuff? YOUR LOSS.
It’s on GREEN-ville Avenue — that’s part of the point, y’all…I doubt Jack Floyd has been to this in years and she doesn’t even live in Dallas – so who cares what she thinks?
You could do one episode of the magazine as just a giant flip-book of Zac’s Perry campaign scenes…
Help save the St. Paddy’s Day Parade through this Crowdtilt campaign:
https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/we-have-to-save-the-st-paddys-day-parade
@ Tim- Could you just staple together some Xerox copies of Mr. Funny Guy, editorial done! Pay for the parade, and snuggle with the DO at the concert. It’s a win-win.