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A Daily Conversation About Dallas

Things we learned this week:

Have a good and/or safe Labor Day.

Crime

Attn Judges: Turbans Are Not Hats

Adam McGill
By Adam McGill |

So says the ACLU of Texas. Seems the Honorable Albert Cercone told Amardeep Singh to take off his “hat” before the trial for Singh’s traffic violation got started back in 2006. Singh refused. The judge threatened to throw Singh in jail. Singh capitulated. The ACLU filed a lawsuit today.

Local News

Adam Has Apparently Decided to Pony Up

Tim Rogers
By Tim Rogers |

photo.jpgA Hilltop-working FBvian sent over a t-shirt for Adam. Looks to me like he’s pretty ponied up. Now if he’d just ditch the hipster Lisa Loeb/Buddy Holly glasses.

Music

Re: CD You Should Own Now

Zac Crain
By |

As long as you’re at Amazon ordering a copy of “the black Woodstock,” a band-leading FBvian suggests you try a little tenderness and add this to your shopping cart. I can’t disagree.

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The Richards Group radio campaign for Motel6 is one of the most enduring, and endearing, in modern advertising history. Tom Bodett tells how it happened here.

Uwe Blog has word that Lacey Von Erich has signed a deal with WWE. Besides being … let’s just say, attractive, yes, she’s one of those Von Erichs — specifically, the daughter of the late Kerry Von Erich, and niece of the late David, Mike, and Chris. I hope she has a better experience with the wrestling business than the rest of her family. And I hope (but doubt) that Vince McMahon and WWE don’t exploit that aforementioned tragic legacy.

Entertainment

Open: The Club

Sarah Eveans
By Sarah Eveans |

vincenzo.jpgMeet the chef with the best name I’ve heard lately: Vincenzo Indelicato, exec chef at The Club, a newly opened restaurant in the old Draelion space in the Centrum building. Last night was the grand opening par-tay, and they even found a red carpet to roll out for the occasion.

Music

St. Vincent Has Not Seen Star Wars

Adam McGill
By Adam McGill |

The singer reveals that and more in her patient interview with Pitchfork. Perhaps most interesting: the reason she called her album Marry Me.

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Local News

Dallas Stars Have Themselves a Funny Ad

Tim Rogers
By Tim Rogers |

An alert FBvian points us to the story on ESPN.com:

As part of the team’s “come into the cold” ad campaign to sell seats for 2007-08, the Stars took a shot at the NBA’s referee scandal on a billboard near the American Airlines Arena, the building the Stars share with the Dallas Mavericks.

The message? “The only thing our refs shave is the ice.”

[standing, clapping] Not sure whether the credit goes to Brad Alberts or Jim Lites or who. But that’s some good work, Stars.

Local News

Gordon Keith Takes Cheap Shots

Tim Rogers
By Tim Rogers |

gordonkeith.jpgIf you followed my live blog yesterday evening from Victory Park (thank you, iPhone!), now you can watch the video from last night’s Gordon Keith Show. It’s further proof that Gordon is an ambush artist who has no scruples. I was really offended that he made fun of my thinning hair and left me hanging on a high-five.

Local News

Plano, You Are So Money, Baby

Trey Garrison
By Trey Garrison |

Plano weighs in with the highest median household income for a city with more than 250,000 people, according to CNNMoney.com, coming in at $77,038. That’s ahead of San Jose ($73,804) and San Francisco ($65,497), and well above the national median household income of $48,451.

Local News

Re: Party With MADD

Trey Garrison
By Trey Garrison |

An FBvian also fed up with the Labor Day MADD hype sends us this from a magazine I’m subscribing to by the end of the day — it’s a guide by a former cop on how to avoid getting a DUI and an interview with the author. Good lunch reading.

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