What to Do In Dallas Tonight: May 10, 2010

I’m having one of those oil-and-coolant-lights-flashing-equals-stranded-at-home-type-Mondays. So this one is going to be short and sweet. Phil Collins is in town to give a talk tonight. It’s happening at the The Margaret and Al Hill Lecture Hall in the Hall of State, and is presented by the Dallas Historical Society.

Of course you know Phil from songs like “Easy Lover” and “Sussudio,” but you might not know that he is an avid collector of Alamo memorabilia. Apparently, he became obsessed at a young age after watching Fess Parker’s portrayal of Davy Crockett on television. He has amassed a huge collection of Alamo stuff, like cannonballs (!) and a receipt signed by Alamo commander William Barrett Travis at his home in Switzerland.

Tickets are still available for the talk tonight, where he will cover topics from his music to the Texas Revolution. But don’t get your hopes up for a song—the people in charge have assured us that talking is all he’ll be doing. Guess we’ll have to make due with jamming out in the car before and after—oh, wait.

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