One of my favorite lunch places in Uptown, Urbano Paninoteca, is closed. My co-worker, Alana and I stopped by today and there's an eviction notice on the front door about locks being changed, etc. *cry* We ate next door at the Uptown Grill, and asked our waiter what went down - he said they shut down last week, possibly due to being behind on payments.

My top ten list looks like this - The Walkmen, You and Me Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes Wolf Parade, At Mount Zoomer Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple Department of Eagles, At Ear Park TV on the Radio, Dear Science Girl Talk, Feed the Animals Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend The Dears, Missles The music here is good, but nothing I'm going to be listening over and over and over. So screw this ...

Josh could have written this for Tburns.

Just found this awesome flickr group of Dallas Urban History, via The Dallas Observer's blog, Unfair Park (a great one to add to your feed reader if you're a Dallasite, btw). In the image above, I love how Cityplace was originally intended to be a dual tower structure, sandwiching Central Expressway with a skywalk between them! The history that's written with many of these photos is also fascinating ...

Yes, there is a guy out there who, for fun, makes Simpsons characters based on pop culture. It is this guy.

Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'. Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no ...