“Are you an Indian?” Let me start by saying I have the greatest respect for Native American peoples — both for their enduring the invasion of their homeland, and for their ability to take dusty reservation land and turn it into ski resorts, billion-dollar casinos, oil/gas well bonanzas, art and more … I get all […]

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Back in my newspaper days, occasionally the editor would give me “Man on the Street” interview assignments. “Great! Where can you find 20 people who have enough spare time to comment on celebrity gossip, trade embargoes or a new strain of e-coli?” The first time I manned up on the street, it took me about […]

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Make no mistake, I am on record for saying disco was the darkest era of rock ‘n’ roll history. I mean. Let’s be serious — it was people dancing to songs about dancing to songs about dancing … Disco … that reminds me. Have you ever heard about that DJ in Chicago who staged a […]

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If you have read my blogs over the years, you know this already. But, if you recently stumbled upon PingWi-Fi.com, I’m just saying, I luvs me sum road trip! I attribute this to spending hours and hours and hours on a farm tractor as a kid — lots of driving, but no sightseeing. To pass […]

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Well, I couldn’t get a note from my doctor, so I shot over to Dallas for the last full day of The Dallas International Film Festival … punchdrunk on allergy meds. And I won’t lie, my consciousness was touch and go … especially during the Magnolia Theater’s ads that I have seen umpteen times now […]

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A few days before the Dallas International Film Festival began, I met this dude in Starbucks in Fort Worth, over by the hospital district. We talked for a second or two and then I drove over to his car in the parking lot. Somehow, I was able to control my Toyota and stop it long […]

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You would think a man who can satisfy and bankroll multiple women — somehow preventing them from killing each other — would be more diplomatic. Just kidding. Fort Worth’s Bill Paxton, star of the HBO polygamist hit, parked on the red carpet at the Dallas International Film Festival Thursday … and while, yes, he represented […]

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The search for Hotel Palomar in Dallas yesterday was no problem. I had just visited the place a month ago for a Bing search engine discussion. Oh yes, I sampled the Wi-Fi at the Kimpton property … as my friend Steve Plunkett pretty much wowed the crowd with his opinions on how Bing works and […]

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No doubt the PingWi-Fi team will attend the Dallas International Film Festival, again this year, no matter what they call it.  And we will be on the lookout for beautiful people, schwag and most important, Wi-Fi networks to upload photos, tweets and blogs … “Action! From Press Release: Lineup marks return to Dallas International Film […]

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Don Letts, a Clash survivor, music sample pioneer and film director is also a diplomat. I pushed hard to get Letts to feel my pain and side with me — an independent journalist turned away from an indy music festival by the media credentials staff. Turning away the little guys while giving free passes to […]

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