Oh, it’s nothing more than trying to make a provocative, sophisticated weekly icon — choosing the cover of The New Yorker. That’s what Francoise Mouly has done the past ten years.

In which I recount a favorite personal anecdote and a bit of wisdom from the late architecture critic for The Dallas Morning News.

A way-cool custom ‘38 Chevy caught Sam Wilson’s eye — and his photo is our Flickr Photo of the Week winner!

Pure originality is a romantic illusion. Innovators steal and borrow and sample their predecessors. “All art is a remix” goes the new mantra. And one great example is The Matrix.

People were passing along that particular rumor practically in the previous millennium. But now there’s an actual city with an actual re-zoning request with a site plan with a company name on it. And the zoning meeting is tomorrow.

Rem Koolhaas, co-designer of the Wyly Theatre in the Arts District, has occasionally issued controversial manifestos. His newest one is the occasion for a clear-the-decks career analysis in The New York Review of Books.

Running and gunning with muralist Jeff Soto — and his new, decked out, robotic art car. Grafitti art as drive-by.

Yes, there’s enough local literary news well worth recounting that we can devote an entire Monday roundup to it! Ben Fountain! Terry Southern! SMU Press!

Didn’t break the national record for a single live opera simulcast in a stadium. But Saturday’s crowd was double the Dallas Opera’s original expectation of 7500.

Just chopping up a few fresh ingredients for some great guac. Let’s see … golf balls, baseballs, billiard balls, check. Pin cushion, check. Oh yes, and the hand grenade.