Please don’t Tellez anymore
In short, I find I can’t stand Quick’s Up All Night columnist, Lesley Tellez. For a couple of reasons.
First and foremost, it’s seething jealousy. I would like a column at my paper since I am the Clubs Editor. Just seems to make sense. But it’s not just my ego at stake (which is priority). As the alt-weekly, we probably should have some nightlife in review since so many clubs and venues place ads with us as well as readers looking to us for listings. Pllus, I don’t know what it is at Belo, or the DMN, but they (being Mr. Dallas and Ms. Tellez) are stuck on pretensious outings a la Seven, Trece and any other clone out there. These two have no idea about the city nightlife other than where to get a good mango-tini.
Second, Ms. Tellez’s writing kills me (not to mention her mocking perky picture with big earrings). Am I a great writer? I’ll never say that and I won’t know if you think that but let’s just sample her work.
About Fuse - We sidled up to the inside bar – rain tends to give our hair a dreadful frizz – and ordered an apple sake sangria, one of several fun items listed on the drink menu. Awww…dreadful frizz…what to do?
About Walrus - (First the headline) West End gets cool again. Yyyyyeah. (Second) (Owner John) Reardon plans to add an elevated VIP area and a DJ booth. That should make the place seem more bar-like. I’m just saying here that I hope that last part was supposed to be a quote. “Bar-like”?? Brilliant.
About Seven - We spied one 30s-ish woman peel off her black jacket (revealing a black tube top) and dance sexily with her man. Then they fell on the couch in an embrace. I’m just trying to figure out what this piece of information is supposed to give me.
You get the picture.
So now I will woo our new music editor in hopes that my fame and glory is just around the corner. Or at the very least, convince her and maybe my editor that Dallas nightlife is at risk here and we’ve got to save it!
