Photograph by LeAnn Mueller.
May 2009
Table of Contents
Features
Texas Monthly BrainstormBuild more schools, clone Willie Nelson, get everyone high-speed Internet, raise chickens, hold nonpartisan primaries, curb sprawl, and 76 other serious, inspiring, far-fetched, and provocative ideas about how to make Texas an even better place from some of the brightest bulbs we know.
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Holy SmokeFor photographer Wyatt McSpadden, the barbecue joints of Texas are soot-stained temples of meat and their pitmasters solemn keepers of an old-time religion.
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Columns
Behind the LinesElephant DungPolitical grandstanding, no leadership—is this a dismal legislative session or what? Letter From LubbockHigh Plains SnifterAfter 118 years, Lubbock finally appears ready to allow liquor stores inside the city limits—unless a shutter salesman and a handful of Baptists can turn back the clock. |
Kinky FriedmanGomer And MeYou’ll never guess how I came to break bread with TV’s best-loved Marine. |
Reporter
Music ReviewEverything You Love Will Be Taken Away . . .Music ReviewLittle White LiesArtist InterviewRyan BinghamBook ReviewNobody MoveBook ReviewWoodsburnerAuthor InterviewSQUINT: My Journey With Leprosy |
The TexanistOffering Fine Advice Since 2007What’s the best cure for jellyfish stings?
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The Filter
Miscellany
ContributorsLiz Lomax, Michael Webber, and The Texanist—a.k.a. assistant editor David Courtney. Editor’s LetterGet Smart |
Roar of the CrowdFashion Faux Pas |
Web Exclusives
Eyewitness NewsThe Legislature takes up photo and live lineup identification procedures in criminal cases. Singin’ the BluesGary Clark, Jr., the 25-year-old blues musician, goes Hollywood. When he’s not opening for an Etta James concert. Testing My PatienceWhy are so many people spending so much time taking Facebook’s inane quizzes? Circle of InfluenzaIf you need an example of how the world can change in an instant, here is a small blow by blow. TEXAS MONTHLY Receives National Magazine Award for General ExcellenceThe magazine has received 18 nominations over the past ten years and 54 nominations in all. The C-ListFinding a room of my own on Craigslist. |
Remembering the FallenHonoring Texans killed in the line of duty. In TreatmentDiversionary programs such as drug courts, which provide treatment-based alternatives for non-violent criminals to prisons, remain critically underfunded. Last Call at Poodie’s BarPoodie Locke, longtime stage manager for Willie Nelson, died Wednesday at the age of 60. Mad to PlayFamed Texas-based guitarist Stephen Bruton was a man who knew how to count his blessings. Risk ReductionIs there a place in Texas for drug needle exchange programs? The Lost BoysCan a former member of a vicious Houston gang leave crime behind and build a new life for himself?
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