Photographs of Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings by © Jim Marshall Photography LLC.
April 2012
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Features
That 70’s ShowForty years ago, Willie, Waylon, Jerry Jeff, and a whole host of Texas misfits grew their hair long, snubbed Nashville, and brought the hippies and rednecks together. The birth of outlaw country changed country music forever.
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Home on the Range?Texas Parks and Wildlife has embarked on an ambitious plan to restore the desert bighorn sheep population in Big Bend Ranch State Park. To accomplish this goal, the department has had to make hard choices about which animals live, which animals die, and what truly belongs in the Trans-Pecos. Exercise of FlowerSeven Texas photographers do their best to reinvent that time-honored, heartwarming, slightly cheesy tradition: the bluebonnet photo. |
Columns
Behind the LinesGeneral AdmissionWill Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin help the U.S. Supreme Court decide affirmative action once and for all? Not likely, which is why it's time to let public universities make their own decision about which students to accept. Letter from Matagorda CountyA Grain of DoubtFor more than 75 years, rice farmers in Matagorda County and elsewhere along the Gulf have shared the waters of the Colorado River with urban residents in the Hill Country. But with city centers booming and an almost-certain drought ahead, the state is being forced to choose between a water-intensive crop and a water-intensive population. |
Letter From DallasHail MaryCraig James—former star football player, onetime ESPN commentator, eternal antagonist of Texas Tech fans everywhere—is polling at about 4 percent in this year's Senate race. Does he really want your vote? Or just your sympathy? The TexanistOffering Fine Advice Since 2007How to respond to those weird bumper testicles, pledge allegiance to the flag, ask to see the top of someone’s boots, and decide between sweet and dill. |
Reporter
The Horse’s MouthBecoming a Pro Soccer PlayerBrek Shea on scoring goals, getting free cleats, and doing the faux-hawk. Object LessonJames Buescher’s Home OfficeThe NASCAR driver gives us a glimpse of his life away from the racetrack. Street SmartsKerrvilleThe annual folk festival celebrates its fortieth anniversary next month, but there's more to this Hill Country town than banjos and fiddles. |
Artist InterviewThe Mars VoltaOmar Rodríguez-López on the meaning of Noctourniquet, doing a reunion with At the Drive-In, and getting bored. Book ReviewSecret Agent ManRetired Border Patrol officer Hipolito Acosta remembers his time on the beat in The Shadow Catcher. Hollywood, TXHer Bust InterestsIn The Client List, Jennifer Love Hewitt tries to the breast of her ability. State of the ArtMargaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Dallas |
The Filter
Pat’s PickWoodshed Smokehouse |
Miscellany
ContributorsBryan Curtis, Kate Galbraith, and Hugh Syme. |
Editor’s LetterKind of Blue |
Web Exclusives
A Q&A With John SpongThe senior editor on writing about outlaw country, hearing Jerry Jeff Walker tell stories, and listening to good music. Where Are They NowUpdates on the cosmic cowboys, redneck rockers, and other notables of the outlaw country scene. See Jane ShopStyle blogger Jane Aldridge on where she likes to go in Texas to get her goods. A Q&A With Nate BlakesleeThe senior editor on Texas Parks and Wildlife’s program to reintroduce bighorn sheep in the Big Bend. A Q&A With Bryan CurtisThe special correspondent on talking to former-football-star-turned-politician Craig James, understanding the “Real Street” rhetoric, and making predictions about sports. The Drop Everything ListThe Art of Recycling, an interview with Darrell K Royal, Texas Onion Fest, and the LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour . . . |
Prison Rodeo Gone, but Not ForgottenAnother piece of Texas history was razed in mid-January when bulldozers unceremoniously demolished the prison rodeo arena in Huntsville, but the memory of the event rides on. The Drop Everything ListThe Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas triathlon, Trenton Doyle Hancock, and the Avocado Takedown . . . Justice in TimeFifteen years after being released from death row, Kerry Max Cook is still looking for freedom. The Drop Everything ListThe Sulphur Creek Iron Chef Cook's Challenge, Spoon, the Aurora Picture Show, and Battle on the Bernard. . . The Drop Everything ListCarol Burnett, Texas State Gospel Singing Convention, the Runaway Scrape and the Kemah Crawfish Festival. . . A Tribute to Mr. BojanglesTodd Snider's latest album reflects his deep-seated admiration for Jerry Jeff Walker's free-spirited style. |
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