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May 2012
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Behind the LinesBuyer BewareDear New Owner of the Houston Astros: Please don’t screw things up as badly as the last guy did. The TexanistOffering Fine Advice Since 2007Boot-scooting in the right direction, leaving New York, wondering about the yardman, and trying out the cowgirl look when you’re no longer 25. |
Prudence MackintoshDear JaneMy mother-in-law knew how to sew, keep an immaculate house, and dress stylishly. In short, she was nothing like the unpolished young woman who married her son. Perhaps that’s why we loved each other so much. AcademiaThe Most Trusted Freshman In America |
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Book ReviewExxposéMusic ReviewNootropicsMusic ReviewThe Grifter’s HymnalState of the ArtTejano Monument, Austin |
Street SmartsGrapevineArtist InterviewNorah JonesThe Grapevine-raised singer on her latest project, "building" an album, and the downsides of being an overnight success. |
The Filter
Pat’s PickOxheart |
The Filter: DiningNew + Noteworthy |
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ContributorsJoe Hagan, Mimi Swartz, Paul Knight |
Editor’s LetterPrimal Screen |
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Friedrichsburg RevisitedThe German novel, penned in 1867 and set in the just-settled Hill Country hamlet, gets a modern translation. Like a WriterBizarre similes pour forth from a Dallas debut novelist’s fingers like wine from a bottomless bottle that is also missing its cork. The Ron Paul EffectIn the forthcoming Ron Paul’s rEVOLution (Broadside Books, $26.99), the journalist Brian Doherty takes an up-close look at the libertarian Texas congressman, from Paul’s initial immersion in the works of the Austrian economist Friedrich von Hayek right up to the recent Republican primaries, when Doherty hit the campaign trail as a journalist. In a phone and email interview from his office in Los Angeles, Doherty, a senior editor at the libertarian magazine Reason who makes no bones about his admiration for Paul, discussed Paul’s place in the ongoing nomination battle. A Q&A With Skip HollandsworthThe executive editor on what it was like to help Richard Linklater turn an East Texas murder story into a star-studded film. A Q&A With Mimi SwartzThe author and contributing writer on witnessing the rise and fall of a yogi The Drop Everything ListRoasting an Entire Steer, Fiddlers' Frolics, and the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Fest . . . Dallas's Design DistrictThis once-industrial enclave has been reborn as the city's trendiest new spot. Here's a guide to the area's acclaimed restaurants, chic stores, and daring art galleries. |
Finding Peace and Joy in AustinHow a rare statue in an unassuming temple made the capital city a place to seriously study Buddhism. The Drop Everything ListThe Chicken Fried Steak Festival, George Clooney, and a Tribute to Roy Rogers . . . The Drop Everything ListThe Lone Star Jam, meeting Phil Collins, and the Houston Art Car Parade . . . From Blogging to Book DealHouston Chronicle blogger Jenny Lawson (aka The Bloggess) found herself at the center of a two-day auction among twelve publishing houses for the rights to her debut memoir, Let's Pretend This Never Happened. How did she rise from unpaid blogger to New York Times bestseller? The Drop Everything ListMiranda Lambert, the Future Music Summit, Texas Crab Festival, and a songwriting retreat in Marfa . . . Like Father, Like SonAndy Langer talks with Willie Nelson and his youngest son, Lukas, about "The Family," Willie's new album, and passing the torch. |
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