Jeff Salamon
Jeff Salamon is a senior editor at Texas Monthly and previously served as an editor at The Village Voice and the Austin American-Statesman. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, Details, and Artforum.
Features
Dan Rather Pop Quiz!
Six interesting facts about the retired CBS news anchorman found in his new book, Rather Outspoken
The One-Question Interview with Douglas Brinkley
Author of Cronkite answers the question: What’s the most surprising thing you learned about Walter Cronkite?
Ben Fountain Undoes Dallas
Decades after he started writing, the acclaimed author is publishing his first novel. And some of his neighbors may not be happy.
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Illegal Immigration (But Didn’t Know Who To Ask)
What’s the deal with the border fence? Are green cards really green? How many undocumented immigrants live in Texas? Any more questions?
A Tale Of Two Endings
The Bucket List
Driving the River Road, in far West Texas; having a drink at the Mansion on Turtle Creek, in Dallas; fishing for bass in Caddo Lake; eating a chicken-fried steak in Strawn; searching for a lightning whelk along the coast; and 58 other things that all Texans must do before they die.
People We’ll Miss—2009
A fond look back at 22 Texans who died in 2009, from Farrah Fawcett and Walter Cronkite to Brandon Lara and Joe Bowman.
Columns | Miscellany
The Rap on Jazz
Is there a place in the genre for hip-hop influences? Houston pianist Jason Moran thinks so.
Mex Appeal
Ricky Martin? Jennifer Lopez? The real Spanish-language stars of the moment are the Monterrey punk, funk, jazz, and hip-hop duo Plastilina Mosh.
Reporter
The Mars Volta
Omar Rodríguez-López on the meaning of Noctourniquet, doing a reunion with At the Drive-In, and getting bored.
The Strange Boys
Amanda Shires
Los Lonely Boys
Becoming a Songwriter
Hayes Carll on songwriting.
Bun B
Vinnie Paul Abbott
Paul Wall
The Player
Richardson’s poker pasha says, “Viva Las Vegas.”
Web Exclusives
The Ron Paul Effect
In 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.
Like a Writer
Bizarre similes pour forth from a Dallas debut novelist’s fingers like wine from a bottomless bottle that is also missing its cork.
Kinky ♥ Rick
In 2006, Kinky Friedman thought he'd be the better governor. In 2011, he is ready for a Perry presidency.
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