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For some of us, there's nothing better than a cold longneck bottle of Big Red.
For some of us, there's nothing better than a cold longneck bottle of Big Red.
Farmers in the Rio Grande Valley are reeling from last year’s crop disaster—and they don’t cotton to agriculture commissioner Rick Perry’s excuses.
In a state that's becoming more
conservative, two young editors at the
Texas Observer are reenergizing a
magazine that won't leave the left behind.
Where are the best places to eat barbecue in Texas? Six years ago we published a highly subjective—and hotly debated— list of our fifty favorite joints, and now we’ve gone back for seconds. Ten intrepid souls drove more than 21,000 miles in search of 2003’s worthiest ‘cue. Here’s what they came back with: the top 5 and the next 45, plus honorable mentions, great chains, and meat by mail.
May 1, 2003 | by Patricia Sharpe , Eileen Schwartz , Joe Nick Patoski , Katy Vine , John Morthland , Paul Burka , John Spong , Michael Hall , Jane Dure , Christopher Keyes | Feature
When you listen to Jim Hightower’s talk radio show, that’s the question you inevitably ask—about him, the medium, and Texas liberalism.
So what if they’re not cranking out hits and selling out concerts the way they used to? After nearly three decades, no one makes better blues rock than ZZ Top.
In Lubbock they call her the "Spanish Yoko Ono," and María Elena Holly, Buddy Holly’s widow, has always had a troubled relationship with his conservative hometown. Some folks rave on that it’s her greed that has killed the city’s Buddy Holly Music Festival. But it’s more complicated than that.
From Scott Joplin to ZZ Top, a comprehensive guide to the best Texas music on CD.