
This might be the end of the LuAnn Platter.
Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. Dan started working with Texas Monthly as a freelancer in 2013 before becoming a staff writer, covering topics from the Baylor sexual assault scandal to the gentrification of Austin barbecue to the legacy of Texas outsider artist Daniel Johnston. His reporting has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Fast Company, Billboard, and Deadspin.
Sep 8, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
This might be the end of the LuAnn Platter.
Sep 2, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Its influence is evident in the way new releases such as ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ and ‘Cobra Kai’ use time in their storytelling.
Aug 28, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Siena, Italy, crams 30,000 people into the amount of space occupied by a five-stack interchange in the Bayou City.
Aug 27, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
You can’t keep Big Tex down.
Aug 26, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
San Antonio comic book creator Ben Dunn, 56, had been quietly publishing comics for more than thirty years when Hollywood finally came calling.
Aug 18, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Austin songwriter Mobley recruited musicians to collaborate on an album in quarantine. It feels like a snapshot of a music scene seeking a new way forward.
Aug 13, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
From Mattress Mack to Dick Poe to Crazy Willie, we got ’em all!
Aug 11, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
A good can is hard to find.
Aug 4, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
We pulled up and opened the trunks of our hearts, and the Harris County Public Library’s instantly iconic pitchman quickly deposited himself inside.
Aug 4, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
UT-Austin hit students with a request that at any other time would have seemed ridiculous: before classes start, would they please spend 14 days in self-quarantine?
Jul 31, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The Houston Astros owner decided to defend every bad PR move his organization has made.
Jul 24, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The death rate from COVID-19 in deep South Texas is more than twice the state average.
Jul 22, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
New polling indicates that the governor’s office is lagging behind mainstream opinion of the coronavirus pandemic.
Jul 22, 2020 — By Dan Solomon and Paula Forbes
It's not just the pandemic. Texas's beloved grocery chain has been developing its disaster response for more than a decade.
Jul 20, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Daniel Johnston's famous friendly frog is the perfect COVID accessory for a man like myself.
Jul 18, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The celebrity chef, accused of domestic violence four years ago, says he’s ready to do the work. But what does that mean?
Jul 16, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The new Arlington baseball stadium has an approach that's, well, out of left field.
Jul 14, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
After running second in the Democratic primary to a progressive challenger, Moore argues that her critics haven’t done their homework.
Jul 13, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Access to mail-in ballots has been restricted by the courts, but Texans might be able to vote from their car.
Jun 25, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The band’s social media now calls them ”The Chicks.”
Jun 24, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Should he have won it back in 2005? Maybe. But he wasn’t going to take it after the fact.
Jun 13, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
As new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations reach their highest levels yet, the state is relying less on restrictions and more on individual decisions.
Jun 9, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
All of the trend lines in Texas are going the wrong way.
Jun 5, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
A planned march in an East Texas town sparked doubts and concerns on social media that it was a racist stunt.
Jun 3, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The Texas 2036 project organizes information from the state, Google, and the media to provide a clear picture of the state of the pandemic in Texas.
Jun 2, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Uri Geva is hoping that his Collegiate Summer Baseball Invitational proves that it is—but experts are skeptical.
Jun 2, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
An investigation into the Paper of Record that is, alas, somehow necessary.
May 28, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The disparity is even more stark when you consider that Wyoming is just one of 35 states with a smaller population than the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex alone.
May 20, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Are we being pranked, or is everyone going crazy?
May 19, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Governor Abbott’s phase two reopenings signal a hope from leaders that maybe this all will just work out, somehow.
May 15, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
As our understanding of the disease has evolved, so have the models and advice from experts.
May 13, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The live music industry was one of the first to come to a halt during the coronavirus crisis—but a plan could bring it back safer and sooner than anyone might have guessed.
May 11, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The streetwear brand Supreme announced its clothing collection featuring the late outsider artist’s work.
May 8, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
As far as PR stunts go, this one has been lucrative.
May 8, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
How do you sack a quarterback from six feet away?
May 7, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
From Mattress Mack to that Austin guy who pushed a park ranger into the lake, the pandemic is bringing out the best and worst in people.
May 5, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The question is making its way through the courts, after Attorney General Ken Paxton appealed a state judge’s ruling.
May 1, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The latest rant from the ‘Infowars’ host triggers a fear we didn’t know we had.
May 1, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
But the release of the track resulted in some drama anyway.
Apr 30, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Research suggests Governor Abbott’s statewide stay-at-home order was slowing down the coronavirus’s spread. What will happen now that he’s lifted it?
Apr 28, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Because there’s nothing to watch.
Apr 27, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Sure, why not?
Apr 27, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The redheaded stranger is socially distancing—thank you for your concern.
Apr 22, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The legendary Houston stand-up was a more conventional comic before he grew up on stages across America.
Apr 3, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Attempts to make sense of the spread of the virus can lead to some misunderstandings.
Apr 2, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
A modest request for Kyle Chandler in quarantine.
Apr 1, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
Some of the precious commodity spilled onto the interstate as the truck and cargo burned—the driver was uninjured.
Mar 30, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
The promising start to the league is one of the endless disappointments of 2020.
Mar 28, 2020 — By Dan Solomon
It’ll never match the live experience, but maybe it isn’t supposed to.
Mar 26, 2020 — By Dan Solomon and Paula Forbes
The grocer started communicating with its Chinese counterparts in January and was running tabletop simulations a few weeks later. (But nothing prepared it for the rush on toilet paper.)
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