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We haven’t even begun to reach peak nineties nostalgia, but this is quite an announcement.
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.
We haven’t even begun to reach peak nineties nostalgia, but this is quite an announcement.
By Dan Solomon
Myke Tavarres is an unlikely NFL success story—and he decided not to push his chances before his team’s final preseason game.
By Dan Solomon
The hook ’em sign in donut form has been a part of the bakery’s brand for years—but UT lawyers are suddenly unhappy.
By Dan Solomon
The celebrity chef is the subject of a 4,000-word profile by the Austin American-Statesman. He says all the right things, but is it quite the right time?
By Dan Solomon
The newly-divorced Texan has been on the billionaire’s radar at least since she shot ’Machete Kills’ in Austin.
By Dan Solomon
Austin isn’t Donald Trump’s friendliest market, but the candidate kept it weird anyway.
By Dan Solomon
The story behind the tip of a lifetime.
By Dan Solomon
It’s the definition of a public service.
By Dan Solomon
University of Texas swimmer James Feigen and Ryan Lochte said they were robbed at gunpoint during the Olympics, but that is looking increasingly suspect.
By Dan Solomon
The dangers of an unfortunate local paper headline in the viral era.
By Dan Solomon
A Helotes man left his baby in a hot car while he went to work, but so far, he’s not facing charges.
By Dan Solomon
Barack Obama released his summer playlist, and he’s into Gary Clark Jr. and Leon Bridges.
By Dan Solomon
The former Baylor coach, relieved of his duties after recommendations from a law firm hired to investigate his program’s sexual assault scandal, has been busy traveling lately.
By Jessica Luther and Dan Solomon
It’s the second such death in the United States.
By Dan Solomon
The trio’s trip through Texas this weekend is a testament to their vitality as a band.
By Dan Solomon
After its Houston convention, the Green Party is aiming to gather the Bernie-or-Bust momentum.
By Dan Solomon
The newly elected Dallas County GOP chair announced his resignation this week, while the Travis County party head wears his jester’s cap.
By Dan Solomon
In his resignation, he denied that his statement had a racial element. Let’s talk about the history of the word ”thug.”
By Dan Solomon
The State Fair of Texas broke from tradition in releasing the names of its 34 semi-finalists in the food competition, but details are scarce.
By Dan Solomon
The Houston country singer has some non-FDA-approved advice for those going through a tough time.
By Dan Solomon
Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick have a lot to say about protecting police lives—but the biggest threats to officers aren’t toting guns.
By Dan Solomon
Football-related gaffes from politicians are nothing new, but each one is like watching someone tear their ACL while doing a touchdown dance.
By Dan Solomon
The East Texas rockers come out swinging with a new song from forthcoming album ”Mud.”
By Dan Solomon
The one in Hollywood, not the Louis Tussauds in San Antonio, so adjust your travel plans accordingly.
By Dan Solomon
Police made the arrest because of ”the credibility of the threat.”
By Dan Solomon
A demonstration so peaceful that police and protesters spent hours posing for selfies turned deadly.
By Dan Solomon
Robison sits down opposite his wife to get to the heart of the songwriting process in the second episode of his web series.
By Dan Solomon
Three years after Wendy Davis’s filibuster, Texas’s anti-abortion law is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Dan Solomon
The lawyer-turned-country singer tells her story in a jaunty fashion.
By Dan Solomon
The drummers for the Old 97’s, the Polyphonic Spree, and the Deathray Davies unite—on different instruments—for a new album.
By Dan Solomon
After Heard filed for divorce—and a restraining order—Depp’s friends have declared that she’s 'blackmailing' him.
By Dan Solomon
The country bros release 19 songs recorded during the ”Hold My Beer And Watch This” tour.
By Dan Solomon
The 171-year-old university fired its football coach and demoted its famous President today. Will that be enough?
By Jessica Luther and Dan Solomon
As the Democratic primary winds down, speculation on who frontrunner Hillary Clinton might select as a running mate ramps up—and there are some surprising names on the list.
By Dan Solomon
That’s one way to do outreach to voters who may feel alienated by the presumptive Republican nominee for President.
By Dan Solomon
The British rock band made an extra-special stop on their trip through Texas.
By Dan Solomon
It’s the remix to Transmission, hot and fresh out the kitchen.
By Dan Solomon
Get a grungy start to your week.
By Dan Solomon
The scathing cultural satire comes to the big screen under the direction of two-time Academy Award winner Ang Lee.
By Dan Solomon
The Lieutenant Governor foreshadows a statewide war over bathrooms.
By Dan Solomon
The Houston folkies have a message for some heartbreak.
By Dan Solomon
Some frequently asked questions, and even a handful of answers.
By Dan Solomon
Stay off Twitter, everybody.
By Dan Solomon
The Cowboys made the rare move of making a running back a top-five draft pick. What’ll it take for that to be worth it?
By Dan Solomon
What the battle over who writes regulations for Uber and Lyft in Austin tells us about the future of ridesharing and how much votes cost.
By Dan Solomon
The sixties pop throwback you didn’t know you needed in 2016.
By Dan Solomon
The Dallas band says goodbye to late bandleader Reverend Gean West.
By Dan Solomon
The nineties rockers' three-night Texas stand middled in Austin on Tuesday night.
By Dan Solomon
This is the most complicated that thinking about cake has ever been.
By Dan Solomon
The alt-country quartet’s evolution into a Dallas institution is complete.
By Dan Solomon