BBQ Joint Reviews
May 4, 2023
The Original Bodacious Bar-B-Q Is a Gem Once Again
The Lindseys have nurtured a new pitmaster in the family to take over the original location of this chain in Longview after several closures.
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Texas History
April 27, 2023
Why These Ugly, Abandoned Longview Homes May Be Worth Saving
Behind the run-down exteriors of these concrete houses lies the story of an East Texas innovator and his one-of-a-kind machine.
Texas Trip Guides
April 4, 2023
Hip Bars and Culinary Surprises Take Longview to a New Level
Come to this East Texas city for the hot-air balloons. Stay for the gluten-free beers, natural wines, and impressive array of cuisines.
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Texas Country Reporter
March 14, 2023
A Longview Couple Brings Vintage RVs Back to Life
Ethan and Amanda Langley restore classic travel trailers for road warriors from all over North America.
Style & Design
September 9, 2022
These Texas-Made Perfumes Hit All the Right Notes
Meet three independent fragrance makers that create distinctive scents you won’t find in large department stores.
Style & Design
May 23, 2022
East Texas’s Most Exciting New Store Is Hidden in a Small-town Mansion
Picture Magnolia Market crossed with Downton Abbey and accessorized with a bounce house.
Music
January 14, 2022
The Man in the Eyeball Mask
Hardy Fox, founder of the strange and influential band the Residents, developed his bizarre sensibility while growing up in small-town East Texas.
BBQ Joint Reviews
November 22, 2021
Life After Bodacious: Bryan Bingham Starts Fresh With Sunbird Barbecue
Free of the chain's fixed menu, Bingham and his co-owners traffic in excellent experimentation and well-smoked meat with their Longview barbecue trailer.
Food & Drink
August 18, 2021
Dudley’s Cajun Cafe Will Never Be the Same—And That’s Okay
To survive the pandemic, the beloved Longview restaurant had to evolve. As a waiter there, I did too.
Meanwhile, in Texas
April 13, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: Baker Mayfield Spots a UFO
Plus, a man pretends to be conducting a CIA investigation at a Longview children's museum.
Film & TV
March 25, 2021
‘The Last Blockbuster’ Is a Fond Farewell to the Nearly Defunct Video Chain
Each blue VHS box was a transmission from another planet that promised there were others like me somewhere.
Film & TV
March 12, 2021
No, Really, Matthew McConaughey Might Run for Governor
Plus: Megan Thee Stallion spices up the Grammys, Selena Gomez considers giving up music, and Post Malone gets in on the NFT craze.
BBQ
October 29, 2020
BBQ News: A Very Bad Take About Barbecue in America
Plus, our very own BBQ Fest culminates in a virtual backyard barbecue this Sunday.
BBQ
October 1, 2020
BBQ News Roundup: A Fort Worth Restaurant’s New Online “Meat Locker” Sells Brisket to Smoke at Home
Plus: Texas A&M scientists used eye-tracking tech to help 1775 BBQ in College Station design a new menu.
Texas History
October 30, 2019
A Final Toast to the Quirkiest Little Dive Bar in the Piney Woods
Ray Gene, proprietor of Longview’s singular It’ll Do Tavern, passed away last weekend.
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Style & Design
April 24, 2019
Brandon Maxwell on ‘Project Runway,’ Texas Women, and First Ladies
The celebrated fashion designer has come a long way from Longview.
Film & TV
March 11, 2019
‘The Highwaymen’ Is a Take on Bonnie and Clyde That Feels Truly Texan
The film, directed by Longview native John Lee Hancock, focuses on the legend of Texas’s most famous bank robbers—and our collective fascination with them.
BBQ Joint Reviews
February 7, 2019
Bodacious Bar-B-Q’s Jordan Jackson Gets Back to His Barbecue Roots in Gladewater
The pitmaster avoids the stress of his popular joint in Longview by running the location twelve miles away.
True Crime
August 24, 2018
Who’s Killing Buck Birdsong’s Cows?
Life on the ranch was hard enough already, and full of uncertainty. Then a string of dead calves turned up, and everything pointed to murder. But why? And how? A Longview mystery.
Film & TV
June 30, 1998
Truckin’
A filmmaker’s long view of Longview
Music
March 1, 1998
The Entertainer
How has Jacksonville native Neal McCoy, a self-described “easy-listenin’ kinda guy,” managed to sell five million country CDs and cassettes? It has little to do with his singing.
Art
December 1, 1997
Searching for Santa
This time of year, Yule find him hanging around East Texas: On lawns and roofs, he’s a Claus célèbre.
Film & TV
December 1, 1997
His Perfect World
Growing up in Longview and Texas City, John Lee Hancock dreamed of a life in the movies. Today, he’s one of L.A.’s hottest screenwriters.
Energy
April 1, 1976
Did You Hear The One About The Farmer’s Daughter?
A strip-mining company made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.