Greetings From Marfa
A taxonomy of West Texas waves.
A taxonomy of West Texas waves.
Ah, NorthPark, how Dallas loves thee.
Doin’ the Waco Slide.
From the Bryan Daily Eagle, July 7, 1910
A trove of Texas memorabilia.
Stephen F. Austin was a Texas pioneer—of image management.
What this historical dramatization of the Texas Revolution could have been—and what it was.
After the deadly shoot-out in Waco, what do the Bandidos want? To be left alone.
Readers respond to the June 2015 issue.
Among other things, Charles Goodnight basically invented the food truck. (He called it the chuck wagon.)
Some crazy stuff went down last month. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
What to read, hear, and watch this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
“Our water squirters again find employment by amusing themselves in sprinkling our streets.” —San Saba County News, April 7, 1893
Wimberley, after the deluge.
District judge Carter Tinsley Schildknecht, of Dawson County, was reprimanded by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for, among other offenses, holding a fifteen-hour court session that ran until four in the morning, during which she allowed no formal meal or bathroom breaks.
Our estimable advice columnist on washed-up beaches, chicken-fried whoppers, the etymology of “hindcatcher,” and tryin’ to love an Elantra-drivin’ man.
If the death of a horse is the most touching scene in this production, what does that say about it?
A playlist of late-seventies and early-eighties country pop made popular by Urban Cowboy.
Usually the devil is in the details, but with “Texas Rising,” the broad brush strokes are more troubling.
If you don’t think about it too hard, Texas Rising is pretty enjoyable to watch.
Texas Rising has taken historic liberties that have undermined rather than enhanced the narrative momentum of the story.
A slouchy story. No narrative drive. Questionable history. But, sure, I’ll keep watching Texas Rising.
Readers respond to the May 2015 issue.
Our estimable advice columnist on armadillo mortality, Dallas Cowboys etiquette, barbecue preferences, and a perfect Texas playlist.
Can we save our beloved ant-eating, blood-spurting, quickly disappearing state reptile?
When I was nine years old, I struggled to make a super 8 movie as my life unspooled around me.
Some crazy stuff went down last month. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
Alyssa Michalke was recently named the first female commander of Texas A&M’s corps of cadets. It’s been a long time coming.
“Lightning killed near Blossom, Tex., a mule and cow at the same time. They were a mile apart.”—Jefferson Jimplecute, May 1, 1908
Iliza Shlesinger, whose comic style mates icy reserve with feverish belligerence, hits the road.
In drought-ravaged West Texas, cotton farmers find good omens in unlikely places.
So what’s with all those earthquakes in North Texas? Is fracking really to blame? Let us give you a visual.
Readers respond to the April 2015 issue.
Our estimable advice columnist on hat etiquette, delusions of ranchhood, reconnecting with your Texas roots, and staying loyal to your Wranglers.
Some crazy stuff went down last month. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
What to read, hear, and look at to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
“A large chair factory began operations in Tyler on Saturday.”—Abilene Reporter, May 2, 1890
P.J. Proby is still here.
The DRT and the Alamo: a look back.
The Fort Bend County sheriff’s office issued a press release on its website seeking help in locating hundreds of people whose credit cards and driver’s licenses were sitting in the lost-and-found of a local movie theater. The press release, which pointed out that the theater’s carelessness put owners of the missing items at high risk for
An electoral travesty at UT.
A funny thing happened on the way to the San Angelo fracking sand transloading facility.
How a trip to South Padre Island, a grand theft auto, and an English folk singer forever changed my life’s course.
The magical game played by wizards in the Harry Potter series is now real sport. And a bunch of Texans are its best players.
A century ago, no battleship could do without a twelve-gallon silver punchbowl with matching cups and ladle.
Few things make Texans happier than a full tank of gas and an open highway. You’ve got a lot of ground to cover, but I propose you start with these four trips, each originating at Brady, the geographic center of Texas. You’ll be saying “y’all” and offering the hi sign
You can spend your whole life trying, but this will do in a pinch.
But they did get to Texas as fast as they could (which is to say, within the past five years). Meet eighteen recent transplants to the state’s three fastest-growing cities.
A word about these four destinations: most native Texans visited them on their elementary school field trips. They are essential, so if you haven’t seen them yet, you’d better get cracking. Just remember, this is only the start.
To gain pop culture literacy, you could spend a long weekend taking in works produced for the big screen (Giant, Dazed and Confused) and the small box (Lonesome Dove, Friday Night Lights). But the quicker route would be an afternoon surfing YouTube. Search for the terms below, but don’t blame us if you end up falling down a