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The Thrill Isn’t Gone
Wearing an Antone’s T-shirt, an old bluesman’s fedora, and black jeans tucked into untied boots, Gary Clark Jr. walked onto the main stage of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 10 with the...
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F for Fantasy
Eli Manning is coming off another triumph at the Super Bowl. Tim Tebow sells a lot of jerseys. And Dez Bryant is doing a fine job upholding the legacy of the headline-grabbing Dallas Cowboys wide...
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Kenny Klimple, Bus Driver
After serving as a police officer for six years in the Brazos Valley, Klimple “burned out” on working with the public and sought refuge in truck driving. He got his commercial driver’s license while...
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Tackling the Cowboys
The rapid-fire, ultra-glitzy, superstar-driven nature of professional football as it is played on any given Sunday does not always lend itself to serious literary contemplation. For every classic of...
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5 Things You’ll Be Talking About in October
1. Third Time’s the Charm! Right?For the third straight year, the Texas Rangers head into the postseason with hopes that are high and realistic. Led by perennial MVP candidate Josh Hamilton, they’re...
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Roar of the Crowd
Our September cover was a hit on Facebook, where it received hundreds of shares and likes—and generated a raging debate between those who thought the photo was adorable and those who felt that the...
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Pecan Pralines
“The pecan candy man, usually a Mexican, dressed in white duck jacket and trousers, is a familiar sight on the street corners of every Texas city.“—E. G. Littlejohn, “The Pecan: Its Culture and...
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Cover Credit
Photo illustration by Image Foundation. Tower photograph by Wyatt McSpadden.The post Cover Credit appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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Fracked Into a Corner?
When the novelist and longtime Vermont resident Annie Proulx came to the Texas Panhandle to research a book, she was struck by how thoroughly exploited the land was, both above and below. Here is how...
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Toast of the Town
DAY 1Let me be honest: everything about Houston intimidates me, from its sprawling size to its infinite destinations. And did I mention the traffic? Whenever I visit, my Houston friends never want to...
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The Belt Buckle
1. This sterling buckle affixed with the Medal of the Immaculate Conception takes Austin brothers Demian and Alex Vazquez fourteen hours to craft. $1,495; dandabrothers.com2. Each creation by...
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The Texanist: What Are the Rules for Setting Up in a New Tailgating Spot?
What are the rules for setting up in a new tailgating spot? Illustration by Jack UnruhQ: I’ve had a tailgate party in the same spot for just about every Aggie home game since R. C. Slocum’s last...
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AUSTINHometown BluesGary Clark Jr., the Austin guitar ace who is leading a blues revival, will preview songs from his anticipated major-label LP and play old standards that should inspire fans to sing...
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Storming the Ivory Tower
Last August, on the first day of classes for the fall 2011 semester at the University of Texas at Austin, I stood on a pebbled apron of the UT Tower in a patch of shade and took in a timeless scene. A...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Postman
This story is from Texas Monthly’s archives. We have left the text as it was originally published to maintain a clear historical record. Read more here about our archive digitization project. In July...
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Turnover!
By late 1988, the Dallas Cowboys were no longer America’s Team—or if they were, America didn’t seem to care. The once high-flying franchise had suffered three consecutive losing years, including a...
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This column is a response to “The Poll Truth,” by writer-at-large Michael Ennis. Let us talk some common sense. This is the United States of America and the year is 2012. There is nothing we do of even...
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The Poll Truth
There’s one prediction about next month’s election you can take to the bank: Texans won’t show up. We’ve never been prolific voters, but over the past decade our turnout relative to the rest of the...
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