Lee Harvey Oswald Was a Friend of Homer Henderson

"...Homer Henderson's assassin ode "Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Mine" stands alone in..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips: Ruth Paine House Museum, Irving

At first it might seem rather macabre to visit the house where the accused Lee Harvey Oswald spent his last night of freedom

"...rather macabre to visit the house where the accused Lee Harvey Oswald spent his last night of freedom. But..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Parkland

The events surrounding the assasination of JFK are witnessed through the eyes of those who were there in this made-in-Austin film.

"...two days when Jack Ruby murdered the alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, shocked the nation and the world. Glibly,..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One-Man Band and Oddball Songman Homer Henderson 1952-2022

The man behind “Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Mine” has died

"...(often simultaneously), real name Phil Bennison, co-wrote and performed "Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Mine," an underground 1985..."

April 22, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Friend of the Family

In Thomas Mallon's new nonfiction book, the strangest figure in the JFK assassination is the most honest one.

"...housewife, pulled into her driveway on November 21, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was in her front yard under the..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Conspiracy

The short happy life and quick assassination of ASK

"...700, with speakers including Norman Mailer as well as Lee Harvey Oswald's widow, Marina Oswald Porter. I offer the..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Features Feature by Louis Black

A Journey to 'Parkland'

Writer/director Peter Landesman on the untold stories of JFK's death

"...Parkland turns the camera away from President Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald. Instead, it focuses on the people surrounding..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dancing About Architecture

Life and death on the live music club scene; Dale Watson escapes, Huey Meaux doesn't; and more tantalizing tidbits of Terpsichore...

"...Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Dale's..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Change of Venue

This year, FronteraFest is takin' it to the streets – and a chapel, a bookstore, a home ...

"...assassination, when, according to Judyth Vary Baker, she and Lee Harvey Oswald carried on a torrid affair. Elizabeth V...."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Reflections on Assassination

Trying to find some wisdom on a grim anniversary

"...hadn't even been invented yet. The whole culture was asleep until sex, drugs, and rock & roll came along..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Page Two: The Vision Thing

Championing idealism over realism is not inherently good, moral, or noble

"...I watched a group of ardent researchers surround Marina Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's widow, barraging her with questions. One..."

April 25, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...ruminations on the Dallas clipjoint proprietor and killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby: "I can tell you about..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

11/22

Legendary Austin author Neal Barrett Jr. describes that fateful day in 1963

"...Kennedy died at Parkland Hospital. The shooter's name was Oswald. They caught him in a theatre in nearby Oak..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Neal Barrett Jr

Dr Pepper, Texas

What makes the Dr Pepper in Dublin, Texas, so much better than that made anywhere else?

"...Smooth and K-Mart's Dr. Rocket. Shoot Me a Waco Lee Harvey Oswald was a Pepper, habitually ingesting the caffeinated..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Features Feature by David Lynch

ASK: Roland Swenson

JFK symposium exposes SXSW head as CIA operative!

"...I learned that a waitress we all knew was Lee Harvey Oswald’s daughter. It made me think about the..."

Nov. 21, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Writers on Kennedy

What we think about when we think about JFK

"...have gone through life not questioning the idea that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone shooter who assassinated the..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Apprentice

Fctionalized account of Donald Trump’s rise (Sebastian Stan) under the tutelage of lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong)

"...historical figures, whether it be his twitchy resurrection of Lee Harvey Oswald in Parkland or the surly determination of..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Politics Gift Guide

Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin

"...Peace Unearthed Lee Harvey Oswald's Coffin..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Assassins

The debut of UT's Musical Theatre Pilot Project is a visual treat, well performed, and with plenty of fun moments

"...a president, John Wilkes Booth smartly tells a depressed Lee Harvey Oswald. Presidents, as it were, can only be..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

A Tale of Two Conspiracies

FLIR tape conspiracy theorists compare notes with the Kennedy assassination theorists

"...suggests there was at least one assassin other than Lee Harvey Oswald who murdered John F. Kennedy in Dallas..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Writers on Kennedy

What we think about when we think about JFK

"...Lee Harvey Oswald attended my high school, Arlington Heights in..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Reporting an Assassination

"Parkland" director Peter Landesman on JFK research

"...people caught in the whirlwind: The Dallas FBI agents, Lee Harvey Oswald's brother, and the doctors at Parkland Hospital..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

They Killed the President

Dallas soul man Bobby Patterson once counted Jack Ruby a patron

"...owned by Jack Ruby, who killed alleged JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald...."

Nov. 22, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

An Easy Read

NPrint Brings Books to TV

"...also includes a segment on Ray and Mary LaFontaine's Oswald Talked, the latest in the never-ending stream of books..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Screens Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Truth Seeker

Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white

"...Dorothea Lange, and former University of Texas professor Russell Lee were all part of America's largest governmental effort to..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

From the Vault: “The Guilt of Frank Sinatra”

As ASO toasts Sinatra in concert, we revisit a Michael Ventura classic

"...them. His last line in the film eerily echoes Lee Harvey Oswald's "I'm the patsy." The line is: "All..."

Dec. 29, 2015 Arts Post by Michael Ventura

The JFKonspiracy

Kathy McCarty wants to know "Why?" Why is wanting to know more about the Kennedy Assassination such social suicide?

"...government are highly suspect, and that the explanation that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, the Magic Bullet Theory, is..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Scanlines

"...w/ Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Oldman, Michael Rooker, Sissy Spacek,..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature

The Guilt of Frank Sinatra

Letters at 3 a.m.

"...them. His last line in the film eerily echoes Lee Harvey Oswald's "I'm the patsy." The line is: "All..."

May 29, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Fantastic Fest Review: The Apprentice

Controversy-sparking Trump biopic follows the birth of a monster

"...historical figures, whether it be his twitchy resurrection of Lee Harvey Oswald in Parkland or the surly determination of..."

Sept. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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