Pat Blashill’s Elegant, Extreme Images of Lone Star Punk

Butthole Surfers and Big Boys’ heyday captured in Texas Is the Reason

"...on, photographer Pat Blashill envisioned his book as a stark, aestheticized art piece, inspired by ocular icons like Robert..."

April 8, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

"...Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Books Review by R.U. Steinberg

Matthew McConaughey: Lone Star Rising

The Luck of the Drawl

"...he doesn't seem particularly impatient or resentful that his star hasn't risen faster. He's the first to admit that..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Matt Zoller Seitz

Lone Star State of Mind

Neal Barrett Jr.'s characters, clues, and unparalleled career

"...writer. You'd have to look for the details: the books on the shelves, the awards on the walls. In..."

June 7, 2013 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lone Star (In)Justice

Tales of true crime and made-up mayhem from deep in the heart of Texas

"...outcasts, and out-and-out madmen constitute a large part of Lone Star history, in both fact and fiction, and those..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

South, America

Rod Davis' New Orleans noir steeps the reader in Southern atmosphere, history, and violence

"...South, Americaby Rod Davis NewSouth Books, 260 pp., $24.95, paper..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Michael King

Joe O'Connell's Top Reads of 2015

Paradise Sky and The Best I Recall head a list of stellar Lone Star books

"...by a racist killer seeking revenge. Paradise Sky (Mulholland Books), like Lansdale's equally fine 2013 novel The Thicket, channels..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...way to find out. Williams wasn't mentioned in any books I could find, and even his new LP wasn't..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

A Mile Above Texas

Gorgeous images of land and water shot from the air provide a fresh perspective on the Lone Star State

"...And for the Lone Starry-eyed loved ones who can't get enough images of..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Six Local Books for Foodies for the Holidays

Texas food for the eyes and stomach

"...This one's a down-home treasure of Tex-Mex and other Lone Star vittles, filled with recipes for queso, nachos, Frito..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Book of the Stars, Stars of the Books

The 2008 Nebula Awards ceremony comes to Austin

"...of magnesium intensity, at least with something akin to starlight...."

April 18, 2008 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

For You to See the Stars

by Radney Foster

"...fiction explores the human condition of individuality throughout the Lone Star State, obviously drawing on the native Texan's experiences..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Review by Lauren Modery

Gift Guide: In Good Books

Cooking titles for everyone on the list

"...However, cookbooks do make great Christmas gifts – what could be..."

Dec. 11, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Hit the Books

Previewing the Texas Book Festival

Oct. 15, 2010 Books Feature

Rock & Roll Books

"...Kinky Friedman knows Lone Star State singer-songwriters. "Needless to say," he writes in..."

June 1, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead

Gift guide

"...by ZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons, the most enigmatic Lone Star cat to strap six-strings over his shoulder, is..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Review by Joe Nick Patoski

Broadcasts Vol. 27

"...Bird, and Patty Griffin trills the age of woman. Lone Stars hog the spotlight behind the Texas Gentlemen's what-are-they-smoking..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Lone Gunman

"...Joe Queenan is this country's top character assassin. In..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Stuart Wade

Every Picture Tells a Story

Lone Star Producer Maggie Renzi

"...Fish, The Secret of Roan Inish, and most recently, Lone Star. In doing so, Sayles and Renzi have realized..."

June 28, 1996 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

In Memoriam: Bill Wittliff

Legendary writer/photographer/collector/benefactor dead at 79

"...and art scenes, and a proud son of the Lone Star State who seemed to devote as much energy..."

June 12, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Michener Center Director Named

Author Bret Anthony Johnston to head UT center for writers

"...Texas has turned to a native son of the Lone Star State. Joining the center this summer will be..."

July 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Tales of the Cocktail Takes Over New Orleans This Week

Texas craft bar talent attending NOLA event July 17 - 21

"...week, there will be a strong showing from the Lone Star State’s sizable contingent of visiting bar professionals, a..."

July 16, 2013 Food Post by David Alan

Texas Book Festival 2017: The First Dozen

Lisa Ko, Claire Messud lead off first look at fest lineup

"...4 and 5, and the 22nd year of this Lone Star celebration of the written word promises a wealth..."

June 7, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Postscripts

A new Texas publisher intends on becoming the largest for-profit publisher in Texas.

"...he intended to make the best publisher in Texas. Lone Star Books, TaylorWilson's imprint that Hamrick directed in addition..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Texas Book Festival 2014: The Full Party List

Among the 275 authors: Oates, Ellroy, Mosley, Lear, Dean

"...tantalizing, what with a legend like Martin Amis, rising star Edan Lapucki, and a pair of Pulitzer Prize winners..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

July Is Crime Month: Fade to Black

Screen noir this week at AFS, the Paramount, and BookPeople

"...So far, the Chronicle's July crime spree has focused..."

July 21, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Three Cheers for Reading

Our favorite books of 2013

"...From the year's biggest books – Matt Zoller Seitz's Wes Anderson Collection, say –..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Local Pick for Free Comic Book Day

Creators of Punchline offer a super-powered narrative

"...quite happily, with dozens and dozens of free comic books...."

May 1, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sunshine (State) on My Shoulder, Part 1

A deeper look at the work of Florida's ragtag art collective, The Highwaymen.

"...Recently, I immersed in a few coffeetable books covering subjects relating to my home state, Florida. In..."

Dec. 17, 2007 Design Post by Kate X Messer

Postscripts

Dave Hamrick is leaving Barnes & Noble to join Taylor Wilson, a recently founded publishing company in Houston but his departure means more for Texas writers than you might at first imagine.

"...River), "but he's well-read, much better read than most booksellers, you know, and he has a range of interests..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

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