Texas Top 40

Ranking the best Tex-Centric Billboard Top 40 hits of the last 50 years.

"...40. "Tush," ZZ Top (#20, 1975) "Tush" combines the Top's..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Music Feature

Scrap It or Cap It? What to Do With Texas' Top Ten Percent Law.

Some want to do away with the post-'Hopwood' admissions law, but UT officials and others say it works

"...Wednesday's Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education hearing regarding the Top Ten Percent law governing Texas university admissions agreed that..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Top Texas 40

Ranking the Lone Star State in song

"...Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) The best songs about Texas..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas' 2011 Season as Predicted by 'NCAA 12'

Simulating the Longhorns season, video-game style

"...If I had told you last year that the Texas Longhorns would finish their football season with a 5-7..."

Sept. 3, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Stupid to Miss 'Stupid Texas Song'

"...I really enjoyed the "Texas Top 40" [Nov. 28] all the way around, from..."

Dec. 1, 2003 Postmarks

Texas Executive Order Reopens Texas Businesses to 100% Capacity and Lifts Mask Mandate

Local restaurants respond on social media

"...Beginning next Wednesday, March 10, Texas will lift its statewide mask mandate and allow all..."

March 2, 2021 Food Post by Jessi Cape

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...of any criticism, so it's best to approach the Top 20 U.S. single by pouring another glass of bubbly..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...Kansas named John R. Brinkley headed down to the Texas/Mexico border and built the world's most powerful radio station...."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

Business Deal Top 40 of 2005

Record review

"...Business Deal Top 40 of 2005..."

July 1, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Inaugural Round Top Film Festival Announced

Film fest in Texas' antiques capital accepting submissions now

"...Round Top may be known as the antiques capital of Texas,..."

May 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Texas Is Texas Wine?

What “Truth in Labeling” means for Texas winemakers and vineyards

"...At the beginning of this month, over 30 Texas winemakers congregated with wine lovers at Featherstone Ranch in..."

April 28, 2017 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Texas Chainsaw

Decades after the original, this story about the deranged, backwoods cannibal with a power tool still has legs – and extra 3-D torque.

"...Of all the remakes, reboots, and sequels of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which was first made in 1974,..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Platters

"...radio, covering AAA ("One Big Love"), rock ("Tony"), and Top-40 radio ("Change"). And yet, as much as Flaming Red..."

July 31, 1998 Music Review

Round Top Film Festival Offers Small-Town Charm and Big-Screen Enjoyment

RTFF brings screenings, schmoozing, and stars to east of Austin

"...Known for its iconic antique fair, Round Top introduces another event to push the destination as your..."

Nov. 4, 2024 Screens Post by Roberto Soto

What You Know About Them Texas Boys?

Former Texas high school football players shine in NFL Draft

"...are headed to the big time. These are the Top 5 former Texas High School players who were taken..."

April 30, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Texas Gets Spirited Away

Taste-testing Texas liquors against the world

"...There's a new trend in the Texas adult-beverage business: liquor. Locally produced vodka, rum, limoncello, and..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Inside the Texas Wine Trade

Four Texas wineries are joining to launch Texas Fine Wine

"...Over the last 10 years, the quality of Texas wines has been on an exponential upward arc. At..."

March 21, 2014 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Top Chef Texas, Week 12: Attack the Block

It's a head-to-head matchup at the Pearl Brewery.

"...Last time on Top Chef: Bev missed out on immunity because she didn’t..."

Jan. 28, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

A Steady Rise to the Top 10

UT men's basketball reach No. 7

"...Coaches Poll and were snubbed outright by the AP Top 25 at season's beginning...."

Jan. 28, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Public Notice: Top 10 Stories of 2021

Some top topics on the community news front

"...Here are my top 10 "Public Notice" stories of the year: Not necessarily..."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Behold the Texas Miracle!

The Texas Miracle has a very mixed record on state prosperity

"...– are familiar with the political rhetoric of the "Texas Miracle." Coined by state business boosters to describe the..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?

A new law review article raises questions about the Carlos De Luna case

"...the case – and makes it almost undeniable that Texas has executed an innocent man...."

May 15, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

McCoy the Top QB Ever? Talk to the Ghost of VY.

Colt poised to be the winningest college QB

"...through the end of this season of timidly high Texas Longhorn expectations. VY is the cloud that hangs over..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Texas Platters

"..."Salem" featuring vocals by one young Chris Geppert (aka Christopher Cross), the overall dynamic, remixed into the Nineties by..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Music Review

Texas State’s First Year in Big-Time Football

Good news and bad

"...experiment: Watch/listen to every game this season as the Texas State Bobcats embarked on FBS (Big-Time Football!) in an..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Texas State Makes the Leap to Big-Time Football

Bobcats enter FBS

"...The stadium has been expanded to 30,000 seats. The Texas State Bobcats will compete at the Football Bowl Subdivision..."

Aug. 30, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Walser Keeps the Top Hand

"...it for the money, I'd be in Nashville playing Top 40 country. I want to be on Sixth Street..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Music Column

Top Austin Headlines of 2021: Winter Storm Uri Wracks Austin

Feb. 14: For the first time ever, the National Weather Service issues winter storm warnings for the entire state of Texas

"...issues winter storm warnings for the entire state of Texas...."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Texas Rollergirls Championship Tonight

3-0 Hotrod Honeys take on 2007 champion Hell Marys for flat track title

"...What goes around, comes around. The Texas Rollergirls opened their 2008 season with the Hotrod Honeys..."

Aug. 3, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Third Fiddle Horns Beat Texas State by 12

Lethargic b-ballers improve record to 6-4 before Tarheels come to town

"...Oregon to win the first v-ball national championship for Texas in 25 years. Meanwhile, the men’s basketball team improved..."

Dec. 15, 2012 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

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