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The Texanist
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The National Advice Columnist of @texasmonthly.bsky.social since 2007. Send questions to [email protected].
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Julian Onderdonk @jonderdonk.bsky.social · 3d
Morning in the Hills Southwest Texas https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-julian-onderdonk/morning-in-the-hills-southwest-texas
Morning in the Hills Southwest Texas
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · 17d
As true today as when JKC recorded it in 1984.
Current Events-Joe King Carrasco
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · 19d
As a former factchecker, I will say that such corrections are the absolute greatest. It's not everyone who can raise the dead, after all. Long live the fact departments!
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 21d
In hindsight, all the problems started when we moved away from hand-written library catalog cards.
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Sep 5
The great Pat Sharpe has broken retirement to pen this mouthwatering note on Austin's world-famous purveyor of migas perfecto (and more), Cisco's Restaurant, Bakery & Bar, which turns 75 this year.
How a 75-Year-Old Tex-Mex Restaurant Became a Magnet for Politicians and Artists
Cisco’s has been holding strong in Austin since 1950.
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Aug 27
In honor of Lyndon Johnson's birthday (August 27, 1908, near Stonewall), please enjoy this audio of him ordering some pants. #HBDLBJ
LBJ Orders Pants
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · Aug 22
Beep beeeeeep! 🛻🏖️ https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/beach-driving-texas/
You Can Pry Texans’ Beach Driving From Their Cold Dead Hands
A long history of the beloved (and hated) tradition.
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · Aug 25
Nacogdoches claims to be the oldest town in Texas. But is it really?

The Texanist investigates. 🔍 https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/the-texanist-nacogdoches-oldest-town-texas/
The Texanist: Is Nacogdoches Really the Oldest Town in Texas?
The East Texas city stakes that claim for itself, but a Santa Fe man is skeptical.
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Aug 14
Today is Waco-born comedic genius Steve Martin's 80th birthday. In his honor, what say we all take a minute (and forty-five seconds) to enjoy just a bit of his sidesplitting virtuosity? Here, from "The Jerk," please enjoy the memorable sleeping scene.
The Jerk Sleeping Scene
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · Aug 13
Lyle Lovett, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, and more are stepping up to help their fellow Texans after a historic flood hit the Hill Country on July 4.

Here are five upcoming fundraising events to keep an eye out for:
Texas Music’s Brightest Stars Lend Their Talents to Flood Relief
Lyle Lovett, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, and more are stepping up to help their fellow Texans after a historic flood hit the Hill Country on July 4.
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Aug 6
The famous Marx Brothers launched their comedic careers in:
a) Yonkers
b) Oxnard
c) Nacogdoches
d)Peoria
e) None of the above
The Texanist: Did the Marx Brothers Get Their Start in East Texas?
The famed comedy trio were New Yorkers through and through. Or were they?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 6
Lisa Loeb hits #1 with “Stay (I Missed You) 31 years ago today.

She’d been working as a temp at Ernst & Young when her friend Ethan Hawke brought the song to @benstiller.redhour.com, who used it in “Reality Bites.”

It remains the only #1 hit by an artist who was not already signed to a label.
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · Jul 28
Swimming in a Texas-shaped pool is just. . . better. 🤷
A Highly Opinionated Deep Dive Into Five Texas-Shaped Pools
We traveled 1,400 miles across the state to sample our watery best.
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Jul 22
Ozzy Osbourne, famed rockstar, infamous Alamo desecrater, dead at 76.
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · Jul 11
Read the story of how this essay came together from our editor in chief:
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Longreads @longreads.com · Jul 11
"The gravity of our situation didn’t sink in right away, but the facts were clear: We were surrounded by fast-moving floodwater, and we had no way of escaping to higher ground."

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“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Jul 10
So good to hear that Crider's has seen neither its last dance nor its last rodeo.
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · Jul 10
“It’s just a magical place. . . we’re going to keep it that way.”

Crider's, a Hill Country rodeo and dance hall, will open again, but not this summer.
On Its Hundredth Anniversary, Crider’s Reckons With a Hundred-Year Flood
The Hill Country rodeo and dance hall will open again, but not this summer.
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Jul 2
Fun Fact: Jimmy Swaggart and Mickey Gilley were cousins, along with Jerry Lee Lewis!
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Jun 23
Medina Lake back in the day.
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Julian Onderdonk @jonderdonk.bsky.social · Jun 23
Mountain Pinks in Bloom, Medina Lake, Southwest Texas https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-julian-onderdonk/mountain-pinks-in-bloom-medina-lake-southwest-texas-1921
Mountain Pinks in Bloom, Medina Lake, Southwest Texas
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Jun 19
Happy #Juneteenth!
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · Jun 17
Except, of course, the King of Western Swing, the King of Country, and the King of Tex-Mex Rock & Roll.
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Julian Onderdonk @jonderdonk.bsky.social · May 29
Field of Texas Bluebonnets and Prickly Pear Cacti https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-julian-onderdonk/field-of-texas-bluebonnets-and-prickly-pear-cacti
Field of Texas Bluebonnets and Prickly Pear Cacti
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · May 28
Over fifty years after our first barbecue feature, we're still putting in the work to suss out which barbecue joints—of the many our state boasts—has earned a spot on The List.

Our June issue will hit mailboxes and newsstands starting next week. Until then, get to know the Top 50: txmnth.ly/4mzGl8w
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The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social · May 13
The King of Wester Swing died fifty years ago today, but those immortal words from Waylon Jennings still ring true. "It don't matter who's in Austin, Bob Wills is still the king."
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