vice and virtue in Texas.

bibliophile indulgences. whiskey dive bar nights. lifeblood coffee. biscuits and ragamuffins. rockabilly Tejano wasteland. dicking around like it's going outta style, being the bad news bear.

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E. J. Bellocq, photographer, image, circa 1912, from Storyville Portraits, ed. John Szarkowski (Museum of Modern Art, 1970)

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Love and Rockets #33 (Fantagraphics - August 1990)

Illustrator: Jaime Hernandez

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Love and Rockets #24 (1982) Cover by Jaime Hernández

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Jaime Hernandez, Love And Rockets: Whoa, Nellie!

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Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1969,  © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Photo: Tom Barratt, Pace gallery

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Night and Day /Marfa /Texas

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El Cosmico, Marfa, Texas.

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Ed Ruscha: Archaeology and Romance

The Harry Ransom Center presents the exhibition “Ed Ruscha: Archaeology and Romance” from August 11, 2018, through January 6, 2019. http://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/2018/06/19/ruscha/

image:  Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937), “Pool #2,” from the portfolio “Pools,” 1968; printed 1997. Chromogenic color print, 40.4 x 40.7 cm (image). Edward Ruscha Papers and Art Collection, 2013.16.2 © Ed Ruscha

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Happy spring equinox.

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Velvet gloves,

You’re still a stunner.

Don’t be down, girl. This world is a bummer.

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Orville Peck photographed by Parri Thomas

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Go down a rabbit hole with Franny Choi, Danez Smith, and guest Kimiko Hahn on the new episode of VS!

[image: Red background with white text reading, “There are all sorts of ways of exploding things open —Kimiko Hahn, Season 2, Episdoe 12. Bottom right has the VS logo.]

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Urban Weed Awards

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Carson Ellis, on Tumblr

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Ross Gay, 56. My Life, My Life, My Life, My Life in the Sunshine

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Coronela señorita E. Echeverría, México, 1911.