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I’ve been itching ever since we began talking about West Texas oil — the Permian Basin, including the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations. Oil is flowing from this shale patch at an alarmingly high rate. But besides a boom for the local economies...

New page: Joe Galván (1984-) is an anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, writer, composer, calligrapher, printmaker and zinester. He is the author of the zines ''The Book of Harmonies'', ''[[I... New page [[Joe Galván]] (1984-) is an anthropologist, ethnomusicologist...

The 1984 masterpiece, “Paris Texas,” occupies a top position in the careers of several artists: director Wim Wenders, scribes L.M. Kit Carson and playwright Sam Shepard, cinematographer Robby Müller, composer Ry Cooder, and last but...

SWEETWATER — About a year ago, talk began circulating in this West Texas town about a huge oil-producing formation called the Cline Shale, east of the traditional drilling areas around Midland. Then the oilmen and their rigs arrived. Now homes and hotels...

You may have heard that the stars at night are big and bright in Texas. The best places in the Lone Star State to stargaze are relatively far removed from the bright lights of the big cities. Rather than drive aimlessly down some back road, or risk getting...