var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-21479823-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); On Texas: How y’all think we look, and what we actually look like.Tumblr (3.0; @jspong)http://jspong.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3aaa47c52b6008186b2b89da1b02578b/tumblr_mn9xfgay8e1qzniimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yup.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mightyflynn.tumblr.com/post/51181085130/1955-rice-university-pitching-staff-standing" target="_blank">mightyflynn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>1955 Rice University Pitching Staff</p> <p><span></span><span>Standing (L-R): James Briggs, Richard Floyd, Billy Arhos, Emil Tejml</span><br/><span>Kneeling (L-R): Jim Pemberton, John Wolda</span></p> <p><span>via <a href="http://ricehistorycorner.com/2013/02/26/two-undated-pictures-of-baseball-players/" target="_blank">Rice History Corner</a></span></p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51244556742http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51244556742Fri, 24 May 2013 15:01:06 -0500rice universitybaseballpitchers50stexastexas monthlyvintage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9de18d561779ffd03f317a5d96eed18c/tumblr_memmljUhEO1qm9rypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://savetheastrodome.org/" target="_blank">savetheastrodome.org</a></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://siphotos.tumblr.com/post/37349987179/muhammad-ali-knocks-out-cleveland-williams-during" target="_blank">siphotos</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="p1">Muhammad Ali knocks out Cleveland Williams during round three of their 1966 fight at the Astrodome. (Neil Leifer/SI)</p> <p class="p1"><strong>GALLERY</strong>: <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1006/boxing.muhammad.ali.tribute/content.1.html" target="_blank">The Best of Muhammad Ali</a></p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51233722709http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51233722709Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:49 -0500muhammad alihoustonastrodomearchitecturestadiums70sboxingneil leifertexastexas monthly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e248e56a89f353a34a77d28cfb53f0b/tumblr_mmxxzmIU731qelkhfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lucky shirt.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://murdercycles.tumblr.com/post/50646622174/texas-cowboy-leans-up-against-his-shiny-new-buick" target="_blank">murdercycles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Texas cowboy leans up against his shiny new Buick</p> <p>LOOK magazine</p> <p>August 4, 1959</p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51224437040http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51224437040Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:00 -0500look magazinecowboysfashionstyletexastexas monthly50sbuick<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/989355ea62a039fccb0708d08ebd5882/tumblr_mn6eahmglp1qhad5yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Heat.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://juniusworth.tumblr.com/post/51033975892/nolan-ryan-bobblehead-night-may-21-2013-the" target="_blank">juniusworth</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Nolan Ryan bobblehead night</p> <p>May 21, 2013</p> <p>The Ballpark in Arlington</p> <p>Arlington, Texas</p> <p>Photo: Brittney Hughes Holt</p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51167620610http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51167620610Thu, 23 May 2013 15:01:08 -0500nolan ryantexas rangersbaseballpitchersfastballtexastexas monthly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d11f39388913735c0b2f026e2defc70e/tumblr_mn9copxaiM1qgs6wvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>“S.W.A.T.” Star Steve Forrest <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/swat-star-steve-forrest-dies-534934" target="_blank">Dies at 87</a>.</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><em>But it was his role as the hard-hitting yet warmhearted Lt. Hondo Harrelson on the Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg-produced S.W.A.T. that most endeared Forrest to the American audience. As the leader of the police department’s five-man special weapons and tactics team, he often was seen with his bullhorn in hand, jumping into the large dark gray van shouting the signature line, “Let’s roll!”</em></p> <p><em>As a salute to the show, which aired from February 1975 to April 1976 for 37 episodes, Forrest appeared in a cameo role as the van driver in the film version of S.W.A.T. (2003) that starred Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell.</em></p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51156676653http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51156676653Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:42 -0500Steve forresthuntsville70scop showsswattexastexas monthly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c6ad88674605ed139ae712e183678aca/tumblr_mn82zu2XyC1qgs6wvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Billie Jean King entering into the Astrodome, Cleopatra-style, before the Battle of the Sexes II against Bobby Riggs, 1973.</p> <p><a href="http://savetheastrodome.org/" target="_blank">savetheastrodome.org</a></p>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51147784484http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51147784484Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:37 -0500billie jean kingbobby riggshoustonastrodome70stennistexastexas monthly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/309182758bfbbf88a8dbec1ea48ce8a8/tumblr_mn73ip3fz51qgs6wvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Great moments in black-leather-pants history: “T-N-T.”</p>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51089443155http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51089443155Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:00 -0500tanya tuckerseminolecountry music70sblack leather pantsalbum covertexastexas monthly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/67557545a9dacecefd49bacaccf24b63/tumblr_mn5w0vRCqh1qgs6wvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Miss Ima Hogg and an unidentified woman headed for the No-Tsu-Oh festival’s Tekram Parade in Houston, late 1890s.</p> <p>The myth that she had a sister named Ura is just that.</p>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51078367009http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51078367009Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:34 -0500ima hogghoustonhistoryparadeblack and whitetexastexas monthly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1cafdbcb59e5bd82f3c1c5828dffbcf9/tumblr_mm3xsjLR1o1r31mkdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Pistols thought it looked funny too.</p>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51069402570http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51069402570Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:47 -0500sex pistolslonghorn ballroomdallaspunk 70stexastexas monthly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7119ec9e9f4da4d6170c62c3b17dbf06/tumblr_mn1oedNPLR1qm76s1o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Polo.</p>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51009328359http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/51009328359Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:03 -0500george straitpearsallcountry music80stexastexas monthlypolo shirtralph lauren<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbja4v7Qbi1qc69fjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Hecho en </em>Dallas.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oldloves.tumblr.com/post/46008849034/erykah-badu-andre-3000" target="_blank">oldloves</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Erykah Badu & Andre 3000</p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50998023153http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50998023153Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:43 -0500erykah badudallasandre 3000hip hoptexastexas monthlycelebrity couples<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f8b13d1084a5156b39e019701d849f0b/tumblr_mmvfczuMpn1rokjk6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dang.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://edgarallancoe.tumblr.com/post/50550988347/lee-harvey-oswald-bronx-zoo-1954" target="_blank">edgarallancoe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Lee Harvey Oswald, Bronx Zoo, 1954</span></p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50988960847http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50988960847Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:42 -0500lee harvey oswaldbronx zoojfkdallas50stexastexas monthly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6adf68b7553514fe219dc402a8da5422/tumblr_mmicd3vl5C1sq8enao2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>from a great tumblr find: The bible, if Wes Anderson had written it.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wesandersonbible.tumblr.com/post/50492363675/rushmore-or-matt-28" target="_blank">wesandersonbible</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Rushmore or Matt 28</p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50928007615http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50928007615Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:58 -0500wes andersonrushmorebiblehoustontexastexas monthly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/06cda2e8158bbe796006e4d9af1479e5/tumblr_mn1re7S35K1qdf16no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bey makes everything look effortless.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://popculturecooking.tumblr.com/post/50816899219/of-course-someone-made-a-beyonce-portrait-using" target="_blank">popculturecooking</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Of course someone made a <a href="http://www.finedininglovers.com/blog/out-of-the-blue/food-art-edible-beyonce-portrait/" target="_blank">Beyoncé portrait</a> using only Oreos and cream cheese. </p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50916304302http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50916304302Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:31 -0500beyoncehoustonoreosdessertarttexastexas monthlydiva<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/84f139a52c3afb843b2329bd80522ff7/tumblr_mn2da7BOB41qgs6wvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Woody and O at Cannes, 2011.</p> <p>photo by Georges Biard.</p>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50906809064http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50906809064Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:46 -0500owen wilsondallaswoody allencannesmoviestexastexas monthly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m17wywsllx1r906l9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“An intimate excursion…with sixteen pages of sensational photographs.”</p>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50728088807http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50728088807Sat, 18 May 2013 09:00:33 -0500farrahcorpus christi70sbookscelebritiestexastexas monthly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f053f9120880b5c661325eae0e32205a/tumblr_mmx9q5vsOr1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Bush 84.”</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/50626451459/we-begin-bombing-in-five-minutes" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“<a href="http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/photo.html" target="_blank">We begin bombing in five minutes</a>”</p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50670805222http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50670805222Fri, 17 May 2013 15:01:07 -0500george hw bushbushesreaganhistorysweatpants80sair force onedallas cowboysjerseystexastexas monthly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5770f0cc44332baf8256139229c8377b/tumblr_mmk7covSUE1qc1yc7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mulling a six-pack to go.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jugtownradio.tumblr.com/post/50056924117/hank-thompson" target="_blank">jugtownradio</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>HANK THOMPSON</strong></p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50660524529http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50660524529Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 -0500hank thomascountry music60stexastexas monthly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c478e2d1b61cdaf28aa9a06119b041e/tumblr_mmunfrDnfP1qgs6wvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Robert Rauschenberg, 1951, as shot by Wallace Kirkland for Life.</p> <p>from Life’s <a href="http://life.time.com/art-artists/artists-behind-the-art-photos-of-essential-painters-and-sculptors/" target="_blank">“The 40 Most Revealing Artist Portraits”</a> series.</p>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50651816874http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50651816874Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:44 -0500rauschenberglife magazinephotographyart50stexastexas monthly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e07db169fd3f5a1b10b90297c4c1b81/tumblr_mmuhlmwFNJ1qlu6yko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“In Houston, we just started a new dance called the…”</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/50503490822/tighten-up" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://magnificentruin.com/post/50499155966/tighten-up" target="_blank">Tighten up</a></p> </blockquote>http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50595635672http://jspong.tumblr.com/post/50595635672Thu, 16 May 2013 15:01:01 -0500archie bellsoul60shoustontexastexas monthly