1973 Archive
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Only a few articles are available for the years 1974 through 1999. We are working on filling this gap and hope eventually to have the complete TEXAS MONTHLY archive available online.
TEXAS MONTHLY starts here… our first issue was February 1973. February 1973
features Tuning in Dandy Don » O What a Lovely War!!! » The Lonely Blues of Duane Thomas » Marvin Zindler, Consumer Lawman » columns Behind the Lines » Pack Up, Weekend Wanderers » [Travel]Understanding Dr Pepper » [Business]European Class, American Cheek » [Film]Dallas Theater Center: Edifice Complex » [Performance]Air Today, Gone Tomorrow » [Investments]Greenery Eatery » [Dining Out]reporter miscellany Briar Patch » Touts » [Briar Patch]Loose Leaf » web exclusives Web Exclusive »
March 1973
features So Long, Cosmic Cowboys » Don't Touch That Dial! » Should You Buy This Land? » Salvation Worries? Prostate Trouble? » columns Behind the Lines » How To Buy A Bike » [Citywise]Welsh Rabbit and a Mixed Bag » [Film]One Man Shows » [Dining Out]Wall Street Overkill » [Investments]reporter miscellany Briar Patch » Touts » [Briar Patch]
April 1973
features The World's Best Barbecue is in Taylor, Texas. Or is it Lockhart? » Are You Running with Me Zeus? » The Second Battle for San Antonio » Montrose Lives! » columns Behind the Lines » Only Your Pet Knows for Sure » [Citywise]Two-Stepping to The Last Tango » [Film]reporter miscellany Briar Patch » Touts » [Briar Patch]
May 1973
features Farewell to LBJ: A Hill Country Valediction » Marcus Welby is an Establishment Quack! » Sex and Politics » The Movie Pushers » Shopping Without a Supermarket: Our Old Fashioned Guide » columns Copper Canyon Spectacular » [Travel]Behind the Lines » Pasta at Present in Dallas » [Dining Out]Banzai Chicken! » [Investments]Opera Options » [Performance]Out on a Limb with Roger Glade » [Performance]Kinky Friedman's First Roundup » [Performance]Remaking History Hollywood Style » [Dining Out]reporter miscellany Touts » [Briar Patch]Briar Patch »
June 1973
features Film Fatale » The Unholy Trinity Incident » The World's Fastest Automobile Race » Indulge Yourself This Summer » columns Behind The Lines » [Behind the Lines]The Best Texas Wine Stores » [Citywise]Scene Change, Please » [Travel]Why a Condominium? Why Not? » [Investments]Take That, Baskin-Robbins! » [Dining Out]Freeze a Little Today » [Dining Out]San Antonio Shopping Guide » [Shopping]reporter miscellany Touts » [Briar Patch]Briar Patch »
July 1973
features The Big Thicket Tangle » The Ten Best (And, Sigh, The Ten Worst) Legislators » Inside The Lobby » The Big Thicket Tangle » Warren Skaaren, Movie Mogul » Sam Houston, Warts and All » columns Pass the Chop Sticks, Por Favor » [Citywise]Amateur Hour » [Investments]Letitia Goes to Town » [Investments]Behind the Lines » Variations on the Confidence Game » [Dining Out]Five Odd Books for Summer Reading » [Art]reporter miscellany Touts » [Briar Patch]Briar Patch »
August 1973
features The Best Private Eye In Texas » The Laredo-San Antonio Heroin Wars » The Last Romantic Outlaw » Crime: The Way It's Done » Inside the World Series of Poker » columns Behind the Lines » The Truth About Beans » [Citywise]Crime On The Streets » [Investments]The Pinball Wizard » [Family]What's Up Documentary? » [Film]reporter miscellany Briar Patch » Touts »
September 1973
features John Connally Between the Acts » Dr. Strangelove is Back! » Texas Monthly Hunting Guide » How the New Drug Law Was Made » The Death of the Marlboro Man » Body Business At Tokyo House » columns Behind the Lines » Galleria Gourmet » [Dining Out]Is There Hope For Wall Street? » [Investments]reporter miscellany Touts » Briar Patch »
October 1973
features Closing Down La Grange » In Search of Style » Suit Yourself! » Fashion from the Inside » Let the Love Light Shine » columns Behind the Lines » Armadillos In Toe Shoes » [Performance]It's a beautiful day in Chicago » [Investments]A Grand Tour by the Gulf » [Travel]reporter miscellany Briar Patch » Touts »
November 1973
features HOUSTON LAW » Tom Landry: Melting the Plastic Man » The Coming of Redneck Hip » Mother of the Decade » Cops as Junkies » columns Behind the Lines » Volunteer Blues » [Performance]reporter miscellany Touts » Briar Patch »
December 1973
features Hit Man! » Why Dallas? » Border Towns: What to Do and Where to Do It » Airport! » The Wizards of Odds » columns Behind the Lines » Unsafe at Any Age » [Citywise]Opera Goes Public » [Performance]Some Things Old, Some Things New » [Film]The Gold Bugs » [Investments]reporter miscellany Touts » Briar Patch »
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