August 1976

Table of Contents

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Features

Beach Party

Celebrating our favorite summer sport: people watching.

The Party’s Over

The Lord giveth the beach and the developer taketh away.

An Affair for Gentlemen

A tale of white sails, blue water, and how they turn refined men into barbarians.

The Passions of the Common Man

That’s what country music is, and that’s why it plays in Peoria.

Bringing It All Back Home

Nashville inspired Willie Nelson—to leave.

Will Success Spoil Leonel Castillo?

This politician controls the purse strings of the richest city in Texas. And he’s ready for bigger things.

In Search of the Better Mousetrap

American ingenuity has produced the telephone, the airplane, and nowÖthe breast pillow.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

Did you know there’s more difference between Fudgsicles and Popsicles than the taste? The taxman does.

Columns

Behind the Lines

Business

Let’s Make a Deal

When Dad Joiner signed away all his oil leases to H.L. Hunt, all the cards weren’t on the table. Some were still underground.

Travel

Hostel Territory

Don’t desert West Texas just because it’s hot and dry.

Books

Sourcery and Whichcraft

The Final Days is just too much hocus-pocus.

Citywise

Barrel of Fun

Peter Piper would love this story.

Film

A Midsummer’s Nightmare

If you thought this summer’s film lineup looked promising, pinch yourself. You’re dreaming.

Citywise

Shoot Yourself

Your next home movies may not win any Academy Awards, but at least they don’t have to be rated ZZZZzzzz.

Dining Out

Your Serve

Tipping is a game of give and take. If all goes well, both waiter and diner do a lot of both.

Performance

Uncommon Market

“Buy now, play later,” says the Dallas Theater Center.

Reporter

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Miscellaneous

Contest

Poetry in motion.

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

The wild bunch.