1978 Archive

January 1978

features
The Last of the Big-Time Spenders »
1978 Bum Steer Awards »
Art Yucko / Design
The Good Old Girls
columns
Behind the Lines
Corpus Delicti [Politics]
The Line Forms Here [Lifestyle]
Split Decision [Dealing]
Poultry in Motion [Country Notes]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest

February 1978

features
The Great Rockdale Football Mutiny
Dallas Is Better Than Houston
Houston is Better Than Dallas
San Antonio is Better Than Houston, Dallas, or Anyplace Else
Open House / Design
The Streets of Laredo
columns
Behind the Lines
Fire and Rice [Dining Out]
Grasping At Strauss [Politics]
The Boys of Winter [Sports]
Finders Keepers? [Dealing]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest

March 1978

features
The Smoldering Fire
Saturday Night
The Art West of the Pecos / Design
The Power And The Glory of Billy Graham »
Playboys of the Western Plains
columns
Behind the Lines
Fencing Myself In [Country Notes]
Past Tense [Lifestyle]
The Case Against the Farmers [Politics]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest

April 1978

features
Daddy’s Money
Plastic Fantastic / Design
The Petrified Forest »
Election Tip Sheet
columns
Behind the Lines
The Agony and the Allergy » [Health]
Stayin’ Alive [Country Notes]
Ooh La Lamb [Dining In]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest

May 1978

features
Cabin Fever / Design
Expensive People
I Was a Bum
Danger: Men Working
Little Joe
columns
Behind the Lines
High Risk Policy [Dealing]
It’s Delightful, It’s Delovely, It’s Decatur [Cityview]
Pennant Wise, Dollar Foolish [Sports]
Unfriendly Skies [Business]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Touts
Roar of the Crowd
Contest

June 1978

features
Happy Trails To You
The Real Governor of Texas
Doing What Comes Naturally/Design
Little Bruisers
columns
Behind the Lines
Currying Flavor [Dining Out]
Uphill Racer [Lifestyle]
Our Bodies, Our Cells [Health]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest

July 1978

features
On the Waterfront
You Can See By My Outfit That I am a Cowboy
Brave New Vacancies
The Last Sister
columns
Behind the Lines
Just Baby and Me [Lifestyle]
Building Fever [Country Notes]
Asset Hound [Dealing]
Tots and Pans » [Dining In]
A Little Spring Madness [Theater]
The Seven-Year Hitch [Classical Music]
Fiddler on the Loose [Popular Music]
Hullabaloo In Ragtime [Dance]
Rhythm ‘N’ Hues [Art]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
food
Bombs Away Egg Drop Soup »
Peanut Butter A Six-Year-Old Can Make »
C-3PO’s Coleslaw »
Homemade Mayonnaise Mastered at Ten »
Steamed Carrots with Lemon Butter Sauce »
Toad-in-the-Hole »
Benbow’s Cold Oven Pound Cake »
French Vanilla Ice Cream »

August 1978

features
A Peach of A Deal
Trouble in Paradise
Barton Springs Eternal
Death of a Ranger »
Labor Pains
columns
Behind the Lines
The Loser [Country Notes]
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow [Lifestyle]
The Missing Link » [Dining In]
Grand Unction [Film]
In Praise Follies [Theater]
The Hills are Alive [Classical Music]
Notes from the Ground [Popular Music]
The Shape of Things to Come [Architecture]
Apple Encore [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
food
Bernhard’s Sausage Seasoning »
Summer Sausage »
Smoked Venison Sausage »
Texas Turkey Ring Sausage »
All-Beef Salami »
Boudin Blanc »
Moroccan Lamb Sausage »
Bratwurst »
Garlic Sausage »
Knockwurst Wieners »

September 1978

features
The Deadliest Sin
Stuck on Cactus
The Sons of the Pioneers »
O Freeway, My Freeway
The Ten Worst Freeways
columns
Love Thy Neighborhood [Lifestyle]
Behind the Lines
Laser Days [Science]
Without a Trout [Dining Out]
The Enemy Within [Politics]
California Schemin’ [Film]
A Couple of Swells [Theater]
Quarter Time [Jazz]
I Heard It at the Grapevine [Popular Music]
Of Mice and Mini [Art]
Baker’s Dozen [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest

October 1978

features
Working the Rigs
GGGhost Stories
The Cap That Won The West »
The Last of the Great Ladies
A Season in Hell
I Can’t Do It!
columns
Behind the Lines
Lettuce Entertain You » [Dining In]
Gifts from My Father » [Lifestyle]
There’s No Fuel like an Old Fuel [Citywise]
Ticket to Ride? [Politics]
The Snuff of Dreams [Country Notes]
Ms. Loves Company [Film]
The Taming of the Bard [Theater]
A Knight at the Opera [Classical Music]
Rainbow County [Art]
Dixie Drag [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
State Secrets
food
A Different Onion Soup »
Bavarian Creme au Cafe »
Pistou »
Deep-Dish Pizza »
Strawberry-Cassis Sherbet »
Spinach Timbale »
Pears Poached in Red Wine »
Garlic Soup »
Black Bean Enchiladas »
Oranges Grand Marnier »
Houmos »
Cream of Raw and Cooked Mushroom Soup »
Spanokopita »

November 1978

features
Old Folks at Home
I Still Hate Chili
Bad Jobs »
The Birds of Death
The Chew Road to Knowledge
The End of the Trail
A Country Christmas
columns
All The President’s Memos [Politics]
Behind the Lines
Stop the Presses [Media]
Waiter, There’s a Tortilla in My Soup [Dining Out]
Pomp and Happenstance [Film]
A Hole in the Hip Pocket [Theater]
Symphony of Errors [Classical Music]
The Sons of Buddy Holly [Popular Music]
Bird Lives! [Jazz]
Through the Looking Glass [Art]
Down on the Delta [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
State Secrets

December 1978

features
The Friends of Cloyce Box.
Home Sweet Mobile Home
Hard Time
So You Want to Be Chairman of Exxon? »
The Chase
Sick Sundays
columns
The Graining of America [Dining In]
Behind the Lines
A Call to Farms [Politics]
It’s a Small World [Lifestyle]
Sacred Cows [Country Notes]
Celluloid Circus [Film]
Blind Alley [Theater]
Polk Salad Days [Jazz]
The World on an Easel [Art]
Bella Norma [Classical Music]
Days of the Hocus [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
State Secrets