ON THE COVER: Cover photography by Joe Baraban
March 1979
Table of Contents
Features
SistersIf she’s your brother’s mother’s other female child, who is she? Hey Kid, Shape UpAnd Prairie View A&M will ship you out of the ghetto straight into the middle class. Psst . . . Have I Got a Deal for You!Oil is a slippery business. |
The Texan and His GunIn frontier Texas, guns helped bring civilization out of chaos; today they’re creating chaos out of civilization. Have Guns, Will TravelDo you want a rare antique muzzle-loader or a holdup pistol that can’t be traced? You can find them both at a gun show. |
Columns
TravelA Tale of Two CoastsThe best thing about a trip to Florida is coming back to Padre Island. Behind the LinesA farewell to celebrities and to arms. Dining InYou’ve Come a Long Way, BiscuitsThe breads that won the West aren’t getting older, they’re getting better. BusinessHeavenly HostsForget the church, forget the steeple, turn on the tube to see all the people. CityviewThe Ice Cometh, ManTrees came crashing down, power lines writhed on the ground, the lights went out, and the heat went off. It was Dallas’ trial by ice. FilmReady, Aim...Click |
ArtGolden OldiesLook, but don’t touch-three museums with glittering antiques from Pompeii, India, and Peru. TheaterSee No EvilDallas Theater Center welcomes Nazis to its stage. Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars turns Dickens into a funky musical. Classical MusicWho Needs Jones Hall?Austin and Corpus Christi like their symphony orchestras just fine, thank you. Texas Opera Theater tries to break the language barrier. Popular MusicClimbing Rocky HillHouston guitarist Rocky Hill is a rising star; catch him if you can. BooksBarthelme the ScribblerBarthelme is a humane writer, but in Great Days he erased al his humans. Also, a look at two novels of the Texas hinterlands. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterA Texas train on the right track; Houston annexations derailed. |
Miscellany
The Inside StoryA few trusted friends. Roar of the CrowdSomething old, something new, something barred, something true. ToutsThe birds and the knees. |
PuzzleThe name’s the game. State SecretsWhy doctors don’t like nurses anymore; where is the tax revolt? |
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