ON THE COVER: cover photography by Kent Kirkley
July 1980
Table of Contents
Features
Profits? What Profits?Reading Big Oil’s annual reports for the truth about profits is a little like drilling for oil in the Baltimore Canyon: you know it’s there, but how deep will you have to go to find it? Oil SlicksA critic’s practiced eye scans the oil giants’ yearly self-portraits. My Home, the GalleriaTexas’ most glamorous mall has all the comforts of home and then some. So why not move in? |
Oh, You Beautiful MallWhere else but the Galleria can you find a lavender lace Western dress, a Persian turquoise necklace, and Texas’ most expensive potato chips? Why I Turned In Lee Otis JohnsonWhen black militant Lee Otis Johnson got out of prison his old friends welcomed him back with open arms. Later, some of them wished they hadn’t. The Best Strikes BackFour years ago we brought you the Best of Texas. Now we do it again—only better. |
Columns
Behind the LinesOnce again our presidential candidates are promising to get the government under control. Here’s why they won’t. Great OutdoorsFalls AlarmThe Guadalupe River is beautiful, inviting, and treacherous. Stepping OutAnd Now, On Your Left...Have you ever wondered what Houston and Dallas look like to tourists? A Gray Line Bus is the perfect way to find out. Dining OutGrape Days ComingMove over, Jett Rink. The West Texas wildcatter may give way to a new breed: the West Texas vintner. ChurchJehovah’s Brigade, Midland’s RegularsJehovah’s Witnesses in Dallas have their Kingdom on earth; Presbyterians in Midland have taken root on the dusty plain. |
FilmCity KickerUrban Cowboy falls off its horse; The Shining is Stanley Kubrick’s horror odyssey; The Empire Strikes Back, but it’s no coup; Alfred Hitchcock takes the fortieth step. Classical MusicMagic WandsTwo guest conductors in Texas are wizards at their work; three Houston Grand Opera productions are enchanting. Popular MusicThe Ballad of Dan Del SantoHe came to Austin, Texas, with a guitar on his knee. ArtGot My Jomo Workin’Dallas’s David McManaway is an artist of many charms. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterWeathering a year-long drouth in South Texas; Harlingen’s cute little, uh, body builder; adversaries in the bilingual education battle don’t speak the same language; Bastards from Hell terrorize Houston. |
Miscellany
The Inside StoryToo many chefs. PuzzleThe rebus factor. Roar of the CrowdSkyscrapers and front porches, sex on the border and at the table, animals assailed and saved. |
State SecretsHouston could forfeit the world’s largest convention; Mutscher loses—again; real estate empires totter; the growing ambitions of Bob Bullock. ToutsThey’re delightful, they’re delovely, they’re delicious. |
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