ON THE COVER: cover photography by Ron Scott
March 1981
Table of Contents
Features
Speed DemonsState highway patrolmen hate the 55 mph speed limit almost as much as other Texas motorists do, and for better reasons. Danger ZonesWhat they don’t teach you in defensive driving courses: the most dangerous highways in Texas. Out in the West Texas Town of El PasoWhat to eat, how to shop, and where to boogie in the most enchanting corner of Texas. |
Make Friends With the Quin TikisOnstage, all happy lounge acts are alike; offstage, all unhappy lounge acts are unhappy in their own ways. Home Sweet Home, Good-byeAnd hello to high prices, high interest rates, high rents, and a new low for the American dream. Going UnderFor a man and his daughter out for a pleasant day’s fishing, the first sign of danger was a man’s hat floating silently down the stream. |
Columns
Behind the LinesMade In Japan Stepping OutSchmaltz Across TexasOn a soap opera sound stage in Brooklyn the state of Texas lives and loves. CrimeSins of the FathersViolence within the family tends not to be taken too seriously by the courts. But eventually that violence will burst loose to threaten us all. SportsCardinal VirtuesLamar University’s hotshot basketball team makes lost of hoops, little hoopla. LifestyleSomebody Turn on the Lights!Monsters aren’t nearly as scary as the night they go bump in. |
Dining OutChina TownsIn San Antonio, everything that glitters is in the Golden Palace, where the food is as gaudy as the décor. Austin’s OMei China gives you a zap on the mouth. BooksPaper CowboysSouthwest Fiction might make you think that the region is mostly metropolis and no mesquite. The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas hits a lot of high spots. Classical MusicMr. Nice Guy Takes the BatonThe San Antonio symphony is beleaguered. Conductor Lawrence Smith is well mannered. They’re both mediocre. JazzAmbassadors of JazzThe late Lester Young is a past president of jazz, and his music still holds sway. Albums by other musicians get votes of confidence, too. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterUncle Same wants Texas prison reform; Ma Bell wants your news dollar; Governor Bill wants Mexican workers; killer mosquitoes want you. |
Miscellany
The Inside StoryA tale of fourteen cities. Roar of the CrowdAggies are more than the corps, fashion is more than couture, teaching is mostly a chore. ToutsBurn, baby, burn |
PuzzleMessage parler? State SecretsSex in the classifieds; looking out for farmer’s welfare; everybody wants to be land commissioner; what ever happened to the tax revolt? |
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