1983 Archive

January 1983

features
Bum Steer Awards 1983 »
God’s Happy Hour
The Grand Tour
Texas Primer: The Dallas Model
The Making of a Congressman
columns
Behind the Lines
Nolo Contendere [Movies]
A Monumental Man [Books]
The Quixotic Theotokopoulos [Art]
A Home Away from Home [Lifestyle]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

February 1983

features
Tea for Texas
I Am the Greatest Cook in the World »
Charlie Brooks’ Last Words
Texas Primer: Lyndon’s Lincoln
The Year Everything Changed
Main Street
Other Main Streets
columns
Behind the Lines
Next to Godliness [Movies]
As Good as Her Word [Books]
The Cassandra of Crude [Business]
Standing Room Opera [Classical Music]
Thunder Claps [Popular Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Puzzle
Touts
State Secrets

March 1983

features
Friends In Deed
The Gittings People
Texas Primer: The Right-angle Pump »
The Cutting Edge
Lyndon Johnson, Hairdresser, Prepares for Battle
Blood of the Lamb
columns
Behind the Lines
Say, Have You Heard the One... [Fun]
Daddy’s Gone to Jail [Crime]
The Nerd Who Would Be King [Movies]
Is There Food After Fort Stockton? [Food]
Architect in Wonderland [Architecture]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

April 1983

features
Hail to Thee, George E. Fischer
Hell on Wheels
The New Rustlers
Texas Primer: The Farm-to-Market Road »
Tricks
“What I Admire I Must Possess” »
columns
Behind the Lines
Big Wheels and the Silver Spike [Texana]
Have Ladle, Will Travel [Food]
Down with Compromise [Jazz]
Oil Rigged [Books]
Scotch, Neat [Movies]
Curtains! [Classical Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

May 1983

features
The Bar Bar »
The 89 Greatest Texas Bars »
Mark White’s Coming-Out Party
The Cow’s in the Corn
The Bad Brother
Larger Than Life
Texas Primer: The Water Tower »
columns
Behind the Lines
A Monument to Making It [Business]
Double Jeopardy [Movies]
Man Over Mortarboard [Education]
Happy Birthday, Franz and Igor [Classical Music]
Jesus and Mead’s Fine Bread [Religion]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

June 1983

features
Funky Riviera
Phantom Cat of the Valley
George Bush, Plucky Lad
Texas Primer: The Name Belt »
It’s Just Another Day
For Names’ Sake
columns
Behind the Lines
Three Feet Six, Blue Tights, Red Cape [Kids]
The Retrograde Sophisticate [Art]
Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest [Health]
Midland on a String [Classical Music]
The Sphinx Who Sings [Popular Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

July 1983

features
Chilly Scenes of Dinner
The Gambler
Ask Jett Rink
And Yet the Dream Endures
The Journeyman
The Ten Best and The Ten Worst Legislators »
Texas Primer: The Ranch Gate »
columns
Behind the Lines
Wookiees on Parade [Movies]
Jazz in Camouflage [Jazz]
Those Raucous Babylonians [Classical Music]
Lady on the Edge [Art]
A Knell for Eric [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

August 1983

features
The Death Shift »
Texas Primer: Conjunto
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Hi! I’m Jimmy Dean and I’d Like you to Try My Pure Pork Sausage
Secret Places
columns
Personal Space [Art]
Behind the Lines
Anyplace But Texas [Business]
Something for Everyone [Classical Music]
Slower Than a Speeding Bullet [Movies]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

September 1983

features
The Big Con
Pros at Cons
Texas Primer: Caprock »
Panorama Camera
Texas, A Long, Long, Long, Long, Time Ago
Johnson & Johnson
Passing the Bucks
columns
Behind the Lines
Love in the Slammer [Crime]
Squeaky Wheels [Politics]
History’s Nebbish [Movies]
A Chamber of Music [Classical Music]
Catcher of the Awry [Books]
Blues at His Fingertips [Popular Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

October 1983

features
Taking Over
Texas Primer: The Open Container
Ninety Miles From Nowhere
They Say
Mayor of the Unfinished City
Football, Game of Life
Western Art: Stampede
columns
Behind the Lines
In the Boredom of the Storm [Texana]
Wal-Marts Across Texas [Business]
Daniel’s Lot [Movies]
Rose-Colored Ivories [Classical Music]
Books Only A Mother Could Love [Books]
Medicine To Go [Health]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
State Secrets

November 1983

features
The Legacy of Lee Harvey Oswald »
Why Do They Hate Us So Much? »
Still on the Case »
The Wild Ones
Fantasy Island
Western Art: Rawhide
Twofers
Texas Primer: The Drill Team »
columns
The Roadside Eye [Art]
Behind the Lines
Cool Minds in a Hot War [Movies]
A Surfeit of Bimbos [Books]
Duel for the Sun [Politics]
A Soprano Is Born [Classical Music]
Local Menu Makes Good [Texana]
The Palace of Pros [Theater]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

December 1983

features
The Texas Food Manifesto »
Cosmic Plowboy
Western Art: Cactus Jack
Pearl Harbor Christmas
Grande Dame of the Gulf »
Texas Primer: Christmas on the Range »
Pancho Villa’s Last Gasp
columns
Another Pilgrim’s Progress [Books]
Behind the Lines
Secrets of a Deep, Dark Game [Sports]
Good Christian Pageant Fans, Rejoice [Church]
Terminal Endearment [Movies]
The Courage of Their Compositions [Classical Music]
The Proof Is in the Piano [Jazz]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets