1984 Archive

January 1984

features
1984 Bum Steer Awards »
All the Better to See You With, My Dear
Western Art: Urbanization
Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I: Candy Montgomery’s Affair »
Gambling on the Gamblers
Texas Primer: The Collins Purse »
columns
That's a Metal Building? [Architecture]
Behind the Lines
Caravan of Pipe Dreams [Theater]
Unabridged Webster [Jazz]
The Godfather Goes Slumming [Movies]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

February 1984

features
Bad News
At the Scene
The Training Ground
Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part II: The Killing of Betty Gore »
Lasting Love
Texas Primer: The Texas Timex
Come On, Walter—Smile!
Western Art: Service Road
columns
Venetian Finds [Art]
Behind the Lines
The America’s Team Caper [Sports]
Silkwood’s Blight [Movies]
A Museum That Works [Architecture]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

March 1984

features
Perfect Texas
The Deluxe Down-and-Dirty Goose Hunt
In the Wings
“I Beat Ben Barnes and John Connally in a Fair Fight”
Texas Primer: Barbed Wire »
At the Mercy of the Court
Western Art: End of the Trail
columns
Behind the Lines
I-10 On Ice [Weather]
Big Oil Paranoia [Books]
Mermaid Love [Movies]
Who Needs Singers? [Classical Music]
Back in the Mood [Jazz]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

April 1984

features
Hi-Yo, Silicon!
Birth of a New Frontier
Death of a Computer
It’s a High-Tech Life
Look, Ma, My Computer Did It!
The Ponytail
Texas Primer: The Yellow Rose of Texas »
The Hub Cafe
I Opened Tax Returns for the IRS
Western Art: The Great World-Rim Being
columns
Behind the Lines
Winter’s Travail [Weather]
Light in the Hills [Art]
Alley of Aspirations [Theater]
Programming Your Taxes [Software]
Bait and Switch [Movies]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

May 1984

features
First Light
High Noon at the Circle C
Why I Hate Lamaze
Take Me Across the River
Texas Primer: The Cattle Guard »
Shameless Pastries, Mythical Chocolates, Shocking Sorbets
Out of Action
Western Art: A Horse of a Different Color
columns
Behind the Lines
Honk If You Love Elephants [Business]
Just Friends [Crime]
Cheetah! Fetch Tarzan New Script [Movies]
Uncivil Wars [Books]
Awash in the Limelight [Theater]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

June 1984

features
The Wild Side of Town
The Man in the Black Hat »
On the Links
Texas Primer: The Resistol Hat »
Last Respects
Give Me a Job »
Western Art: Buffalo Gal
columns
Behind the Lines
Someday You’ll Thank Me for This [Kids]
Move Over, Southfork [Lifestyle]
J is for Jobs [Education]
Top O’ the Pops [Popular Music]
The Intellectuals’ Dear Abby [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

July 1984

features
Dining Out is Fun »
The Man Who Dreamed up Luckenbach »
Texas Primer: The Blue Law
The Man in the Black Hat, Part Two »
Take This Job and Love It
Western Art: Cat Dog Man
columns
Behind the Lines
Temple of Excess [Movies]
A Byte of Life [Software]
Getting Mellow [Jazz]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

August 1984

features
The Fastest Nice Christian Boy in the World
The Eccentric Genius of Trammel Crow
Texas Primer: The Icehouse »
The Marfa Art War
Western Art: Kow Boi Hadz!
Unconventional Notes 1984
The Way It’s Going to Be
Great Moments In Republican History
Excuse Me, But Where Can a Free-Enterpriser Get a Drink in This Town
Little D
columns
Behind the Lines
Guv Passes, Teachers Flunk [Politics]
“My, Don’t You Sparkle!” [High Life]
A Flop [Classical Music]
Getting Slimed [Movies]
Dancing Up a Cliché [Ballet]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

September 1984

features
Heaven on Wheels
The Double Life of Paul Thayer
Blissed-Out on the Beach of Love
Age of Innocents
The Night Crew
Western Art: Pierre Was New in Town and Had Never Really Caught Anything Before
Texas Primer: The Permanent University Fund
My Quest for the Perfect Biscuit
columns
Behind the Lines
Grading the High Schools [Education]
How Do You Spell Real Estate? [Business]
Prince of Wails [Movies]
Tangled Lines [Books]
Cut From the Herd [Popular Music]
Opera For Beginners [Classical Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

October 1984

features
Feasting on the Oil Glut
Draw the Cowboy
Coppini the Great
Hey, This Stuff Ain’t Half Bad
Texas Primer: The Rich Girl
Dust to Dust »
The Politics of Armageddon
Western Art: Riding the Range
columns
Behind the Lines
Fathers and Other Strangers [Fatherhood]
Dead Oaks [Environment]
Is All This News Fit to Print? [Media]
Half of Me [Movies]
Brahms the Bountiful [Classical Music]
Terminal Education [Software]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

November 1984

features
Howdy, Son. I’m the Law in This County »
How to Buy a Dress Without Going to the Store
Tiptoeing On the Ocean of Storms
Little Baby Blue
Trashy Business
Texas Primer: The Marfa Lights »
The Adventures of the Red Couch in Texas
Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, File Gumbo
Western Art: Bluebonnet Picture
columns
Behind the Lines
Downer on the Farm [Movies]
Trevino’s Mother [Art]
4 BR, 2 BA, Needs Work [Lifestyle]
Lawrence Welk Meets The Doors [Popular Music]
Back in the Huddle Again [Books]
Teagarden of Delights [Jazz]
‘Twas the Night After Christmas [Software]
reporter
The Sheets of Laredo » [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets

December 1984

features
Too Cool to Get Married
Is This All There Is?
So You Walk Into a Honky-Tonk and Some Three-Hundred-Pound Cowboy Says He Doesn’t Like Your Face. Now What?
After Midnight
Texas Primer: The Texas Brag »
Why They Won
Western Art: Buckaroo
The Great Texas Alligator Hunt
O Christmas Tree
columns
Behind the Lines
Trivial Texas [Texana]
Double Trouble [Movies]
Fishing with Dad [Fatherhood]
Beyond Kitsch [Books]
Scrolling Through the Bible [Software]
Has Success Spoiled Snook? [Sports]
Classical Glass [Classical Music]
Peddling Paranoia [Crime]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets