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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]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | 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]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | 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
I-10 On Ice [Weather]
Behind the Lines
Big Oil Paranoia [Books]
Mermaid Love [Movies]
Who Needs Singers? [Classical Music]
Back in the Mood [Jazz]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
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
Winter’s Travail [Weather]
Behind the Lines
Light in the Hills [Art]
Alley of Aspirations [Theater]
Programming Your Taxes [Software]
Bait and Switch [Movies]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | 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
Honk If You Love Elephants [Business]
Behind the Lines
Just Friends [Crime]
Cheetah! Fetch Tarzan New Script [Movies]
Uncivil Wars [Books]
Awash in the Limelight [Theater]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | 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
Someday You’ll Thank Me for This [Kids]
Behind the Lines
Move Over, Southfork [Lifestyle]
J is for Jobs [Education]
Top O’ the Pops [Popular Music]
The Intellectuals’ Dear Abby [Books]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
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
Temple of Excess [Movies]
Behind the Lines
A Byte of Life [Software]
Getting Mellow [Jazz]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | 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
Guv Passes, Teachers Flunk [Politics]
Behind the Lines
“My, Don’t You Sparkle!” [High Life]
A Flop [Classical Music]
Getting Slimed [Movies]
Dancing Up a Cliché [Ballet]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | 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
Grading the High Schools [Education]
Behind the Lines
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]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
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
Fathers and Other Strangers [Fatherhood]
Behind the Lines
Dead Oaks [Environment]
Is All This News Fit to Print? [Media]
Half of Me [Movies]
Brahms the Bountiful [Classical Music]
Terminal Education [Software]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | 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
Downer on the Farm [Movies]
Behind the Lines
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]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
The Sheets of Laredo » [Reporter] | 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
Trivial Texas [Texana]
Behind the Lines
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]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
