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January 1985 features 1985 Bum Steer Awards » Towers of Power Between Two Worlds A Grand Canyon » Texas Primer: The Sticker Bur » "Take Nothing and Make Something" Western Art: Drugstore Cowboy columns Strident Whimsy [Architecture] Behind the Lines Star Dreck [Movies] Heard Any Good Live Jazz Lately? [Jazz] Mexico Refried [Books] Swell Sonatas [Classical Music] reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] miscellany Roar of the Crowd Touts Puzzle State Secrets
February 1985 features The Last Roundup » The Big Country Texas Primer: The Oil Depletion Allowance When Picasso Was a Texan My Life As a Drunk Leaving the Bottle Behind Mayor, Council Locked in Bitter Struggle! Western Art: The New Colossus columns Sterling Surls [Art] Behind the Lines When Grandma Talks... [Business] Wilds of the Soul [Movies] Eavesdropping On History [Books] Strummin’ On the Old Gamba [Classical Music] reporter Reporter miscellany Roar of the Crowd Touts Puzzle State Secrets
March 1985 features The Bloody Billion » The Silver Lining » Art & Sole Bring ‘Em Back Alive Looking for Trouble Texas Primer: The Trail Ride » On Your Way Home, Dear... Western Art: The Grafter columns Persistent Vigor [Art] Behind the Lines Home Maker [Architecture] New Music Man [Popular Music] My Son, The Violinist [Fatherhood] Liquid Shimmer [Movies] reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] miscellany Roar of the Crowd Puzzle Touts State Secrets
April 1985 features The Best of Texas Mikey Texas Primer: The Bluebonnet Snapshot » Ambient Color Going Back For Seconds Life, Art, and the Wackiest Politician in Texas Why Boone Can’t Lose Western Art: Registered Herefords on the LBJ Ranch columns Behind the Lines Birth of a Lobby [Politics] Lingering Blues [Jazz] Where’s the Lamb? [Farm and Ranch] Zombie Heaven [Movies] Contemporary Classic [Classical Music] Move Over, Nancy Drew [Software] reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] miscellany Roar of the Crowd Touts Puzzle State Secrets
May 1985 features The Shaggy Club » Help! We’re Surrounded! Crack Pots I Was a Dude on Tumbling Mare Mountain How They Ruined Our Prisons » Texas Primer: The Western Shirt » A Date with Leatherface Western Art: Tall in the Saddle columns Behind the Lines Unwelcome Guest, Reluctant Host [Health] Public Gestures [Art] Fish Story [Movies] Resident Rockers [Popular Music] Operatic Adventures [Classical Music] reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] miscellany Roar of the Crowd Touts Puzzle State Secrets
June 1985 features Last One In On the Wings of the Wind The Last Tarpon La Reina Diana » Texas Primer: The Hi Sign » The Desperate Search for Christi Meeks Cowgirls The Texas Six-Pack » Western Art: Armchair Cowboy columns Going Whole Hog [Books] Behind the Lines Just One of Those Things [Jazz] Aching Hollows [Movies] Mornin’, Mr. Smitherman [Radio] reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] miscellany Roar of the Crowd Touts Puzzle State Secrets web exclusives On the Menu: Nero’s Italian » food Nero’s Chicken Luigi »
August 1985 features Isle Without End An Aggie’s Revenge Operator, Give Me Information The Wee World of Golf Texas Primer: The Two-step » My Three Sons Western Art: Ghost Rider columns Behind the Lines Don’t Do What They Did to David Clyde [Sports] The Pink People [Business] A Concrete Romance [Art] Short and Sweet [Classical Music] All in the Family [Movies] reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] miscellany Back Roads Post-Modern Times Downtown Touts Roar of the Crowd Puzzle State Secrets web exclusives On the Menu: Cafe Highland Park » food Portobello Tricolor in Pesto Vinaigrette »
October 1985 features Special Delivery Deep in the Heart of Mexico The Louie File The Kathy Ratings Texas Primer: The Wishbone Offense » Tower Play The Chips Are Down The Dream Lives On When the Well Runs Dry Western Art: Indian Summer columns Behind the Lines Beyond the Standard [Jazz] True to the Past [Classical Music] Hill Country Pearls [Great Outdoors] Waxy Buildup [Movies] Dancing in the Streets [Popular Music] reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] miscellany Back Roads Post-Modern Times Downtown Touts Roar of the Crowd Puzzle State Secrets web exclusives On the Menu: Josephine St. » food Wilted Salad »
November 1985 features The Return of the Urban Cowboy The Hustlers We Wanted a Test Tube Baby » Preacher’s Kids Western Art: Sad Ballad of a Mad Filly in Love With Bad Billy Texas Primer: The Petroleum Club Queen for a Day The Art-By-The-Truckload School The Neo Black Velvetists columns Have I Got a Collection for You [Art] Behind the Lines Eat and Run [Food] Missing the Pointe [Movies] Dense as a Clootie Dumpling [Books] Is It Live Or Is It a CD? [Classical Music] reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] miscellany Back Roads Post-Modern Times Downtown Touts Roar of the Crowd Puzzle State Secrets web exclusives On the Menu: Johnny B’s Old Fashioned Soda Fountain » food Johnny B’s Lime Rickey »
December 1985 features Portraits in Power The Fraying Empire of Bobby Sakowitz The Week of the Virgin Texas Primer: The His and Her Gift » Professor of Football Miles and Miles of Malls Every Traveler’s Nightmare Western Art: Caballito columns Behind the Lines I Want to Be Alone [Fatherhood] A Heaping Mess [Cooking] Queen of the Rodeo [Movies] Better Than Ever and More of It [Popular Music] Nights of Figs and Other Mysteries [Books] Desire and Memory [Classical Music] reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] miscellany Back Roads Post-Modern Times Downtown Touts Roar of the Crowd Puzzle State Secrets web exclusives On the Menu: La Griglia » food Crab and Shrimp Cheesecake » Spaghetti Rivaldo »
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