April 1985 Cover

ON THE COVER: Cover photography by Robert Latorre

April 1985

Table of Contents

Features

We’ve gone from one end of the state to the other to bring you the best-ever list of Texas Bests.

He left his parents’ house in search of a world where things were black and white, where there were heroes and villains. What he found in the slums of Port Arthur was a world that would tolerate people like him—and take advantage of them.

Okay, so photos of cute kids in fields of bluebonnets aren’t great art. That’s not the point at all.

As these photographs show, in Mexico the strange is commonplace, and the commonplace, strange.

Can there be too much of a good thing? Five of Texas’ favorite restaurants have duplicated themselves in other cities, and now they’re finding out.

San Antonio city councilman Bernardo Eureste too a paltry arts budget and built it into a $3 million power base. Then he got mad and tore it all apart.

An old hand at Pickens-watching reveals the key to the Amarillo oilman’s corporate-takeover antics.

An interpretation of a classic genre.

Columns

The road into town

Politics

The computer industry in Texas has a new lobby organized by three lobbyists who were in the right place at the right time—and knew it.

Jazz

John Hardee and Budd Johnson were two legendary Texas tenors who had their own ways of making peace with the rigors of the jazz life.

Farm and Ranch

After extensive taste tests, our reporter concludes that the best lamb is to be found in our own back yard.

Movies

Into the Night leaves you in the dark; The Breakfast Club’s teenagers are out to lunch, Witness is a solemn eyeful.

Classical Music

The octogenarian whom many believe to be the greatest living composer pays a long-awaited visit to Texas.

Software

Now young, adventuresses can do more than just read about excitement. A new computer game for girls requires them to use their wits for survival.

Reporter

Reporter

The Max factor of Dallas; the tacos of Paris; the tales of Urrutia; the Hemingway of Texas; the good word from Houston; the mysteries of the Hueco Tanks.

Miscellany

Wet and Wonderful

If Lubbock gets a riverwalk, can a river be far behind?; previewing the mayors’ races; can Texas consultants make PAN dulce?; the Chronicle kills a story.

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