ON THE COVER: Photograph by Reagan Bradshaw
September 1986
Table of Contents
Features
Wide Open SpacesThe Chihuahuan Desert is a place of extremes, where the visitor not only observes but participates in the struggle for life and death. The Cowboys, The Indian, and The Computer That FumbledThe most important new addition to the Dallas Cowboys is a veteran from the team’s early years computer genius Salam Qureishi. Requiem For a Roller CoasterThe state fair’s Comet: will it rust in space? The Faulty CureHouston is famous for medical cures. But when British rock star Ronnie Lane came to town with a crippling disease and $1 million for research, all he got was crippling legal problems. |
Texas Primer: Ma FergusonShe unmasked the Klan and worried about the role of women, but she listened more to her husband than to the suffragettes. My Kind of TownAn enticing portfolio of what makes Houston Houston. Vote For Me, Por Favor. Now Let’s EatMix election time, South Texas, and barbeque, and you get the pachanga circuit, where politics and barbeque are served with equal reverence. Western Art: Zephyr, Texas |
Columns
Behind the LinesBusinessI Think I’m Rich, Therefore I AmA new class of self-styled experts called prosperity consultants say they have the solution to Texas’ economic bust: the bad times are all in our heads. TexanaThe Anglo-Tex ConnectionA Dallasite enamored of British class gets her sesquicentennial wish—a Texas embassy in London. |
MoviesGetting Even Gets OldRevenge has seldom been so incendiary, but Heartburn fails to ignite; Blue Velvet is for the brave; Club Paradise is for the jolly. JazzMidland’s Bebop BashWhat’s remarkable about this exclusive jazz party isn’t just that it’s in Midland. The biggest surprise comes when the music starts. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterFashion shifts at Farah; Dave Pelz’s putter problems; will the Dallas establishment’s mayoral candidate please stand up? |
Miscellany
ShoppingFrom goggle that let you see in the dark to voice changers that you sound like Daffy Duck, the Counter Spy Store is stocked for the age of paranoia. Post-Modern TimesTwo gleaming office towers are going up face to face in downtown Austin. Now their marketing managers have to rent the town asunder. DowntownBail bonding is one Texas business that’s recession proof. The QuidnuncChecking in with Corpus’ famous insurance writer; smelling celebrity flowers with Leonard Tharp; sharing some Jello-O with Dionne Warwick |
ToutsRoar of the CrowdPuzzleState SecretsAre the Elissa’s sails trimmed for good? The Chronicle finds a possible buyer close to home—very close; mashing the mass transit tax. |
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