May 1987
Table of Contents
Features
Every Good Boy Does FineIn the late seventies, celebrated pianist Val Cliburn inexplicably disappeared from public life. No tortured artist in hiding, Cliburn is having the time of his life sitting around his Fort Worth mansion in his bathrobe. The Longest Ride of His LifeWhen Randall Adams was sentenced to death ten years ago, the Dallas community thought a cop killing had been put to rest. But it hasn’t. Coots: A Field GuideA crusty, cranky, curmudgeonly species of bird is proliferating within our borders. And maybe that’s good. Home, Home on the RoadIf it fits on your dashboard, you can take it with you. |
Blind JusticeShould a judge’s friendships survive his election to the Supreme Court of Texas? Heads, We Win, Tails, You LoseHighly partisan justices are at the center of the Supreme Court scandal. All Aboard for Copper CanyonTry North America’s best travel bargain—the Copper Canyon train ride. For $9 you can see Indians who run down deer on foot, Mennonites who speak German, and the most spectacular scenery in Mexico. |
Columns
Behind the LinesDallas on the couch. BusinessThe Old Man and the VinesMy father’s Panhandle grape patch gives him a new cash crop and a new pride as a farmer. ArtRomancing the StoneUsing a circular saw and a shrewd commercial sense, Plano housewife Sandy Stein chiseled a new life for herself as a sculptor. |
Popular MusicFruit of the VinylA good record store is more than just a supermarket of sound. MoviesTrailer TrashEveryone in Raising Arizona has a libido for the ugly, and the guys in Tin Men can’t see past their hood ornaments; Hollywood Shuffle loses its hip mind; Street Smart has a crazed, electric menace. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterHouston ignores its AIDS crisis, Dallas restaurant gossips chew over hard times, San Antonio headline writers get their due. Plus: Chuck Robb’s blooper, Larry McMurtry’s sniffles, and Shearn Moody’s new taste in nightlife. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdGetting an airline off the ground; achieving your children’s education; cruising through adolescence; rambling through the Valley. State SecretsHobby may be a Hartbeat from the president; the feds dump nuclear-waste workers on the Panhandle; Cisneros’ future remains rosy; Kath Whitmire’s doesn’t. |
PuzzleAn initial foray. The National Tour of TexasTravels through the Trans-Pecos—splendor in the Big Bend, the greening of the Alpine grasslands, today’s version of profitable ranching, escape from the rat race in South Brewster County, innkeeping Indians in Van Horn—to El Paso, way out on the edge of Texas. |



