ON THE COVER: Photograph by Rick Patrick
January 1995
Table of Contents
Features
The 1995 Bum Steer AwardsA year of amorous angels, bra buzzers, camouflaged Claytie, denied Davidians, escaped evangelists, faulty flags, gainful gangs, hefty hypnosis, inmate inedibles, jumbo jock-straps, kaput killdeers, lunching Lassie, mercurial mushrooms, nabbed ninjas, overhyped O.J., pumpkin purloiners, questionable quizzes, rap ruffians, sexy sprinters, tack taxis, unappreciated universities, videotaped villains, wayward Willie, X-sposing X-ministers, Yammering Yankees, and zero zippers. Is MCC Obsolete?Twelve years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, the vaunted Austin high-tech consortium is still struggling to find its purpose. Breaking the BankGambling became a way of life for young Josh Levine. When he got in too deep, he came to believe that only a holdup could get him out. |
Barry Switzer Gets the Last LaughThe rookie Cowboys coach has turned out to be exactly what all the critics said he wasn’t: a winner. Brush With FameAs a curator and in his own work as a painter, Jerry Bywaters left a lasting legacy of Texas art. Closing the Circle JA final farewell to the Hill Country spread that for more than thirty years meant everything to me and my family. |
Columns
Behind the LinesThe Gate-CrashersBusinessCritter BiddersHigh-tech meets down-home in Texas’ latest ranching trend: a video auction of emus, elk, and other exotic animals. PoliticsBig TalkerJailed right-wing Dallas radio host Tom Donahue protests he’s a political prisoner. The IRS says he’s a crook. |
TravelLatin BeatMusic and dance define Veracruz, the city with the stongest coffee and the freshest seafood in Mexico. MusicFast and LooseBugs Henderson doesn’t lhave an “act” — he’s simply one of the best blues guitarists around. |
Reporter
ReporterStraight ArrowThe new Ways and Means chairman, Bill Archer, takes aim at the federal budget. ReporterTexas CrudeA Dallas animation team creates caroons that would make even Beavis and Butt-head blush. |
ReporterThe Truck Stops HereDorsett 221 near Buda is the place where a driver is always king of the castle. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdCriminal ConnectionsState of the ArtSanta Clara Corn Dancer, 1994 |
State SecretsWhen Bush Comes to Shove |
Recipes
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