April 1996
Table of Contents
Features
The Ultimate Hill Country TourSpend a long weekend this spring meandering through Texas’ fabled heartland, where you can stop and smell the wildflowers, taste country cooking, and take home a trunkful of fine antiques. The High Times of Gerry GoldsteinTexas’ top drug lawyer helps dope dealers and cocaine kingpins beat their raps—and he’s proud of it. Buckle UpThe rodeo belt buckle is prized by cowboys and collectors alike. By the look of these handcrafted samples, it’s easy to see why. |
Interview With The VampAfter twenty years as the reigning queen of the soaps, the essential truth about Morgan Fairchild remains: She’s not a bitch, but she plays one on TV. Wafer MadnessInside a state-of-the-art semiconductor factory, a day’s work is never done, as technicians race to build smaller, faster, and more-powerful computer chips. Life After OilMidland’s energy companies are still laying people off a decade after the bottom of the bust. But—surprise—the city’s economy is booming again. |
Columns
Behind the LinesThe Fourth TrampA new book about Lee Harvey Oswald reveals that conspiracy theorists are still straining to repackage old news into something new. FilmCool Hand LukasAustinite Lukas Haas is back on the big screen alongside Winona Ryder, Julia Roberts, and Jack Nicholson. For now, though, he isn’t letting Hollywood go to his head. ArtNot a Pretty PictureDallas and Houston have done it; Beaumont and Corpus Christi have too. So why hasn’t Austin built a respectable art museum? It comes down to three things: money, management, and mission. |
MusicThe Cult of KeenIt took two decades of shows at honky-tonks filled with frat-boy fans and Aggie admirers, but singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen has his first major-label record deal. TravelHabeas CorpusThe rap on Corpus Christi is that there’s no there there—but a case can be made that it’s a great weekend destination. |
Reporter
FaceRenée ZellwegerThe Ex FilesDon BaylorReporterThe Far Right StuffWyatt Roberts says he’s simply crusading against sin, but critics contend that the Christian activist is trying to usher in a new era in Texas: the anti-gay nineties. |
Hot BoxCD and Book ReviewsGoing To PressWild About HarryHigh TexDeath and Texas |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdGoat or Hero?How clueless is Congressman Steve Stockman? Plus: Life, death, and race in East Texas. The Inside StoryThe Buckle Stops Here |
State SecretsRight OnPrimary color: Dole on a roll, a report card for the Religious Right, and other fallout from Election Day. |
Recipes
State FareTired of plain old greens and lifeless veggies? Houston’s La Mora has a salad you just can’t beet. |
