February 2001
Table of Contents
Features
The Whole Shootin' MatchThe most famous bank-robbing lovers of all time weren't nearly as glamorous as Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. Although the fragile, pretty Bonnie Parker had her good points, Clyde Barrow was a scrawny, two-timing psychopath. They were straight out of a country and western ballad. And when they died in a hail of bullets 66 years ago, their legend was born. Love and War in CyberspaceBrandon and Denise were not like other people. They were smarter, more introverted. They adored computers, playing games online at three in the morning with people in Finland. When they and other hard-core techies moved to Walden, a Houston apartment complex with the fastest residential Internet connection in the world, it seemed like a wired paradise. For a while, it was. The Talented Mr. WittliffCan a savvy Hollywood dealmaker also be as down-home and unassuming as an old shoe? He can if he's Austin's Bill Wittliff, an award-winning screenwriter, an accomplished photographer, a collector with a passion for the past—in short, the nicest Renaissance man you'll ever meet. |
Bill PassesHow Bill Ratliff became lieutenant governor—and what it means for Texas. The Widow’s PiqueIn Lubbock they call her the "Spanish Yoko Ono," and María Elena Holly, Buddy Holly’s widow, has always had a troubled relationship with his conservative hometown. Some folks rave on that it’s her greed that has killed the city’s Buddy Holly Music Festival. But it’s more complicated than that. |
Columns
SportsDrew Carries OnSixteen years after a car crash ended his football career, former Cowboys star Drew Pearson is a team player again—in the XFL. |
FilmHot DougCritics praise him. Woody Allen loves him. And no one does a better Truman Capote. Meet Midland's Douglas McGrath, a writer-director who's ready to take center stage with his role in a new movie. TexanaUnnatural HabitatNoah's Land—an exotic-animal park and petting zoo near Bastrop—is underfinanced, and its staff is overwhelmed. As if that weren't enough, it's also under investigation for possible animal neglect. |
Reporter
Miscellany
Texas PrimerKing VidorWhat Galveston native filmed the black and white scenes in The Wizard of Oz? |
Web Exclusives
Outlaw LoveSenior editor Gary Cartwright tells the story behind this month's cover story, "The Whole Shootin' Match." Where's WaldenAssistant editor Katy Vine reveals what it was like to live for a week at Walden, an apartment complex in Houston that has the fastest residential Internet connection in the world. (See "Love and War in Cyberspace".) |
Texas TidbitsCharro Days on the border. Happy TrailsRevisiting Lubbock. Texas History 101The Great Crush Collision. |
Recipes
State FareGet hooked on the sea bass at Dallas' Bistral. Books That CookThe Best From Helen Corbitt's Kitchen. |
