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January 1982
features
Bum Steer Awards
The Lord’s Work
The Saint of Falfurrias
Trust Me, Just Sign Here.
Dear Parents of Dallas: Your Teenagers Are Out Hot-Rodding, Drinking Beer, and Flirting on Forest Lane Every Friday Night!
columns
The Party's Over [Politics]
Behind the Lines
Big Frogs, Small Pond [Movies]
Stumpers in the Pulpit [Church]
Miss Van Buren Comes To Texas [Art]
The Best Classical Records of 1981 [Classical Music]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | February 1982
features
What Do Deer Hunters Really Want?
The Book of the Century-And-A-Half
Way Out West In The Land of Cotton
The Beer That Made Armadillos Famous
Texas Primer: The Hughes Drill Bit »
Waiting For Mommy
columns
Little Oil [Politics]
Behind the Lines
I Was A Hostess At A Tupperware Party [Lifestyle]
Burnet’s Milestone [Architecture]
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Movies]
The Lord Giveth And The Lord Giveth [Church]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | March 1982
features
A Slip of the Tongue
Texas Primer: The Tumbleweed »
The Very Rich Life Of Enrico Di Portanova
Drinking
BYOB
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Next President of Mexico
Mexico In Color
columns
We Believe In You, Coach [Sports]
Behind the Lines
The Writer Stumbles [Books]
Marriage In The Combat Zone [Movies]
Making Hole [Working]
The Soaps Get Religion [Church]
The Score In Houston [Classical Music]
Hot Pasta [Dining Out]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
April 1982
features
Back Home
Life With The Sutherlands, Frontier Family
Trial by Technicality
How Farrah Fawcett Changed the World »
Texas Primer: The Tornado »
The Architects
columns
Bad Water [Environment]
Behind the Lines
Meanwhile, Back In Giddings [Business]
Border Machismo [Movies]
Jazz Mastered [Jazz]
A Flourishing Bride Of Christ [Church]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | May 1982
features
Scarecrow Cops »
Texas Primer: The Frito »
The Autumn of Alamo Heights »
James A. Baker III, Politician
Oil Chic
The Case Of The Campus Crusader
columns
The Shrine Of The Black Madonna [Religion]
Behind the Lines
Gimmie Silver [Books]
The Box [Crime]
French Fries And Sympathy [Movies]
They’re Playing Our Song—Again [Classical Music]
Mixed Company [Dance]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | June 1982
features
Big River »
Texas Primer: The Horny Toad »
Growing Up Fast
His Name Was Forrest Bess
A Singin’ Fool
Foat Wuth, The Eternal City
columns
The Bishop Drops A Bomb [Politics]
Behind the Lines
Cool Blue And Dangerous [Movies]
The Proving Ground [Crime]
Hands Across The Ocean [Theater]
Mustard Seeds [Church]
Twelve-Pack To Go [Popular Music]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
July 1982
features
Immigrants
Texas Primer: The Ghost Town »
The Texas Edison
The Store That Made Jonesville Famous
The Man Who Killed Braniff
What Texas Means To Me
columns
Angst Amid The Kiwi Fruit [Food]
Behind the Lines
The Way To A Woman’s Heart [Lifestyle]
A Generous Helping [Theater]
Little Alien Lost [Movies]
The Kid Is Blowing Them Away [Jazz]
Main Street Religion [Church]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | August 1982
features
The New Energy Crisis: Opec Versus Opec
Texas Primer: The Tract House »
Growing Up Gringo
The King of the Forest »
Underneath Texas
It Doesn’t Matter That The Riviera Is In France, Because Possum Kingdom Is In Texas.
columns
The Elegiac Image [Art]
Behind the Lines
Kirk And Spock And Scotty And Bones [Movies]
The Comeback Of The Column [Architecture]
Ol’ Man Musical [Classical Music]
The Tongue-Lashing [Church]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | September 1982
features
The Gods Of Padre Island
Texas Primer: Mesquite »
The Trouble With UT
We Know You’re Interested Only In Quality Education
C. Barsott’s Texas
The Man Who Killed Judge Wood
The Empress’s New Clothes
The Inside Skinny On Dallas Designers
columns
The New Dominion [Books]
Behind the Lines
Spiciest Africa [Food]
Art Pepper’s Last Chorus [Jazz]
Well, Bust My Bodice [Movies]
The Midas Touch [Theater]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
October 1982
features
Jim Collins And The Armies Of The Faithful
The Shape Of Things To Come
Texas Primer: The Pecan
Saddle Up, The Herd Is Waiting
“It’s Time To Make a Deal” »
Illusions Of Grandeur
On The Wing
columns
Cocaine: Its Role In Dallas Cafe Society [Lifestyle]
Behind the Lines
The Knickknack Cadillac [Books]
The Blues Of The Gulf [Popular Music]
Kangaroo Westerns [Movies]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | November 1982
features
The Guardians Who Slumbereth Not
The Dinosaur Darwin Missed
Halftime Heroes »
The Envelope, Please
Texas Primer: The Blue Norther »
Mr. Hannah’s Rocket
Easy Street
Sensations
columns
And What Exactly Is A Joist? [Lifestyle]
Behind the Lines
Your Flick of Flicks [Movies]
Auf Wiedersehen, Sayonara, So Long [Kids]
I Was A High School Football Coach [Working]
From The Mouth Of Saints [Classical Music]
The Shrine Of The Bleached Skull [Art]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | December 1982
features
The Ragged Edge
How Safe Are You?
Texas Primer: The Comic Texan
Coach Royal Regrets
Piece by Piece
The Light Before Christmas
281
columns
The Four R’s [Education]
Behind the Lines
…And To All A Good Read [Books]
Truth and Woolworth’s [Movies]
Tintypes And Stormscapes [Art]
Bringing Down The House [Theater]
Hal-le-lu-jah! [Classical Music]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
