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January 1983
features
Bum Steer Awards 1983
God’s Happy Hour
The Grand Tour
Texas Primer: The Dallas Model
The Making of a Congressman
columns
Nolo Contendere [Movies]
Behind the Lines
A Monumental Man [Books]
The Quixotic Theotokopoulos [Art]
A Home Away from Home [Lifestyle]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | February 1983
features
Tea for Texas
I Am the Greatest Cook in the World »
Charlie Brooks’ Last Words
Texas Primer: Lyndon’s Lincoln
The Year Everything Changed
Main Street
Other Main Streets
columns
Next to Godliness [Movies]
Behind the Lines
As Good as Her Word [Books]
The Cassandra of Crude [Business]
Standing Room Opera [Classical Music]
Thunder Claps [Popular Music]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Puzzle
Touts
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | March 1983
features
Friends In Deed
The Gittings People
Texas Primer: The Right-angle Pump »
The Cutting Edge
Lyndon Johnson, Hairdresser, Prepares for Battle
Blood of the Lamb
columns
Say, Have You Heard the One... [Fun]
Behind the Lines
Daddy’s Gone to Jail [Crime]
The Nerd Who Would Be King [Movies]
Is There Food After Fort Stockton? [Food]
Architect in Wonderland [Architecture]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
April 1983
features
Hail to Thee, George E. Fischer
Hell on Wheels
The New Rustlers
Texas Primer: The Farm-to-Market Road »
Tricks
“What I Admire I Must Possess” »
columns
Big Wheels and the Silver Spike [Texana]
Behind the Lines
Have Ladle, Will Travel [Food]
Down with Compromise [Jazz]
Oil Rigged [Books]
Scotch, Neat [Movies]
Curtains! [Classical Music]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | May 1983
features
The Bar Bar »
The 89 Greatest Texas Bars »
Mark White’s Coming-Out Party
The Cow’s in the Corn
The Bad Brother
Larger Than Life
Texas Primer: The Water Tower »
columns
A Monument to Making It [Business]
Behind the Lines
Double Jeopardy [Movies]
Man Over Mortarboard [Education]
Happy Birthday, Franz and Igor [Classical Music]
Jesus and Mead’s Fine Bread [Religion]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | June 1983
features
Funky Riviera
Phantom Cat of the Valley
George Bush, Plucky Lad
Texas Primer: The Name Belt »
It’s Just Another Day
For Names’ Sake
columns
Three Feet Six, Blue Tights, Red Cape [Kids]
Behind the Lines
The Retrograde Sophisticate [Art]
Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest [Health]
Midland on a String [Classical Music]
The Sphinx Who Sings [Popular Music]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
July 1983
features
Chilly Scenes of Dinner
The Gambler
Ask Jett Rink
And Yet the Dream Endures
The Journeyman
The Ten Best and The Ten Worst Legislators »
Texas Primer: The Ranch Gate »
columns
Wookiees on Parade [Movies]
Behind the Lines
Jazz in Camouflage [Jazz]
Those Raucous Babylonians [Classical Music]
Lady on the Edge [Art]
A Knell for Eric [Books]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | August 1983
features
The Death Shift »
Texas Primer: Conjunto
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Hi! I’m Jimmy Dean and I’d Like you to Try My Pure Pork Sausage
Secret Places
columns
Personal Space [Art]
Behind the Lines
Anyplace But Texas [Business]
Something for Everyone [Classical Music]
Slower Than a Speeding Bullet [Movies]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | September 1983
features
The Big Con
Pros at Cons
Texas Primer: Caprock »
Panorama Camera
Texas, A Long, Long, Long, Long, Time Ago
Johnson & Johnson
Passing the Bucks
columns
Love in the Slammer [Crime]
Behind the Lines
Squeaky Wheels [Politics]
History’s Nebbish [Movies]
A Chamber of Music [Classical Music]
Catcher of the Awry [Books]
Blues at His Fingertips [Popular Music]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
October 1983
features
Taking Over
Texas Primer: The Open Container
Ninety Miles From Nowhere
They Say
Mayor of the Unfinished City
Football, Game of Life
Western Art: Stampede
columns
In the Boredom of the Storm [Texana]
Behind the Lines
Wal-Marts Across Texas [Business]
Daniel’s Lot [Movies]
Rose-Colored Ivories [Classical Music]
Books Only A Mother Could Love [Books]
Medicine To Go [Health]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | November 1983
features
The Legacy of Lee Harvey Oswald »
Why Do They Hate Us So Much? »
Still on the Case »
The Wild Ones
Fantasy Island
Western Art: Rawhide
Twofers
Texas Primer: The Drill Team »
columns
The Roadside Eye [Art]
Behind the Lines
Cool Minds in a Hot War [Movies]
A Surfeit of Bimbos [Books]
Duel for the Sun [Politics]
A Soprano Is Born [Classical Music]
Local Menu Makes Good [Texana]
The Palace of Pros [Theater]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | December 1983
features
The Texas Food Manifesto »
Cosmic Plowboy
Western Art: Cactus Jack
Pearl Harbor Christmas
Grande Dame of the Gulf »
Texas Primer: Christmas on the Range
Pancho Villa’s Last Gasp
columns
Another Pilgrim’s Progress [Books]
Behind the Lines
Secrets of a Deep, Dark Game [Sports]
Good Christian Pageant Fans, Rejoice [Church]
Terminal Endearment [Movies]
The Courage of Their Compositions [Classical Music]
The Proof Is in the Piano [Jazz]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
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