1975 – Page 4 of 5

Family Affairs

Coupling takes many forms, as John Updike and Shelby Hearon can tell you.

Touts

Silver threads and golden needles.

On the Waterfront

Canoeists battle more than white water when they run the Guadalupe.

Roar of the Crowd

Laredo: Fuel’s Paradise

Everybody in Laredo is being excessively kind to Tony Sanchez, Sr., these days, quite a change from several years ago when Sanchez took in ten to twelve thousand a year selling office supply furniture and trading oil and gas leases on the side to help make ends meet. Kindest of

Future Rock

The times, they are a’ changing. Fine, but how?

This‘ll Be the Day

In Lubbock Buddy Holly was just a skinny kid with glasses, but to rock-and-roll fans he was—and is—a whole lot more.

Sold Arabian

The Alamo was only the first step in the Arabs’ attempted takeover of what’s sacred to us Texans. The Customer’s Man

Cleaning Up the Act

Both Warren Beatty and Ellen Burstyn are going to wash that malaise right out of their hair.

Carousel

Taking a nostalgic turn around some old merry-go-rounds.

Greetings From the Eighth Wonder of the World

A candid celebration of ten years of the Astrodome and Astrothink.

What Your Mother Never Told You About Rice

A grain of truth about the high cost of food.

Zoo Story

A guide to Texas zoos: living like an animal is better than it’­s ever been.

The Most Dangerous Airports in Texas

Pray now, fly later.

Road Hogs

Found at last! Highway cuisine to save you from Stuckey’s.

Contest

Getting your words’ worth.

The Way We Weren’t

Washington-on-the-Brazos is a little run-down for a Texas shrine; but then, it was run-down in 1836 too.

Behind the Lines

Waltz Across Texas, March Into Zion

Two books on why you can’t go home again.

Three for the Show

Fort Worth’s art museums are a bigger attraction than the stockyards and, what’s more, most art doesn’t smell.

Touts

Cheese and crackers.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Off with Their Heads

Is the new Congress out to strip the Texas delegation of its power?

Putting on Arias

In Texas, the fandom of the opera is surprisingly large.

Stolid Gold

A funny thing happened on the way to the gold boom.

Doiní the Monster Mashed

The new Frankenstein is a horror movie. Unfortunately, it wasn’t intended to be.

Sampling the Stations

What’s on the dial around the state.

Tuning In Texas

Five radio announcers who’ll help you make it through the night, or day.

The Good Old Days

An old-timer in radio broadcasting remembers some things he’d rather forget.

Mike Newlin Has Something on His Mind

One of pro basketball’s smartest players thinks about everything but the game.

H. L. Hunt’s Long Goodbye

The strange legacy of the world’s richest man.

Pomp and Circumstance

The private life of a public high school.

A Taste of Honey

How to avoid sugar at any price.

Contest

Not figuratively speaking.

The Way We Were

Two old Houston buildings stand in the way of what some people call progress.

Behind the Lines

Old Dogs, Old Tricks

Two well-known authors prove that knowing the subject matter doesn’t necessarily guarantee a good book.

Touts

A second anniversary selection of our best tips.

Roar of the Crowd

Give Me Liberty

Price Daniel, Jr. begins his premature retirement (maybe).

Near to the Maddening Crowd

Waylon Jennings in the dark corners of stardom’s light.

When Whiskey Sours

A new approach to an old problem.

An Offering You Can’t Refuse

Godfather II is one sequel that’s as good as the original.

In Search of the Midnight Special

Where the night owls find the best food.

The 1975 Bum Steer Awards

Last year’s disreputable moments, lowest jinks, outrageous events, and preposterous personalities.

A Matter of Life and Death

If you have to be critically injured in Texas, be sure to pick the right place.

Sirens in the Night

Great ambulance drivers are made, not born.

Preparing the Fatted Calf

America is alive and well at the Houston Livestock Show.

Om, Om on the Range

Alpha waves, past lives, and other explorations of the subconscious.