Film & TV
July 1, 1991
Texas Movies: In Character
From wheezy-voiced geezers to yuk-it-up yokels, these actors excel at portraying the stereotypical Texan.
Arts & Entertainment
Film & TV
July 1, 1991
Texas Movies: Texas Videos
‘Giant’ is just one of the best movies about Texas.
Film & TV
June 30, 1991
Texas Movies: Hollywood, TX
How Hollywood sees us—and how Hollywood got us wrong.
Sports
May 31, 1991
The Real Deal vs. The Real Meal
Boxing caught its second wind when George Foreman went the distance with the champ, Evander Holyfield.
Sports
May 1, 1991
Armed and Considered Dangerous
The only thing scarier than facing a great pitcher is facing a hothead like Roger Clemens.
Film & TV
April 30, 1991
Willie, the Actor
Is being himself good enough?
Arts & Entertainment
April 30, 1991
The Cheerleader Murder Plot
To understand Wanda Holloway’s dark and desperate story, you have to start with where she came from.
Music
April 30, 1991
Poor Willie
When the IRS seized all that Willie Nelson had, it was a case of the man who can’t say no meeting the men who won’t take no for an answer.
Art
April 1, 1991
Cult of Self
With their earnest autobiographical and cultural themes, the young Mexican painters and sculptors are following the legacy of Frida Kahlo.
Art
April 1, 1991
Looking at Mexico
Visitors may suffer from culture shock upon seeing the artistic riches of “Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries.”
Film & TV
February 1, 1991
Sissy Spacek’s Long Walk Home
You can take the girl out of East Texas, but you can’t take East Texas out of the girl.
Music
February 1, 1991
Yo, Y’all
Carrollton’s Vanilla Ice is the country’s coolest rapper, and several other Texas acts are hot on his heels.
Music
December 1, 1990
“I’m Just Me”
When country singer Charley Pride isn’t on the road, chances are he’s puttering around a Dallas golf course—or riding herd on his business holdings.
Music
December 1, 1990
Fine Tuning
From the Panhandle to the Bayou City, homegrown classical music ensembles are our best-kept secret.
Art
December 1, 1990
Native Nativities
All is clam, all is bright in folk-art manger scenes.
Arts & Entertainment
December 1, 1990
The New Santa
A Christmas story for all you kids out there.
Music
October 1, 1990
Requiem in Blue
Recollections of guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Art
October 1, 1990
The Quickest Draw In the West
Not since Remington and Russell has a cowboy artist sold so many works—for so much—as Fredericksburg’s G. Harvey.
Sports
October 1, 1990
To the Brilliant Victor
Southwest Conference trophies, commemorating long-forgotten triumphs, are still winners.
Music
September 1, 1990
Fortune’s Smile
Tevin Campbell, the thirteen-year-old soul sensation, is Texas’ answer to Michael Jackson.
Art
August 1, 1990
Industrious Arts
For a handful of Texas artists, crafting a living comes naturally.
Arts & Entertainment
July 1, 1990
Texas Humor: This Man Can Really Shoot Bull
With his bust-a-gut jokes and cornpone tales, backwoods humorist Bob Murphey delivers a time gone by.
Arts & Entertainment
July 1, 1990
Texas Humor: My Life As Joe Bob Briggs
It didn’t take me long to learn the ten lessons of stand-up comedy. Number one is, Prepare to die.
Arts & Entertainment
July 1, 1990
Texas Humor
From Pecos Bill to nightclub comics, we’ve got lots to laugh about.
Business
May 31, 1990
A Ride On the Wild Side
Conquering Arlington’s Texas Giant.
Art
May 31, 1990
Sacred Meets Profane
Benito Huerta reconciles the religious and the worldly in powerfuul new works at Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum.
Books
April 30, 1990
Shock Treatment
Three new books deliver sordid stories of drugged-up cops, kinky murderers, and a real-life drug kingpin.
Books
April 1, 1990
The Man Who Never Stops
Robert A. Caro has spent fifteen years writing his monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson. He is halfway through.
Music
March 1, 1990
Strike Up the Bands
The bands play on and on and on in Austin.
Film & TV
February 1, 1990
Lost in Space
Locked away in NASA’s storage vaults was some of the most glorious footage ever filmed. I thought turning it into a movie would be a snap. Ten years later I’ve revised my opinion.
Film & TV
December 1, 1989
Liz and Me
Memories of the filming of ‘Giant’ in Marfa, as recalled by a fan who had the best seat in the house.
Art
December 1, 1989
Get Along, Little Doggies
Well-shod supermodel Fay Ray steps out in true Texas style.
Sports
November 1, 1989
Hotter’n Hell
Cycling a hundred miles is a hard enough way to spend a Saturday. It’s even harder in Wichita Falls in August.
Arts & Entertainment
August 1, 1989
Parish the Thought!
FYI: The Houston Post’s new society sleuth has great connections, a phone in her purse, and the complete attention of Houston’s haut monde.
Music
July 1, 1989
The Semi-Reluctant Rock Star
How did shy, sweet Edie Brickell become America’s hottest new performer? By sticking to her vision —and doing what the record company told her.
Art
June 30, 1989
Texans Versus Shapes
Heroes in the shade.
Sports
May 1, 1989
The World’s Greatest Poker Player
Johnny Chan became a champion through nerve and dedication—and every now and then a few good hands.
Music
April 1, 1989
Beyond the Blues
The unlikely twosome of eccentric rocker Doug Sahm and blues champion Clifford Antone has rescued from obscurity a distinctively rhythmic, indisputably raunchy regional sound.
Music
March 1, 1989
Songs of Innocence
In Joe Scruggs’s music Everymom evicts under-the-bed monsters, Everykid remembers on Monday morning the fifteen things he needs for school that day, and Everybody delights in Scruggs’s corny but sensitive portrayal of childhood.
Music
February 1, 1989
This is Now
Looking forward to Jerry Jeff Walker’s second Luckenbach, looking into a new way to settle feuds, and looking back over the career of Texas’ most prolific unknown author.
Style & Design
November 1, 1988
Can You Take a Hint?
Heloise, America’s best-known homemaker, has a dirty little secret: she hates to clean house. If you hate it too, she’s convinced that you need her more than ever.
Music
October 1, 1988
One Brick Shy of a Load
Not your run-of-the-mill pickers and singers, these performers are determined to carve out new territory.
Music
October 1, 1988
The Fall of Country, the Rise of Country
As Nashville pandered to the lowest common denominator, Texans found a new audience hungry for old traditions.
Music
September 30, 1988
The Good, The Bad, and The Country
In the small world of country’s New Traditionalism, George Strait and Steve Earle still manage to be worlds apart.
Sports
September 1, 1988
Football? What’s the Big Deal?
As much as I hated playing football, I hate watching it more.
Music
August 31, 1988
Off the Road Again
Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic at Carl’s Corner was the picnic to end all picnics. It did just that.
Music
August 1, 1988
The Big Squeezy
Get hip to zydeco, the born-on-the-bayou sound with the accordion accent. Ready for it red hot? Check out a Saturday-night church dance in Houston.
Sports
June 1, 1988
Hope and Glory
A salute to Texas athletes trying young: seven hearts set on the Summer Olympics.
Film & TV
May 31, 1988
Extra! Extra!
In which the author becomes a star—for three seconds.
Film & TV
April 1, 1988
Is J.R. Shot?
The tenth anniversary of the most popular nighttime series begs the question. How long can the Ewing’s doings hold are attention?