April 1980
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Features
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Little Boy Lost
Being autistic nearly ruined Michael Shipley’s life, but his parents sent him to a state mental hospital. Then Michael’s life was ruined for good.
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The Tragedy of Bob Bullock
Bob Bullock, in his flamboyant style, built a powerful state agency. Then Bob Bullock, in his flamboyant style, was seduced by its power.
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Painting the Towns
Burns roamed Texas doing odd jobs. One day he ambled into a museum carrying drawings he’s made along the way – and ended up a celebrity.
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Would You Pay $2.5 Million for That Painting?
The Iceberg is the most expensive American painting in history, but it is also the center of an art-world mystery with a trail leading from an English boys’ school to a Dallas millionaire.
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On the Edge of Texas
For hundreds of years man—from the Comanche to the backpacker—has tried to conquer Big Bend. Still, it remains wild, stark, and pristine.
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Columns
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Lode Star
Coal Miner’s Daughter hits true and false notes; Cruising goes sadly astray.
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All Show and No Souffle
While the Pyramid Room in Dallas relies on pomp, two of its rivals in French dining are putting foot before pretension.
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Putting On the Don
One man’s lifelong quest for the perfect recording of Mozart’s masterpiece.
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Cross Examinations
Adventurous Methodists try the case against the Church; pallid Seventh-day Adventists try the worshiper’s patience.
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Behind the Lines
Forgetting free trade, scrapping our factories, and other modest solutions to our economic troubles.
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Gonna Take a Sedimentary Journey
Roadside Geology of Texas makes traveling a rocky road fun. In the Shining Mountains finds nature tarnished, but The Spawning Run shows it unspoiled.
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I Want to be a Star
You do? There are some people right off Dallas’s Central Expressway waiting to help.
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Let the Good Times Roll
Filmmaker Les Blank focuses on foot-tapping music, down-home cooking, and the vanishing art of having a good time.
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Jazz Salad
Some old greats forged ahead in 1979, but young musicians kept up.
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The Finish Line
As a doctor, Tony Seidenberg has become accustomed to death. Only this time it is different: he is the one who is dying.
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Reporter
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Texas Monthly Reporter
Rice University is up in arms; God is indicted for murder; Blackboard Jungle becomes a political thicket; the golden arm of Nolan Ryan.
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Miscellany
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The Inside Story
Music lover.
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Touts
Cowgirls and dougboys.
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State Secrets
Nebraska scoundrels are absconding with West Texas water; adding grist to the Murdoch rumor mill; the old Dallas City Council was never like this.
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Roar of the Crowd
Love and death.
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Puzzle
Penalty for icing.
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