December 1980
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Features
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These Boots Weren’t Made for Walking
You can drink coffee out of them, plant ivy in them, or put them on a pedestal. The only thing you can’t do with these realist ceramic boots is wear them.
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No Man’s Land
Welcome to Highland Park, a small town right in the middle of Dallas where the living is easy and time stands still.
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Houston! Astros!
The Astros were going to the World Series. But—
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I, Claus
Better not shout, cry, or pout, ‘cause we’re telling you why, after all these years, Santa Claus is still coming to town.
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Out Of Control
We’ve got inadequate airports, jam-packed airspace, and antiquated traffic control system, and inept federal overseers. Is air safety just pie in the sky?
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Columns
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Medicine Men
From pig pancreas pills to pyramid power ice trays, the cure-alls of these unorthodox healers are aimed at getting you back on the right wavelength.
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True Confessions of Fathers and Sons
What is a man to his boys? Fiend, antagonist, taskmaster, hugger, educator, realist—put them all together, they spell “father.”
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Stompin’ By the Bayou
Houston’s first jazz festival turned Miller Theatre into a hothouse of sound.
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The Shadow Warrior
Sword-wielding samurai clash in Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa’s rousing saga of clan wars in sixteenth-century Japan. The Stunt Man goes out on a limb—and falls off. It’s My Turn is a feminist film that’s funny.
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Cowboys and India
Beef is king at Cattlemen’s in Fort Worth; food fit for a rajah is yours at Houston’s Taj Mahal.
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy
These recordings of Christmas carols and cantatas will help ye rest merry.
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Old, Rugged Churches
Century-old Antioch Baptist shouts its message over the sky-high rooftops of downtown Houston. St. Mary’s in Galveston is Texas’ only basilica.
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Behind the Lines
Enter Ronald Reagan—the liberals’ true friend.
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High Gloss
Laura Furman handles The Glass House with a little too much care; Elmer Kelton’s novels take you way out West; a new filed guide digs into Texas’ past; Hearts will win yours.
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Art From the Underground
Dissident Russian artists paint a grim picture of life behind the Iron Curtain.
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Home, Bittersweet Home
An Alley Theatre world premiere, To Grandmother’s House We Go was a play about family foibles that really hit home.
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Reporter
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Texas Monthly Reporter
Cable TV has Dallas in its coils; acupuncture has its day in court; sex education has parents up in arms.
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Miscellany
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State Secrets
What’s in store for ‘88; riding Reagan’s coattails; welcome to the great El Paso gold rush; Yankee lawyers invade Dallas.
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Roar of the Crowd
Big wind, high tide, New Wave.
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Puzzle
The end of the line.
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The Inside Story
Fan tales.
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Touts
Stamp collecting a metal perfecting.
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