March 1985
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Features
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Texas Primer: The Trail Ride
It began in 1952 as a nostalgic recreation of the old cattle drive. Now it’s a grand annual party stretching across Texas.
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Western Art: The Grafter
An interpretation of a classic genre.
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On Your Way Home, Dear…
Tired and hungry, but not broke? A bevy of gourmet-to-go shops in Texas’ major cities provide a classy alternative to the TV dinner.
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Looking for Trouble
Fred Cuny, sixth-generation Texan and uncompromising disaster-relief consultant, takes his expertise to the ends of the earth.
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Bring ‘Em Back Alive
In darkest South Texas roam two of the world’s most endangered species—the black rhino and the Great White Hunter.
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Art & Sole
What your feet should be wearing when they kick up their heels.
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The Silver Lining
Age is a matter of mind. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
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The Bloody Billion
Oh, how our legislators are moaning and groaning as they try to cut the state budget. But we’ve slashed, chopped, trimmed, pared, and whittles our way through it—and save $1 billion. It wasn’t that hard. Really.
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Columns
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New Music Man
A producing career, a hit video, a record company, successful sound tracks: Austin’s Patrick Keel is having it all.
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Liquid Shimmer
In The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen takes a cold look at movie-fed dreams; the late, great Sam Peckinpah gave us an impassioned view of a violent world.
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My Son, The Violinist
The failed ambitions of the father become the triumphs of the son, or so most fathers would hope.
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Behind the Lines
The dupe’s triumph.
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Persistent Vigor
The impressive canvases that make up “Fresh Paint” at the Museum of Fine Arts prove that Houston has finally arrived as a significant art-making center.
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Home Maker
Many of the best modern homes in the fifties featured natural materials, interior courtyards, and built-in furniture—and architect Harwell Harris was the reason.
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Reporter
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Texas Monthly Reporter
Can gas become oil? Can a Lubbock institution become an Austin one? Can preservation become exploitation? Can Houston become Austinized? Can Amarillo escape Pottergate?
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Miscellany
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Touts
Get an earful of this.
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State Secrets
Coors and Hispanics make peace; Mexico’s flash in the pan; Gramm’s GOP crusade; Mayor Kathy emerges unscathed.
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Roar of the Crowd
Beating around the Bush; remembering an old friend; rethinking high school days.
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Puzzle
Slices of life.
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