November 1985
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Features
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The Neo Black Velvetists
A new chapter in art history? Five artists dabble in a medium you’ll never see at the Met.
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The Art-By-The-Truckload School
They’re cheesy, they’re tasteless. But each black velvet painting is a one-of-a-kind work of art.
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Queen for a Day
Here they are—the Texas homecoming queens. Take a look at the girls the boys liked best.
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Preacher’s Kids
My father had to have an answer for everything—adultery, spiritual crises, the pigeons defecating in the church gutter. No wonder I didn’t become a preacher. The miracle is that my sister did.
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We Wanted a Test Tube Baby
The odds for having a child of our own were slim to none. We took a chance on slim.
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The Hustlers
The genteel practice of law is dead. Nowadays lawyers fight for clients, raid each other’s firms, and bill, bill, bill.
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The Return of the Urban Cowboy
Five years ago, Hollywood took some cowboys and cowgirls and portrayed their lives as filled with romance, heartbreak, and country music. Since then, they’ve returned to reality. And their lives have been filled with romance, heartbreak, and country music.
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Texas Primer: The Petroleum Club
People who have watched a certain prime-time soap opera think they know what goes on at the Petroleum Club. They don’t.
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Columns
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Missing the Pointe
White Nights is too much cold war, not enough Baryshnikov; After Hours is overwrought Scorcese; Mishima is a mishmash.
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Eat and Run
Graze on the street corners of Texas for fast, tasty, and inexpensive meals.
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Is It Live Or Is It a CD?
Compact discs: coasters? Frisbees? or the best sound you’ll ever hear?
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Behind the Lines
Winners of Dallas, at ease!
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Dense as a Clootie Dumpling
It had to happen. Novelist James Michener has finally trained his macroscope on Texas, and the result is, well, long.
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Have I Got a Collection for You
With one bold acquisition the Dallas Museum of Art could double the value of its holdings. But there were a few strings attached.
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Reporter
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Texas Monthly Reporter
A turf battle over shrimp on the coast; a nominee for the meanest man in Houston; a former Cowboy’s reflections on why athletes go broke.
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Web
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Johnny B’s Lime Rickey
Fast becoming a master soda jerk, Marilyn Shackelford, manager of Johnny B’s Old-Fashioned Soda Fountain, showed us how to make a fresh Lime Rickey at home. 1 juicy lime Crushed ice 1 1/2 oz. cherry syrup (Jubilee brand is good) Fill a pint glass with crushed ice. Squeeze in juice of one lime. Add cherry …
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On the Menu: Johnny B’s Old Fashioned Soda Fountain
IT WASN’T BECAUSE I was touring West Texas that I ate a cheeseburger for breakfast. It was after stumbling upon Johnny B’s for lunch the day before. Never mind the open sky and distant mesas, the cheeseburger at this inviting luncheonette was all I could envision. Open only since November (and with the jukebox still …
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Miscellany
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Touts
The sincerest form of plattery; imaginative new serving pieces for the holiday season.
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State Secrets
Fundamentalists lose ground in textbook war; White maneuvers to keep Hispanic support; round two for Crystal City.
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Post-Modern Times
NorthPark Mall inaugurated an epoch twenty years ago. It’s still the standard for upscale shopping.
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Downtown
You have to wonder if guys like San Antonio’s C. A. Stubbs aren’t the future of urban politics.
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Back Roads
They said it couldn’t be done, but Larry Brumfield built Texas’ largest indoor bass aquarium.
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