September 1983

Aug 31, 1983 — By Byron Harris

From his early days in Big Spring, Eugene Anderson wasn’t what he seemed; neither was the mysterious element he later claimed turned water into fuel.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Dick Reavis

Across the Panhandle stretches a thin red line that divides doughty plains dwellers from Texas’ lesser changed.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Jan Reid

Football recruiting makes the NCAA see red, but SMU sees orange.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Lisa Germany

In a glass-and-steel world of Houston skyscrapers, there was nothing like an art deco obelisk or a pink Gothic cathedral until architect Philip Johnson.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Lawrence Wright

When armadillos weighed three tons and the long horns were on dinosaurs.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Texas Monthly

With their 350-degree camera, photographers recorded Houston in the early 1900’s. Half a century later two young photographers found the camera the same but Houston vastly changed.

Aug 31, 1983 — By John Schwartz

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the scams.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Jim Atkinson

Sometimes women fall in love with men behind bars, but once the bars disappear, the love itself may become the prison.

Aug 31, 1983 — By W. L. Taitte

Jim Cartwright has a classic case of obsession-he owns thousands of records. Under Sung Kwak the Austin Symphony has gone from mediocre to memorable.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Gregory Curtis

The burning cactus.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Peter Applebome

Frederick Barthelme’s Moon Deluxe is a collection of cockeyed tales about stucco camels, supermarket sec and other modern curiosities. In Short Circuit Michael Mewshaw finds fault with the nasty world of professional tennis. The urban vignettes of Laura Furman’s Watch Time Fly range from skillful to so-so.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Pepi Plowman

Bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan showcases his powerhouse guitar on a nationally released record. Also on new LPs are fellow Texans, from country king George Jones to Austin cutups the Big Boys.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Stephen Chapman

Independent oilmen are still for free enterprise, but these days they also expect a little favoritism from Uncle Sam.

Aug 31, 1983 — By James Wolcott

The tale of schlemiels schlemiel, Zelig is as funny, endearing, and slight as Woody Allen himself. Staying Alive is suicidal. The quick Grey Fox jumps nimbly the pitfalls of making a western.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Patricia Sharpe

This one’s a real sleeper.

Aug 31, 1983 — By Paul Burka

It’s Post time in the race to take over Houston’s morning newspaper, and here are the odds; Doctor Death takes a holiday in Dallas; a bank merger causes frowns at Fulbright & Jaworski; does Jim Mattox have a future?

Aug 31, 1983 — By Texas Monthly

Aug 31, 1983 — By Texas Monthly

Aug 31, 1983 — By Suzanne Winckler

Texas highways show their age; Houston punks show their colors; foster parents show they care; A&M shows its macaws; cattle ranchers show their breeding.