Reporter
February 1, 1983
Texas Monthly Reporter
The unhealthy politics of emergency medicine; according an accordionist his due; sucking it up for Lite beer; the condo boom that went bust.
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Puzzle
February 1, 1983
Puzzle
Paper tigers.
Music
February 1, 1983
Thunder Claps
The Fabulous Thunderbirds storm away on a new album that shows why they’re Texas’ hardiest rhythm and blues band. Eight more releases capture everything from mandolin picking to Balinese monkey chants.
Movies
February 1, 1983
Next to Godliness
Gandhi presents its title character as all but a god and India as all but a paradise. Starstruck is a lark; Sophie’s Choice is a letdown.
Feature
February 1, 1983
Other Main Streets
They’re where you went to get your hair cut or to see a picture show or to watch the squirrels on the courthouse lawn.
News & Politics
February 1, 1983
Charlie Brooks’ Last Words
Charlie Brooks was the first man to die by lethal injection, but everyone wondered whether he or his partner was the real murderer. In his last days, Brooks answered that, and other questions.
Food & Drink
February 1, 1983
I Am the Greatest Cook in the World
And I’m telling you, if you can’t batter it, fry it, spike it with chiles, or bathe it in buttermilk, it’s not worth your time.
Classical Music
February 1, 1983
Standing Room Opera
Texas opera lovers would have ended the season happily just having seen a lively Rosenkavalier, a magical Rheingold, and a fiery Wozzeck. But then the Houston Grand Opera’s Pagliacci came along and took their breath away.
Business
February 1, 1983
The Cassandra of Crude
Dale Steffes can predict the future of the oil business. So why do the majors turn a deaf ear? Because, says Steffes, the news is all bad.
Behind the Lines
February 1, 1983
Behind the Lines
What’s next?
Books
February 1, 1983
As Good as Her Word
Texas women write about crop dusters and frozen custard and the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport in the encouraging new anthology Her Work. Life Sentences, though, is a flimsy feminist exercise.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1983
The Making of a Congressman
Twelve ran, Mike Andrews won. A saga of ambition, money, power, courage, and the nature of urban politics in Texas.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1983
God’s Happy Hour
Every year communities scattered across Texas hold wet-dry elections. Each one pits the forces of fundamentalism against the forces of realism. This is the story of one such election.
Touts
January 1, 1983
Touts
Animal magnetism.
State Secrets
January 1, 1983
State Secrets
One giant step for wives; one small step for John Glenn; why oilmen will never rule the world; why the new Texas congressmen won’t either.
Roar of the Crowd
January 1, 1983
Roar of the Crowd
Banned in the schools, school kids in the band.
Reporter
January 1, 1983
Texas Monthly Reporter
Two newspapers in search of nothing in particular; a fish story with a happy ending; an eleven-letter word for “crossword puzzle whiz”; the cutting edge of Corpus Christi’s minority politics.
Puzzle
January 1, 1983
Puzzle
A slice of life.
The Culture
January 1, 1983
Texas Primer: The Dallas Model
The sweetheart of the Apparel Mart: where she came from and where she’s going.
Movies
January 1, 1983
Nolo Contendere
Paul Newman stars as an existential ambulance chaser in The Verdict, a dismal study of law and disorder. Best Friends will alienate you; Heartaches will make you feel good. 48 Hrs. is dirty talk and deja vu.
Lifestyle
January 1, 1983
A Home Away from Home
Thanks to indulgent parents, many of today’s wealthy kids are disdaining dorms for UT-area condos - and forfeiting what may be the best part of a college education.
Bum Steers
January 1, 1983
Bum Steer Awards 1983
Presenting blazing barbecue, bumbling Bush, blaspheming Baptists, and 118 more of the best of the worst of Texas.
Behind the Lines
January 1, 1983
Behind the Lines
Negative utopias.
Books
January 1, 1983
A Monumental Man
In The Path to Power Robert Caro brings the Texas of the twenties and thirties to hot, scrubby life, but tries to fit the young Lyndon Johnson into a prefabricated and constricting mold.
Art
January 1, 1983
The Quixotic Theotokopoulos
A spectacular show at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts reexamines the genius of El Greco.
Style & Design
December 1, 1982
Piece by Piece
Out of Texas’ ragbag history came the patchwork quilt, the product of cold winters, isolated homesteads, empty pocketbooks, and fertile minds.
News & Politics
December 1, 1982
The Ragged Edge
Soon there won’t be anyone left who wants to be a cop.
Theater
December 1, 1982
Bringing Down The House
The board of the Dallas Theater Center is fighting with its stuck-in-a-rut staff to pull the company out of its decade of doldrums.
State Secrets
December 1, 1982
State Secrets
Brown & Root looks for a way out; Mark White looks for a way in; who’s number one at UT; the Court of Criminal Appeals blows another one.
Roar of the Crowd
December 1, 1982
Roar of the Crowd
Pickens, pesos, and notes from the fringe.
Reporter
December 1, 1982
Texas Monthly Reporter
Sundown’s up and Morton’s down: Dallas is Texas’ most mental city; the Spurs are Texas’ most schizophrenic team; the Aggies are ushering in brave new world; Fort Worth is fixing to challenge Detroit.
Texas History
December 1, 1982
Texas Primer: The Comic Texan
The life and times of the cowboy-millionaire hero of a thousand postcards.
Movies
December 1, 1982
Truth and Woolworth’s
Life is false fronts and fantasies to the women who flock to a dusty Texas town in Robert Altman’s Com Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. The Missionary won’t convert you. Still of the Night is still, all right.
Style & Design
December 1, 1982
The Light Before Christmas
String the lights, hang the tinsel and the expense. It’s Christmas and the decorated homes of Texans are second to none.
Sports
December 1, 1982
Coach Royal Regrets
Does Texas’ greatest college coach miss football? Nope.
Education
December 1, 1982
The Four R’s
In Corpus Christi’s schools, testing kids is as important as teaching them—which has greatly improved test scores but not the quality of public education.
Classical Music
December 1, 1982
Hal-le-lu-jah!
On Christmas Day, people all across the country can tune in to PBS to hear the Concert Chorale of Houston sing the Messiah. That’s reason to rejoice.
Behind the Lines
December 1, 1982
Behind the Lines
Ten thousand doors.
Books
December 1, 1982
…And To All A Good Read
Reading aloud at Christmas charms the wiggliest kids and takes the humbug out of anyone.
Art
December 1, 1982
Tintypes And Stormscapes
A new book on the Amon Carter Museum’s photography collection chronicles one and a half colorful centuries of America in haunting black and white.
Style & Design
November 1, 1982
Sensations
Was the partridge in a pear tree you gave last Christmas not fully appreciated? Our sensational gift ideas will save you this year.
Lifestyle
November 1, 1982
And What Exactly Is A Joist?
Remodeling is hell.
State Secrets
November 1, 1982
State Secrets
Making a mountain out of a Greenhill; Dallas versus Houston in the governor’s race; Post time at the Chronicle; the Yankees are after our oil money again.
Roar of the Crowd
November 1, 1982
Roar of the Crowd
Standard bearers, sentence parers, blue wayfarers.
Music
November 1, 1982
Texas Monthly Reporter
Texas’ greatest rural sheriff, oddest permutation of democracy, unlikeliest punk heroes, and hottest airline dogfight.
Texas History
November 1, 1982
Texas Primer: The Blue Norther
Sunny in the morning, sunny in the evening, freezing by suppertime.
Movies
November 1, 1982
Your Flick of Flicks
Laughter, nostalgia, and a delightful performance by Peter O’Toole are brought to you by My Favorite Year, a tribute to the heyday of TV. Lookin’ to Get Out will have you doing the same. Yes, Giorgio is so-so. Texas has its moments.
Kids
November 1, 1982
Auf Wiedersehen, Sayonara, So Long
When you’re an Air Force brat, parting is part of growing up.
Being Texan
November 1, 1982
Easy Street
Houston’s black elite have come a very long way to live in MacGregor Way, the swankiest black neighborhood in Texas, but they still don’t feel safe.
News & Politics
November 1, 1982
Mr. Hannah’s Rocket
His first spacecraft blew up on the pad and his primary investor died, but the first free enterprise rocket finally flew from Matagorda.