The Inside Story
April 1, 1980
The Inside Story
Music lover.
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Health
April 1, 1980
The Finish Line
As a doctor, Tony Seidenberg has become accustomed to death. Only this time it is different: he is the one who is dying.
Film
April 1, 1980
Lode Star
Coal Miner’s Daughter hits true and false notes; Cruising goes sadly astray.
Dining Out
April 1, 1980
All Show and No Souffle
While the Pyramid Room in Dallas relies on pomp, two of its rivals in French dining are putting foot before pretension.
Classical Music
April 1, 1980
Putting On the Don
One man’s lifelong quest for the perfect recording of Mozart’s masterpiece.
Church
April 1, 1980
Cross Examinations
Adventurous Methodists try the case against the Church; pallid Seventh-day Adventists try the worshiper’s patience.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1980
Behind the Lines
Forgetting free trade, scrapping our factories, and other modest solutions to our economic troubles.
Books
April 1, 1980
Gonna Take a Sedimentary Journey
Roadside Geology of Texas makes traveling a rocky road fun. In the Shining Mountains finds nature tarnished, but The Spawning Run shows it unspoiled.
Sports
March 1, 1980
Termite Watkins and the Fatal Pancakes
In a big fight you can outwit, outhit, or outlast your opponent. But you’d better not try to outeat him.
Touts
March 1, 1980
Touts
Docs, rocks, and flocks.
Theater
March 1, 1980
Theater in a Suitcase
On its Houston stop, the Acting Company unpacked performances for Texas theaters to live up to. Austin’s Center Stage is in the know but lacks the how.
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 1980
Alias Miss Moonlight
For Maxine, Texas’ leading gossip, life is all work and no playcation.
State Secrets
March 1, 1980
State Secrets
Texas witches need regulation; the Killer Bees sting again; a cloud hangs over the Contemporary Arts Museum; the feds insist that minority rules.
Roar of the Crowd
March 1, 1980
Roar of the Crowd
Baby boom, bum rap, race trap.
Reporter
March 1, 1980
Texas Monthly Reporter
Del Monte gets steamed up over spinach; an entrepreneur’s scheme goes up in flames; Marlin takes the geothermal plunge; football is hot stuff in Mexico.
Puzzle
March 1, 1980
Puzzle
Ticket to write.
The Inside Story
March 1, 1980
The Inside Story
Black and brown.
Film
March 1, 1980
Brains, Beauty, and Braun
The Marriage of Maria Braun marks a second honeymoon for the New German Cinema; it’s hard to see your way through The Fog; this American Gigolo is overpriced and underwhelming.
Business
March 1, 1980
Hustlers and Fortune Hunters Beware!
When the cable TV salesman comes calling, you should fully expect your city council to sell you down the river. Not that they mean to do it. It’s simply that history shows most city councils don’t know the first thing about cable. People who can barely figure out the briefs
News & Politics
March 1, 1980
The Law West of the Trinity
Justices of the peace, maligned since the days of Roy Bean, don’t operate like other judges. But if lawyers want to get ride of them, they can’t be all bad.
Border & Immigration
March 1, 1980
An American Family
Pedro Martínez, with only his Mexican heritage, a determination to work hard, and a desire for a better life, brought his family across the Rio Grande to find a home in a new land.
Critters
March 1, 1980
Horse Power
Horses are expensive, finicky, and a pain to groom. They are also irresistible.
Business
March 1, 1980
Invasion of the Cable Snatchers
In Texas the best way to get rich in cable television is to know just a little about TV and everything about politics.
Country Notes
March 1, 1980
One Man’s Music
Harmony begins at home.
Cityview
March 1, 1980
The Egg War
Getting a memorial for Austin’s Viet Nam War dead began as a noble venture but ended in a trivial skirmish.
Church
March 1, 1980
Amens and Imams
Pentecostal revivalists bask in the Spirit of the Holy Ghost; Muslims find solace in the will of Allah.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1980
Behind the Lines
No news is bad news.
Books
March 1, 1980
The Secret Life of Chester Seltzer
Gordon Baxter’s Village Creek is just barely navigable. Amado Muro was a bohemian before it was fashionable.
Art
March 1, 1980
Russian Orthodox
The USSR today wouldn’t tolerate the radical art that was nurtured during the Russian Revolution.
Music
February 1, 1980
Rock ’N’ Roll’s Wizard of Oz
How Gordon McLendon stormed Texas with Top 40 . . . da doo ron ron.
Travel & Outdoors
February 1, 1980
Down in the Depths
The intricate underwater passages and pristine water of Jacob’s Well fascinate divers. Too often, the fascination proves fatal.
The Culture
February 1, 1980
True Love
Actual photos! In living color! Incontrovertible evidence that kissing is fun!
Film & TV
February 1, 1980
I Found Romance at the Bijou Theatre
We don’t know how you learned about the birds and the bees, but we’ll bet you learned about love the same way we did: from the movies.
Being Texan
February 1, 1980
The Joy of Kissing
The art of romantic osculation barely survived the jaded seventies. Now it’s time to rediscover the private delights and civic benefits of real kissing.
Health
February 1, 1980
The Crack-Up
You learn one clear and not so very grim lesson by looking death in the face.
Touts
February 1, 1980
Touts
Fortunes, falcons, and folderol.
Travel & Outdoors
February 1, 1980
Flipping Out
When big-time gymnastics came to Fort Worth, half the contestants were steely-eyed little girls with the bodies of children and the wills of fanatics.
State Secrets
February 1, 1980
State Secrets
Marlin sidetracks the Missouri-Pacific; school boards wrangle over the handicapped; two Texas Sports magazines slug it out.
Roar of the Crowd
February 1, 1980
Roar of the Crowd
Onward through the smoke, upward through defeat, backward through time.
Reporter
February 1, 1980
Texas Monthly Reporter
Old what’s-his-name is the most powerful man in Texas; Simone Beck takes her culinary magic show on the road; duck hunters and conservationists battle over a marsh.
Puzzle
February 1, 1980
Puzzle
Name that cartoon.
Lifestyle
February 1, 1980
Chamber Music
Potty training doesn’t have to be the great bugaboo of raising children.
The Inside Story
February 1, 1980
The Inside Story
Love in Bloom.
Film
February 1, 1980
Danger: Low Voltage
The Electric Horseman got its wires crossed. Kramer vs. Kramer is an above-average film taken from a below-average novel.
Classical Music
February 1, 1980
The Foreign Legion
Dallas Civic Opera is a grand old lady who knows her European opera. But sometimes she gets a little senile.
Church
February 1, 1980
Lord, Won’t You Buy Me Some Time on TV?
Preachers Robert Schuller and Rex Humbard have zeroed in on the modern way to reach a congregation: electronically.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1980
Behind the Lines
Why Houston has the best schools in the state.
Art
February 1, 1980
Ramblin’ Rose
Eminent art critic Barbara Rose has assembled an exhibit of paintings of the eighties. Oh, yeah? Where did she get them?
Health
January 1, 1980
Life Got You Down? Getting Nowhere? Wishing for Wealth? For Success? For Happiness?
My friend, you have come to the right place.
Food & Drink
January 1, 1980
The Vanishing Steak
Beefing and chewing the fat about a rare pleasure that’s almost done for.