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Taking It to the Limits

Austin City Limits makes pop music on television worth watching-and listening to. Also, musings on the superiority of Metroplex radio.

The Firing Line

The first shot in Clements’ campaign to cut 25,000 state employees fells 68 casualties.

The Inside Story

Out of production.

Lonesome Cowboys

When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? was already a bad play before it became a terrible movie.

Super Medicine

At the Texas Medical Center the best hospitals, doctors, researchers, and medical technology anywhere in the world have combined to transform doctors from healers into superstars.

If You Knew Sushi

Good-bye, tacos. Hello, sukiyaki. A few restaurants are showing Texans the art of Japanese cooking.

Pitched on Bach

J. S. Bach thrives in San Antonio and Fort Worth. Austin’s Dickran Atamian proves he’s a better pianist than entrepreneur.

Sold American

China wants to drill for oil—and guess who knows how.

Behind the Lines

The medical miasma.

The Dark at the End of the Tunnel

Houston’s Museum of Fine Art resurrects the genius of Mark Rothko. James Surls tries to answer the tricky question: what is Texas art? Amarillo hosts five pioneers of American photography.

Have Guns, Will Travel

Do you want a rare antique muzzle-loader or a holdup pistol that can’t be traced? You can find them both at a gun show.

Psst . . . Have I Got a Deal for You!

Oil is a slippery business.

Sisters

An album of female kinship.

A Tale of Two Coasts

The best thing about a trip to Florida is coming back to Padre Island.

Touts

The birds and the knees.

See No Evil

Dallas Theater Center welcomes Nazis to its stage. Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars turns Dickens into a funky musical.

State Secrets

Why doctors don’t like nurses anymore; where is the tax revolt?

Roar of the Crowd

Something old, something new, something barred, something true.

Texas Monthly Reporter

A Texas train on the right track; Houston annexations derailed.

Puzzle

The name’s the game.

Climbing Rocky Hill

Houston guitarist Rocky Hill is a rising star; catch him if you can.

The Inside Story

A few trusted friends.

Ready, Aim…Click

You’ve Come a Long Way, Biscuits

The breads that won the West aren’t getting older, they’re getting better.

Who Needs Jones Hall?

Austin and Corpus Christi like their symphony orchestras just fine, thank you. Texas Opera Theater tries to break the language barrier.

The Ice Cometh, Man

Trees came crashing down, power lines writhed on the ground, the lights went out, and the heat went off. It was Dallas’ trial by ice.

Heavenly Hosts

Forget the church, forget the steeple, turn on the tube to see all the people.

Behind the Lines

A farewell to celebrities and to arms.

Barthelme the Scribbler

Barthelme is a humane writer, but in Great Days he erased al his humans. Also, a look at two novels of the Texas hinterlands.

Golden Oldies

Look, but don’t touch-three museums with glittering antiques from Pompeii, India, and Peru.

Hotel Detective

He knows the secrets behind closed doors.

Touts

Wok ‘n’ roll.

No Means for the End

Theatre Three in Dallas went out on a limb with their production of Happy End. Oops.

State Secrets

Working on the Railroad Commissioner; romance on the range; another guild nipped at the Post; should Bill Clements be for sale?

Roar of the Crowd

Protective custody.

The Best Little Margarita In Texas

From Requiem for a Margarita.1/2 ounce of Triple Sec (1 tablespoon)1 ounce of fresh lime juice 1 1/2 ounces of light tequilaMaking the best margarita in town—at home—is not a matter of money. It does not depend on buying the best tequila or substituting classy Cointreau for the cheaper

Gather Ye Records While Ye May

And T-shirts and photos and Elvis’ dinner jacket-all at the first Dallas-Fort Worth Records Collectors’ Convention.

Rebel with a Cause

Can a Texas revolutionary find happiness exiled in Europe? Not when his revolution is in Mexico.

The Seep of Death

Chemical waste disposal sits are environmental time bombs-if they don’t get you know, they’ll get you later.

The Inside Story

Tolstoy, you’re late again.

The Long Brawl

Clint Eastwood stars in a movie about a macho man with a heart of gold and a sense of humor.

Only the Strong Survive

“There are two things to remember about the ghetto that is Houston’s Fifth Ward. One, evil usually triumphs over good. Two, in spite of that, most of its residents retain a goodness that proves indestructible.”

Requiem for a Margarita

Tequila, tequila, everywhere, and not a drop in your margarita.

Billy Lee

How a bountifully talented young Texas writer based a novel on Lyndon Johnson, won high praise, and then…

Ben’s Ballet

Artistic director Ben Stevenson keeps Houston Ballet on its toes.

Through All Kinds of Weather

The best thing about the weather is complaining about it.

Out with a Bang

‘Twas the season to see Dallas Civic Opera.

Behind the Lines

As New Ulm went, so goes New York.

Just Whistlin’ Dixie

Way down up on the Suwannee River and uptown Saturday night; tracking a few Southern women.

Six Crises

It will be up to the 66th Legislature to solve these problems, and we’ll have to live with the solutions.