Texas Primer
August 31, 2000
Charley Pride
Which professional sport did Charley Pride play?
Miscellany
Around the State
August 31, 2000
Around the State
Vikki Carr revs up audiences in Fort Worth. Plus: Salvaging theater in Austin; heeding a storm warning in Galveston; viewing a Cy for sore eyes in Houston; and paging literature lovers in Houston.
State Secrets
July 31, 2000
Laredough
Does Tony Sanchez want to be your governor?
Texas Classics
July 31, 2000
A Soldier’s Story
Sam Chamberlain's My Confession.
Roar of the Crowd
July 31, 2000
Roar of the Crowd
Defending John Cornyn.
Reporter
July 31, 2000
Blood Brothers
Sixteen years ago, rookie filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen changed Austin with a Simple plan.
The Ex Files
July 31, 2000
Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrerthis just in.
Face
July 31, 2000
Reneé Olstead
A Houston actress launches her career.
Texas Primer
July 31, 2000
Herman and George R. Brown
How much money has the Brown Foundation given away since 1951?
Around the State
July 31, 2000
Around the State
Houston audiences get their fill of "Tamalalia 2000." Plus: High school baseball players carry the Mantle; a candid camera captures presidents and their families; Bill Cosby says the darndest things; and music fans pay the Price.
The Ex Files
June 30, 2000
Ronnie Dunn
Ronnie Dunn was a good sport.
Face
June 30, 2000
Kevin Prigel
The Fort Worth whiz kid taken seriously on Wall Street.
Low Talk
June 30, 2000
Women On The Verge
The Latinas in the Democrats’ sights.
Texas Classics
June 30, 2000
A Woman of Independent Means
My First Thirty Years.
Roar of the Crowd
June 30, 2000
Roar of the Crowd
Unsung heroes of Texas music.
Reporter
June 30, 2000
End of the Line
A small town loses its largest private employer—but not its drive to survive.
Texas Primer
June 30, 2000
Ginger Rogers
In what movie was Ginger Rogers first paired with Fred Astaire?
Around the State
June 30, 2000
Around the State
The Victoria Bach Festival celebrates 25 years with a Passion. Plus: Cyclists in Beeville ride the highway to Hell; museums in Fort Worth and Houston roll out the red carpet; theaters in Austin and Houston go Topsy-Turvy; and Joe Ely, Lloyd Maines, and Terri Hendrix keep their cool in Conroe.
Roar of the Crowd
May 31, 2000
Roar of the Crowd
Making sense of the Aggie Bonfire.
Texas Primer
May 31, 2000
Dennis and Randy Quaid
What is the one movie that Dennis and Randy Quaid appeared in together?
Around the State
May 31, 2000
Around the State
Those jeans! That hat! George Strait returns to Dallas and Houston. Plus: Wichita Falls heats up the gridiron; San Antonio discovers Lebanese kibbe; Round Top sings James Dick's praises; and the Houston Comets tip off.
The Inside Story
April 30, 2000
Cover Story
If a picture is worth only a thousand words, then a single cover image couldn’t begin to tell the story of Texas music. That’s why, for this month’s special issue celebrating all things musical in the state’s past, present, and future, we decided to publish four different covers for the
Low Talk
April 30, 2000
The Law Won
Emilio Navaira and Gloria Trevi get their days in court.
Roar of the Crowd
April 30, 2000
Roar of the Crowd
The verdicts are in on the new Cullen Davis.
Music
April 30, 2000
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Who was Stevie Ray Vaughan's musical role model?
Around the State
April 30, 2000
Around the State
The return of King George Jones, that is. Plus: Squeezing into the Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio; commemorating Gruene's dance hall days; raising heavenly voices in Columbus; and swinging into action in La Grange.
Books
April 30, 2000
Hot Box
CDs by Ernest Tubb, Blind Willie Johnson, and Guy Clark; books about Janis Joplin, Buddy Holly, and John A. Lomax.
Roar of the Crowd
April 1, 2000
Roar of the Crowd
Readers point out our mis-givings.
Low Talk
April 1, 2000
Estranged Bedfellows
The politics and semantics of the Mosbacher divorce.
The Inside Story
April 1, 2000
The Inside Story
Perhaps he heard a voice whisper, “If they build it, you will come.” Whatever the reason, contributing editor John Morthland was happy to spend much of the early part of the year visiting the state’s new minor league baseball diamonds for this month’s guide to the eight Texas teams in
Texas Primer
April 1, 2000
We Remember: Tom Landry
A tip of the hat to Tom Landry.
State Fare
April 1, 2000
State Fare
You get a spicy stir-fry; Dallas' Abacus gets your gratitude. Call it a squid pro quo.
Roar of the Crowd
March 1, 2000
Roar of the Crowd
Life and death at Texas A&M.
Texas Primer
March 1, 2000
Santa Anna
What chewable confection did Santa Anna help invent?
Low Talk
March 1, 2000
Regarding Henry
Henry Kissinger versus UT.
The Inside Story
March 1, 2000
Toney Curtis
In the January/February issue of the Columbia Journalism Review, Texas Monthly‘s editor, Gregory Curtis, was selected as one of the ten best editors in the magazine business, placing him in the illustrious company of such industry standard-bearers as Jann Wenner (Rolling Stone) and Graydon Carter (Vanity Fair). Around these parts,
Around the State
March 1, 2000
Around the State
The Houston Ballet presents a world premiere that gives audiences the royal treatment. Plus: The life of tejano singer Selena takes center stage in San Antonio and Dallas; a music festival that's sure to give you the blues comes to Dallas; Austin plugs into the South by Southwest Interactive Festival;
Art
February 1, 2000
About Faces
In these days of online overkill, it’s rare for someone not to be plugged into a computer, particularly someone who works for magazines and newspapers. This month we welcome a newcomer to the world of high technology: Dallas illustrator Dorit Rabinovitch. A veteran artist who usually does her color work
Around the State
February 1, 2000
W is for “Whew”!
The former stripper, the tabloid, and George W. Bush.
Roar of the Crowd
February 1, 2000
Roar of the Crowd
Bettering the best of the century.
Arts & Entertainment
February 1, 2000
Alvin Ailey
Which Oscar-winner did Alvin Ailey act alongside in the play Call Me by My Rightful Name ?
Around the State
February 1, 2000
Around the State
San Antonio's Carver Center builds for the future with groundbreaking productions. Plus: A picture-perfect exhibit opens at the Dallas Museum of Art; celebrities open the book on Texas letters in Dallas; a capital gang heads to Odessa; and a music symposium composes itself in Georgetown.
Roar of the Crowd
January 1, 2000
Roar of the Crowd
A Mexican food fight; Amarillo's values.
Texas Primer
January 1, 2000
Doug Sahm
To Sir, with love: Why Doug Sahm was my hero.
Music Review
January 1, 2000
Tired of Adventures
Houstonians by way of Rhode Island, Peglegasus has been based in Austin for six of their ten years, though the group first took shape in 1979, when drummer Peter Voskamp and his guitarist sibling John acquired a stepbrother in guitarist Berke Marye. (Bryan Nelson, the unfortunate recipient of many parentheticals
Music Review
January 1, 2000
You Know How It Is
There’s a looming spirituality that works its way through the cracks of the Barbers’ second release, You Know How It Is. Perhaps it’s because they recorded in a former Baptist church in Austin, perhaps it’s their Southern roots, as thick as kudzu, perhaps it’s the angelic plinking of Elaine Barber’s
Music Review
January 1, 2000
Live at the Austin Outhouse
One of Austin’s most intriguing musical tribes over the years is what can be best described as the folk outlaws—a fringe element that drinks and drugs too much and lives on the street just this side of homeless, all for the sake of the song. In this realm, where Townes
Music Review
January 1, 2000
Ideal
Contemporary vocal albums often prove to be the aural equivalent of televised political ads: slickly packaged and hollow to the core. Talented singers and producers strut their stuff in slavish fashion. They look and sound great, but . . . where are the songs? Houston’s Ideal are not immune to
Music Review
January 1, 2000
The Texas Trumpets
This one’s a groove thang. Except for the fact that four trumpets replace a full horn section, it recalls the classic black show bands that began with post-war jump-blues combos and ended with the breakup of James Brown’s early-seventies funk powerhouse. Back then, blues and R&B musicians had to be
Book Review
January 1, 2000
Gypsy Songman
Gypsy Songman (Woodford Press) is the 57-year odyssey of Ronald Clyde Crosby from Oneonta, New York, to Austin, Texas, with whistle-stops for rowdy intoxication, music-making, and, ultimately, sobriety and happiness. You might know him as Jerry Jeff Walker. Précis: He lived it up, he’s living it down. by Mike Shea