1978 Archive

January 1978

features
The Last of the Big-Time Spenders »
1978 Bum Steer Awards
Art Yucko / Design
The Good Old Girls
columns
Corpus Delicti [Politics]
Behind the Lines
The Line Forms Here [Lifestyle]
Split Decision [Dealing]
Poultry in Motion [Country Notes]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

February 1978

features
The Great Rockdale Football Mutiny
Dallas Is Better Than Houston
Houston is Better Than Dallas
San Antonio is Better Than Houston, Dallas, or Anyplace Else
Open House / Design
The Streets of Laredo
columns
Fire and Rice [Dining Out]
Behind the Lines
Grasping At Strauss [Politics]
The Boys of Winter [Sports]
Finders Keepers? [Dealing]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

March 1978

features
The Smoldering Fire
Saturday Night
The Art West of the Pecos / Design
The Power And The Glory of Billy Graham »
Playboys of the Western Plains
columns
Behind the Lines
Fencing Myself In [Country Notes]
Past Tense [Lifestyle]
The Case Against the Farmers [Politics]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

April 1978

features
Daddy’s Money
Plastic Fantastic / Design
The Petrified Forest »
Election Tip Sheet
columns
Behind the Lines
The Agony and the Allergy » [Health]
Stayin’ Alive [Country Notes]
Ooh La Lamb [Dining In]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

May 1978

features
Cabin Fever / Design
Expensive People
I Was a Bum
Danger: Men Working
Little Joe
columns
High Risk Policy [Dealing]
Behind the Lines
It’s Delightful, It’s Delovely, It’s Decatur [Cityview]
Pennant Wise, Dollar Foolish [Sports]
Unfriendly Skies [Business]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Touts
Roar of the Crowd
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

June 1978

features
Happy Trails To You
The Real Governor of Texas
Doing What Comes Naturally/Design
Little Bruisers
columns
Currying Flavor [Dining Out]
Behind the Lines
Uphill Racer [Lifestyle]
Our Bodies, Our Cells [Health]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

July 1978

features
On the Waterfront
You Can See By My Outfit That I am a Cowboy
Brave New Vacancies
The Last Sister
columns
Just Baby and Me [Lifestyle]
Behind the Lines
Building Fever [Country Notes]
Asset Hound [Dealing]
Tots and Pans » [Dining In]
A Little Spring Madness [Theater]
The Seven-Year Hitch [Classical Music]
Fiddler on the Loose [Popular Music]
Hullabaloo In Ragtime [Dance]
Rhythm ‘N’ Hues [Art]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
food
Bombs Away Egg Drop Soup »
Peanut Butter A Six-Year-Old Can Make »
C-3PO’s Coleslaw »
Homemade Mayonnaise Mastered at Ten »
Steamed Carrots with Lemon Butter Sauce »
Toad-in-the-Hole »
Benbow’s Cold Oven Pound Cake »
French Vanilla Ice Cream »

August 1978

features
A Peach of A Deal
Trouble in Paradise
Barton Springs Eternal
Death of a Ranger »
Labor Pains
columns
Behind the Lines
The Loser [Country Notes]
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow [Lifestyle]
The Missing Link » [Dining In]
Grand Unction [Film]
In Praise Follies [Theater]
The Hills are Alive [Classical Music]
Notes from the Ground [Popular Music]
The Shape of Things to Come [Architecture]
Apple Encore [Books]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
food
Bernhard’s Sausage Seasoning »
Summer Sausage »
Smoked Venison Sausage »
Texas Turkey Ring Sausage »
All-Beef Salami »
Boudin Blanc »
Moroccan Lamb Sausage »
Bratwurst »
Garlic Sausage »
Knockwurst Wieners »

September 1978

features
The Deadliest Sin
Stuck on Cactus
The Sons of the Pioneers »
O Freeway, My Freeway
The Ten Worst Freeways
columns
Behind the Lines
Love Thy Neighborhood [Lifestyle]
Laser Days [Science]
Without a Trout [Dining Out]
The Enemy Within [Politics]
California Schemin’ [Film]
A Couple of Swells [Theater]
Quarter Time [Jazz]
I Heard It at the Grapevine [Popular Music]
Of Mice and Mini [Art]
Baker’s Dozen [Books]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]

October 1978

features
Working the Rigs
GGGhost Stories
The Cap That Won The West »
The Last of the Great Ladies
A Season in Hell
I Can’t Do It!
columns
Behind the Lines
Lettuce Entertain You » [Dining In]
Gifts from My Father » [Lifestyle]
There’s No Fuel like an Old Fuel [Citywise]
Ticket to Ride? [Politics]
The Snuff of Dreams [Country Notes]
Ms. Loves Company [Film]
The Taming of the Bard [Theater]
A Knight at the Opera [Classical Music]
Rainbow County [Art]
Dixie Drag [Books]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
food
A Different Onion Soup »
Bavarian Creme au Cafe »
Pistou »
Deep-Dish Pizza »
Strawberry-Cassis Sherbet »
Spinach Timbale »
Pears Poached in Red Wine »
Garlic Soup »
Black Bean Enchiladas »
Oranges Grand Marnier »
Houmos »
Cream of Raw and Cooked Mushroom Soup »
Spanokopita »

November 1978

features
Old Folks at Home
I Still Hate Chili
Bad Jobs »
The Birds of Death
The Chew Road to Knowledge
The End of the Trail
A Country Christmas
columns
All The President’s Memos [Politics]
Behind the Lines
Stop the Presses [Media]
Waiter, There’s a Tortilla in My Soup [Dining Out]
Pomp and Happenstance [Film]
A Hole in the Hip Pocket [Theater]
Symphony of Errors [Classical Music]
The Sons of Buddy Holly [Popular Music]
Bird Lives! [Jazz]
Through the Looking Glass [Art]
Down on the Delta [Books]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]

December 1978

features
The Friends of Cloyce Box.
Home Sweet Mobile Home
Hard Time
So You Want to Be Chairman of Exxon? »
The Chase
Sick Sundays
columns
Behind the Lines
The Graining of America [Dining In]
A Call to Farms [Politics]
It’s a Small World [Lifestyle]
Sacred Cows [Country Notes]
Celluloid Circus [Film]
Blind Alley [Theater]
Polk Salad Days [Jazz]
The World on an Easel [Art]
Bella Norma [Classical Music]
Days of the Hocus [Books]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]