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Articles in January, 2002 issue of Texas Monthly

• Grand Royal: director Wes Anderson's new movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, is all about dysfunction, despair, and death. Leave it to the Houston native to make it one of the funniest films of 2001. (The Humor Issue)
  by Pamela Coloff
• Paper chase: while newspaper monopolies dominate our big cities. In a few small towns the competition is still fast and furious. (on Media).
  by Joe Nick Patoski
• "Cheap! Cheap!" the Dixie Chicks say that Sony Music owes them millions. If they can break their contract, the record business will never be the same. (on Law).
  by John Spong
• My short, unhappy life as a rodeo clown: I learned four important things when I enrolled in Leon Coffee's program for aspiring cowboys: protect the bull rider, protect your partner, protect yourself, and go to law school.
  by John Spong
• Suzy Banks nerd watching: as Houston conventiongoers crowded around one of his inventions, my dad was in his element. (First Person)
• War fare: surviving for 48 hours on a diet of "meals ready to eat" gave me a taste of military life-and a new respect for Tabasco sauce. (on Food)
  by Patricia Sharpe
• Bum Steer Awards 2002
• The jest is history: from David Koresh's theme park to Jack Ruby's shopping spree, the Beaumont scrolls reveal Texas' secret past. (The Last Roundup)
  by Kinky Friedman
• Radio daze. (Roar of the Crowd)
• Restaurant guide: a selective guide to food and drink
  by Patricia Sharpe
• Punchline Willie: who knew the world's best-loved country singer had such a good sense of humor? Willie Nelson's just-published memoir is filled with jokes, both clean and dirty. Here are some of his favorites--and ours. (The Humor Issue).
• Amon high: Fort Worth's newly expanded Amon Carter Museum offers a thrilling roller-coaster ride through the American psyche. (on Art).
  by Michael Ennis
• Deep thoughts about me: questions I am often asked (and my answers)
  by Jack Handey
• Yee-ha! We Texans love to laugh-especially at ourselves. So read on for 200 classic jokes with a serious Texas accent.
  by Anne Dingus
• Around the state: a selective guide to amusements and events.
  by Patricia Busa McConnico
• Death and Texas: when I discovered that potter county has the highest urban mortality rate in the state, I decided to find out why. (on Health).
  by Jim Atkinson
• Anne Wilkes Tucker: how the photography curator developed a world-class collection in Houston--and made time. (A Few Words With ...)
  by Eileen Schwartz
• The perfect storm: that's how Enron describes the forces that sunk its stock. But it caused its own disaster-through greed, arrogance, and a failure to learn from the past. (Behind the Lines).
  by Mimi Swartz
• You are there: I spent a month in Peshawar, Pakistan, thousands of miles from my home and family in Austin, covering the war for National Public Radio. Here's what I saw. (Letter From Pakistan).
  by John Burnett