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  1. 4 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

    Here’s how fucked up it was back in the day. 

    I was there 1977-1981. We'd mill around the tables in the AC (Academic Center, before the UGL was ready), with that phone book of classes folded and dog-eared, signing up for classes. If we needed 'Instructor Approval' because we were taking something out of sequence, or we needed to pull seniority on someone to get a class in our major, then we'd have to go to the prof's office and get them to sign for it and go back. File the stuff, and then in a couple of weeks we'd get a bill in the mail for $250 or so for the semester. I think adding football tickets was another $50 or $60 but it might've been cheaper than that.

    Then we'd have to go to the Co-op to buy books and figure out how we'd come up with the $100 that was going to cost us. Probably get a couple egg rolls and a won ton from the cart outside for $1.

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  2. I was at that Jandek show as well. It was pretty interesting especially given that the mythology was reaching its peak. The Austin show was his first US performance and it included at least one very highly-regarded avant-garde musician who is really big in the improvisational music world - highly trained in that Ornette Coleman style of breaking down keys and playing only wrong notes and tearing at meter and such. Jandek walked on stage, put a book of lyrics on a music stand, pulled a guitar out of a case, put it on and then played for 60 minutes on the dot and stopped, put the guitar up and left. He only sortakinda acknowledged the audience once briefly but never spoke or looked up except for a couple of glances at the musicians playing at/with him. 

    The concert had that quality that Brian Eno used to experiment with, beginning with dissonance and mismatched meter but as time went on every once in a while this discordant noise would lock together and it produced these incredible crystalline moments that stood out wildly apart from the noise, these bright bits of wonder and beauty that were almost immediately lost again in the noise.

    At the time, it was fascinating and exciting because no one knew anything about him other than a couple of murky images and some guarded articles with hesitant ‘interviews.’ Now that he’s played so often and has been seen and I guess, figured out to some degree he’s lost a lot of his cachet and mysterious appeal. I haven’t thought much about him in a while, maybe I should check back in and see where he is on the radar these days.

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  3. 2 hours ago, tx ind said:

    Tom Bihn makes high quality backpacks if you’re into that. Had my car broken into a few years back and was more pissed about losing the bag than anything that was in it.

    Those backpacks are great, I'm just really over backpacks. I always had cheap, crappy luggage because I didn't fly that much but I finally decided to get something good. I had no idea how much better it is to have good luggage. 

  4. 3 hours ago, Brodarious Hamm Sandwich said:


    How do you feel about the capacity of the Euro-friendly carry on vs the US size? I usually only fly US carriers internationally but will be traveling more in Europe over the next few years and would like to not worry about having to check

    We just did a week in the UK and I had plenty with those two, but no room to bring souvenirs or anything like that back. I'm a road dog, I can pack light but adding in something like rain or cold gear would push it pretty hard. Otherwise there isn't that much difference between the US and Euro allowances, not enough to mean much to me anyway. I loved being able to trust that my stuff wouldn't be challenged and I could always have my bags with me, no matter which carrier we were on.

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  5. 23 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    That's right where we were.  Maybe 30 feet away.  Some fatty threw her bra up and Ronnie wore it on his head.

    I just remember Mick’s IFB not working and how he got more pissed off with every passing second before he pulled it out and threw it down on the stage.

  6. 10 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Oh yeah, I always forget about Dave Matthews.  I guess that sums up my feelings about Dave Matthews.

    I swear, if you were to ask me a month from now "have you ever seen DMB?" I'd almost surely answer "no".

    I was there and had forgotten about DMB too. We were tied up in the ticket snafu so we missed all of Matchbox 20, which I'm not sad about yet. Ended up next to the B-stage down on the track.

  7. On 7/28/2023 at 1:50 AM, tx 3 putt said:


    so Pappas bought them out to just shut them down ?

    It looked to me like maybe they had plans that got caught up in other plans so they flipped Luther’s to someone who couldn’t keep it afloat. 

  8. 8 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

    I’m of the opinion that photo should be declared the State Photo of Texas. Not a pic of the Alamo or Big Bend or Willie Nelson. That spread of Mexican food from Tres Hombres.

    As a young kid in Memphis, raised as a misplaced Texan, that photo while listening to Master of Sparks and Waitin for the Bus, struck strong Texas feels like nothing else ever did, especially after a few bong hits.

    Those of you who’ve never lived in places without ready access to real TexMex don’t know how missing it triggers bad homesickness.

    We used to go to Leo's regularly, in part just in hopes that BFG would show up and surprise us. That was a terrific neighborhood mainstay restaurant and it's missed.

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  9. 10 hours ago, Deej said:

    I love me some Dirty's, but while excellent, their burgers never regained the level they were at before the City of Austin made them replace their ancient flat top. 

    And now "Smash Burger" is a thing. I loved sitting at the counter watching Wes bang down those patties, it was like watching a performance.

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  10. 8 hours ago, futureman said:

    were you trapped or could you have pulled out?  I would have bailed for sure. 

    Trapped. I deleted the app when the bean counters pulled the JCB and the service sped up augering in. Getting it back feels like failure but it might be worth a try.

  11. I can back up the health care comments. I've got a brother-in-law who has lived there for a few years, mother-in-law lived out there for a bit and we had begun to consider moving there eventually as well because so much really does seem great. Our visits were very enjoyable and we did see that there are some things that do stand out - it's dry, dry, dry, the kind of dry that sneaks up on you in ways you don't expect. Think skin considerations, from dryness and from UV exposure, and they're not kidding about staying hydrated. There's predators that will take cats or small to medium sized dogs, depending on where you live. 

    My brother-in-law had a mild heart attack last week. Pretty minor, something dealt with easily and daily here but in Santa Fe, outside of basic stent insertion, he was going to have to be moved to ABQ for anything more complicated. Fortunately it wasn't necessary, but we did find out that Santa Fe is still a lot more small town than it is growing city and that is very much reflected in the quality and availability of health care beyond preventive and first-level needs so if you anticipate the potential for health problems that require more, know that you will likely have to travel for it and put up with the housing and extra costs that'll involve.

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  12. 17 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

    Sheffield was a nice town visit.

    If the show is at the arena, don’t plan on an uber back to the hotel, unless you’re willing to wait a couple hours. Tram was also packed.

    It’s not difficult, but you do need to plan ahead a bit.

     

    Thanks - we’ll have a car but were considering Uber to the venue or even driving from Liverpool and then driving back after the show.

  13. On 2/25/2023 at 8:04 PM, DalTxHornFan said:

     I've heard mixed reviews lately.  Hope that they get their shit together.

    I've been twice, the last time was about a month ago. The first time, I swear they keep their donuts in a refrigerator, they were really cold and chewy and crappy, nothing at all like they were a few years ago. This last time I wised up and asked for 'hot' so they came out about room temperature. Still really chewy, the icing is crap, all thin and gooey. I don't like Tyson much but I can't believe he put all that money into this just to turn out really shitty donuts. He might be the Elon Musk of breakfast.

  14. Randy Franklin just let fly with the lineup for the annual Yard Dog Party at ABGB, Friday March 17.

    26th Annual Yard Dog Party
    at ABGB
    Friday March 17
    3 - Midnight
    FREE ADMISSION. No tickets, no rsvp, no nothin'. FREE ADMISSION.

    Music by
    11 pm: Waco Brothers
    10 pm: Jon Langford & The Far Forlorn
    9 pm: The Silos performing the Cuba album
    8 pm: Churchwood
    7 pm: Wild Seeds
    6 pm: Casey Neill
    5 pm: Bob Schneider
    4 pm: Jon Dee & William Graham
    3:20 pm: Alice Spencer and Brian Beattie
    3 pm: Ethan Azarian

    It's a Yard Dog party but it's not at Yard Dog.
    ABGB is at - 1305 W. Oltorf, Austin, TX 78704

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  15. On 12/27/2022 at 6:24 PM, mchookem said:

    kills me still...image.png.ff39f688f959a4ae54c5dc2644b298c0.png

     

    and this...A Day In The Death... the whole ep, but the fluffernutter...ugh...

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    ...and then they pulled the rug! and we had to go thru the entire emotional roller coaster again a couple eps later! 😡 such stupid writing... but Dean Winters acted his ass off.

    Jimmy Smits' death scene was so much like my father's last moments that I lost it while watching it and was haunted for a long time after. It's the kind of acting you don't expect to see, perfect and tragic and close.

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