Poop Man Bob Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I've recenlty noticed a lot of misinformation on this board about Austin, Texas. It is, as you might know, my current place of residence, and I don't intend to leave anytime soon. I can understand much of the dislike of Texas, what with Dubya and Halliburton and Enron and all, but I'd like to clear up some misconceptions about Austin. Austin is an absolutely great city, and I hope to convince you so you can later say, "man, fuck Texas; except for Austin, which rules." Situated on the banks of the Colorado River, Austin is an eclectic town noted for its politics, scholars, rolling hills, live music, boutiques, movie stars, and even for Central Market, a gourmet grocery store that offers a world-class cooking school, seated massages, and live music performances. Highlights Population: 680,000 Slogan: "Keep Austin Weird" America's Coolest City (#1, Forbes, 2004) Best City for Singles (#1, Forbes, 2003) Best Places to Live (#1 – 2003, Forbes) Best City for Hispanics (#1 – 2004, Hispanic Magazine) One of Travel & Leisures' Best Loved Cities (#4, 2003) One of Money Magazine's Best Places to Live (Money, 2002) One of the Coolest Cities in America (#2, NBC, 2003) Travis County (where Austin is located) voted 56% to 42% for John Kerry in the 2004 election. Texas overall went 61-38 for Bush. Highest per capita bookstore sales in the United States ($195 per household) 172 city parks 125 music venues Landmark Barton Springs pool 30 miles of urban hike-and-bike rails 9 wilderness areas + + + Weather + + + Music Scene Austin, nicknamed the "Live Music Capital of the World," has more than 120 live music venues offering a complete range of musical styles, from rhythm and blues and Southern jazz to hard rock, country/western and Tejano. Local, national and international acts of all sizes and styles can be heard year-round, but things always heat up in March, when Austin plays host to South by Southwest (SXSW), an internationally acclaimed 10-day, music, film and multimedia event. Each day, SXSW features multimedia and music industry exhibitions, educational panel discussions and workshops examining all three industries. By night, the SXSW Music Festival showcases more than 400 bands, and film screenings are held in numerous Austin venues. Austin has a cable access channel — The Austin Music Network — that showcases the best local talent and airs videos sampling all of the region's musical diversity. The inaugural Austin City Limits Music Festival attracted more than 75,000 music lovers to Zilker Park in 2002. An extension of the popular PBS show Austin City Limits, the festival aims at showcasing the best local music as well as major acts from around the world. See my pictures from the 2003 festival here. + + + The University of Texas UT is located in Austin, boasting a student population of over 50,000 - the second largest in the nation. UT was recently named by Playboy as the #1 school with the best-looking girls in the nation. Plus we won the Rose Bowl, bitches. + + + I think this is enough information for now. I might add more later. For the time being, here are some photos (all mine): Downtown from Zilker Park. Sunset at the Austin City Limits Festival. Ben Harper at the Austin City Limits Festival. This is Leslie, Austin's most famous homeless dude. And, yes, he is a dude, despite his affinity for leotards and skirts and all things pretty. He's become such a town icon that I have no doubt someone bought him a ticket to ACL (~$40) that day, which is where I snapped this photo. Here's a site with a bunch of good pictures of him doing his part to keep Austin weird. From Mt. Bonnell, overlooking Lake Austin. Hamilton Pool. Hamilton Pool. Hamilton Pool. On the drive to Hamilton Pool. Krausse Springs. On the lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 The State Capitol. On campus; the UT Tower in the background (famous for the sniper who killed 17 people in 1966). The Tower again. Texas football. Darrell K. Royal Stadium seats about 83,000. Click here for a larger image. Texas, Texas, yee-haw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Æ° Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I've always thought if I had to go to Texas, I'd go to Austin. I always hear it's not like the rest of Texas, and I live in Minnesota. So the rep must not be as bad as you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 and one of the most infamous 12ozers stays there i hear. :idea: :king: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl junkie Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 austin should be it's own state... it puts the rest of texas to shame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tough Love Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 thats a pretty nice set of pics man i defenitly didnt see austin being like that, thanks its weird cuz i was just reading something about the UT tower and that guy who shot all them students.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 Originally posted by T=E=A=S=E@Feb 18 2005, 12:05 AM and one of the most infamous 12ozers stays there i hear. :idea: :king: :lol: Duh, I mentioned that I lived there in the first sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl junkie Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 austin is also the one place i'd be willing to live outside of the SF bay area... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Originally posted by Poop Man Bob@Feb 18 2005, 06:07 AM Duh, I mentioned that I lived there in the first sentence. Quoted post and that was what i meant by my post. *wink wink ...rolls eyes.* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 hamilton pool looks fucking awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rental Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 ben harpers hot. not so hot in the documentary standing in the shadows, the story of the funk bros. he looked lost without a guitar. also, odd that he's laura derns babydaddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl junkie Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 hamilton pool is awesome... creek swimming was one of my favorite things about austin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesusOnCoke Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hi, I'm from Canada. Before this post I didn't like Texas. Now I think I'd like to go there. Way to go, champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 Oh, and this may not be a "cool" thing about Austin, but regardless: the next season of Real World is currently filming here in town. I think it's supposed to start airing in June, so those of you who choose to watch will get more Austin than just this thread. Wow. I just did a search for "real world austin," and this site came up. People are fucking obsessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovedrunk Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 austin should be it's own state... it puts the rest of texas to shame... its more like texas should be its own country based on the fact that texas rules and other states are just plain alright... haha just kidding... but texans usually have lots of state pride and people who have come to visit me and friends of mine have felt that when they come here.. texas is the shit and when you live here you live by that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 hey poops- is the recording arleady going down? you tried to get in any shots yet? lets get in the house man. hahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Æ° Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hell yeah. You and vag sal oner should hit on the gay dude and get on TV. And then before the 3-way, dip after leaving one above the water line in their cutesy and fashionable bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haunts Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 hamilton pool is the shit. one of my favorite waterfalls ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Originally posted by Poop Man Bob@Feb 18 2005, 06:53 AM Oh, and this may not be a "cool" thing about Austin, but regardless: the next season of Real World is currently filming here in town. Quoted post Live up to your name, find out where it's filming and smear poop all over their front door. Then when June comes around we can all watch the episode where they have a group meeting to discuss your poop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgore Trout Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 i don't live in austin, although that is my name. i live in north texas and i would die for fort worth. i have texas tattoo and im drunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarcasm Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 i've always imagined texas (not necessarily austin) to be some dry, arid, brown place. to my suprise, and from what your pictures depict, austin, texas looks fucking awsome. however, i still like living near the beach- but you fuys have huge ass lakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeizm Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Nice pics, looks like a nice place......... what are the girls like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBOCAPSLOK Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I DIDNT KNOW BEN HARPER WAS A GIANT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test pattern Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 goddamnit. austin is so much cooler than houston. get me the fuck out of here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAL Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I've always heard that Austin is a pretty liberal minded place. To be situated in the middle of cowboy-republican-land makes some sense. The people with any sanity at all want some sort of haven. I hate football with a passion. You did not score points for posting pics of the stadium. You scored multiple points for mentioning that Kerry won 56% of Travis county vote. That's an alright margin. It could be worse. I thought that even a city like Austin would have to vote for the local boy, no matter how fucked in the head he is. I give Austin the thumbs up. *** By the way, your presentation gets an A+. I enjoy the way you took all you've learned from school projects and presented it to us in a scholastic and professional manner, complete with research and statistics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Excellent, man. The stadium shots were just the icing on the cake. Wasn't Dazed and Confused filmed there, too? If I ever visit my cousin in Houston, I'm gonna make him take me to Ausin. I've watched the ACL on TV a few times. What time of year does it take place? Also, I think they should sweep that Leslie Cochran dude under the carpet. Or throw him in the Austin LakethatlookslikeaRiver. Definitely not a boon to the image of the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 Originally posted by hopeizm+Feb 18 2005, 04:23 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hopeizm - Feb 18 2005, 04:23 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Nice pics, looks like a nice place......... what are the girls like? Quoted post [/b] "UT was recently named by Playboy as the #1 school with the best-looking girls in the nation." Originally posted by TURBOCAPSLOK@Feb 18 2005, 04:51 AM I DIDNT KNOW BEN HARPER WAS A GIANT! Quoted post I'm not sure if you can tell, but he's eating a baby in that picture. Originally posted by Old Growth@Feb 18 2005, 05:32 AM *** By the way, your presentation gets an A+. I enjoy the way you took all you've learned from school projects and presented it to us in a scholastic and professional manner, complete with research and statistics. Quoted post Haha. Now that you pointed it out, it does look like my fifth-grade presentation/report on a state. I did Hawaii, by the way. <!--QuoteBegin-Weapon X@Feb 18 2005, 07:03 AM Wasn't Dazed and Confused filmed there, too? If I ever visit my cousin in Houston, I'm gonna make him take me to Ausin. I've watched the ACL on TV a few times. What time of year does it take place? Also, I think they should sweep that Leslie Cochran dude under the carpet. Or throw him in the Austin LakethatlookslikeaRiver. Definitely not a boon to the image of the city. Quoted post Yep, Dazed and Confused was filmed here. ACL the TV show (filmed in a studio) goes on over a good portion of the year. The outdoor Festival, which only lasts three days, happens in September. I've got nothing but love for Leslie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornpone Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Those pictures bring back memories of my visits to Austin. You should have shown some pictures of barton springs, that place is awesome on a super hot day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornpone Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Oh yeah and I've seen that leslie dude around there too. He's a riot. Someone actually told me he ran for mayor at one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 Originally posted by cornpone@Feb 18 2005, 08:32 AM Those pictures bring back memories of my visits to Austin. You should have shown some pictures of barton springs, that place is awesome on a super hot day. Quoted post I agree. I've just never taken my camera there, and the pictures that I can find online all suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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