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January122012
(via Remembering Esme Barrera)
“If you’re reading this, didn’t know this woman and you’re saying to yourself, ‘big deal, I know someone just like that,’ tell them. Today. We can’t bring Esme back, but any moment going forward not spent trying to match the very high bar she set … is time wasted.” — Gerard Cosloy, in a blog post at Cantstopthebleeding.comThe weird truth is you really don’t know whose lives you change at any moment, or how you change them. What might seem a small gesture to you might be huge for the person who receives it, positive or negative. Barrera was a lot of different things to a lot of different people, all of them positive. She is going to remain a vibrant presence in a lot of people’s lives.
“She was the best kind of person to have in Austin,” Chovan said. “She was hip and smart, but genuinely good.
“It wasn’t about pretense.”
Tags: /esme barrera /el paso /austin /momento mori
February32010
As the years past, I found myself at the Cactus time and time again, always nourished by the talent of the musicians and also impressed and grateful for the quiet, attentive and educated audience. I have talked to many other touring musicians and find that the Cactus is known for its great sound, great ears, and great history. For me, even though I was not a UT student, this was one of the most important elements to my professional education. This was a room dedicated to Song, a place people went to bask in poetry and melody, be healed, understood, and made whole. As much as Antone’s, Austin’s blues throne room was where I learned about The Late Night Voodoo Sex Ritual, Cactus was where The Story was told, where guitars became conch shells and the mystery was taught. Townes Van Zandt’s songs still hold potent medicine, more than any of the books of the Bible for this mystic.
Guy Forsyth, on the proposed closing of The Cactus Cafe, one of Austin’s most storied venues, which happens to sit upon some prime real estate on the University of Texas campus. The closure is going to happen no matter how many students, pillars of Austin’s music community, and regular people get up and complain at town hall meetings. It’s a done deal.
I am not a nostalgic person, I am not a person who gets upset about these things — but this whole situation just PISSES ME OFF SO HARDCORE. Mostly because UT finally found a way to close The Cactus (I have no doubt they’ve been trying for YEARS) by citing the fact that they need to trim the Student Union budget. But the thing that irks me most is that the university isn’t monetizing (yeah, I said that) the Cactus brand in light of Austin’s reputation as That Place Where There’s Live Music All The Time. Hello! Build a set and start a spin-off of Austin City Limits called Live from the Cactus Cafe, or something — and then start a smaller-than-ACL music festival for American roots music. DUH. If this is about making money in that space, I got your ideas for making money, you fools!
xoxo, c. hotpoint.
(via therichgirlsareweeping)
Tags: /fools /non-nostalgia /guy forsyth /the cactus cafe /austin /texas /UT /wrecking-ball blues /the rich girls are weeping /cindy hotpoint /alumni center
Reblogged from the rich girls are weeping.
January162010
Magnolia Cafe - Austin TX
Straight up this place might be worth my first roadtrip of 2010…
BEST. QUESO. EVER.
Tags: /magnolia cafe /austin /neon
Reblogged from And Now... No. 1! The Larch... The... Larch.
September22009
Vintage Cafe au Lait Bowls from France
Austin, Texas
Tags: /austin /photography /france /bowls /red /green /cafe au lait
Reblogged from From Me To You.
June242009
By Matthew Rinko June 23, 2009 12:51 PM |
I was at the game as an unbiased spectator waiting for another game. I saw the flag, which was followed by applause from the Westlake students (or younger fans). It seemed that within a few minutes, those same fans began chanting, “We speak English,” over and over. I would guess maybe 100 or so fans. A few El Paso kids chanted back, “Daddy’s money.” Then the Westlake kids pulled out their driver’s licenses and a few chanted, “At least we’re legal.” Pretty ignorant and disgusting. Notice how none of them are speaking up now.
quoted commentary for this article…
El Pasoan thinks Westlake fans crossed the line | Varsity News
Tags: /socorro /westlack /austin /elpaso /baseball /essentialist /corn!
November232008
This afternoon, I stopped working to grab a quick lunch. After cruising the usual suspect cable channels, I found the Texas Country Reporter featuring a story about Lola Stephens and her Nubian Queen Lola’s Soul Food cafe. What an amazing woman. Lola’s is a one-woman show who makes burgers, po’boys, shrimp etouffe, among others.Too bad Curtie doesn’t live in Austin anymore, I’d like to stop by Lolas. But not on Sunday because that is the day she feeds the homeless.
Here is a story from the Austin Chron, as well as the Texas Journalist that also featured Lola when she participated in a 2005 benefit for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Finally, the Austin Decider provides a quick review of her cafe.
Tags: /Thank God for God /nubian queen lola's soul food /lola stephens /austin /texas /texas country reporter /austin chronicle
October152008
Following protests that the university was trampling upon students’ First Amendment rights, the University of Texas at Austin suspended a policy Thursday prohibiting the placement of signs in residence hall windows – including campaign signs.
Poster Policy Unites Obama and McCain Supporters :: Inside Higher Ed
Tags: /ut /posters /free speech /student rights /university of texas /austin
