Topic 16 of 64: Austin Stories
Sat, Aug 9, 1997 (22:38) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
MTV is currently filming "Austin Stories" in our fair city which is scheduled to
debut on Sept 10. This is MTVs first sitcom.
They're doing a lot of filming on S Congress. Laura House and Brad "Chip" are
wiriers and stars in the show. It's about three twentysomething friens who live
and occasionally work in Austin.
Filming began July 21 on the 13 episodes MTV has slated for the Fall.
29 responses total.
Topic 16 of 64 [austin]: Austin Stories
Response 1 of 29: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Aug 9, 1997 (22:46) * 12 lines
It's about the Austin Weekly which bears a suspicious resemblance to the Austin
Chronicle.
KLBJ's Bob and Dudley guest star and many other familiar local faces will be
showing up in the series. They're trying to give the real world feel of Austin.
They're doing a lot of filming in a Riverside Drive building that was once HQ
Fitness. The set includes the offices of the Austin Weekly, a large 60s UT style
house, a cafe, and an apartment.
They'll probably know around December if MTV will pick it up beyond the initial 13
programs. Hope it makes it!
Topic 16 of 64 [austin]: Austin Stories
Response 2 of 29: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Aug 9, 1997 (23:25) * 30 lines
A net search turned this up:
barton:~ whois austinstories.com
austinstories (LikeTV Ltd) (AUSTINSTORIES-DOM)
2 Kendall Place
London, - W1H 3AH
UK
Domain Name: AUSTINSTORIES.COM
Administrative Contact:
Bowbrick, Steve (SB491) steve@WEBMEDIA.COM
+44 171 317 1301 (FAX) +44 171 224 7049
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Henderson-Thynne, Mark (MH1048) netnames@NETNAMES.COM
+44 171 224 2017
Billing Contact:
NetNames Accountant (NUSM-ORG) accountant@NETNAMES.COM
+44 171 224 2017
Fax- +44 171 224 4313
Record last updated on 28-May-96.
Record created on 28-May-96.
Database last updated on 9-Aug-97 04:38:04 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.WEBSERVICES.NET 194.106.36.1
NS2.WEBSERVICES.NET 194.72.236.3
Topic 16 of 64 [austin]: Austin Stories
Response 3 of 29: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Sep 8, 1997 (06:57) * 25 lines
Robert Campanell (robcamp@well.com) is the producer of the InterneTV
version and I got most of the following information from him.
It's called "Austin" and it is about four young people living in an Austin group house. It is the first video-based soap produced exclusively for the net.
They use all the major video streaming formats (VDO, Vivo, RealVideo).
It's at http://www.internetv.com/austin/
Six episodes are online right now. It is scheduled for 16 weekly episodes.
Each episode consists of five scenes. Each scene runs 30 seconds to 2
minutes. Most are around one minute.
There's an episode with a salsarobics class (hey, I took that class!)
The "Austin" characters are:
Karen - the nosey one
Dustin - the playboy
Steve - the uptight one
Monica - the mysterious one (played by Marie Newmeyer)
Jennifer - the artsy one /Dustin's old girlfriend
Aimee - Dustin's new girl friend
Megan - Dustin's teenage girlfriend
Dead(Ed) - Karen's ex-boyfriend
Laura - Steve's new girlfriend/Dead(Ed)'s old girlfriend
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Response 4 of 29: George Frimpter (legaffe) * Sun, Oct 12, 1997 (11:10) * 1 lines
What's the latest on this?
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Response 5 of 29: John Burnett (mrchips) * Mon, Sep 13, 1999 (20:47) * 6 lines
In a public restroom, an accountant, a lawyer and a cowboy were standing side-by-side using the urinal. The accountant finished, zipped up and started washing and literally scrubbing his hands...clear up to his elbows. He
used about 20 paper towels before he finished. He turned to the other two men and commented, "I graduated from the University of Michigan and they taught us to be clean."
The lawyer finished, zipped up and quickly wet the tips of his fingers, grabbed one paper towel and commented, "I graduated from the University of California and they taught us to be environmentally conscious."
The cowboy zipped up and as he was walking out the door said, "I graduated from the University of Texas--and they taught us not to piss on our hands."
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Response 6 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (19:18) * 2 lines
Since then there has been Austin City Limits (or was that before, too?)...surely
the capital of the most august state in the Union boasting the finest gentlemen I know has yet some stories to tell, other than the obvious ones?!
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Response 7 of 29: John Burnett (mrchips) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (23:28) * 1 lines
Oh, Austin Stories is a TV show???? Sorry. I thought the UT joke would fit here. Didn't know where else to put it except in my own "Screwed" site where only Marcia and I will read it!
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Response 8 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (23:30) * 1 lines
A few years ago...if you noticed this was dormant for 2 years. Use it for your purposes...it makes more sense now this way, anyway!
Topic 16 of 64 [austin]: Austin Stories
Response 9 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (23:32) * 1 lines
Tis better to revitalize an old topic than to create new ones. We shall just revamp this one and new will notice the difference.
Topic 16 of 64 [austin]: Austin Stories
Response 10 of 29: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (06:48) * 46 lines
Pump it up, like Hans and Franz say.
I did a quick web search for the words Austin Stories and found a site
with the journals of people in Austin. It's kind of interesting and a
serendipitous find.
http://www.brokennews.net/79242/austin.shtml
Here's an example of one:
http://www.angelfire.com/ut/mattsmind/home.html
In the Front of my Mind:
09/12/99 -- Emmys, Emmys, and more Emmys
09/11/99 -- Drunken Final Fantasies
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Updates:
09/09/99
-- Alright, another new splash page featuring (who else) Tori Amos. I
plan on keeping the page much more current. I promise to fulfill two
conditions, 1) I won't go more than 3 days without an update and 2) I will
have at least 3 updates a week. Seems simple, doesn't it. I just hope I
stick to it.
09/07/99
-- Alright, finally another update. I'm really planning on doing better.
REALLY!
08/12/99
-- Okay, I added a new splash page, and I'm caught up, sorta. I'll catch
up the rest of the way soon, and then I may officially change the
frequency that I do updates. We'll see.
08/07/99
-- Finally home from Joplin, running a few days behind, hope to catch up
soon. Please vote on my hair.
Topic 16 of 64 [austin]: Austin Stories
Response 11 of 29: _cosmo_ (aa9il) * Tue, Jun 27, 2000 (20:21) * 16 lines
Ok, an Austin story from the last century....
Me and a certain particular member of the Austin community
who will remain un-named were sneaking around the back alleys
behind Guadolupe in search of junction boxes for a wee bit o'
hack-n. Never did find one but many stories were traded
regarding the arcane art of phreakdom which someday may
be recounted. And thats all I can say about that....
Also fond rememberences of wandering up and down the drag
to view the latest in anarcho-drag-wurm fashion before
retreating to Mad Dogs for burgers and possibly to Inner
Sanctum records to buy post-modern art damage music for
recreational purposes only.
_cosmo_
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Response 12 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jun 27, 2000 (23:06) * 1 lines
uh huh...you think you're gonna get away with just posting that much and no more? Not gonna happen! Waiting...
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Response 13 of 29: _cosmo_ (aa9il) * Wed, Jun 28, 2000 (19:05) * 23 lines
ahhh, so you did see that posting....
Well, there is such a thing as the statute of limitations....
Some of the things I can talk about involve racing around town
at breakneck speeds on amateur radio fox hunts - where myself
and Paul N1AAC would outfit the vehicle with antenna and sensitive
radio, maps, flashlights, etc and race through neighborhoods - stop
- get a directional 'fix' and race off again. Freaked out the
locals. Most of my free time was spent goofing off and taking
in the college life as a non-college under-employeed engineering
geek. Hence all that time at the used book and record stores
and wandering around the drag with no particular place to go
(except to the burger place, said bookstore/record store, or,
sometimes to catch some artsy fartsy Euro flick at the campus
theatre.) In retrospect - should have hung out with the
Robot Group - which really got going after I skipped town.
Now, alot of that cool alterna-culture kinda vanished so I
have to make do. Have not snuck through any alley ways in
along time tho....
_cosmo_
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Response 14 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jun 28, 2000 (22:55) * 3 lines
Thanks, Mike! What memories you bring to mind of college days...
The local hams here have fox hunts and it is great fun to ride along. I was always the one with the radio, map and flashlight hanging on for dear life as my companion two-wheeled the corners.
No alleys in Hawaii that I know of - at least not on this island. Alas!
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Response 15 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jun 28, 2000 (23:01) * 1 lines
Um....Mike....Statute of Limitations...I'll wait till it is too late to slam you in the local lock-up....*sigh* I could not bear the though of you languishing in there without boat anchor or other masculine entertainment...
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Response 16 of 29: austin spring (sprin5) * Thu, Jun 29, 2000 (04:08) * 1 lines
Mel Riser, with autoeloan.com is really in to the Robot Group, they have their own place now next to the totally naked strip joint on South Congress. They're still going strong. Mickey, who just changed his call from YAC to something else, is big in to the transmitter hunts. The hamburger joint, would it be Dirty's?
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Response 17 of 29: _cosmo_ (aa9il) * Thu, Jun 29, 2000 (19:12) * 20 lines
no clink for me hee - hee....
So the 'bot group moved next to a strip joint? Yow! Would the
girls come to the next Robo-Fest? Glad to hear the group got
back together - wished I could have made one of their meetings
but as I said - moved before the group really got started although
I did hang a couple of times at the old 'Discovery Hall' ages ago.
So Mickey changed his call? Everything is changing.....
Anyway, the burger joint was Mad Dogs (RIP) - one of my fave
places to hang out at along with the rest of the nihilist or
pseudo-nihilist punkers - whatever....
But, alas, like Les Amis and the other cool ambient places in
that area - all gone.
Went to Dirty's once tho or was it Nasty's (Dirty-Nasty's?)
Cant remember - was a comfy old bar place where some epic
card games were waged and beer consumed.
de Mike
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Response 18 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jun 29, 2000 (20:31) * 1 lines
Geez, now I know why they called it The Wild West...
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Response 19 of 29: austin spring (sprin5) * Fri, Jun 30, 2000 (10:00) * 1 lines
I at least salvaged the furniture from Les Amis and dragged it out to Cedar Creek (some neat booths with lots of graffita carved in them). Maybe it is Dirty Nasty's, it's a counter culture place (ie. place with a counter).
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Response 20 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jun 30, 2000 (12:03) * 1 lines
Eclectic furnishing. How interesting! Betcha they're sturdy! Any deathless prose carved on the booths?
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Response 21 of 29: austin spring (sprin5) * Sat, Jul 1, 2000 (07:26) * 1 lines
Sure, lots of love notes, some profanity, initials, etc.
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Response 22 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Jul 1, 2000 (13:06) * 1 lines
Gee, just like school desks or graffiti anywhere. Even the stuff they found on Hadrian's Wall in Britain built by the Roman occupation (43AD to the mid 400's AD) had the same stuff carved into the bricks! Guess it is as old as writing itself!
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Response 23 of 29: _cosmo_ (aa9il) * Tue, Jul 4, 2000 (21:23) * 22 lines
I kinda figured the tables at Les Amis would have a bit of a more
artsy fartsy/intellectual form of graffiti - seemed like that kind
of hangout. I guess that would be a good sociology research topic
- graffiti in the engineering building vs the chem building vs
fine arts vs theaters, etc. Then compare the graffiti of MIT
vs Harvard, UT vs A&M, Stanford vs UCLA, etc...
The bar in question was behind the old Austin Outhouse (down the
street...) Were working on 10 year old archive memory here and
my brain cells aint what they used to be.....
Pulled out an old Austin Chronicle from 1990 (saved a few from
over the years) - saw old news items (Manor airport vs Bergstrom,
Barton Creek PUD and SOS, city growth, etc). I do ponder how
I will view the place upon my triumphant return to live. Lots
of the old hang outs are gone, new hangouts exist - changed a
bit over the years myself as well. Guess I'll cross that bridge
when I get to it....
de
Mike
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Response 24 of 29: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 4, 2000 (22:34) * 3 lines
Wow, a reflective Mike. Thanks for sharing. Thomas Wolfe and others have said you can't go home again... You can, but you are right. Both you and Austin will have changed in the interim.
I like your idea about the Graffiti. However, if it is like at Penn State, lecture halls don't count. Idiot 101 takes place there as well as Scholarly 404. Checking between Ivy League and State Universities and regional variations should be the most telling.
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Response 25 of 29: _cosmo_ (aa9il) * Wed, Jul 5, 2000 (21:23) * 29 lines
Yea, I was thinking about a song by Don Henley with a line about
Deadhead stickers, Cadillacs, and not turning back.
Life back then was kind of like a rare planetary alignment which
will never happen again in this lifetime or any of the other ones
lined up on the great wheel. Too many synchronistic things would
have to fall back into place and frankly, once was enuf....
BTW, a good movie to watch about the era of Austin when I was
wreaking havoc around the place was 'Slacker'. Lots of places
in that movie are not around any more...
I guess the same could be said of those who lived in the city in
the late 60's and 70's who looked back from the 80's and alot of
stuff they did/saw vanished - oh well, progress....
Anyway, as far as graffiti goes, there would be a big dif in
Ivy League vs state scribbling.
Speaking of planetary alignments, I remember the goofy road trip
I did from Houston to San Diego back during the Harmonic Convergence
- just remember driving across the vast desert with bursts of green
where the orchards were and finally sighting the mountain range from
miles away - hours later finally reaching and crossing those mountains.
Tangerine Dream playing on the car stereo. Little houses and lakes
from the snow runoff. Deep blue sky and glare not so much from the
angle of the sun but from the light of the whole place.
de Mike
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Response 26 of 29: _cosmo_ (aa9il) * Wed, Jun 12, 2002 (13:45) * 11 lines
Hi all
thought Id visit this page after a long absence and reread some of the fun
old postings. Today is one of those days I wish I did have a time machine
just to go back to visit if only for a short while. My most recent visit
to Austin was whirl wind but I did get to sneak in a nap in Zilker Park
- I remember the sky was oh-so-blue, the sun was warm but there was still
a hint of cool lake breeze. Already for my next trip... One of the things
I wish is that I could put form to deepest thoughts to post here.
73 de mike
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Response 27 of 29: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jun 12, 2002 (13:52) * 1 lines
Man, it's been a long time since I laid back and took a nap at Zilker Park, I feel refreshed just thinking about it.
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Response 28 of 29: _cosmo_ (aa9il) * Wed, Jun 12, 2002 (14:31) * 6 lines
Hi There
Today was just one of those days where I had to reread the old stuff to
just remember the purpose - good therapy.
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Response 29 of 29: Stacey (stacey) * Tue, Jul 15, 2003 (22:44) * 1 lines
nice to read someone else's Austin memories for a change...
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