I was jokingly suggesting that "we FAPPED without knowing it" was a kind of sexual euphemism.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 17 August 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd love to meet up with some Austin folks if y'all go out for beerz again.
― kijiji, Monday, 17 August 2009 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd always wondered if there were enough Austin ilxors to make an actual fap an occassional thing. There's me & Oily & KJB & "ilxor" & Ms Misery iirc. Are you a permanent local kijiji? I'll pretty much take any excuse to down a few beers with new friends.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 17 August 2009 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep, moved here in feb., tho I live semi-far n off wells branch. Have been going to shows but not too many bars. Also have a 3 mo. old son so free time is @ a premium. But weekends usually work!
― kijiji, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 08:40 (fifteen years ago) link
my band is playing there in february, @ shangri-la. salt lick here i come!
― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
weekend after this one, feb 13 - 14. any tips on on stuff to do or hot shows (we have an early show on saturday, so we'll be able to hang out that night) would be welcome.
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Thursday, 4 February 2010 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Sir Lord Baltimore is on the jukebox at The Parlor on Guadalupe.
Just sayin'.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 3 April 2010 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
hi guys, i will be in austin later this week. i will mainly be working and i have to keep an eye on my sleep schedule because i'm observing during the night the following week. so i probably won't be doing anything fun at all EXCEPT...
where is the best place to watch the england - usa match on saturday? i'm getting confused about time zones, but i think kickoff will be at 1.30 texas time. i think am staying a couple of blocks east of guadalupe at ~22nd, so somewhere walking distance from there would be good. but if the place where everyone will be is, e.g. down on 6th or something then i don't mind getting a cab. i want to go somewhere i can drink too much and where other people will be watching the game. i'm guessing getting a seat won't be difficult for a football match at this time of day in texas, but lemme know if that might be an issue.
― caek, Saturday, 5 June 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
hi caeky i can't be of much help but these people seem to have some ideas
― 156, Sunday, 6 June 2010 06:49 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks! this is great. cuatro's is near me, so that will probably be fine. all i had found was this. fado's looked like every other american irish pub, so i was hoping to avoid that.
― caek, Sunday, 6 June 2010 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah fado's is a chain too, BLECH to them
― 156, Sunday, 6 June 2010 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
caek--you also may want to check out Dog & Duck Pub (Guadalupe & 17th) or Crown & Anchor Pub (San Jacinto & 30th. Both are fairly close to your location.
― kiboko (kijiji), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i am now at my location! it is hot! my taxi driver was 1/8 cherokee!
― caek, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:52 (fourteen years ago) link
and he did not like the english (1/8 dutch so he sides with the boer on the whole south africa thing -- no joke, that is his reason)
Dudes, going to Austin for work May 15th-17th. Not sure how much downtime I'm going to have, its a pretty quick trip for work stuff, but what should I make a priority to hit? Record shops? Food?
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 May 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Go to Antoines Records, Friends of Sound off south congress, backspin off Airport, and End Of and Ear of south first, all great record stores.
― JacobSanders, Friday, 6 May 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice, thanks!
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 7 May 2011 04:06 (thirteen years ago) link
What kind of food do you like? Are you going to be mobile or mostly in one part of town?
― Moodles, Saturday, 7 May 2011 05:08 (thirteen years ago) link
If you don't mind spending a little money on food and want a really nice cocktail, Haddingtons off 6th st has the best burger I have had. Seriously it's worth the money.
― JacobSanders, Saturday, 7 May 2011 05:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm pretty open as far as food suggestions, but I'm feeling the craving for some good barbecue while I'm there. I'll be pretty stationary, the hotel I'm staying in downtown is where I'll be for work too.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 May 2011 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
If you take the number one bus which you can catch on congress, till 29th and guadalupe, Ruby's BBQ is right there on the corner. I think they have the best brisket in town. And best part is you can walk across the street and shop for records at Antone's afterwards.
― JacobSanders, Monday, 9 May 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i approve of ruby's.
― caek, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 9 May 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
you gotta try torchy's tacos
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 9 May 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
which, conveniently enough, has a location at 28th and Guadalupe.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 9 May 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
that it do!!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 9 May 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
o lord i miss me some torchys
fun fact about that neighbourhood: the first time i ever heard shine on you crazy diamond pt 1 was in spider house. felt like a very austin moment.
― caek, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Torchys and Ruby's both good.
Lamberts for fancy time BBQ
Frank for awesome dogs and sausages.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link
When was this austin moment at Spider House? Many years ago I worked there before they had a full bar and table service. It was fun then. At night when we would close, there were always parties and late night drinking.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember when they called it Cafe Ro. It's still really nice, but has lost an undefinable weirdness it used to have.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
If you're staying downtown you can hit a ton of various food trailers by either go south on Congress or east on Sixth Street. I'm currently addicted to the fish and chips from Bits and Druthers at the trailer food court just east of I-35 on Sixth Street. 24 Diner at Sixth and Lamar has delicious milk shakes and a locavore menu. I can provide french fry recs if you need them.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Seconded on 24 Dinner! The breakfast hash with chili is worth your money and helps a hangover.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Also Parkside on 6th has very nice oysters and cocktails. Casino El Camino has a very good buffalo/blue cheese burger.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, 24 Diner is open 24 hours a day as the name suggests. Also, since you're going to be Downtown, you can visit the Alamo Draft House Ritz location without having to worry about parking. Check their web site and if anything cool is being shown the weekend you'll be in town. It's really the best movie theater/bar/restaurant combo in the nation, especially if you go to one of their special events.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome, thanks for all the good suggestions! Now I'm wishing I was going to be down there longer.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:31 (thirteen years ago) link
f. hazel, you really enjoy the downtown Alamo Draft House, esp the special events? I've always been disappointed in their presentation and approach to being a revival theatre. Everything is either ironic or humorous. I always wanted to see older movies that I can't easily watch without the gimmicks and ham-fisted humor. The Paramount comes comes to actually showing good movies I want to watch, but recently I fear they too are falling prey to the Alamo's gimmicky irony.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 07:42 (thirteen years ago) link
JacobSanders, i was in austin during the world cup last summer. good times.
― caek, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 08:27 (thirteen years ago) link
The World Cup anywhere is good times, but Austin especially!
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 08:37 (thirteen years ago) link
otm
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
f. hazel, you really enjoy the downtown Alamo Draft House, esp the special events?
I do! But I wouldn't really call them a revival theater... that's not really what they do. 80s revival maybe. Their strong points are cult movies and fun stuff... for example, they screened that version of the first Indiana Jones movie filmed by a couple of kids, and had them come and talk and do a Q&A after the screening. For straight screening of cinema classics, Paramount has a better program and presentation (but terribly uncomfortable seats). But they don't do sing-alongs/quote-alongs or cool events for first-run movies like the Alamo does. Like we saw the Scott Pilgrim premiere there, and they had the director thank us for coming and give everyone in the audience a high five. They love to surprise their audience, and I really dig that.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess it's more wishful thinking on my part that the Alamo would be a really awesome revival theatre that would show movies you can't easily rent or have been dying to see on the big screen. Probably because I watched Salo there many years ago. I kept checking their listings, and realized they only screened it because it's gross.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
The thing I miss most about the Alamo is Weird Wednesday--I love what the Paramount does with the summer movie series, but they're apples/oranges in so many ways. Last summer during FantasticFest I saw Roger Corman's Sharktopus at the Paramount and the cognitive dissonance was jarring: "this movie belongs at the Alamo! Where's my pizza?"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been really loving the Dionysium lately... but I really get excited about having buttered popcorn and mozzarella sticks for dinner.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Dionysium! Do the guys really wear suits?
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
The guys on stage do, yes. And some small percentage of the audience.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Did this, at the trailer on First during my walk down to End of an Ear (where i proceeded to spend tons of money). Best part was the Mexican Coke! Unfortunately I was super busy with work stuff so I only ended up getting to eat at Stubb's and Threadgill's, both of which I thought were really good. Heard a bit of Mogwai at Stubb's too, wished I would have been able to work out seeing the whole show. Also spent some time on 6th before I left. Overall, great city. Would visit again. A++++++
PS - you guys sure do love your tattoos down there, don't you? I couldn't believe how many tattoo joints there were!
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 04:41 (thirteen years ago) link
so jeal u went to end of an ear
miss it so much
like, on record store day i called them and ordered some shit to send me via mail
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 04:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I highly highly recommend End of an Ear, really a great store with super friendly employees. I could have easily spent three-four times as much as I did there, I was super impressed with the selection.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 05:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I heard they cleaned up Star Seeds Cafe which is a bummer. When I lived in Austin in the late 90s Star Seeds was a scene in the best possible way.
― that whore of your grandfather's (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 05:39 (thirteen years ago) link