A brief encounter with Austin...

We're a little confused about Austin. It's great in really many ways. People are cool and relaxed and alternative culture thrives. A lot of stuff seems to be going on all the time and you can faintly feel the pulse of the place as a great place to be. After coming out of a whole foods place, we found a huge skater thing going on outside. It was relaxed and fun and seemed filled with nice people.


Look at this awesome DJ booth/bycicle contraption!

This was encouraging, since we had had a hard time till then, really getting a feel of the place. We went out that night to hear some music and punish various internal organs. Now this is awesome: They have an entire street with metal bars and clubs! There were 5 or 6 places that had koncerts that night and they each had 2 or 3 bands playing during the evening. We visited two different clubs and heard some really great bands. The downside: These clubs were filled with boring and arrogant metal saps who were completely spoiled and showed no real appreciation for the music that was performed. This horrified us a great deal, since the bands were actually pretty awesome!!

What more was, these people were impossible to get in contact with. They were apparently too full of Angst and dark Emotions of the "daddy shot my horse, I smell like soap and the tip of my eyeliner just broke in the mensroom" variety. Since people were uncharactaristically hard to talk to, we didn't have as much fun as we usually do when we're out.