"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
>
> On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> > > Only the rodeo. Only around the time of SXSW in
> > > Austin.
> > >
> > > Sheesh.
> > >
> > > (That was the most unbelievable detail of the story.
> > > The rest I could see
> > > all too easily.)
> > >
> > > Julia
> >
> > I think you're going to have to explain that for the
> > non-Texans among us, Julia.
>
> Austin being (depending on your point of view) either the liberal hippie
> cosmic cowboy oasis of liberalism in Texas or the liberal hippie cosmic
> cowboy hellhole of iniquity in Texas. :-) And Houston being more big-oil
> big-hair old-school-cowboy yada yada yada. But once a year we get a big
> rodeo that brings out the old-school cowboys in town, and South by
> Soutwest (SXSW) that also brings in a lot of the music-loving cosmic
> cow-whatever crowd. At the same time.
Actually, from the article, I gathered it was a rodeo in Houston. If
you're *really* wanting to get away from SXSW and there's a rodeo in
Houston, that would be a better bet than going to the rodeo here in
Austin.
(What were the dates of the rodeo here this year, anyway? I've been kind
of under a rock all month....)
Julia
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