KLRU
Going to Hell
RECEIVED Wed., Feb. 11, 2004
Dear Editor,
I've compiled a list of hip new street names that should please the "Keep Austin Self-Consciously Weird" contingent:
North Burnet = NoBu
Red River = ReRi
Cesar Chavez = CeCha
Ben White = BeWhi
It also appears that the only store on South Congress that could possibly be called weird, Just Guns, is no more. Fear not loyal patrons, for in a matter of weeks, I imagine that it will soon be replaced by a more SoCo friendly "Passive Ethnic Weaponry Boutique" or something along those lines. I can see it now: "Hey Cory, I just picked up some punji sticks from SoCo, how about you stop and pick up some Pabst and a pack of Parliaments, and we'll hit up some vintage stores on NoBu." Austin is going to hell in a handbasket, and an ironic trucker-hatted doofus is at the wheel (if handbaskets have wheels).
I've compiled a list of hip new street names that should please the "Keep Austin Self-Consciously Weird" contingent:
North Burnet = NoBu
Red River = ReRi
Cesar Chavez = CeCha
Ben White = BeWhi
It also appears that the only store on South Congress that could possibly be called weird, Just Guns, is no more. Fear not loyal patrons, for in a matter of weeks, I imagine that it will soon be replaced by a more SoCo friendly "Passive Ethnic Weaponry Boutique" or something along those lines. I can see it now: "Hey Cory, I just picked up some punji sticks from SoCo, how about you stop and pick up some Pabst and a pack of Parliaments, and we'll hit up some vintage stores on NoBu." Austin is going to hell in a handbasket, and an ironic trucker-hatted doofus is at the wheel (if handbaskets have wheels).
Kyle Edwards
