"Denton is like Austin 20 years ago" (Dallas, Fort Worth: limousine, university)

[jabbit]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

Are you serious? No wonder I saw so many beards in Denton.

As a gay man, I love beards. I am starting to understand Denton better now.

yes im serious. folks throughout the indie circuit are now referring to denton as that "beard town".

[jabbit]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

What is House of Tennitus and S***banger?

sorry... i didnt explain earlier.


House of Tinnitus is a house venue in Denton that houses performance art shows usually revolving around Noise music. one recent band or artist that performed there used a microphone plugged up to a plate a glass that he would scratch and scrap on his face to make sounds....

Independent Weekly: Lucas Abela bleeds music


losts of odd stuff happening at this venue.


the slutbanger recently changed its name to "the intimate encounter"

and the jury is still out in terms of what is actually happening there.

its primarily a house venue where bands play but there have been some reports of lude and crude actions going on there.

last i heard the place was completley torn up from the inside. acts of accepted vandalism. the place changes constantly because of the accepted vandalism system they have going on there. the house has a history of alledgedly being a haunted house which adds to the mystic.

[houstoner]

Originally Posted by jabbit

sorry... i didnt explain earlier.


House of Tinnitus is a house venue in Denton that houses performance art shows usually revolving around Noise music. one recent band or artist that performed there used a microphone plugged up to a plate a glass that he would scratch and scrap on his face to make sounds....

Independent Weekly: Lucas Abela bleeds music


losts of odd stuff happening at this venue.

Sounds a little like various incarnations of Notsuoh here in Houston... minus the blood.

[jabbit]

Originally Posted by houstoner

Sounds a little like various incarnations of Notsuoh here in Houston... minus the blood.

Notsuoh ? now you got me searching.

[JamesAbilene]

This doesn't sound like the Denton I lived in in the late 60's when I went to and graduated from NTSU (Now UNT) I had friends majoring in art and music who were on the edge for then, but it sounds like Denton has moved way beyond what was there then. I will have to visit again.

Originally Posted by jabbit

sorry... i didnt explain earlier.


House of Tinnitus is a house venue in Denton that houses performance art shows usually revolving around Noise music. one recent band or artist that performed there used a microphone plugged up to a plate a glass that he would scratch and scrap on his face to make sounds....

Independent Weekly: Lucas Abela bleeds music


losts of odd stuff happening at this venue.


the slutbanger recently changed its name to "the intimate encounter"

and the jury is still out in terms of what is actually happening there.

its primarily a house venue where bands play but there have been some reports of lude and crude actions going on there.

last i heard the place was completley torn up from the inside. acts of accepted vandalism. the place changes constantly because of the accepted vandalism system they have going on there. the house has a history of alledgedly being a haunted house which adds to the mystic.

[wade_word]

It's growing by leaps and bounds. That's all you need to know. It is not such a bad place, and don't believe anyone who thinks it is.

[jabbit]

Why would it be a bad place? Maybe if you enjoy normal texas towns with a lot of traffic... it would be a bad place.

[coog78]

[quote=atxcio;3074867]I think what it means is that Austin has grown so much that it doesn't have the same college town, laid back feel as it used to. There is some truth to that. But there are certain things about Austin that are the same, the Hill Country, lots of live music, lakes, liberalness.. quote]

I think the liberal attitude in Austin 20 years ago was very accepting, laidback, disdain for outside influence, and very independent. Unfortunately, today that liberal attitude is condascending, pretentious, elitist, and trendy. I am not sure if all of the California transplants have been a major factor in this, but the Austin of old was enjoyable.

[karnival96]

Personally, I think the comparison between Denton and Austin 20 years ago is a bit off the mark. Twenty years ago, Austin was a city of half a million people and an emerging technology center with corporations like IBM, Motorola and 3M among its major employers. Austin was the center of commerce for the Central Texas region and as such had many decent options for shopping, restaurants, entertainment and various other diversions. Denton's population just recently topped 100,000, with most of the growth due to suburban expansion from the Dallas area. Denton is a nice quiet town, but other than a small cluster of entertainment establishments and a small regional mall, one generally has to venture towards Dallas to get a taste of city life. I think a more apt comparison for Denton in Central Texas would be San Marcos.

[TXTwizter]

Denton will probably never be anything like Austin since it is basically a suburb of Dallas and Ft Worth, and will always be overshadowed and lumped in with the two.