[AGL] Figi House, Casino Royale--LBJ took the IRT down to Main Street USA, when he got there what did he see, the youth of America on LSD

[Frances Morey]

Y'all,
  I'm so accustomed to seeing Michele Mason's posts that I thought I was reading her reminiscences, aghast that she woulda sold the togistas herb! Was aware of LSD use at Campus Guild! Or had been into fencing! I didn't snap to the reality that it was Micael instead of Michele until I just read Jon's post in reply mentioning Dolph Brisco. Jeez!
  It is interesting to learn about generations of UT students--how many of the ghettoites had parents who had attended UT, who was whose roommate and so forth. The political pressures on us were intense. I loved LBJ and hated the war. I worshipped Sissy Farenthold and my dad was county co-ordinator for Dolph. That period was politically difficult.
  Speaking of Bill Narum I think he is having an art event coming up soon. His lovely girlfriend invited me at Kerry Awn's opening but I lost the paper it was printed on. I hope someone in the know will publish the details here on the list. 
  Best,
  Frances

Jon Ford <jonmfordster at hotmail.com> wrote:
  

Micael-- Are you speaking of Doph Briscoe, onetime governor of Texas? As a 
child,age about 14, I spent a pleasant time recuperating from the 
notorious Mexican "tourista bug" at his family's desolate ranch in South 
Texas. This was the only time I ever "went Texas," but I was unfortunately 
unable to climb aboard any gigantic longhorn steers or rope any broncos as I 
was sick as a dog the whole week.

Jon Ford



>From: micael at micaelpriest.com

>Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>60s

>To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net

>Subject: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale

>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:14:52 -0600

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> FIGI house is at 27th and Whitis, big white colonial...i lived next 

>door at the Rhea house in 69 ,3 or 4 doors down from the Campus 

>Guild(Socialist dorm with the constantly running LSD driven Bridge Game). 

>FIGI's had the toga partys all right. fixt em up with a little herb from 

>time to time. all ex highschool jocks though and generally pretty thick. We 

>got in a snowball war withem the one time it snowed that winter, we whipped 

>their asses, they responded by shooting an arrow through one of our guys' 

>window upstairs with a note on it claiming victory. Bill Narum's Dad was a 

>FIGI, his roomate was Dolf Briscoe, i knew Dolf was a football player but i 

>was a little mystified about what kinda jock mr. Narum might have been...he 

>was a fencer. I was a fencer at UT freshman and senior year. still have the 

>back 3/4ths of my foil.

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> As i recall, the first Casino Royale was a send up of Bond 

>movies...maybe w/ Peter Sellers?

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> aidedoo,

> micael priest

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>> 1. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check (Wayne Johnson)

>> 2. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>> (Fontaine Maverick)

>> 3. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check (Frances Morey)

>> 4. Movies (Igor Loving)

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>>Message: 1

>>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:57:06 -0500

>>From: "Wayne Johnson" 

>>Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

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>>Message-ID: <019101c70c60$5761f620$0e606fcc at wayne8wvactdtz>

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>>The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.

>>

>>wgJ

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Fontaine Maverick To: survivors' 

>>reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent: Sunday, November 

>>19, 2006 8:51 PM

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>

>>

>> Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a fraternity toga 

>>party! ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey To: 

>>survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent: 

>>Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 PM

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>

>>

>> I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future 

>>reference. I trust what ordinary people say about movies more than I do 

>>critics or other industry types practicing hype. PF seemed to me like the 

>>very definition of sacrilege. Antipathy to religion was what made it so 

>>popular but violence for the sake of violence, shock value, fundamental 

>>disrespect for an institution offends me. The military and fraternities 

>>were originally established to teach men how to be men however one became 

>>"selective" [read: enlist the already civilized who don't need such 

>>training] and the other a model for Animal House [read: drunken druggies 

>>disrespectfully acting out towards women and society.] Religions were 

>>"organized" to discourage "sin" whatever that is thought to be, past and 

>>present. Now no one is teaching males how to be men, women are in 

>>ascendancy in the education and the professions because women seem to have 

>>better instincts for applying themselves to learning and having s

>> uccess in school training for the professions.

>> I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to heaven when I 

>>die since I have never had an abortion nor got paid for having sex. I have 

>>no regrets about the former.

>> Frances

>>

>> Fontaine Maverick wrote:

>> Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I don't think 

>>Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen it) It is a comedy, for 

>>one thing - but the tomatometer is currently at 92%.

>>

>> Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews - usually 

>>over 100 of them for each movie.

>>

>> http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

>>

>> And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff when you 

>>can't remember the name of some actor, or want to know what year something 

>>was made, etc.

>>

>> http://www.imdb.com

>>

>> And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in the 

>>Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. It is the first 

>>Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.

>>

>>

>>

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey 

>>To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 

>>Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world

>>

>>

>> Thanks, Fontaine,

>> What does the tomatometer register for that B movie Simmons was 

>>raving about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? Borok, or something like 

>>that, is the name. I don't think I'll like it in the same way that I found 

>>Pulp Fiction reprehensible. Frances

>>

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>>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:16:11 -0600

>>From: "Fontaine Maverick" 

>>Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

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>>I dated one frat guy, and the frat was much like animal house - strong 

>>non-conformist thread running through the membership- they had a house 

>>south of campus - an old granite castle-like place. Went to one toga 

>>party.Don't think it was Fiji, though.

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Johnson To: survivors' 

>>reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent: Sunday, November 

>>19, 2006 10:57 PM

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

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>> The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.

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>>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:31:22 -0800 (PST)

>>From: Frances Morey 

>>Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s

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>>No, but I did go skinny dipping once.

>> Frances

>>

>>Fontaine Maverick wrote:

>> Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a fraternity toga 

>>party! ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey To: 

>>survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent: 

>>Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 PM

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>

>>

>> I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future reference. 

>>I trust what ordinary people say about movies more than I do critics or 

>>other industry types practicing hype. PF seemed to me like the very 

>>definition of sacrilege. Antipathy to religion was what made it so popular 

>>but violence for the sake of violence, shock value, fundamental disrespect 

>>for an institution offends me. The military and fraternities were 

>>originally established to teach men how to be men however one became 

>>"selective" [read: enlist the already civilized who don't need such 

>>training] and the other a model for Animal House [read: drunken druggies 

>>disrespectfully acting out towards women and society.] Religions were 

>>"organized" to discourage "sin" whatever that is thought to be, past and 

>>present. Now no one is teaching males how to be men, women are in 

>>ascendancy in the education and the professions because women seem to have 

>>better instincts for applying themselves to learning and having

>> success in school training for the professions.

>> I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to heaven when I 

>>die since I have never had an abortion nor got paid for having sex. I have 

>>no regrets about the former.

>> Frances

>>

>>Fontaine Maverick wrote:

>> Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I don't 

>>think Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen it) It is a comedy, 

>>for one thing - but the tomatometer is currently at 92%.

>> Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews - usually 

>>over 100 of them for each movie. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

>> And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff when you 

>>can't remember the name of some actor, or want to know what year something 

>>was made, etc.

>> http://www.imdb.com

>> And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in the 

>>Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. It is the first 

>>Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey To: 

>>survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent: 

>>Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world

>>

>>

>> Thanks, Fontaine,

>> What does the tomatometer register for that B movie Simmons was raving 

>>about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? Borok, or something like that, 

>>is the name. I don't think I'll like it in the same way that I found Pulp 

>>Fiction reprehensible. Frances

>>

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>>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:17:38 -0600

>>From: "Igor Loving" 

>>Subject: [AGL] Movies

>>To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net

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>>Oh, Oh, Movies. The last one I saw was some Indian thing at Alamo Draft 

>>House that came with Indian Food, before that was some stupid thing about 

>>penguinos marching around in the snow. Not much of a movie freak and I 

>>never ever rent the things. I have a collection of movies in boxes that 

>>have been gathering dust for years and years and my computer has over 

>>sixty five movies in memory. Real gems I am sure.

>>

>>

>>Charlie Loving

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