[AGL] Fw: re promoting the RagBlog Web site on AGL

[Fontaine Maverick]

Too bad; I would think you would want to encourage converstation. I love the 
talk of the old daze, but my own take is that Thorne represents my freshman 
year as a wide eyed young radical just as the Vietnam war was was cranking 
up - hey, hey LBJ, etc. - we're talking a difference of a year or two......
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s" 
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AGL] Fw: re promoting the RagBlog Web site on AGL



> thorne dreyer asks:

>

>> Just curious. How do you define "Ghettoite?"

>

> The Ghetto was an apartment house west of

> Dirty's hamburger joint with cheap apartments.

>

> there were parties there every weekend at

> the least, the peyote buttons would be cooking

> down in a big iron pot on the stove, beer was

> drunk, girrrls were seduced, folk music was

> played. the other pole of this subuniverse was

> the Chuck Wagon, 7 cents a cup of coffee and

> not worth it.

>

> the austin-ghetto-list is a successor to a Yahoo

> list set up by Connie Clark in aid of having a

> reunion of us ghettoistas. the reunion was held

> at Tary Owens and Mary Ann Price, there were

> actually a number of reunions there. t-shirts

> were printed, a ghetto Web site was set up

> with photos and tall tales.

>

> as i said, as this means nothing to you, you would

> probably be happier and better off elsewhere.

>