[AGL] request to subscribe to the austin-ghetto maillist

[Kathy]

For some reason this message came to my inbox 8 times.

  Can you unseal your lips a little? Maybe one interesting thing?
Kathy


On Oct 9, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:


> i googled winston bode. apparently he was like Cactus Prior only  

> less so

>

> this ignorance is what comes from NOT watching local TV for a long  

> long

> time.

>

> cactus prior used to hire a lame bluegrass group i was in to play

> "functions"

> in 60s Austin. i drove out twice F2F with cactus to LBJ's ranch for  

> a BBQ

> event  in his station wagon the kind which had narrow blue tinted  

> horizontal

> windows along the car's roof. i guess it was an attempt to  

> approximate a

> Greyhound bus. cactus told me many interesting things i hadnt known  

> before

> regarding which my lips are sealed.

>

> Mike

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Kathy" <kdoyle1 at austin.rr.com>

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

> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:12 PM

> Subject: Re: [AGL] request to subscribe to the austin-ghetto maillist

>

>

>> Hi Diane/Donna (which name do you use?)

>> I'm an old friend of Vera's too (  Mike, Vera was Winston Bode's step

>> daughter) and I would dearly love to hear any stories she may have

>> told you.

>> thanks

>> Kathy

>> On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:

>>

>>> ----- Original Message -----

>>> From: "Donna Bobb" <dianenwade at gmail.com>

>>> To: "Michael Eisenstadt" <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>

>>> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 5:09 PM

>>> Subject: Re: request to subscribe to the austin-ghetto maillist

>>>

>>>

>>>> Sorry for the delay in responding.

>>>> Unfortunately I was in L.A. and survived the Watts riot and other

>>>> racial

>>>> problems that occurred over that period of time. I inquired about

>>>> Austin

>>>> because of dear friend of mine whom you may know, Vera Alexander or

>>>> Carmignani, was there and she recounted the stories to me before

>>>> her death

>>>> in 2004. I thought it would be interesting to learn more about

>>>> life in

>>>> Austin from this perspective.She was a fascinating woman.

>>>>

>>>

>>> Donna,

>>>

>>> I shall put you on the list. Unfortunately, there is virtually no

>>> activity, no one hardly is writing about anything, so you wont

>>> be seeing many or any posts.

>>>

>>> Once in a blue moon, someone will write to the list. Otherwise

>>> you wont see any email because there isnt any.

>>>

>>> Mike Eisenstadt

>>> austin-ghetto-list administrator

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Michael Eisenstadt <

>>>> mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Dear Diane,

>>>>>

>>>>> I am writing to ask if you were in Austin in the 1960s and

>>>>> afterwards.

>>>>> The austin-ghetto mail list is dedicated to sharing memories and

>>>>> stories

>>>>> true or more or less true about life in Austin Tx in the 60s.

>>>>>

>>>>> Thanks in advance for the info.

>>>>>

>>>>> Mike Eisenstadt

>>>>> austin-ghetto-list administrator

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>

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