October 10, 20232 yr This YouTube channel posts B-roll videos of mundane life, heavily focused on around 1975-2005. Ride the bus in 1978, shop at Wal-mart in 1992, hang out at McDonald's in 1997. https://www.youtube.com/@vampirerobot/videos
October 10, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said: This is the video that gets me. I have this permanently saved. So crazy.
October 10, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said: I have this permanently saved. So crazy. Oddly fitting he's playing the Lemonheads later on in the video
October 10, 20232 yr I call bullshit on the Burger King video. No one works that hard at a Burger King.
October 10, 20232 yr nostalgia, greek roots meaning return + pain, was considered a mental illness way back in the day. meaning has definitely shifted to have a positive connotation and we tend to associate fond memories now. 1996 was right in my wheelhouse around campus. great vid.
October 10, 20232 yr Going through some of those shopping videos, the amount of cash being handled is what jumps out to me. That and the lack of phones.
October 10, 20232 yr Just now, Willfully Horn said: Velvet rut, ftw. First time I ever heard that term was after leaving Austin. Heard it from a guy who was a house-flipper in Austin and Atlanta before making his life's work the restoration and inhabitation of a huge historical building in Selma Alabama. His velvet rut story involved being back in Austin and watching 5 guys try to figure out how to move one table. It took time, maaaan. 4 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said: Going through some of those shopping videos, the amount of cash being handled is what jumps out to me. That and the lack of phones. More cash, fewer phones. I could handle that.
October 10, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Willfully Horn said: This is the video that gets me. It'd be time consuming for someone, but they'd make thousands of bucks at $5-$10/download...remix this video with the exterior scenes/walk-n-talks in 'Slacker' and same from 'Austin Stories' lone season on MTV in geographic order from North to South.............. Could just remove dialogue track and overdub Austin musicians hits from that era. Comes in at about 25minute run time. Folks our age light one up and drink one down and watch that thing on a loop and they'd gladly hand over $20. For it's money we have and peace we lack. Edited October 10, 20232 yr by YGIFS
October 10, 20232 yr 54 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said: Going through some of those shopping videos, the amount of cash being handled is what jumps out to me. That and the lack of phones. Am I the only one thinking "that dude was probably born around 1920 so he's dead....she's probably dead...he's definitely dead"
October 10, 20232 yr Just now, SimonBolivar said: Am I the only one thinking "that dude was probably born around 1920 so he's dead....she's probably dead...he's definitely dead" I think those same things when I walk through a crowd of people now.
October 10, 20232 yr 56 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said: I think those same things when I walk through a crowd of people now. You see dead people?
October 10, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Dahobbs said: You see dead people? Ugly... bags... of mostly water.
October 11, 20232 yr 17 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said: Going through some of those shopping videos, the amount of cash being handled is what jumps out to me. That and the lack of phones. No phones? How did they take the videos?
October 11, 20232 yr 18 hours ago, SimonBolivar said: Am I the only one thinking "that dude was probably born around 1920 so he's dead....she's probably dead...he's definitely dead" I do that every time I watch an older movie or tv show that has a dog in it. "That dog is dead, now."
October 11, 20232 yr As a kid, with a refined palate second to none, my jam was Night Hawk, Threadgills, and....drumroll please....Marimont Cafeteria! Damn I loved that place!
October 11, 20232 yr Silly question, but are those signs replicas or the actual ones removed from defunct spots and restored ?
October 11, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, YGIFS said: Silly question, but are those signs replicas or the actual ones removed from defunct spots and restored ? The only one that isn't original is The Continental Club that was used on the set of either Kimmel or Fallon (I forget which) when they broadcast from Austin for sxsw. Edited October 11, 20232 yr by Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand
October 11, 20232 yr I'm curious to see the place. I know the Dry Creek sign is there now. I think the idea is cool... now the R.I.P. Austin shirt? That is lame. Can't imagine wearing that. It screeeeeeaaams "Old Austin whiner"
October 11, 20232 yr I refused to go to Sign Bar until it has that yellow car that was atop the insurance building on Mopac for years. Ah, here it is:
October 11, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said: I refused to go to Sign Bar until it has that yellow car that was atop the insurance building on Mopac for years. Ah, here it is: Man, I saw this almost every day growing up.
October 11, 20232 yr Ha - my old neighbor used to claim to be part owner of Ski Shores. Then I went there one day and he was in the back flipping burgers. Found out that his brother was the owner and let him work there from time to time.
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