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Austin glamour revisited 1
The following short series of posts reworks previous reporting and writing on Austin’s glamour scene, this time for our This is Austin newcomer magazine.
That’s right, funky, green, laid-back, sandal-clad, guitar-toting, tech-dweeby Austin. A recent Travel & Leisure magazine poll rated Austin among the top cities for people-watching. In other words, tourists actually travel to Austin for its pretty people.
Whence came this Austin glamour?
Music. During the 1970s, musicians flocked to Austin. They played the blues, folk and progressive country. Sometimes all at once. Later, punk, rockabilly, indie, jazz, hip-hop and indie ambient scenes thrived. Something about all that rock-star glam rubbed off. Walk up and down South Congress Avenue if you don’t believe me. Or spend some time at the globally-influential South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival in March or the Austin City Limits Festival in October. Cool.
Movies. During the 1980s, the Austin Film Society and the University of Texas film program generated a tribe of highly original movie-makers including Richard Linklater, Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan and Mike Judge. Later, stars such as Sandra Bullock, Dennis Quaid and Matthew McConaughey declared Austin their first or second home. The city also hosts two major film confabs: The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival in March and the Austin Film Festival in October. Good times to spot stars.
More to come …
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