By matthew on 2009/11/30
Thanks to my inimitable friend Joseph, who has a penchant for finding all the weirdest crap that youtube has to offer, I have now watched this 1980 WFAA-TV (Dallas/Fort Worth) promo video eleventy times.
It is nuts how in 1980, mustachioed men in leotards were simply “court jesters” that told the story of TV ratings success, [...]
Posted in Cultural Ephemera, texas, video Tagged 1980, continuity, Dallas, dancing, leotards, promo, video, WFAA, youtube
By matthew on 2009/09/13
Austin has grown fast, but it has grown from a tiny urban core – meaning that we have less pre-World War II buildings than probably any other city our size in the South. Many neighborhoods quite close to downtown were developed in the 1960’s or later – the city basically ended 3 miles in [...]
Posted in Austin, nostalgia, texas Tagged 1940, 1953, 1956, analysis, Austin, city, development, growth, historic, historical, maps, texas, urbanization
By matthew on 2009/08/14
I can’t be mad at Houston, for I don’t think most people consider how liberally its name has been affixed to what might be “Elsewhere” in other states or countries. After all, if other cities in the US had developed with such limitless extra-territorial jurisdiction as Houston had, then we would see a Miami [...]
Posted in Americana, Cultural Ephemera, Houston, texas Tagged housing, Houston, photos, suburbanization, texana, texas, writing
By matthew on 2009/08/10
From Zilker Park, the Mopac main lanes, and Riverside Drive at Ben White.
I don’t know about you, but I need to get out of town; I am getting so tired of photographing the same things over and over!
Posted in Austin, Photo Tagged Austin, photography, photos, skyline, south austin, texas