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    Me too. We had a practice room there in the early 1990's. Occasionally, those living in the top floor would get drunk and start shooting the building across the street.
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    Someone may have already pointed this out, but the guy with the Mohawk is Christian Armheiter (sp?) He was/is the lead singer/guitarist for The Hates, a Houston punk band that dates back to about 1978 or so. Haven't seen him in years....cool that he still has the hawk. Here's a link: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/mu...al/4009595.html
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    I believe the reason Philly has such a short skyline is because they had a law on the books disallowing any buildings to vertically exceed the height of the William Penn Statue on the city hall building. By the time they changed that, many of the major corporations had relocated when skyscrapers took off in the 70's.
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    Really? http://www.awea.org/newsroom/releases/Annu...ngs_041107.html
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    Was a movie theater formerly in this building? I remember seeing a film in this area back in '92. If I remember correctly, it was also underground. If so, where was it?
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    Impart backbone? Yes. Many Houstonians are pusses, as a consequence. Granted, I suspect many are transplants. Is it better to be outside? Yes.
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    "Pomo" isn't dead. By its very 'nature' it can't die. Maybe as a style of architecture or other art forms, but the possibly of a postmodern period or a 'postmodern' culture doesn't 'die'. It may be replaced. One of Eco's articles in Travels of Hypermodernity, as I recall, looks at the facsimile of LBJ's oval office that is in the LBJ Library in Austin. Intriguing analysis. Although I agree that much of America is ostensibly becoming private 'space' this is not a new phenomena. Many spaces today that are theoretically 'public' were initially constructed as private space for select populations (i.e. city parks, museums, trains, ect....). In some ways, space has become radically democratized in the last 150 years.
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    I'm just referencing the guy who is considered the seminal figure in postmodernism. That's all. Besides maybe CW Mills who used the word first in 1959. Or Daniel Bell who termed 'post-industrialism' in the early 70s. JB wrote the menu of the menu, not me. Don't go on a hunger strike because your tasteless food came from McDonalds.
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    In the world of PM, everything is simulacrum in some sort of pastiche. Using Borges' old metaphor, the map replaced the 'real' place long, long ago......America is intrinsically 'the map.' No distinction between older versus newer. The brownstone that I live in, which was built in 1870, is no different the House of Blues, any of the current or future locations. All objects and signs are copies of other copies of other copies for where there was no original...and thus is truth or the hyperreal. Consequently, according to the Jean Baudrillard (Grand papa of PM), Disney is actually the 'most real and authentic' thing in America.
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    Great show. I think I saw the Surfers, Sonic Youth and the Bad Brains at the Unicorn as well. I fortunately got to see one of the last Ramones shows here in NYC in '96. I saw Joey on the subway about 6 months before he died. Hard to miss him..... I saw Kinky here in NYC with one of the Jewboys at one of the old Bleeker Street bars in Greenwich. Probably 98 or 99. He did his tribute to Dylan, Kinky style. Quite funny.
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    The Island was just a tad before my time, but I did make it to Cab. Voltaire and a few other mid 80s Punk clubs (e.g. Pic 'n Pack, Consolidated Arts Warehouse, Lawndale, Cafe Mode) Wasn't the Omni another? The Ramones at Liberty Hall: The Ramones at somewhere in Houston in '78 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-yDdwLDjMU Really Red at the Island
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    Thanks for these pics. I vaguely recall my mother taking us there in the mid to late 70's. What I remember the most was an ice cream shop we would stop by on almost every trip. I want to think the decor and ambiance fashioned an older style ice cream parlor. The only other memory is of my mother loosing the diamond from her engagement ring somewhere in Westbury Sq. She franticly looked everywhere but to no avail. I don't think I have been out there since the early 90's. For those of us out of town and rarely back in Houston, thanks for the walk down memory lane. Sad to see the area in such disrepair.
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    You're absolutely right, but in Manhattan, a horse and buggy was no less efficient than a car is today. Let us not forget that the streetcar system that was omnipresent in almost all cities in the early 20th century were successfully lobbied against by the oil/gas and motor companies to tear up and put in buses. It had much more to do with money than efficiency or practicality. Suburban sprawl was a product of the automobile, not the other way around.
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    Most freeways are built exclusively with federal and state funds. I'm glad NYC or Chicago didn't have your perspective 100 years ago. The only problem with starting a mass train system in Houston is that it wasn't done 25 years ago. The demographic shift from the NE to the South and West is only going to continue along with continued increases of foreign migration into the area. City planning is exactly that, planning for the future, more so than the present. With another 4-5 million in Houston metro in the next 50-100 years, there are only so many freeways that can be built. Proactive and perseverance.
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    Anyone here remember the "Jester lounge"....apparently down in Montrose somewhere? The Old Quarter downtown as well?
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    I don't think you will find anyone relegating all the blame on Perry. Previous governors and congressional members are responsible as well, but the problem with that logic is they are no longer in power and currently can do nothing to change it. He has had many opportunities to ameliorate these inequalities and has done little to nothing to change the historical course of action. He has only perpetuated it.
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    If you require an overt confession from Captain Hairdo that his motivation for vetoing legislation that would provide UH and TT extra funding and turning around and giving 2x the amount to a PUF school is motivated by political or personal prejudices then continue to hold firmly to your skepticism. He's not be very bright, but he's isn't that dumb. Their myopic focus on keeping A&M and UT #1 and #2 in the state academically and athletically for public institutions, is ultimately hurting the vast majority of Texans. It's really quite childishly selfish. Let us not displace any piece of this socio-historical narrative.....UH has been viewed with extreme prejudice and disdain by alumni from A&M and UT for decades now, much of which has been due to the ethnic and racial diversity at UH and its more working class orientation. I couldn't tell you how many times I have heard "coogro high" coming from the mouths of the aforementioned alumni.
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    It's not the one in front of the Academic Buiding. It's behind Northgate and I am going on what was conveyed to me by quite a few students. So, if I have incorrect information, the indoctrination process at A&M is losing it's tight grip. But even if it's untrue, there are a multitude of other verifiable circumstances that exemplify my point just as poignantly. Gig'em.
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    I completed a graduate degree at A&M. I will certainly confirm the degree of ideological and ethnic homogeny is greater amongst the undergraduate student body at A&M than any other university I have taught at or been on. But granted my perspective is probably skewed and less credible, for I went to UH. And I am far from being an Aggie. Any school that cherishes "the hanging tree" deserves the prejorative and provincial assocations it gets. And they wonder why minorities don't want to attend the school.
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    What's so "dated" about Robertson? Sure, it needs further renovation and upgrades, but it's younger than many sports stadiums all over the country. Maybe they also need to raze Wrigley, given its age, as well What they really need to do is build a classroom underneath, so they can get millions from the state to build the expansion. That ruse certainly worked in Austin.
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    Commuter rail is an imperative.
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    Sure, as much as the shallow end is deep.....
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    I love it when some claim others are perceptually skewed, while the same social forces apparently don't apply to them. Hyper reflexivity is great....everyone is at the center and periphery of the panopticon....
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    My favorite piece of architecture in Chicago is Wrigley. I've been told the've expanded the number of restrooms in the place, provided it has been the busiest place in the building for the last 99 years. Too bad the architecture hasn't translated to the on field performance of the team. Cabrito anyone? There's bad architecture everywhere. Chicago is no exception....wannabee NYC.
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    As opposed to what? An esoteric, idiosyncratic postmodern pastiche like the rest of the city? I guess my part of Park Slope Brooklyn is really called 7th Street, because the deli on the corner is called the 7th Street deli.....
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