Minutiae born of dog days
It is hard to believe the summer is over. The traffic has started up again, last night the grocery store was busier than usual and trash cans are overflowing with boxes that held coffee makers, toasters, microwaves, shelves, lamps... It is always a culture shock to have close to forty thousand people descend on Austin within a single week in August.
There are still a few more movies to be shown at the Paramount before they end their summer series with a party and Vertigo the first week of September. Once the movies stop, summer is officially over for me. I am on my way to dog day hibernation. We have had triple digits and I thought last year's triple digits had fortified me with super human strength and endurance and that I'd be able to get through a few days of hothothot easy this year. I was wrong, I'm a wimp after 101 degrees. It has been a mild summer compared to last year but the front lawn still managed to turn a crispy brown despite late night watering.
While I make a general decision to avoid leaving the house during the day, August, after sundown, can be really nice. For some reason I always think of this Addams Family episode where the entire family goes on a picnic in the evening and moon bathe by the full moon. Not a bad idea.
I have seen a few new hairdos today on students. Two young men were sporting very retro looking Spader Shags. I never even saw one those in real life in the 80's.
I know this style is back. Well, it's been popular around Austin awhile.
There are still a few more movies to be shown at the Paramount before they end their summer series with a party and Vertigo the first week of September. Once the movies stop, summer is officially over for me. I am on my way to dog day hibernation. We have had triple digits and I thought last year's triple digits had fortified me with super human strength and endurance and that I'd be able to get through a few days of hothothot easy this year. I was wrong, I'm a wimp after 101 degrees. It has been a mild summer compared to last year but the front lawn still managed to turn a crispy brown despite late night watering.
While I make a general decision to avoid leaving the house during the day, August, after sundown, can be really nice. For some reason I always think of this Addams Family episode where the entire family goes on a picnic in the evening and moon bathe by the full moon. Not a bad idea.
A few weeks ago my friend presented me with a working 16mm sound film projector and a few movies. I can't wait for the weather to cool down enough for outdoor movies. The other night I was wishing there was a drive-in I could pull up to and watch an old film. Could be a B or C picture, I wouldn't care. It would just be cool to catch a film at a drive-in again.
I experienced part of a Godzilla film at one when I was kid. The drive-in was called The Gay 90 and was along Highway 90 in Del Rio. It closed down in the late 70's and became a flea market and now there are FEMA trailers parked there. Austin had a drive-in on North Lamar where the Half-Priced Books now sits. There was another not far from that location on Burnet Rd. I wonder if they were open year round. Anyway, outdoor movie watching appeals to me.
I have seen a few new hairdos today on students. Two young men were sporting very retro looking Spader Shags. I never even saw one those in real life in the 80's.
Has me wondering if these men's hair styles (see below) will ever become popular again. 
I know this style is back. Well, it's been popular around Austin awhile.
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I remember going out to the drive-in to see movies with my sister and our parents as a small child back in the late 70's. Laying out a blanket in the back of my dad's truck and watching under the stars, it was so much fun. Way more exciting than a normal theater. I hope they make a nostalgic comeback one day :)
As for the Spader shag... meh?
Aren't those memories so cool! Yeah, I was taken back by the Spader Shag, it's quite the do.
I remember the gay ninety!Dad would take us there for the cheesiest movies.there used to be another one even more back called the flamingo
Davey, I wish there photos of these places.
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