Tag Archives: Austin
Climbing the Tower
On August 1, 1966 Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the clock tower at the University of Texas in Austin with a cache of rifles, handguns, shotguns and ammunition. In 96 minutes he shot 45 people and killed 16. It was the biggest mass-shooting in the U.S. at that time. At the age of [...]
Posted in Counter Culture
Tagged 1966, abuse, Austin, Boy Scouts, Charles Whitman, clock tower, Eagle Scout, mass murder, Texas, U.S. Marines, University of Texas
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23 Years of Slacker
This spring we’re celebrating the 23rd birthday of Richard Linklater’s counterculture classic, Slacker. Capturing the way-out fringe of his Austin, Texas neighborhood, Linklater put himself on the map with this rolling conversation of a film that’s as subtly sophisticated as it is endearingly odd, smartly self-conscious and deeply human. Here’s some nice words on the [...]
Posted in Cinema
Tagged 23, Austin, Austinites, Eric Rohmer, Linklater, Nouvelle Vague, Roger Ebert, Slacker, Texas, Vincent Canby
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