Bibliograph

Austin to ATX, the hippies, pickers, slackers, and geeks who transformed the capital of Texas, Joe Nick Patoski

Type

Label

Austin to ATX, the hippies, pickers, slackers, and geeks who transformed the capital of Texas, Joe Nick Patoski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Austin to ATX

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1043064250

Responsibility statement

Joe Nick Patoski

Sub title

the hippies, pickers, slackers, and geeks who transformed the capital of Texas

Summary

In this gonzo history of the ""City of the Violet Crown, "" author and journalist Joe Nick Patoski chronicles the modern evolution of the quirky, bustling, funky, self-contradictory place known as Austin, Texas.--, WorldCat

Table Of Contents

Seat of future empire, home of the Armadillo (hippies) -- City of the Violet Crown, the Gay Place (scribes) -- Willie Nelson in groover's paradise (pickers) -- Austin City Limits (vid heads) -- Whole Foods Market (veg heads) -- South by Southwest (conventioneers) -- Austin Film Society (slackers) -- Dell, Lord British, RvB, Capital Factory, and the translator (geeks) -- The Franklin line (cool kids) -- Keeping Austin weird (the looky-loos) -- Onward through the fog (going mainstream) -- On the road again

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