That food cart kept me fed while I went to school at UT and worked on the Drag in the late 90s early 00s. Best Fried rice and egg rolls ever, and a lemonade for under $3.
I moved to Austin in 1996 and moved away in 2000. However, during that time, Austin was such a GEM. It still had a small-town feel with a city vibe. It was easy to get in and out of Downtown. Every night of the week there was something to do and see. And there was lots of work, cheap rent, and so much diversity. Such great a time to experience the End of Old Austin. You could tell it was growing fast and changing by the late 90s for sure.
I have only been in Austin since 2000, and I miss those days when I was first here. I remember Las Manitas on Congress from those early years here. I wish I lived here a few years earlier for some of the 90s.
I was lucky enough to be there from 1987 til 1990 at University of Texas. Then returned to my home in Cordoba España. Many years later I have returned part time where I now have a residence in Austin Texas. Sadly the place I called my second third home is not the same. I retreat to Washington State where the peace and tranquility is still the same.
Miss those days! I still have a pin with a cat that says 'Cats Against Styrofoam' from the Ren Market. Threadgill's, La Zona Rosa, the Arc Angel's, Katz's, Curfew, Mirage, Phaces...agh my Austin heart is sad to see what Austin has become. Gotta show my kids this video! At least they went to Threadgill's, Ruta Maya, and Vulcan Video!
The late 90's were magical. Saw some amazing bands at the Back Room (Static-X, Dope, Drain STH), was a mall rat at Highland/Northcross malls and sometimes Barton and Lakeline if I had $$$, festivals like MTV Sports & Music Fest (Wu-tang, 311, skaters like Tony Hawk), cheap ass canoe rides around Town Lake while you catch a buzz, driving dwntwn by Katz' Deli and seeing Ferrari's parked out front, going to S. Congress bridge to see the bats and it wasn't crowded, hitting up all the cool spots on Guad like Spiderhouse, Toy Joy, Mojo's Coffee, Blue Velvet vintage (when old band tees were less than $20), cruisin Burnet Road and seeing friends at Top Notch or Wok n Roll, going to the record store (Tower, ABCD's, Sound Exchange), renting a huge house with a few roomates for around $1k/month, sneaking in stuff to Barton Springs, hearing the Midnight Taco truck driving around your neighborhood. It was all a magical time bubble.
yeah spider house was a good one .. and metro. I fell in love with the banana milkshakes there and have been hooked ever since. Miss that place, and Einsteins.
MTV had a series earlier, maybe 87', called "Amok in America". They hit all the party cities in America in a tour bus. The night they hit Austin, myself and a couple buddies were waiting next to the bus off maybe San Jacinto and 6th. The door of the bus pops open and the tv camera light blinds me. Tall, lanky Adam Curry says "What's up Austin!!!" I stick a pint of rum out to him and yell "Let's Party!!!" He grabbed and slugged it. That's all I can remember from that night. A few months later walking down the hall in my high school a girl pokes her head out of a doorway and yells "I saw you on MTV!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂 It was a great moment. But I never got to see episode!!! Ever in my life. I tried to track it down, but have never been successful. I love the memory, but would love to see the moment. ❤️
Miss Curfew, Joe's Generic Bar, Chuy's, sunset at Oasis, Chez Fred... I lived just a few blocks from the drag and loved just wandering the scene in the late 80's.
As someone who has lived in ATX since 2001, this video shows how much of the original Austin is lost to the new population growth and business development that has happened in the past 2 decades. It used to have a cooler style and be more chill
God, I miss this version of MTV and Gov. Ann Richards because after her is when Bush took over the state went downhill from there. Gov Richards was so cool especially when she posed on that Harley for Texas Monthly. I was 22 in 1993 and the only time for me that was better was when I left my hometown of less than 6,000 people and moved to Dallas where I lived for 22 years and hope to go back someday.
Been here since 1991 no longer ger the great town it was when I was in my 20s now I live outside the city limits in bastrop on a small ranch but still work in Austin. Austin lost its charm long ago
I was born and raised in Bastrop... My opinion on this issue (and I can understand if many others disagree): Austin died after COTA (Circuit of The America's). A year after that first race, I could no longer to afford much. It's been a hell of a cliffhanger, for over a decade, now, to survive. Gig work was my lifesaver, but I'm still adrift in deep waters.
I wondered what happened to him too. I couldn’t find him. His name is spelled “Jonathon Skelton” on the video, so I thought maybe it would be easier to look him up-most people spell ‘Jonathan’ with two A’s instead of two O’s-but I didn’t find anything.
I too get a strong sense of ‘90s nostalgia about my hometown of Boulder. Austin has always been a little different flavor and a much bigger city than Boulder but with some parallels. Unlike Austin, Boulder early on set rules to curb growth and expansion in an attempt to keep the character of then city intact-the unintended consequence of this was they essentially created an Uber-expensive enclave for independently wealthy trust-fund babies and business leaders with a small working class that relied on a lottery to get any sort of affordable housing, or they commuted in from outside the city. This changed the vibe in the city from funky-granola Vermont hippies to super type-A a@&holes and entitled people who’d never had a real job in their entire lives. Austin (in my opinion) managed to retain a friendly and welcoming vibe, although even that seems to have changed in the last few years since COVID and all the craziness that came with that.
The guy from Threadgills was right we were full don't come. They didn't listen they came even though we were full and they destroyed our city. #CaliforniaGoHome
@@georgemetz7277Please do you Californians came destroyed our city and ran the rent up so high that there are no Texans. There are no Austinites left in the city. My rent for a tiny box is 1,320 a month. This lil box should cost 400 a month. California ruined my city.
Because there wasn't but one or two bums in the 90s not like there is now with homeless camps I won't go 6th street anymore except in the morning even then it is iffy
@@stupidlikeafox101 I lived there in the 80s and I live close to Austin now. I've seen Austin in the 60s as well when I was a kid. Yes there were bums. But not like it is now.
To be fair: those "bums" were the Drag Rats and they were their own subculture within this city -- and they were reveled. Also, many of them were wealthy af
If you were lucky enough to be here, you know
the 90's were post classic...y'all missed it by the time MTV got there...sigh. The beginning of the end...when Lance Armstrong showed up.
@@martham4705this is the mtv that was geared towards gen x and y so it probably didn’t resonate with you.
Austin hasn't been Texas since 2007. It's Austin California now and it's a shithole
My freshman year at UT. I can still almost taste the eggrolls and fried rice cups from those food carts outside the drag
That food cart kept me fed while I went to school at UT and worked on the Drag in the late 90s early 00s. Best Fried rice and egg rolls ever, and a lemonade for under $3.
Omg, I cannot believe I forgot about those cups of fried rice!
My most Austin experience was ushering at the Paramount with Ann Richard’s in the audience for a performance of Tuna, Texas.
It's wild to see Austin like this again on film. I miss it
I miss old Austin. It is lost forever...
Leave it to Texans always overhype everything about Texas. Austin is "cool" for Texas but comparing it to other cities its mid
@@joed7185 Your comment is mid, at best. Feel free to not stop by, we're good down here regardless ✌
@@SOL.INVICTVS. Says the tExaN who's never left tExaS. Austin filled with people who didn't make it in L.A. so its basically a loser city.
Austin still rocks,, a little gentrified but there's still chicken bingo and live music
@@choonook9184 Its overruns by basic chicks and bro's who failed to make it in L.A.
I moved to Austin in 1996 and moved away in 2000. However, during that time, Austin was such a GEM. It still had a small-town feel with a city vibe. It was easy to get in and out of Downtown. Every night of the week there was something to do and see. And there was lots of work, cheap rent, and so much diversity. Such great a time to experience the End of Old Austin. You could tell it was growing fast and changing by the late 90s for sure.
"We're full. Ya'll stay home and watch us on tv." - Eddie Wilson 🤟🤟
I have only been in Austin since 2000, and I miss those days when I was first here. I remember Las Manitas on Congress from those early years here. I wish I lived here a few years earlier for some of the 90s.
I was lucky enough to be there from 1987 til 1990 at University of Texas. Then returned to my home in Cordoba España. Many years later I have returned part time where I now have a residence in Austin Texas. Sadly the place I called my second third home is not the same. I retreat to Washington State where the peace and tranquility is still the same.
God, I miss that Austin. So much has been lost.
Miss those days! I still have a pin with a cat that says 'Cats Against Styrofoam' from the Ren Market. Threadgill's, La Zona Rosa, the Arc Angel's, Katz's, Curfew, Mirage, Phaces...agh my Austin heart is sad to see what Austin has become. Gotta show my kids this video! At least they went to Threadgill's, Ruta Maya, and Vulcan Video!
NOW THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKIN FOR!! AUTHENTIC AUSTIN TEXSHIT!!
The late 90s were the best times for me with Liberty Lunch and the Back Room. And the real Whole Foods. Ahhhh sweet memories.
only true born Austinites know! ;)
The late 90's were magical. Saw some amazing bands at the Back Room (Static-X, Dope, Drain STH), was a mall rat at Highland/Northcross malls and sometimes Barton and Lakeline if I had $$$, festivals like MTV Sports & Music Fest (Wu-tang, 311, skaters like Tony Hawk), cheap ass canoe rides around Town Lake while you catch a buzz, driving dwntwn by Katz' Deli and seeing Ferrari's parked out front, going to S. Congress bridge to see the bats and it wasn't crowded, hitting up all the cool spots on Guad like Spiderhouse, Toy Joy, Mojo's Coffee, Blue Velvet vintage (when old band tees were less than $20), cruisin Burnet Road and seeing friends at Top Notch or Wok n Roll, going to the record store (Tower, ABCD's, Sound Exchange), renting a huge house with a few roomates for around $1k/month, sneaking in stuff to Barton Springs, hearing the Midnight Taco truck driving around your neighborhood. It was all a magical time bubble.
yeah spider house was a good one .. and metro. I fell in love with the banana milkshakes there and have been hooked ever since. Miss that place, and Einsteins.
That was the year I moved here to go to UT. It's still great, but completely different. It was very ahead of it's time in 1993.
Love Austin so much! My son was born there.
Austin really used to be where all the good, creative weirdos and rejects from all the all across Texas would come and make a place their own
MTV had a series earlier, maybe 87', called "Amok in America". They hit all the party cities in America in a tour bus. The night they hit Austin, myself and a couple buddies were waiting next to the bus off maybe San Jacinto and 6th. The door of the bus pops open and the tv camera light blinds me. Tall, lanky Adam Curry says "What's up Austin!!!" I stick a pint of rum out to him and yell "Let's Party!!!" He grabbed and slugged it. That's all I can remember from that night. A few months later walking down the hall in my high school a girl pokes her head out of a doorway and yells "I saw you on MTV!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂 It was a great moment. But I never got to see episode!!! Ever in my life. I tried to track it down, but have never been successful. I love the memory, but would love to see the moment. ❤️
Likely the reason why Adam Curry decided to move to TX
Miss Curfew, Joe's Generic Bar, Chuy's, sunset at Oasis, Chez Fred... I lived just a few blocks from the drag and loved just wandering the scene in the late 80's.
Oh my god I remember the bagpipe player used to practice every weekend walking around my neighborhood near campus.
Austin was still pretty fun when I lived there in 2011 but yeah 1993 was a vibe in itself
We're full, y'all stay home, watch us on TV
when austin, WAS austin.. man i miss these days so fkin much
I remember skateboarding in the empty parking garages
As someone who has lived in ATX since 2001, this video shows how much of the original Austin is lost to the new population growth and business development that has happened in the past 2 decades. It used to have a cooler style and be more chill
Dammm this reminds me when i was a kid and my parents would take us to Austin from San Antonio on weekends to be in the park
Shoutout to the guy at 2:29 he’s a real one for that!! Lol
Ahhh, I miss the Renaissance Festival on the Drag :(
Got me yelling at The Spoke at 15:21 time - those were the days!!!
78' to 93'.Good times!
God, I miss this version of MTV and Gov. Ann Richards because after her is when Bush took over the state went downhill from there. Gov Richards was so cool especially when she posed on that Harley for Texas Monthly. I was 22 in 1993 and the only time for me that was better was when I left my hometown of less than 6,000 people and moved to Dallas where I lived for 22 years and hope to go back someday.
She never got on that motorcycle. We hired a stand in model and fixed Ann's head on top- pre photoshop.
St. David's Hospital class of '77. Liberty Lunch crowd.
Been here since 1991 no longer ger the great town it was when I was in my 20s now I live outside the city limits in bastrop on a small ranch but still work in Austin. Austin lost its charm long ago
I was born and raised in Bastrop...
My opinion on this issue (and I can understand if many others disagree): Austin died after COTA (Circuit of The America's). A year after that first race, I could no longer to afford much. It's been a hell of a cliffhanger, for over a decade, now, to survive.
Gig work was my lifesaver, but I'm still adrift in deep waters.
I’m getting “Madonna Pap smear” vibes from the Elvis boots.
It’s a high dollar item. One of a kind. Chance of a Lifetime. 😂😂
Right on, except Madonna pap smear seemed like just a weirdo, and this guy is probably trying to sell her something.😂
wtf is the "Madonna pap smear"? Guess I'll be Googling.
@@Zseventyone Richard Linklater's Slacker (1990)
@@RyanMichero Yeah, I googled last night and remembered instantly. Hadn't seen it since 90 or 91.
Been here since 83. It has changed so no need to visit or come
I looked up the nose ring guy and I think he’s a doctor now.
I wondered what happened to him too. I couldn’t find him. His name is spelled “Jonathon Skelton” on the video, so I thought maybe it would be easier to look him up-most people spell ‘Jonathan’ with two A’s instead of two O’s-but I didn’t find anything.
Sue Foley is always awesome and is still rockin' .
I too get a strong sense of ‘90s nostalgia about my hometown of Boulder. Austin has always been a little different flavor and a much bigger city than Boulder but with some parallels. Unlike Austin, Boulder early on set rules to curb growth and expansion in an attempt to keep the character of then city intact-the unintended consequence of this was they essentially created an Uber-expensive enclave for independently wealthy trust-fund babies and business leaders with a small working class that relied on a lottery to get any sort of affordable housing, or they commuted in from outside the city. This changed the vibe in the city from funky-granola Vermont hippies to super type-A a@&holes and entitled people who’d never had a real job in their entire lives. Austin (in my opinion) managed to retain a friendly and welcoming vibe, although even that seems to have changed in the last few years since COVID and all the craziness that came with that.
Now austin is filled with kids with no dads.
Beginning of the end 😢 Atleast we were fortunate to know how easy and wonderful it was compared to the shit show it is now. Cultural depletion
This.
Man, has this place changed..... garbage can now
kurt loader
The guy from Threadgills was right we were full don't come. They didn't listen they came even though we were full and they destroyed our city. #CaliforniaGoHome
It's a damn shame what happened to the city. It's no longer Texas. It stopped being Texas in 2007. Now it's Austin California and it's a shithole
Wow, Austin seems like a cool place. I think I'll move there.
Yeah I've been here awhile, the rents are getting high. Think I'll move back to San Francisco where the rents are cheap.
@@georgemetz7277 No way the rents are cheap in San Francisco.
ha
Austin is nothing like what you see on this video. It's Austin California. LA 2.0 You don't wanna live here
@@georgemetz7277Please do you Californians came destroyed our city and ran the rent up so high that there are no Texans. There are no Austinites left in the city. My rent for a tiny box is 1,320 a month. This lil box should cost 400 a month. California ruined my city.
A lot of water? Denial much?
Not anymore. Drag sucks now
Typical MTV hype.
They didn't show the bums and human crap on the drag or Monday morning puke on 6th Street.
Awww you must not have been here then
Because there wasn't but one or two bums in the 90s not like there is now with homeless camps I won't go 6th street anymore except in the morning even then it is iffy
@@stupidlikeafox101 I lived there in the 80s and I live close to Austin now.
I've seen Austin in the 60s as well when I was a kid.
Yes there were bums.
But not like it is now.
@@Classyk99 they were called drag worms.
And people bought LSD from them.
It was known about all over town and surrounding areas.
To be fair: those "bums" were the Drag Rats and they were their own subculture within this city -- and they were reveled. Also, many of them were wealthy af