Denton tx (Austin: hotel, travel, work)

[jabbit]

Originally Posted by loves2read

Denton since the rise of the football program is becoming a frat college sad to say
but they are red-neck frats for the most part and not trust fund baby frats like UT

there's frat folks at every college. its a good thing UNT football sucks or UNT would get more frat types.

Originally Posted by loves2read

my son has two degrees from UNT and so does his wife--there are creative people at Denton but think lot of that is just not the same quality as UT Austin smart--the towns people and many of the people connected to UNT are just small town Baptist type conservative--very Republican even many of the college students

conservatives are in every corner. ever heard of the "slutbanger'? you havent because your son probably doesnt know how deep the liberal part of Denton gets.

Originally Posted by loves2read

traffic in Denton is bad--they are trying to upgrade the roads because of the growth in the area but it is taking forever--the city has cleared what some students considered almost sacrosant area of the downtown to make way for new devleopment

austin traffic is way worse. its actually decent in denton.

Originally Posted by loves2read

I find Denton just tacky and dirty---it does not have the Austin quirkyness to play off --

again ever heard of the slutbanger? the house of tinnitus? secret headquaters? strawberry fields? the fra house? 715 panhandle? ever heard of the krunk picnic? ever heard of the pinata of debauchery? you haven't which is why you really have no avenue to see the quirky perspective that Denton has. Its not as spoon fed as it is in Austin... but its there. Austin is full of poseurs anyways most of them come in beause of all the hype. not doggin on those true austinites because they are cool people.

Originally Posted by loves2read

does not have the physical beauty of Austin with Town Lake and nearness to hill country or the historial ties---

agreed. Denton is pretty flat and boring in terms of scenery. But tell me why would new york traveler do an article on Denton if its as lame as you claim it to be?

Music Issue: Cultured Traveler - An Indie Scene That Comes With a Texas Twang in Denton - Travel - New York Times



something tells me that that formula u use to judge whats cool in town is either a) not working or b)needs to be recalibrated or c)needs more up to date math ?

[jluke65780]

Waco feels more like Austin than Denton does.

[jabbit]

because im a nice guy im letting you all know about a special denton gift...

a record label in town just put out a comp album with bands that exist on the label who are mostly from denton. the music is free at this link...

http://www.gutterth.com/content/view/444



not sure about the music...you can stream individual songs on there.





Compilation One features songs by:
(* = previously unreleased)

The Great Tyrant
Dust Congress *
Shiny Around The Edges
The Heartstring Stranglers *
Daniel Folmer *
Delmore Pilcrow
New Science Projects
Silk Stocking *
Parata
MOM
Sean Kirkpatrick *
Ryan Thomas Becker *
Tex Winters *
Emil Rapstine *
Sunnybrook
Florene
Sparlin, Jessels
The Timeline Post
Glen Farris
Miss Celia
The House Harkonnen *
The Spectacle
Will E Lee *
Real Live Tigers
Sarah Renfro
The Lights Of Dragna *
Shaolin Death Squad
Fair To Midland
The Alexander
Knee Pad
Joey Kendall
The International
RTB2 *

[jabbit]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Waco feels more like Austin than Denton does.

austin now? lol

i cant remember a time in waco when i grabbed some lunch at a whole foods and walked to get that bobby hughes experience album at waterloo. oh wait... thats right its waco.

[artsyguy]

It is all about what you want as a person. If you want weirdo people of all types running rampant then go for Denton. At times it is so weird that it is a cool town. It is very unique for sure, sort of like how Twin Peaks was unique.

I personally don't like that sort of weirdness and flakeyness.

Originally Posted by jabbit

Its not anywhere as bad as artsguy portrays it yet its better than he positives it.
How? Im here now. But he has all right to give his opinion. He and I have gone at it before about Denton so this is kind of funny for me. Respect to you artsguy.



Anyways.... i believe its true... Denton is like Austin 20 or 30 years ago (and this is simply a guage because Denton has its own thing going on).

Denton is more intimate weird than Austin. I don't know exactly how to explain it but thats that. There is no other town in texas that has the identity and uniqueness that Denton has. Some people here know it and try and make it secret to keep it for themselves.... others don't get it and usually those folks are very materialistic...(the dallas group?). Whatever the case there is no town in texas that has Dentons identity.... NO TOWN.


check the blog entitled "whats a denton?" on here....


MySpace.com - www.myspace.com/397360899


and check the rest of the site out.... all the friends on the space are either denton biz or denton bands. videos are Denton.


good luck.

[artsyguy]

I agree Denton is tacky and dirty; however, the college kids at UT are really smart but really self absorbed and have very poor social skills to the point that they come across as robots or retards. People were a little more social, friendly, and outgoing at UNT. UNT people held way better parties too.

Also I thought Austin had its dirty yucky parts and it wasn't a big improvement over Denton.

Originally Posted by loves2read

Denton since the rise of the football program is becoming a frat college sad to say
but they are red-neck frats for the most part and not trust fund baby frats like UT

my son has two degrees from UNT and so does his wife--there are creative people at Denton but think lot of that is just not the same quality as UT Austin smart--the towns people and many of the people connected to UNT are just small town Baptist type conservative--very Republican even many of the college students

traffic in Denton is bad--they are trying to upgrade the roads because of the growth in the area but it is taking forever--the city has cleared what some students considered almost sacrosant area of the downtown to make way for new devleopment

I find Denton just tacky and dirty---it does not have the Austin quirkyness to play off --
does not have the physical beauty of Austin with Town Lake and nearness to hill country or the historial ties---

[jabbit]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

I personally don't like that sort of weirdness and flakeyness.

What's flacky? How?

[jabbit]

I like tacky n dirty.

[artsyguy]

Denton has a total John Waters feel to it. LOL.

Originally Posted by jabbit

I like tacky n dirty.

[jabbit]

i can go for that

by the way

here's that gay denton nightclub re-opening... does the name look familiar artsguy?...