This is "caver culture² related: Back in the day, Austin cavers used to congregate for lunch at the ³caver table² in the Chuckwagon snack bar in the UT Student Union. We were occasionally joined by some of Austin¹s rising counterculture literati, including a very funny and talented Vietnam War vet named Big Boy Medlin. Big would occasionally attend parties at the Kirkwood Kaver house and other 1970s caver hangouts along with his fellow contributors to our beloved bi-weekly hippie newspaper The Austin Sun, including Jeff Nightbyrd, Michael Eakin, Bill Bentley and David Moriarty. Big and many other Austin writers and film people of that period eventually emigrated to LA, where he helped launch LA Weekly, co-wrote the screenplay for the movie ³Roadie², and became Head Writer at E! Entertainment Television. For today¹s younger cavers, who missed the opportunity to enjoy Big¹s writing in the long-gone print version of the Austin Sun, the publication has been re-launched this month as a website featuring contemporary contributions by Big, Bill Bentley, and Michael Ventura. Here¹s the link: http://www.austinsun.us
As we used to say about new experiences to young caver wannabes at Kirkwood Kaver parties: ³Try it! You¹ll like it!² Frank Binney fr...@frankbinney.com
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