Devo at Palmer Auditorium in Austin, TX.  According to my notes I also went and saw Our Daughter’s Wedding play at Club Foot that night.

Richard Hell at Club Foot in Austin, TX

At the Austin Opera House in Austin, TX — I don’t know why the ticket says it was at the Coliseum.

Saw The Raybeats at Club Foot in Austin, TX

This show was at Fiesta Gardens in Austin, TX; I don’t know why the ticket says it was at the Coliseum.

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Saw Black Uhuru (with Sly and Robbie) at the Hot Klub in Dallas, TX

At Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX

Killing Joke and Talmadge D’Amour at Club Foot in Austin, TX

At the City Coliseum in Austin, TX

Saw Talmadge D’Amour open for the BA Syndicate at Studio 29 in Austin, TX

At the Austin Coliseum in Austin, TX

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At the Austin Coliseum in Austin, TX

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I was seventeen when I got this letter from the very funny and eccentric bon vivant Quentin Crisp.  I believe what happened was that I saw an appearance of his on Letterman, where he mentioned that his phone number was published in the NYC directory.  On a lark, I called New York information, got the number and dialed, and sure enough he did answer the phone.  Not really having much to talk about at that moment, I told him I was a fan and asked him if I could write him a letter, so he gave me his address and I did just that.  I was so excited that he wrote me back!  But I never did come up with much more to talk about so the correspondence ended there.  Bless his heart.

(Over at Crisperanto.org there’s a whole section devoted to Quentin’s letters, including this one.  It’s good reading, I recommend you go over there right now if you enjoyed the one I got.)

Saw U2 at the Austin Opera House