Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Austin: Fruitiest City of All Time?
RECEIVED Mon., May 2, 2005
Dear Editor,
Well, May 7 is the day. The day Austinites decide on whether to go ahead with a sweeping smoking ban that will affect everyone in the city. I'm not a smoker, but I do occasionally light up at a good show or during a good conversation. Sometimes both at the same time! I am pissed, not only because business owners should obviously be able to make that choice for their own businesses, but because Austin is well on its way to becoming the fruitiest city of all time. Let me put it this way: Ever since I moved here in 2000 I've had to hear, "Austin sucks now, you should have seen it then" or, "Man, you missed out. Liberty Lunch was the shiznit!" Don't make me become one of those people. Please. This is going to be tough seeing as how most voters are probably going to be your standard whino baby boomer liberal Californian wannabe. So, young people, get out there and vote. They mess with everything, don't let them mess with rock & roll. As Eddie Izzard said, "No smoking in bars now, and soon, no drinking and no talking!"
Well, May 7 is the day. The day Austinites decide on whether to go ahead with a sweeping smoking ban that will affect everyone in the city. I'm not a smoker, but I do occasionally light up at a good show or during a good conversation. Sometimes both at the same time! I am pissed, not only because business owners should obviously be able to make that choice for their own businesses, but because Austin is well on its way to becoming the fruitiest city of all time. Let me put it this way: Ever since I moved here in 2000 I've had to hear, "Austin sucks now, you should have seen it then" or, "Man, you missed out. Liberty Lunch was the shiznit!" Don't make me become one of those people. Please. This is going to be tough seeing as how most voters are probably going to be your standard whino baby boomer liberal Californian wannabe. So, young people, get out there and vote. They mess with everything, don't let them mess with rock & roll. As Eddie Izzard said, "No smoking in bars now, and soon, no drinking and no talking!"
Jonathan Berry
