San Antonio can be LAME
| April 22, 2009 | Posted by Angela under Why I like San Antonio |
San Antonio has a tag line “Keep San Antonio Lame.” I knew that it was created in response to Austin’s “Keep Austin Weird” but didn’t know the fully story. I was reading the SA Current Blog and finally discovered it’s roots:
San Antonio visual artist Aaron Forland, contributing writer to emvergeoning.com (billed as “America’s most difficult art blog”) and co-conspirator with Justin Parr at emerging-artist hotspot Fl¡ght Gallery, originated “Keep San Antonio Lame” as a catchphrase in 2004, partially in satiric response to Austin’s “Keep Austin Weird” sub-culti PR blitz. It’s a pretty telling comment on San Antonio’s self-image: We think of ourselves as significantly less, well, cool than Austin. Austin’s middle-class, educated, indie, hip, self-aware. SATX is much poorer and way more old-fashioned. We love metal and the accordion, and could largely give a shit about trends if we even know about them. You know: “lame.”
I find this to be hilarious and very true. Don’t get me wrong, I love my city but I am the first to admit that San Antonio can be very lame. People consider us to be “old school” or late adapters, but what if we don’t want to adapt? I think San Antonians are perfectly contempt with the way we are and quite frankly, most probably don’t know we have this rep and if they did know, wouldn’t care. We’re not Austin and don’t want to be. Austin is a great a city but it’s unfair to compare cities because every city has something different to offer. Let’s keep San Antonio LAME people – it gives us something to work toward!
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Haha…. good posting. I think Houston is lame and that is why I left
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I live and work here in SA and just discovered your blog today.
Agree with the sentiment of your last couple of sentences. SA’s my town too. RE: “Keep San Antonio Lame” — it’s funny for about two seconds, but thereafter, it’s just a copout and not a very good one at that. Keep up the nice work here. I’ll keep checking by.
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