Keep Austin Weird Song Contest
"KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD" started appearing a couple years ago around
Austin on bumper stickers and T-shirts. It's sort of a backlash to
all the changes going on around Austin. There are many unique
eclectic weird people, places, and things about
Austin that make it special. Progress sometimes makes them disappear.
Austin American Statesman columnist John Kelso did a feature on the
phrase. The person who is trying to trademark it and the person who
claims he created it.
http://www.austin360.com/aas/metro/kelso/1202/120302.html
This ruckus inspired the New York Times article
by Jim Yardley which has been reprinted in several newspapers around
the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/08/national/08AUST.html?ex=1039928400&en=2eb986664e3a7a4b&ei=5062
Austin lyricwriter and the Austin Songwriters Group president
Anders Rasmussen, wrote the
"Keep Austin Weird" lyric. (below)
Monday Dec 9, 2002 KVET 98.1 FM morning personality
Bob Cole read the "Keep Austin Weird" lyric on the air.
He said "I'd like to hear a CD of the song and hopefully it's
country."
http://www.kvet.com/sambob.html
Austin definitely needs a "Keep Austin Weird" song,
we're the live music capitol of the world.
So Anders launched the
"Keep Austin Weird Song Contest"
Keep Austin Weird Song Contest Instructions are:
1) write a vocal melody and music
to the "Keep Austin Weird" lyrics
2) record it, then
3) email a 128 kbps mp3 file to
AndeRasmussen@...
or snail mail a CD to
Ande Rasmussen
835 Martindale Falls
Martindale TX 78655
sooner is better than later
have fun
Anders will put all finalists up on the web
the deadline is
11:59 pm Monday Jan 13, 2003
Good luck!
The top ten finalists receive a
"Keep Austin Weird" bumper sticker and
"Austin--Live Music Capitol of the World sticker"
courtesy of the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau Music Office
http://216.39.194.247/musicfilm.html
The Top 5 finalists earn a
"Keep Austin Weird" t shirt and a
CD "Austin-On Any Given Evening, Volume III", featuring Toni Price,
The Derailers, James Polk, Oliver Rajamani, Schrodingers Cat, Barbara
K, The Resentments and many more.
courtesy the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau Music Office
http://216.39.194.247/musicfilm.html
The best versions will be on a CD
that Anders will distribute to
Austin TV and radio stations.
The Grand prize winner earns the prizes above plus
$250 cash
2 tickets to Esthers Follies
courtesy of Esthers Follies and
who knows what else
More prizes and sponsors
may appear as this contest rolls along.
You never know who might want to help out.
If you want to be a sponsor
or know someone who ought to be a sponsor
send an email to
AndeRasmussen@...
in the subject field write
KAW sponsor
this contest has even gotten a mention on
http://www.keepaustinweird.com/home.html
So far we've received 2 submissions, your chances of winning something are good.
Keep Austin Weird
© 2002 Anders Rasmussen
verse 1
I saw a guy at Eeyores birthday
wearing a sock as his costume
I smelled a girl at Spamorama
wearing spam as her perfume
Leslie on Sixth and Congress
has the best two legs in town
Crazy Carl in front of Esthers
Keeps Carnations spinnin round
climb
But Austin's lost the Armadillo,
Liberty Lunch, and Hole in the Wall
Here's what we need to tell those folks
down at city hall
Chorus
We oughta Keep Austin Weird
We oughta keep Austin strange
There's things about this town
That we never oughta change
We oughta Keep Austin Weird
Before we lose what we love
If Austin keeps evolving
It won't stay the way it was
or you can do the last 4 lines this way too
If Austin keeps evolving
It won't stay the way it was
We oughta Keep Austin Weird
Before we lose what we love
verse 2
Austin still has hippy hollow
and lights on Thirty Seventh Street
we've got Sweet Sara on mount bonnell road
serving beers over at dry creek
And seven eight seven o four
hasn't lost its eclectic charm
We've all seen things at Barton springs
We can only call bizarre
climb repeat
Chorus Repeat
Bridge
Austinites unite
Together we are strong
Let's protect our odd legacies
or soon they'll all be gone
Chorus Repeat
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