Welcome to Austin's Collective Memory Bank

As time passes, it becomes clear that we need to capture the many things that made Austin what it is today. This experiment is to do so by capturing snippets of memory and letting the community add and comment at will. The result should be a social memory bank about Austin and how we lived and loved our city. You'll find a decidedly counter-cultural theme in these pages. Whether you acknowledge it or not... that attitude is one of the primary forces that shaped Austin. It emerges today as a "Keep Austin Weird" slogan. This site is dedicated to the things which that slogan strives to keep. Come on folks... you lived it. Write it down. Click a category and get started or just browse around and remember the way it used to be.

Here's what's new on the site:

Waylon Jennings show      by TejasMike

Liberty Hill "75"      by danamae

Clubs not mentioned      by TejasMike

Peter Frampton      by TejasMike

First McDonald's In Austin      by Setebos

Spaghetti Warehouse      by clex

The Doc Jones Band      by ronnie caldwell

DE Crumley's Store      by clex

The One Knite Dive & Tavern      by Gary Oliver

Downtown Steam Locomotive      by clex

Forgotten Barbecue Joints of Austin Area      by RL Reeves Jr

Rain      by clex

After parties got out of hand, refuge at Villa Capri      by strategym

The Ledge      by strategym

The Good Food Store      by islandmoonmusic