Armadillo Origin Trivia Q

[Frances Morey]

Bill,
Thank goodness that JFKLN isn't on this list any longer. I'm sure he could
not stand any of this heresy about others discovering the "dillo" before he
did, becoming the Godfather of the Armadillo World Headquarters Art in
Austin.
In the 70's I believe, there was one fatality at the AWH--I think it was the
only one. I thought the man's name was Whitehead, or something like that.
I'm glad to know that it was not Glenn Whitehead. The infortunate guy was
the boyfriend of a woman I knew who afterwards moved away from Austin.
The man was an employee and some dude, reacting to the indignity of being
thrown out came back with a gun. It was another totally irrational attack
ending the life of a really nice human being.
Frances


On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:23:37 -1000, Bill Irwin wrote:

>  Ah,  finally a subject line that I can wrap my mind around without
loosing
>  sleep!
>  
>  About the origins of the Armadillo cult:  During the early 60's and
>  extending up to the mid 60's David Dean and  a group of his friends and
>  associates who were commonly known as the Hogs (or Hawgs (sp?)) began
>  celebrating an annual holiday that they called International Armadillo
Week.
>  This was mainly a drinking festival and it did last all week (in David's
>  case it lasted all year).  There was always one big party and a lot of
>  people came to these parties.  A lot of folks from the Ranger staff would
>  come to these parties and several people on the AGL have already
remembered
>  these affairs.  To prepare for these festivities David would prepare some
>  promotional material, these included posters, hand bills and t-shirts.
>  David did all the art work for these things and of course all the art
work
>  featured armadillos in various activities, mainly drinking and
fornicating.
>  He also did some other sketches and toons featuring armadillos and I
don't
>  know if they were published in any publication but it is possible that
they
>  were.  Of course other artists were also inspired by the Armadillo
festival.
>  I am not real sure of the  beginning date for the International Armadillo
>  Week but I would guess that it was 61 or 62 and I am leaning to the 62
date.
>  By 65 the festival had died out.  David Dean was the creator of the
>  Armadillo festival concept and did all the art work for the festival. 
The
>  parties were held at his house.  David and his friends always considered
the
>  International Armadillo Week as the origin of the Armadillo cult. 
Weather
>  or not that is true I don't know.  I don't know much about Austin before
the
>  60s.
>  
>  About the attached art work:  I am no longer sure about the province of
this
>  piece.  It's a t-shirt and there is no credit line that I can see.  I was
>  thinking that David Dean did it but like I say I don't really know for
sure
>  any more.  If it was done prior to 65 then the artist is David if after
65
>  then the artist is Franklin.  Anybody out there that remember this
T-shirt?
>  If so, I would be interested in "remembering" the creator.
>  
>  I hope that this helps with your historical research.
>  Bill "Ewie" Irwin
>  
>  PS; this art work would be a good thing to add to the Austinghetto web
site
>  if we can figure out who the artist is - definatly one of us..
>  
>  
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: jaxon41 <jaxon41@austin.rr.com>
>  To: ghetto ghetto <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>  Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 11:59 AM
>  Subject: Armadillo Origin Trivia Q
>  
>  
>  > After the Fall of Hairy Ranger (meaning, after we ran that photo of
>  luscious
>  > Karen Gordon in a see-through blouse), a New Crew was installed to run
the
>  > Ranger.  How long UT continued to foot the bill for it I can't recall,
but
>  > during this wind-down period some fellow did cutesy little Armadillo
>  > cartoons in the Ranger (or wuz it the Daily Texan?).  Whitehead?  Was
that
>  > his name?  If so, was he the same ____ Whitehead of the husband/wife
team
>  > that went on to some local renoun as designers?
>  >
>  > Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this before Franklin hit
town
>  and
>  > raised the armadillo to Cult Icon status?  Not trying to detract from
>  Jim's
>  > Legacy in the slightest here.  Merely interested in pinpointing in Time
>  when
>  > artists started depicting th' Little Nine-Banded, Armor-Plated Guy as a
>  > symbol for our way of life.  Answers, anyone?  jaxon
>  >
>  
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