[AGL] The OVERTONS! I wanna know more about this...

[Frances Morey]

Cute story, Michele,
  What an interesting job for your mom!
  Best,
  Frances

michele mason <yaya.m at earthlink.net> wrote:
  Mom was amazing!
Once when I was working with the Overtons; singing-in at City council, 
a photog from (Texas Ranger?) got a pix of Mrs. Overton, Margo and 
myself front page. Someone in Mother's office waited for her to go to 
lunch and folded it carefully to the picture and propped it up on her 
desk. She came home crying, afraid to lose her job. I was grounded of 
course.
It is so sad what Alzheimer can do to such a remarkable person. mm

On Nov 27, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Jon Ford wrote:


> Michelle-- that is some serious power. Also a test of moral stamina!

>

> Jon

>

>

>> From: michele mason 

>> Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>> 60s

>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>> 60s

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale

>> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:52:38 -0600

>>

>> My mom was in the Gov's Budget Division. From Shivers to Brisco, she 

>> purchased everything that went to the Govs mansion, as well as 

>> airplanes, etc. Nelley Connally (sp?) made her crazy—spending like no 

>> tomorrow. mm

>>

>> On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Jon Ford wrote:

>>

>>> Yes it was Dolph-- typo. I think my father worked for him too at 

>>> some point-- he was Press Secretary to a lot of Texas governors. He 

>>> knew everyone in Texas politics, and still hangs out with some of 

>>> the old-timers.

>>>

>>> Jon

>>>

>>>

>>>> From: michele mason 

>>>> Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>>>> 60s

>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>>>> 60s

>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale

>>>> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:58:24 -0600

>>>>

>>>> Wasn't that "Dolph"? He was the last gov my mom worked for. mm

>>>>

>>>> On Nov 20, 2006, at 11:09 PM, Jon Ford wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Micael-- Are you speaking of Doph Briscoe, onetime governor of 

>>>>> Texas? As a child,age about 14, I spent a pleasant time 

>>>>> recuperating from the notorious Mexican "tourista bug" at his 

>>>>> family's desolate ranch in South Texas. This was the only time I 

>>>>> ever "went Texas," but I was unfortunately unable to climb 

>>>>> aboard any gigantic longhorn steers or rope any broncos as I was 

>>>>> sick as a dog the whole week.

>>>>>

>>>>> Jon Ford

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> From: micael at micaelpriest.com

>>>>>> Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in 

>>>>>> the 60s

>>>>>> To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net

>>>>>> Subject: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale

>>>>>> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:14:52 -0600

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> FIGI house is at 27th and Whitis, big white colonial...i 

>>>>>> lived next door at the Rhea house in 69 ,3 or 4 doors down from 

>>>>>> the Campus Guild(Socialist dorm with the constantly running LSD 

>>>>>> driven Bridge Game). FIGI's had the toga partys all right. fixt 

>>>>>> em up with a little herb from time to time. all ex highschool 

>>>>>> jocks though and generally pretty thick. We got in a snowball 

>>>>>> war withem the one time it snowed that winter, we whipped their 

>>>>>> asses, they responded by shooting an arrow through one of our 

>>>>>> guys' window upstairs with a note on it claiming victory. Bill 

>>>>>> Narum's Dad was a FIGI, his roomate was Dolf Briscoe, i knew 

>>>>>> Dolf was a football player but i was a little mystified about 

>>>>>> what kinda jock mr. Narum might have been...he was a fencer. I 

>>>>>> was a fencer at UT freshman and senior year. still have the 

>>>>>> back 3/4ths of my foil.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> As i recall, the first Casino Royale was a send up of Bond 

>>>>>> movies...maybe w/ Peter Sellers?

>>>>>>

>>>>>> aidedoo,

>>>>>> micael priest

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

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>>>>>>> 1. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check (Wayne 

>>>>>>> Johnson)

>>>>>>> 2. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>>>>> (Fontaine Maverick)

>>>>>>> 3. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check 

>>>>>>> (Frances Morey)

>>>>>>> 4. Movies (Igor Loving)

>>>>>>>

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>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Message: 1

>>>>>>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:57:06 -0500

>>>>>>> From: "Wayne Johnson" 

>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>>>>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>>>>>>> 60s"

>>>>>>> 

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>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> wgJ

>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Fontaine Maverick To: 

>>>>>>> survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 

>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:51 PM

>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality 

>>>>>>> check

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a fraternity 

>>>>>>> toga party! ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances 

>>>>>>> Morey To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze 

>>>>>>> in the 60s Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 PM

>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality 

>>>>>>> check

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future 

>>>>>>> reference. I trust what ordinary people say about movies more 

>>>>>>> than I do critics or other industry types practicing hype. PF 

>>>>>>> seemed to me like the very definition of sacrilege. Antipathy 

>>>>>>> to religion was what made it so popular but violence for the 

>>>>>>> sake of violence, shock value, fundamental disrespect for an 

>>>>>>> institution offends me. The military and fraternities were 

>>>>>>> originally established to teach men how to be men however one 

>>>>>>> became "selective" [read: enlist the already civilized who 

>>>>>>> don't need such training] and the other a model for Animal 

>>>>>>> House [read: drunken druggies disrespectfully acting out 

>>>>>>> towards women and society.] Religions were "organized" to 

>>>>>>> discourage "sin" whatever that is thought to be, past and 

>>>>>>> present. Now no one is teaching males how to be men, women are 

>>>>>>> in ascendancy in the education and the professions because 

>>>>>>> women seem to have better instincts for applying themselves to 

>>>>>>> learning and having s

>>>>>>> uccess in school training for the professions.

>>>>>>> I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to 

>>>>>>> heaven when I die since I have never had an abortion nor got 

>>>>>>> paid for having sex. I have no regrets about the former.

>>>>>>> Frances

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Fontaine Maverick wrote:

>>>>>>> Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I 

>>>>>>> don't think Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen 

>>>>>>> it) It is a comedy, for one thing - but the tomatometer is 

>>>>>>> currently at 92%.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews - 

>>>>>>> usually over 100 of them for each movie.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff 

>>>>>>> when you can't remember the name of some actor, or want to 

>>>>>>> know what year something was made, etc.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> http://www.imdb.com

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in 

>>>>>>> the Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. 

>>>>>>> It is the first Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey 

>>>>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in 

>>>>>>> the 60s Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM

>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Thanks, Fontaine,

>>>>>>> What does the tomatometer register for that B movie 

>>>>>>> Simmons was raving about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? 

>>>>>>> Borok, or something like that, is the name. I don't think I'll 

>>>>>>> like it in the same way that I found Pulp Fiction 

>>>>>>> reprehensible. Frances

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

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>>>>>>> Message: 2

>>>>>>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:16:11 -0600

>>>>>>> From: "Fontaine Maverick" 

>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>>>>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>>>>>>> 60s"

>>>>>>> 

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>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I dated one frat guy, and the frat was much like animal house - 

>>>>>>> strong non-conformist thread running through the membership- 

>>>>>>> they had a house south of campus - an old granite castle-like 

>>>>>>> place. Went to one toga party.Don't think it was Fiji, though.

>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Johnson To: 

>>>>>>> survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 

>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 10:57 PM

>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality 

>>>>>>> check

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> wgj

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>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Message: 3

>>>>>>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:31:22 -0800 (PST)

>>>>>>> From: Frances Morey 

>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check

>>>>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s

>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> Message-ID: <779288.871.qm at web34615.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> No, but I did go skinny dipping once.

>>>>>>> Frances

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Fontaine Maverick wrote:

>>>>>>> Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a 

>>>>>>> fraternity toga party! ----- Original Message ----- From: 

>>>>>>> Frances Morey To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin 

>>>>>>> Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 

>>>>>>> PM

>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality 

>>>>>>> check

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future 

>>>>>>> reference. I trust what ordinary people say about movies more 

>>>>>>> than I do critics or other industry types practicing hype. PF 

>>>>>>> seemed to me like the very definition of sacrilege. Antipathy 

>>>>>>> to religion was what made it so popular but violence for the 

>>>>>>> sake of violence, shock value, fundamental disrespect for an 

>>>>>>> institution offends me. The military and fraternities were 

>>>>>>> originally established to teach men how to be men however one 

>>>>>>> became "selective" [read: enlist the already civilized who 

>>>>>>> don't need such training] and the other a model for Animal 

>>>>>>> House [read: drunken druggies disrespectfully acting out 

>>>>>>> towards women and society.] Religions were "organized" to 

>>>>>>> discourage "sin" whatever that is thought to be, past and 

>>>>>>> present. Now no one is teaching males how to be men, women are 

>>>>>>> in ascendancy in the education and the professions because 

>>>>>>> women seem to have better instincts for applying themselves to 

>>>>>>> learning and having

>>>>>>> success in school training for the professions.

>>>>>>> I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to heaven 

>>>>>>> when I die since I have never had an abortion nor got paid for 

>>>>>>> having sex. I have no regrets about the former.

>>>>>>> Frances

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Fontaine Maverick wrote:

>>>>>>> Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I 

>>>>>>> don't think Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen it) 

>>>>>>> It is a comedy, for one thing - but the tomatometer is 

>>>>>>> currently at 92%.

>>>>>>> Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews - 

>>>>>>> usually over 100 of them for each movie. 

>>>>>>> http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

>>>>>>> And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff 

>>>>>>> when you can't remember the name of some actor, or want to know 

>>>>>>> what year something was made, etc.

>>>>>>> http://www.imdb.com

>>>>>>> And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in 

>>>>>>> the Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. It 

>>>>>>> is the first Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.

>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey 

>>>>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 

>>>>>>> 60s Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM

>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Thanks, Fontaine,

>>>>>>> What does the tomatometer register for that B movie Simmons 

>>>>>>> was raving about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? Borok, 

>>>>>>> or something like that, is the name. I don't think I'll like 

>>>>>>> it in the same way that I found Pulp Fiction reprehensible. 

>>>>>>> Frances

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

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>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Message: 4

>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:17:38 -0600

>>>>>>> From: "Igor Loving" 

>>>>>>> Subject: [AGL] Movies

>>>>>>> To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net

>>>>>>> Message-ID: 

>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Oh, Oh, Movies. The last one I saw was some Indian thing at 

>>>>>>> Alamo Draft House that came with Indian Food, before that was 

>>>>>>> some stupid thing about penguinos marching around in the snow. 

>>>>>>> Not much of a movie freak and I never ever rent the things. I 

>>>>>>> have a collection of movies in boxes that have been gathering 

>>>>>>> dust for years and years and my computer has over sixty five 

>>>>>>> movies in memory. Real gems I am sure.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Charlie Loving

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

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