Keep Austin Historically Important (and Weird): Walking Tour
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2021
- Tour guide and comedian, Tom Delgado, takes you on a walk through downtown Austin, talking about the city's history, the story of the State of Texas, and the pop culture surrounding the live music capital of the United States. Shot by Silvio Delgado.
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Tom's intelligence is 100% natural baby!
Love the film Dazed and Confused, when you talked about the moontowers I thought about that film
These are great videos. You have a very impressive knowledge of history, especially being in a city other than New York.
@@hoaxingtheworld4212 “whirled” lol
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Complain ? Where does He complain about it ?
This Dude Tommy D is actually official . He’s legit. Great outlook.
TomD is a very intelligent
Beautiful city, lucky I was able to visit couple times for work several years back.
Tom, thank you for all of the Great Videos you publish. Keep up the Excellent Work. :-)
High standard as always, without being dull and stuffy. Love your videos. Thanks
Thanks for doing a video here!
Great stuff as always!
I love your humoristic style of tour guiding 👍🏼😉💯🥰 it’s fun thank you 💫⭐️🌟⚡️✨
Love your videos and now you’re in my city! So dope
I like your tours with the historical context, makes it much more interesting.
Hey Tom thanks to you and Your brother for sharing Austin with us !! 😍✌️
Always enjoy your tours.
I was born and raised in Austin and got to experience the best music ever. I worked in the Capital for awhile back in the early 70's. I went to all the best places back then. I was one of the ones that kept Austin weird. I could write a book
Write it and I will read it!
Thank you for sharing! Austin is a bucket list city!
Born and raised Austinite here. There’s been a huge shift in the feeling in Austin since the early 2000s, it’s weird to experience, this video reminds me of when I would tour austin as a kid for elementary school, when I went clubbing on sixth for my first time, when I stayed at the Driscoll with my friends for the first time to see if it was haunted, random stuff, but it’s crazy to see the huge changes. The gentrification is saddening. I grew up in low income housing that is now a high rise luxury apartment. I stayed homeless at a hotel where huge hotels now are, the rich have eaten austin alive and are using the shell of it as their puppet. I still live here and my family jokes every time we drive by the skyline we look for what new building is there. I love Austin. I just wish people were as kind as they were, it used to be a happy hippie community. You could walk down the street and have a conversation with people.
Thanks for the insight! I think there is a shift towards more sterile, anonymous environments in many developed countries.
@@simon7762 very true. Austin has had a prominent low rider car club in an east Austin public park, I think it’s been going on 25-50 years now, it’s a newly gentrified area and the new community members are trying to ban the car club. It’s a really sour subject. It’s hard to talk to people about because people moving here that are paying 900,000 for a small run down house feel entitled because they are paying so much, not realizing they are messing with something that has been in Austin’s culture for a long long time, and not wanting to empathize or listen. It’s rich karen and kens that don’t like revving engines but didn’t research where they were moving to enough to learn this is something that has been happening every Sunday morning for longer than they can imagine with no issues. That area was a big Latino community, most of the people I knew there were happy to get up with the car club being their alarm, some for church and some just got up and went to go see the cars, or clean
It is what it is as far as noise, no way around that, but it was a community activity, it was welcomed, it was looked forward to. Now dumb people are putting up signs saying go back to where you came from, when they pushed these people out of their own community by raising the cost of living for all us that were here before.
@@Bunnibabigirl I believe you, sweetheart. It's sad. Austin was cool years ago. I am from Chicago, but I can attest to the cool weird Austin days. Those are gone with the Dodo Bird.
Third generation Austinite born and raised here and I completely agree. I really miss the old small town feeling that Austin had back in the mid 90s. I work in east Austin and watching what is happening with that area breaks my heart. In a way it’s nice to see new life coming to the area, but it’s so important to preserve the history and the culture that’s been here for so long.
@@alideees Gosh, little lady. I remember walking down East 6 Street during 2008 to 2015, and I loved it so much,, for it was a cool neighborhood mixed with worn houses, a gas company, a house/repair shop for sewing machines with a bunch of cats in the yard, a cool pottery business, a YMCA, warehouses before you crossed over the tracks, a variety of offbeat clubs, Dan's Hair Salon, Cisco's-which I have yet to try out, and trees standing next to the street lamps. Oh, there was another restaurant on that street, but I believe the family either sold the place or retired from the business. I felt safe walking at night there. It was my favorite block. It had a pulse that was different from any other street in downtown Austin. Now, I do not know or understand the street. It does not move right with me. Cesar Chavez is still pretty cool with the fabulous Counter Culture Restaurant, and Mr.. Natural. Mongers was great as well. Congress was truly cool too, but now it's so different. All of the shops that supported up and coming clothing designers and artisans of jewelry, etc., are gone. Creatures has flown the coop. Parts and Labor is still standing strong. Well, Austin's weirdness has turned into blandness for the Aesthetes.
Smooth handling of the cyborg or AI or whatever.
Enjoy your videos!
Thank you so much all the information.
Austin is known as “Music Capital of the world” there’s live music everywhere.
Go to Rainey Street at night
This place sucks all Cali libtards ruined it. Music scene sucks.
@@robertchamberlin379 the whole city blows now .its sickening
Moved here in 93 what a great city and to watch it be ruined be these retards is sickening. Sad I will have to move soon and take my art and music somewhere else.
I’ve lived in Austin for 6 years and this video was super informative!!
Great video, I plan to go back to Austin soon as when I first went things were still closed due to the pandemic. Plus there were some good insights that I didn't know at that time that I got from your video. Nice to see that walking down Congress is still an adventure with some of the lovely people you can meet there...lol.
Great video, Tom! And congrats on 30k subs!
That you for this tour. It has been a few years that I have been to Austin, TX as well.
Love your videos.
Tom! Been watching your vids for ages man and a big fan! Used to live in Austin only 2 years ago before I moved to NYC.... this is gonna be great!!! Thanks for your content, it's brilliant. PS I love Austin and miss it everyday, one hell of a city! Take care.
Another turd city. LA & Austin are turd holes.
Great video about Austin. I’m digging your wealth of knowledge.
Excellent video! This is the type of information I’m interested in when researching before visiting a place. Wish there were more videos like this on line.
Just discovered your videos, great stuff, hella informative
You're so funny!! ...love this video, very informative.😁
Outstanding incredible lovely video good to watching
There’s a great show through June 2023 called Aerotic Soirée. It’s a burlesque style aerial show. Small cast in a small venue, but really unique.
great content! super helpful by the way, heading over next week 👏
Have a good trip!
Thank you!!!
Great vid Tom greets from Liverpool ,England
Congratulations! 30k in Tom D subscribers is equivalent to 300k elsewhere because it’s a solid gold following. Keep doing what you’re doing! 🤩🥳👏🏽
New sub here ! Thank for guiding the city keep ‘em up !
I've been watching all your videos since a recent visit to NYC (LOVE them...I think I've seen them all). As a native Texas I had to watch this one! Awesome to hear you talk about Gonzales, my hometown! Come and Take It, Baby!
Thank you for doing a tour from my home state.
Texas Expat living in New York
Tom I've been hooked on your videos recently. I was pleasantly surprised to see my home of Austin TX. I've lived here for 10+ years, walked down Congress a million times and had no idea about the history of the street. So cool!
Love your knowledge of Austin! Thank you for sharing! Come out to Southern California next!
You do bring out the best in people
Excellent
Liked the video but subscribed because of your sense of humor.
Great video. Welcome to Texas!
Tom reminds me of the guy from Bring it On who played the Cliff character 😂
Tom, I was in Austin Texas last week to celebrate my 60 Birthday. My nephew lives in Austin. I have tragic news my parents where killed in a car crash last week in Texas. I tried to make the most of my trip despite the tough circumstances. It's been a rough week for me.
Hi Eric. This is Tom’s bro, Silvio. I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. He and eye send you lots of love and condolences. Take care.
@@silviouf05 Thanks I appreciate that.
Sorry to hear that, Eric.
@@tomdnyc1 Thanks I appreciate that. The funeral will Wednesday 9/15/21 in Arizona.
The "AI" lady killed me!! LOL! Great video :)
great town to tour!
Geweldig!
Plan on moving there next year to be closer to family. I'm from New Orleans, currently living in California. I love Austin !
You're right, that sure was a weird start to the video! Great stuff yet again Tom, your knowledge is truly exceptional. Just as a side note: Lars Eighner (author of the book 'Travels with Lizbeth`) spent a lot of time living on the streets of Austin, worth a read if you can get hold of a copy.
I loved how you mentioned the moonlight towers and then Servant Girl Annihilator but did you realize they had a connection? That they put them up partially in response to the actions of the Servant Girl Annihilator
Omg you are right up the road from me. Maybe we are related if you have Delgado relatives in Texas too. 😂
moved from NYC to Austin, and still can't escape from Tom on CZcams
you should have your own radio show
I just bought an apartment in Greenwich Village on E9th @ Broadway, so I've been watching and enjoying your Village tours. So funny to run across your tour of Austin, my hometown (my great great grandparents emigrated there from Sweden in the 1800's, my mom went to high school there in the 50's. Family lore is that my great grandfather planted most of the trees on the Texas State Capitol grounds, where he was the groundskeeper.) My own nuclear family moved there in 1981. Austin's a whole new city now...
Interesing video. thanks！ 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
I used to live in Fort Worth Texas and worked at American Airlines which was near the DFW airport. I have visited Dallas, Houston, and Galveston but not Austin or San Antonio. I hope to visit those cities in the future.
Hey @tomdnyc - way to sneak in that sick plug baby!!
Welcome to my neck of the woods! I live and hour south in San Antonio. Excited to hear what you know about Texas history. Yep! Your 1st experience of "keep Austin weird" with that woman.
Oh, you were so close to mentioning Richard Linklater's "Slacker" film of the late 80s. I've never been to Austin, but in my mind that's what it was like. Seattle did the same thing - super cool in the 90s, now wealth has come and tore the city down. Anyway, awesome video, I've really enjoyed all your NYC videos.
Dang! I wish I could've seen you recording while you were down here!
Yeah, you could have told me your Artificial Intelligence theories without me asking for them!
The person you spoke to at the beginning is probably a tenured professor at the University of Texas at Austin
Lol
Chair of the Sociology Department no doubt.
Best comment ever, you win the internet for tday! Hahahaha!
I'm actually watching from Staten Island so I resemble that remark. LOL Lived in Austin for a year.
Native Austinite here. The Moonlight Towers were actually installed to light the streets because of the Servant Girl Anhilator.
I read that Edwin Booth saved the life of President Lincoln's son, Robert, who was in some danger from being killed by a train. At the time, Booth was traveling to Richmond with his friend who was the owner of Ford's Theater where Lincoln was shot. I lived in Austin for 30 years, and I love the city. I lived there from 1972-1975, then from 1978-2005. The lowest rent I paid was $40 a month. The highest was $275 a month.
🤣🤣🤣 What a way to start in Austin ! She’s A GREAT Representative!! 💀 AF
30K subs, Babay!!
I’ll tour Austin soon with my mask on and wow Sir! This was actually an American/ Texas History you just gave me
Absolutely awesome that you immediately ran into a crazy. That's really what makes Austin weird, don't let anybody tell you different. It's the relatively harmless crazy people that stalk the city's parks and public spaces.
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Very nice video. For a New York boy, your knowledge of Texas and Austin is impressive. When you walked by the Paramount Theater, I was hoping you'd mention that Harry Houdini actually performed there. Then again, that's not something known by everyone, so I won't fault them. You touched on far more history in such a rather small part of the city, it's more than a lot of transplants know about Austin. There used to be far more cool and historical buildings, landmarks, clubs here, that were simply torn down. Too many of those corporate folks loved Austin the way it was, and wanted to establish themselves here. So what did they do? They moved here, started tearing down these cool places, putting up condos and apartment complexes...basically ruining so much of what people have loved about Austin. There's still a group of us who keep it old-school, and contribute to the reason this place will always be known as "The Live Music Capital of the World." We're damned proud of that. Thanks again.
Very historic place that
Tom: Keep Austin weird baybayyy!
Austin woman: I am literally the artificial intelligence of Covid-19!
That was perfect to compliment the weirdness of the city 😂
Her encounter said more than I could have said with 30 minutes of information.
Amazing) i love Austin
First of all, WELCOME TO GOD's COUNTRY! Texas!!! I watch all your NYC videos and you totally impressed me with your knowledge of my home state! Great job! I hope I run into you next month in NYC! Thanks! Great job brother on filming!
This is not "gods county" whatever the fuck that means, we are a secular nation and state that is open to people of all faiths even to those that don't associate with one.
Tom your the best
Tomas, Bienvenido a la joya de Texas!! Enjoy….
texas? wow have a great time with your bro.........just love seeing brothers be brothers.. you look taller tom well like they say everything is bigger in texas ,,,you stay safe mijo and you havent answer me hope you read this..........que paso con phil??? we love you tomasito
I always love your racial history lessons. Thank you.
dude is talking race again? thanks so much Tom!!! I wish someone... ANYONE, would talk about race, the media never brings it up!
My tour is always "that's where such-and-such used to be, and that high-rise is where such and such used to be, and that apartment building used to be a co-op, and that's where I saw blah-blah, but it was a nightclub then, not a fast food place".
YO! How did you wind up in my hometown? It's a long way from NYC : ) Enjoy the heat.
The most impressive part of this video is how he was able avoid the overwhelming amount homeless people shuffling around downtown. Seriously what time can I go and it look like that? Or just good editing?
They rounded them up and put them in concentration camps a few months ago. Looks WAY better now but there’s still a few running around.
I love the Staten Island videos.
Props for walking around in the Texas heat. I would not have been able to speak at all.
I really enjoy your vidoes with such a great mixture of history and humor. We've learned so much about NYC.
Since I am sure you want to be accurate, I would, though, like to respectfully disagree with your description of the reasons for the Texas revolution. I believe your information may have come from Wikipedia.
To get a better understanding, please read the Wikipedia information on Santa Anna, the Mexican president, during the time leading up to the revolution.
Here are the important points:
On 12 June (1834), Santa Anna dissolved Congress.
In 1835, Santa Anna replaced the 1824 constitution with the new constitutional document known as the "Siete Leyes" ("The Seven Laws").
Santa Anna was trying to make himself an emperor.
Please keep the great videos coming!
Nice city...I thought it was much more crowded, thanks Tom! Did you happen to see Joe Rogan or Tony Hinchcliffe🥰
More places around Americaaaa
Nashville! Anywhere really though, you rock
born and raised. I work at Austin rocks. Love my city, gentrified as hell tho man 😭.
Silvio must be the funny one in the family.
You’re so New York haha. You brushed off that AI person so easy
Do boston , walk around north end and beacon hill
Austin, Texas: a very nice suburb of New York City…
Do a San Antonio video Tom !
Have you done a video on San Antonio yet.
Hi I am not from usa. here in the cities there is a point - a square where there are peoples for walks with friends or make new friends.The are is something like that in texas? The create music is vert very good !
Steve Austin is the 6 Million Dollar Man. An A.I. !!!! What??!!!!!
maybe that was lindsay wagner.
What about the grackle? Tom needs a TV show stat!
6:46 WOWZA!!! Then walks by Tom @8:08!! Im moving to Austin if they all look like that there!! Lmao
I'm from another country but damn I never taught jesus walking on the streets talking about history would be this entertaining 😄😄.. keep it up man
Ha, I guess it's better than getting called Charles Manson!
Tom's in my hood, Ooooooooooh!
Welcome to Austin Texas 👋