How Numb Was My Butt Dept.: The Alamo Drafthouse Blog-a-Thon
Oh hey, have you heard? The Original Alamo Drafthouse is closing. Closing!
Well, closing and, in a few weeks, re-opening mere blocks away, but whatevs: This is the END of a glorious era in Austin movie-going and communitas. Memo to all you bloggy, film nerdish, or just share-a-holic types: It's time to take to the Internets and divulge your fondest memories from the venerable old building at 409 Colorado. Did Harry Knowles' hair brush your arm? Were you inadvertently elbowed by Tarantino's chin? Jette Kernion of Slackerwood and Blake Ethridge of Cinema is Dope invite you to spill your Alamo tales into the waiting embrace of the Alamo Blog-a-Thon.
Interested bloggers should post their Alamo anecdotes this weekend or on Monday the 25th, when the Blog-a-Thon officially starts to rip. Send a link to your blog to jette[at]celluloideyes.com, and it'll be included in a master list of Alamo-centric blog posts.
Maybe when it comes to the 'webz, you prefer to let your pictures do the talking? If you have a Flickr account, tag your choicest Alamo pictures with "alamoblogathon" and they, too, will be included in the links list, to be devoured by the hungry eyes of the Blog-A-Thon readers.
And if you think the conceit of "blogging to remind you to blog" might be a little played out, well...so is the Alamo's current location. See you in the Metaverse!
