03/18/26 Show 303 : The Party's Over (But To Be Fair, It Wasn't Much Of A Party)

People sometimes* ask, "how do you kill a golden goose?"  Well, if you are the organizers of central texas' annual music/film/tech trade fair, there's more than one way to exterminate your gold-egg laying friend (besides, you know, drowning, strangulation, forgetting to buy goose chow).  The gradual decimation of the musical portion was a start, but the less gradual cozying up to the military industry, playing footsie with a.i. purveyors-of-death, harassment of non-affiliated events, etc. all played a part (to say nothing of always going head to head with the Austin Rodeo, meaning Everclear were already booked).  It's a sad state of affairs that has reduced a once bustling downtown filled with drunken, entitled assholes to a less bustling downtown filled with entitled assholes who drink way less these days. For many years, Thor Harris advised one and all that this event was cancelled and you should all go home.  This is not the first or the last time his words have proved prophetic and I can only hope he signs a deal with Draft Kings (possible sponsors, if not owners of the 2027 convention).   * - ok, they don’t ask very often