[Orange5o]

OK Texas BBQ people.. I'm in Austin for two nights. Best place to get BBQ? I'm staying near the airport, but willing to go into town....

(Just realized this is typed a bit snarky,.. just mean please point me to BBQ to die for)

Thanks for the question, I'm heading to Austin for work Wednesday, staying in same area and can now use these responses also! Alas would still prefer central/eastern NC q though.

 

[Verde And Black]

Yes. Cheesesteaks everywhere.... even a place that makes a Buffalo chicken cheesesteak on a Garlic bread roll. Sounds bad, but it's soo good.

We going to tell them about the Roast Pork sandwich or keep that to ourselves?

 

[artur9]

Wow! https://historycooperative.org/first-movie-ever-made/ but with bourbon!

 

[Verde And Black]

Thanks for the question, I'm heading to Austin for work Wednesday, staying in same area and can now use these responses also! Alas would still prefer central/eastern NC q though.

I forgot Interstellar! They do things with pork belly there that I’m pretty sure are illegal in several states.

 

[artur9]

I did actually get a brisket sandwich at Salt Lick in the Airport.... it was good. I live in Philly and we don't get good bbq.

Jimmy's in Malvern is ok-ish, if you're out that way (just a little past KoP); the brisket is good. Can't remember the last time I had good BBQ other than the bark-y ribs I made for the kids (and lost the recipe ).

People, please feel for us as all we got is Mission BBQ (good company, so-so bbq).

(the company I work for is Austin-based. Someday I may be "coerced" into attending a corporate event.)

 

[Slackaveli]

I like that town a lot. Very cool vibe.

place is low key dope, for Arkansas

 

[Slackaveli]

this thread made me go get BBQ- I went to Central BBQ. https://eatcbq.com/pages/fayetteville

Got the full rack, Muddy (yum)
Turnip Greens
Home Cooked Pork Rinds
Mac n Cheese

crap was off the chain and not even a bad deal @ $38 out the door.

 

[riffrafff]

Wow! https://historycooperative.org/first-movie-ever-made/ but with bourbon!

That's the first thing I thought of, too.

 

[Slackaveli]

Ex-Carolinian. They kicked me out. And then @sam6550a kicked me out of Georgia. So with apologies in advance, I'll shortly be about 2 hours away from you in a place named (apparently fittingly) the same as a nuclear bomb that's gone missing.

Took me a second bc for some reason Tybee was stuck in my head and that made no sense. So, I drew a 2 hour radius in my mind-map and saw Tulsa then I thought, Ah, Eureka!
Broken Arrow!

 

[Slackaveli]

I like that town a lot. Very cool vibe.

It's like a sister city to Austin kinda. or a kindred heart city.
When I first moved to Fayetteville (from Austin) I kept running into people I knew from down there.
So many folks from Fayetteville down in Austin, too. Pretty cool connection between the two-
Obviously the Longhorn vs Razorback thing goes back over a century as well.

 

[artur9]

this thread made me go get BBQ- I went to Central BBQ. https://eatcbq.com/pages/fayetteville

Got the full rack, Muddy (yum)
Turnip Greens
Home Cooked Pork Rinds
Mac n Cheese

crap was off the chain and not even a bad deal @ $38 out the door.

Me and my growling stomach hate you so much right now!

 

[corndog71]

Probably too late but the Blue Jeans LC-1 is affordable.



Even at 10’.

 

[Slackaveli]

Me and my growling stomach hate you so much right now!

Im sorry, bro. i deliberately didnt post the pic in the thread; gotta click the link for that.
I will say the most impressive thing was the greens. Not that the ribs werent just as good as Memphis ribs always are, but, not everybody does perfect turnip greens.
These were slap-yo-mama-good.

 

[Headcase88]

Any opera fans on here who also have an opinion on what they think is the best Wagner Ring Cycle recording? Looking for full cycles, not individual operas.

I've got the old vinyl box sets of the Solti cycle and have worked my way through a bit of that but am always curious what other people like. Are there any modern cycles that are well regarded?

Currently browsing my way through a selection of gins produced at my distillery.

I recently treated myself to the Naxos recordings of the Ring conducted by Jaap van Zweden. I like this Ring a lot. Another very well regarded recording is by Karl Böhm, also Karajan. Here's a link to a BBC appraisal of current Ring recordings.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/thering/ring_recordings.shtml

 

[JamminVMI]

You're a bit behind the times. Bill's Mazada was repossessed by a title for cash loan company. I won't even get into his Ga home foreclosure.

They huffed and puffed and the cardboard house fell down?