Mike Orren Staff

Best (or at least most interesting) way to follow the story is the Denton Rock City board:

http://scramble.proboards48.com/index...

Some tidbits:

"bookman and another sax player in sol kitchen (they were playing their every other week show at riprock's) played "taps" while a cop watched."

"fire is one of the ultimate protest statements. dangerous, irreversible, high visibility. it may not have been responsible, but i say it's a fine and grand gesture of how a lot of people feel. also it's saying, in a way, that the people are going to have the final word and not the faceless developers/businessmen. kind of a "you can't fire me, i quit" statement. brun on you crazy arsonist."

And a great photo/description:

"This is a photo by Caleb Simpson sent to me earlier tonight. You can see the letter "A" pretty clearly within the framed rectangular section above the arcs of the fireman's giant pee spray.

During all the hubub of the burning I could also see the letter "H" to the left of the "A". It's possible that you might be able to see more during daylight.

Going through bullshit that I collected while I was helping the SFS folks, there was a Hamilton-Perryman Drugstore at that address in 1947.

Go ahead now, make fun of me.

Regardless, it was a pretty impressive candlelight vigil..."

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Mike Orren Staff

Regular users who might have been amazed at the video msp linked might wonder that we didn't delete the comment, as graphic as the video is.

Ordinarily I would, but coming from DFW music's second best beard, and via the DRC board, I thought it deserved to stand.

Hey, we can take a good-natured Rick Rolling.

Meantime, here's another great video that's really about the Fry Street Fire (Not work safe):

The Burning of Fry Street

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Mike Orren Staff

Be patient with the MySpace video above. Like all things MySpace, it's slow and buggy-- If you get the frowny face, reload or click through to MySpace to watch it. Well worth it.

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Mike Orren Staff

Poignant photo from DRC board:

http://scramble.proboards48.com/index...

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Teresa Gubbins Staff

oh! a rainbow. are there leprechauns too?

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Teresa Gubbins Staff

history is one thing - but utterly mediocre pizza is another entirely. i ate at this joint ONCE - bleh. it redefined the concept of "cardboard crust"

myself, i can't wait for the new starbucks to open. at least i know they'll be serving competently made espresso drinks and delicious raspberry frappuccinos, heh

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Erin Rice Staff

Ahh, but college town pizza is not supposed to be gourmet, just plentiful. Honestly, any college student whose taste buds still work by the end of the night didn't do their job.

That said, I do feel bad for all the UNT people and Dentonites losing a piece of their history. I don't live anywhere near my college anymore, but I know that if someone took away "rocks and wings" at the Bidwell, I would still go into mourning.

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