"Celebrating Austin’s iconic weirdness—there’s never ever been a song like this."
Frequently Asked Questions
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Weirdness entered the Austin mainstream when in 1970 the campus authorities at the University of Texas allowed me to do my daily acoustic concerts without a permit on the university’s South Mall. I became such a phenomenon that professors were even inviting me to sing for their classes.
It then became fully established in 1971 when the city government allowed the hippies to set up a street market with no permits in front of the University Co-Op, the campus bookstore. The street market started because one hippie who called himself Ron the Beadman was determined to sell hippie beads from a blanket he set up on the sidewalk. He was repeatedly arrested, but he kept coming back again and again. So finally the police tolerated him, and many other hippies then also set up blankets selling various goods. Weirdness was now firmly established as part of the Austin mystique—allowed by the Austin city government authorities.
The Daily Texan article from 1970 states:
One co-ed says, “That’s the happiest, most optimistic person I’ve ever heard.” “Yes,” replies a man sitting besides her. “It sort of makes you feel real good.”
I use “weird” to describe someone who refuses to blindly follow the herd mentality of the general population—mindlessly plodding toward death—but instead dares to think for themselves about the true purpose and perfection of life. Only one in a thousand thinks this way. So to the masses, such a person is, without a doubt, considered weird.
I left San Francisco because the peace and love scene on the West Coast had turned sour. At the Altamont concert—which was supposed to be the West Coast version of Woodstock—there was even a murder. In Austin, the peace and love scene was still going strong.
It’s for the whole world—because now more than ever, people need to relearn the art of reconnecting with the Divine, of reviving their original but forgotten relationship with the Supreme Person, the source of all existence.
I’m not in it for the money—my mission is to share a message that matters. I sing and speak as an offering of love, and I simply ask for a love offering in return to help cover travel and promotional expenses.
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Disclaimer: “Keep Austin Weird” is a registered trademark of Nobonz, Inc. (registered April 26, 2016). This site and the song “Talkin’ Keep Austin Weird” (copyrighted September 15, 2015) are independent artistic works not affiliated with or endorsed by Nobonz, Inc. Use of the phrase “Keep Austin Weird” is intended to honor Austin’s unique spirit
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