Goodbye Oasis

[chop456]

No doubt f00 boy is bummin' right now.

The Oasis, a great, great bar in Austin, Texas burned to the ground this morning. Probably the greatest setting of any bar I've been to, with the greatest natural scenery. (Both kinds).

Many gallons of queso and staggering quantites of beer were enjoyed on that patio and I'll always remember the good times I spent there. Ahh, youth - where have you gone?

http://www.statesman.com/

http://www.oasis-austin.com/gallery.html

http://www.oasis-austin.com/wcv1.gif

[lone_groover]

Que lastima!

:cry:

[Sean O'Gorman]

Damn, I was hoping this would be about the band Oasis.

[chop456]

Damn, I was hoping this would be about the band Oasis.

They're no Grand Funk Railroad! :gomer:

[Wheel-Nut]

That was a cool place. Too bad . . .

[oddlycalm]

Bummer. :thumdown: Great place, hope they rebuild it.

oc

[dando]

Damn, I was hoping this would be about the band Oasis.
Exactly what I thought when I saw the thread title, and especially after the first line of the post. :gomer:

Nice place. I've hung out @ Shades, which I believe is a bit north of O.

-Kevin

[Easy]

Damn, I was hoping this would be about the band Oasis.

Indeed, very disappointing. Why couldn't Oasis have gone the way of Menswear?

[indyfan31]

Many gallons of queso and staggering quantites of beer were enjoyed on that patio ...


You measure your cheese by the gallon? :)

[Sean O'Gorman]

They're no Grand Funk Railroad! :gomer:

Sorry, I liked Oasis better the first time around, as the Beatles. :gomer: :gomer:

[Wheel-Nut]

One hell of a burn.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Wheel-Nut/oasis2.jpg

[Dr. Corkski]

One hell of a burn.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Wheel-Nut/oasis2.jpgProbably improved the air quality in Texas.

[lone_groover]

There was this friend that you and I had
There were a few things he believed in
And then one by one he found some flaws
And now he's not so sure....


:(

[WickerBill]

Mister Sifter sold me songs
When I was just sixteen
Now he stops at traffic lights
But only when they're green


How can you not like that? Man, are you guys are going to make me put Oasis into my "guilty pleasures" playlist along with Def Leppard?

[spirit_of_99]

Indeed, very disappointing. Why couldn't Oasis have gone the way of Menswear?

I can't believe someone out there actually remembers Menswear.

I too thought this was going to be commentary on the new Oasis album.

[IlliniRacer]

:cry: :( :cry:

[Ankf00]

:cry: :cry: :cry:

MOTHER ****ER!!!!!!

the oasis was perfection. :(

[Paintergeek]

Thread hijack:

I too thought this was about the band. I really like 'whats the story', but have never heard anything else by them except 'live forever'. That song and 'dont look back in anger' are great.

[Ankf00]

you know what's odd, a few fellows from around the country on this small little board know of The Oasis... yet some of my younger friends in school don't...

philistines. :saywhat:

[FCYTravis]

They just don't know what The Oasis means :cry:

[Easy]

I can't believe someone out there actually remembers Menswear.

I too thought this was going to be commentary on the new Oasis album.

I had forgotten about them until some blurb I read in an article about Blur.

[Ankf00]

The Oasis is open, well half of it anyways, the other half is condemned, the building was anything but up to code... so they're gonna rebuild it in 2 phases while leaving this one half of it open in the meantime. A Phoenix baby :cool:

[coolhand]

The Oasis is open, well half of it anyways, the other half is condemned, the building was anything but up to code... so they're gonna rebuild it in 2 phases while leaving this one half of it open in the meantime. A Phoenix baby :cool:

maybe it will be newer and better.

:thumbup:

[Easy]

Seriously, why couldn't this thread be about the band?

[Ankf00]

because the restaurant is perfection? and the band is, um, well... @#@! in comparison?

:)

[Ankf00]

The Bert's BBQ which served the Turbo T-man, the king of all frito pies, succumbs to the same fate as The Oasis and The Bitter End. :(

[Ankf00]

At 1:45 a.m. Thursday, a man called 911 to say that he had seen "like a lot of smoke" pouring out of Bert's Bar B-Q near the University of Texas.

Dispatcher Eric Mackey, who took the call, asked the man a couple of questions about the color and odor of the smoke. Then he told the caller it was probably from the restaurant's barbecue pit and that owners may "cook their brisket at night," according to a two-minute audiotape of the conversation obtained Tuesday.

Mackey didn't send anyone to investigate further.

About 45 minutes elapsed before other callers began dialing 911 about heavy smoke pouring from the building. "That's not brisket!" one caller said to Mackey.

By the time the first firefighters arrived, it was too late.



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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/24/24fire.html

The fire station is literally next door. :\

[Gangrel]

Terrible tragedy, but I do see "That's not brisket!!!" becoming somewhat of a tagline around here...

[oddlycalm]

I do see "That's not brisket!!!" becoming somewhat of a tagline around here... Great line for any seriously smokey occurrence without a doubt...:thumbup:

My guess is that dispatcher Eric has probably lost his taste for brisket pending his trip to the unemployment line....

oc

[chop456]

Call me when Iron Works or Ruby's burns down. I'll start to worry if it looks like the work of PETA or similar.

http://rubysbbq.com/images/gallery/master/ribs-brisket-sausage_xsm.gif

[Ankf00]

mmmm, ruby's ribs *drooooool*

[ChampcarShark]

mmmm, BBQ Brisket *drooooool*