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Austin's Real Music Scene Is Shootings
from #279 - Flashmob Omicron Morning Star Bear | The Tim Dillon Show · #279
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Tim says he can't find Austin's supposed vibrant music scene and instead googles a string of local shooting headlines, joking that the 'live music capital of the world' is really just gunfire, and brings up Charles Whitman's UT clock tower shooting.
- Tim doesn't live in Austin but has walked around the city and can't figure out what people mean by its vibrant music scene.
- The only thing Austin has is shootings—if you're into shootings, google Austin Texas shooting.
- Tim reads multiple news headlines about shootings across Austin's entertainment district, UT campus, and residential areas.
- Austin is the live shooting capital of the world—more reason to visit than the actual music.
- Maybe people confuse gunshots for snare drums when they call it the live music capital of the world.
- Charles Whitman had an early start with the famous mass shooting from the UT clock tower, giving Austin a long history of violence.
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