I have several different online notifications set up to send me an e-mail whenever there's a mention of the Sandbar online- Google alerts and SocialMention.com are two of my favorites. Often, the alerts I get have nothing to do with our Sandbar, but every once in awhile I get something good.
Recently, I hit the jackpot with one of the strangest and funniest Sandbar mentions ever.
It appears that some teenagers in Austin who are interested in various internet and computer activites stumbled upon our webcam. They were so fascinated with this "magical digital portal" into the strange world of Kansas that they dedicated an entire page on their website to us.
Here's what they had to say:
Once upon a time, three friends stumbled upon a magical digital portal into the unknown world of Kansas. Through this portal, the friends witnessed a strange religious ritual centering around an artifact of pure crystal and shaped like a soccer ball. Fascinated by these practices, the friends captured a link to this portal and began using it every week as a cheesy segment in their semi-comedic podcast. And now the link has been placed here for all to see. Gaze in upon the Sandbar and its bizzare events if you dare…But don't expect much, it's not really that interesting.
Obviously, the strange religious ritual they are witnessing is the hurricane show and dance, and the soccer ball-shaped crystal artifact is the white Christmas light hanging in the center of the bar.
I looked around their site for the podcast that supposedly features us as a cheesy segment- I could only find one link to a podcast (click here to listen to it), and it's really long. I haven't listened to all of it yet so I don't know if they actually talk about the Sandbar or not.
We're happy that we could humor some kids in Austin with the crazy things we do in Kansas. When you turn 21, take a road trip and visit us- we think you'll find our bar a lot of fun.
Wow. Last thing I would have thought to happen today would be finding a page on the Sandbar site dedicated to US, and right after we just talked about your site on Episode 3! That’s pretty fantastic. Also a relief that you guys approve. And now I feel like I can suggest a higher-quality webcam without sounding creepy :]
We’ll most certainly have to do an episode from Kansas someday!
Hi Kyle! We’ll make sure to listen to Episode 3 to see what you say about us. We thought your page dedicated to us was hilarious.
Yes, our webcam quality is pretty low, and while we’ve thought about upgrading it, we kind of like the fuzzy graininess of it- it gives our customers a little bit more anonymity.
The hurricane “ritual” takes place every night around 10 p.m.- it’s quite a show!