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The new "Chief Nostalgia Officer" at the Broken Spoke introduced himself by handing me a branded koozie and asking if I'd like the $22 heritage two-step lesson; the South Lamar institution that ran on $3.50 Shiners, $7 chicken-fried steaks the size of hubcaps, and zero irony from 1964 until the latest buyout now charges $39 entry on Thursdays and pipes in a Spotify playlist labeled "Authentic Texas Swing (Curated)."
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Last night at 3101 South Lamar the specimen in pristine Ariat boots interrupted a perfectly good set of western swing to explain how his startup could "tokenize the dance floor" and give every two-stepper a revenue share; the bartender poured him another Topo Chico while the rest of us remembered when the only thing getting fractionalized around here was the last basket of fried pickles.
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Dropped in on a weeknight at the Broken Spoke where the chicken fried steak runs $16.95, the two-step lesson costs ten bucks and fills by 7:30, and the condo cranes now peer over the tin roof from the back parking lot like uninvited guests.
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