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Austin City Council Early Vote Turnout Analysis
I'm a numbers nerd so pardon me for getting all excited about presenting you with some numbers on the early... (via Burnt Orange Report)
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Austin "innocence summit" drew officials, opinion leaders from around the state
A good sign: Many opinion leaders across the political spectrum represented interests that are frequently at odds (via Grits for Breakfast)
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Roy Mersky, RIP
The late Tarlton Library director Roy Mersky was a librarian, teacher, scholar, and an unsung Texas hero (via Grits for Breakfast)
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Extra Extra
Matt McGee/flickr Someone called the cops after spying the Undie Run on campus. Texans like their concealed handguns, it seems. Hope the prom was worth it: two teens try to rob a South Austin tuxedo store. Witnesses call Cedric Benson's arrest "uncalled for." Round Rock water bills are going…
Oko Jumu at Ballet Austin
Image from Oko Jumu Website Oko Jumu at Ballet AustinFriday, May 9Ballet Austin (3002 Guadalupe)$6, 9pm[info] Ballet Austin will be the venue of choice for a presentation of avant garde visuals, performance and music its organizers are calling Oko Jumu, “the name that the Andamanese call a…
ABC News to Partner with UT
Silly Jilly/flickrIt was announced yesterday that ABC will set up multimedia bureaus at five different college campuses, and the UT School of Journalism is one of them (the others are Arizona State, Syracuse, UNC at Chapel Hill, and the University of Florida). This new program will allow…
Thoughts on Growing Old and Growing Up
I sit and think about getting older. I turn 34 later this year. Everything between age 21 now has just been a blur. Too much of being a workaholic. Too much waking up on a Thursday and thinking “The week’s gone by already?” Too much time spent not accomplishing anything that…
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Austinist Show Preview: 60 Years @ Scoot Inn
Photo courtesy AustinSurreal 60 YearsThursday, May 8Scoot Inn (1308 E. Fourth)Doors @ 7pm, 18+, $10[info]Back in January, Mohammed Al-Farra traveled from Gaza to Park City, Utah, to help promote Slingshot Hip-Hop, a documentary about him and a number of other artists in the young but strong…
Le Diamant Brut: The Explorers Club & The Noise Revival Orchestra Experience
Image from MySpaceTHE NOISE REVIVAL ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE What’s the Deal: While walking down Sixth Street during the Pecan Street Festival it’s easy to get bummed out, what with the multitudes of mediocre arts vendors and everyone stuffing their faces with fried meats. But thankfully,…
Stylin' Thursdays: Grand Opening
Another Thursday, another happy hour-boutique-shopping affair. A new jewelry and accessory store is coming to the chic Second Street shopping... (via This is Life in Austin)
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I Am So Popular: P(graph)ing My Pants
Editor’s note: The views expressed in I Am So Popular are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the outlook or beliefs of anyone else in the IST network. Being incredibly popular is really very fun but can also, you know, wear a girl out. Which is why, as you’re…
"I give up" -someone said
Someone isn't taking finals well. (via UTDummies)
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SXSW sues local restaurant
Continuing its history of vigorously protecting the SXSW brand, SXSW Inc. is suing local restauranteur Gary Miller over the name... (via Austin Soundcheck)
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ACL Schedule Update: Release date June 3
Austin City Limits Festival promoter C3 Presents has pushed the previously announced schedule grid release date back to June 3.... (via Austin Soundcheck)
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News Bits
Junta allowing aid supplies to slowly come into Burma. Chinese team takes the Olympic torch up Everest. Oklahoma hit by severe storms. Campaign official basically admits that Clinton will be out of the race by June 15. American women waiting later and later in life to have their first…
The Evildoers / Stax Nite
Check out the Evildoers and Stax Nite this Friday at the Historic Victory Grill! (via Ghost Ride the Blog)
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Chuco's vs. Chico's: The Smackdown Continues
Taco Journalism's own, El Mundo de Mando, gets quoted in today's Austin American Statesman Article about Au (via Taco Journalism)
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