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Extra Extra: Fixing a Hole

webg33k/flickr It may be best to stay off IH35 this weekend; the highway closure in Buda will surely slow down traffic in Austin. Don't forget the municipal election tomorrow! Yeah, yeah, we know already: Perry reminds us that he will run again for governor in 2010. Sinkhole overtaking the…

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Cedric Benson learns there are some things in life Mom can't help you with: Like police brutality

If I were Benson I'd be searching for a top-notch plaintiff's lawyer (via Grits for Breakfast)

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Music Preview: Wilco Skip ACL, But Hit Stubb's This Weekend

Image via Wilco’s MySpace. Photo uncredited. Wilco w/ Retribution Gospel ChoirSunday, May 11 - Monday, May 12Stubbs (801 Red River)Sunday SOLD OUT, Monday $41.50[info] | [tickets]A regular fixture on Austin's stages, Jeff Tweedy and Wilco certainly appeal to a broad cross-section of our…

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Misprint Magazine

Say hello to Bryan Keplesky, probably my new favorite graphic designer in Austin (out of the very few that I... (via Ghost Ride the Blog)

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TEA Party Comes to Austin this Weekend

Image Courtesy of The Church of the Friendly Ghost TEA PartyFriday, May 9-Sunday, May 11Salvage Vanguard Theatre ()$5, Show Times Vary[info] In Austin, we’ve got so much weird that it needs in-depth classification. For example, you’ve got the guy-inexplicably-dressed-as-a-panda type of…

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Austinist Show Preview: The Diagonals and Shapes Have Fangs at Beerland

image from MySpace The Diagonals and more at BeerlandFriday, May 9thBeerland (711-1/2 Red River)cheap and starting early[info]Beerland, known for music, old school video games, and, um, beer, will host a kind and compact cluster of five bands this Friday night, with all five bands making names…

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Tales Of Mere Existence "A few of my early childhood fears"

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE) "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni Yilmaz Z.O.G. Buy a Comic/DVD set from Lev! http://www.ingredientx.com/buy/main.htm For more comics, animations and correspondence, kindly visit http://www.ingredientx.com If you gravitate towards isolated, obsessive nerd…

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Hots On #10: Slipping Into Something More Comfortable

Image from nin.comSay what you want about Trent Reznor’s unfortunate career-long attachment to adolescent angst—he’s forty-something, it’s ridiculous, fine, whatever—the fact is that Nine Inch Nails is still one of the only rock bands making records that sound innovative and…

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Green Onions & A Little Tenderness: Stax Night At Victory Grill

Image via excavationtation.com. Stax NiteFriday, May 9Victory Grill (1104 East 11th Street)$12, 9pm-2am[info]Tonight, Austin's Victory Grill will be metaphorically moving to Beale Street. KOOP's "Excavation Nation" show is sponsoring a STAX Nite, which will be packed with live and DJ-spun…

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Go to Aussie's!

I’m definitely a Zilker Park girl ... but I got a little bit jealous, maybe had a little Aussie’s-envy. (via This is Life in Austin)

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Austinist Weekend Music Preview: Mason Jennings, Pong, and a Couple of Tribute Shows!

Image from Pong’s MySpaceMason Jennings’ poignant folk-rock can be enjoyed at La Zona Rosa this Friday. In February of this year, Jennings signed with Brushfire Records and his first full-length for the label, In The Ever will be released on May 20th. Pre-order it here -- we especially…

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Austinist Show Giveaway: What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Whigs @ Antone's

Image from What Made Milwaukee Famous’ MySpace What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Whigs + moreSaturday, May 10Antones (213 W 5th St)9 p.m. | $12 Advance / $14 Day of Show[info] | [tickets]Local outfit What Made Milwaukee Famous have already had a seasoned career since forming in 2002 in the…

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Necrochilliacs

Photo by Qole Pejorian on flickrAccording to this disturbing article in the Houston Chronicle, three Houston men have been accused of exhuming a human body and smoking marijuana out of its decapitated head. From the story: Matthew Gonzalez and Kevin Jones have been charged with the…

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Temporal shift

It's 3:48 a.m. in Hawai‘i, but it's 8:48 a.m. in Austin. Guess which time zone my body thinks it's still in.

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Sign. Jew. Rock. Sigh.

The title of this entry is a bastardized pronunciation of 三十六歳 (san-juu-roku-sai), my age (36) in Japanese. So what did I do to commemorate the event?

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Update: SXSW lawsuit forces local restaurant to change name

� The restaurant formerly known as South by South First will be changing it’s name, due to the previously reported... (via Austin Soundcheck)

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Alarming Wake-up

I live in apartment full of people who love car alarms and love ignoring them. They’re pretty much unnecessary and... (via Steaksinthemail)

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Best (Tasty) Things to do for under $5

The hot dog combo at IKEA is $2.50 for 2 hot dogs, chips and a drink (which means lingonberry drink... (via Steaksinthemail)

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