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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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