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New finds in the yarden

There are more and more hyacinth leaves appearing, and visible in the center of the first-appearing rings of leaves are flower stalks. These are not so full as they are some years, but they're not going to be scanty, either. We continue to see more and more flowers on the English peas, and more…

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Magic Jewels, Expensive Shit, more at Beerland

Image from Magic Jewels Magic Jewels at BeerlandTuesday, February 2Beerland (711-1/2 Red River)[info] Once a crunchy, thrashy duo and now a killer trio, Magic Jewels trade in some of the best aggressive psychedelia you're likely to find in town. They'll be playing at Beerland this evening with…

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New Release Tuesday: Toro y Moi

Toro y Moi Causers of This (Carpark) 23 year old Chaz Bundick is probably the most innovative musician to come out of South Carolina in a long while. His Toro y Moi project has been burgeoning since 2001, but this year's Causers of This seems to have pushed him over the edge into the…

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24 Diner-Austin's Newest Late Night Restaurant-Will Make You Fat.

Rachel and Chris hit up 24 Diner, Austin's newest Late-Night Restaurant. Find out what they thought. And then there's drunken... (via Republic of Austin)

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Midlake Listening Party Tonight @ Scoot Inn

Midlake Listening PartyTuesday, Feb. 2Scoot Inn (1308 E. Fourth)Free, Goodies (vinyl) @ event[info]Though you can listen to the upcoming Midlake record The Courage of Others at NPR, we think it's a lot more fun to get together with friends, have a couple beers, and give away some vinyl when we do…

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Longhorn National Championship Gear Headed to Haiti

Andreanna Moya Photography / flickrIn an effort to be the first on store shelves with Longhorn national championship memorabilia, manufacturers produced an early run of some 14,000 shirts and hats in case Texas beat Alabama. But as fans sadly remember, that didn't happen. The Crimson Tide knocked…

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Save the Cactus Café Group Will Attend Town Hall Today

The Save the Cactus Café organization started over the weekend as a Facebook group and is now over 13,000 members strong. They're gathering this afternoon at a town hall meeting to try to persuade University of Texas president Bill Powers to save the iconic venue and its courses. The meeting…

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Eating Our Words [News Bits]

Abstinence-only programs might actually work? Finally, "don't ask, don't tell" will go under review. Groundhog sez: Six more weeks of winter, where winter actually exists. Tudors ate oysters by the handful. Way too much pork info from Argentina's president. It's Avatar v. The Hurt Locker at…

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Frode Gjerstad Trio @ Space 12

As a kickoff performance for the 2010 Epistrophy Arts concert series, promoter/curator Pedro Moreno brings Norwegian reedman Frode Gjerstad to Austin on Tuesday night. Gjerstad bills himself as "the other Norwegian saxophonist," in reference to the looming figure of Jan Garbarek, an…

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Austin Nature & Science Center

Austin Nature & Science Center is one of Austin?s hidden treasures. I honestly didn?t know it existed until six months... (via Austin. Mom. Blog.)

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Over a Pint Episode 17 wt Black Star Co-op

Welcome to Over a Pint episode 17. We recently got a chance to sit down with Steven Yarak, Jeff Young,... (via BeerTownAustin)

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