Weekend Round-Up

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: : FRIDAY : :

[music] Book of Shadows & Devil Bat, 6pm @ End of an Ear - Free!
[charity/music] Benefit for the victims of Hurricane Katrina with Attic Ted, The Vivian Girls, 8pm @ Monkeywrench Books
[music] Zykos, Phosphorescent, Canoe, 9pm @ Emo's OUTSIDE - Free!
[music] Voxtrot, Loxsly, Belaire, 9pm @ Emo's INSIDE - Free
[charity/music] Crescent City Soul and R&B 45's by Waxploitation! DJs, 6-8pm @ Gene's New Orleans Restaurant
[charity/music] Long Live New Orleans by Waxploitation! DJs, 9:30pm @ Red's Scoot Inn
[music] Magnet School, Midori Umi, For Those Who Know @ The Hole in the Wall
[music] Li'l Cap'n Travis, Moonlight Towers, Patricia Vonne @ The Continental Club

: : SATURDAY : :

[local government] Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Homeland Security, Digital Intellectual Property Rights, et. al.
[music] Theremin Orchestra, John Schooley & His One Man Band, 6pm @ End of an Ear - Free!
[music] Janes Due Process and Naral Pro Choice Texas present Totally a Big Deal Festival with Grand Champeen and others, 3-8pm @ Emo's - Free Food!
[music] The Do Right Saturday Nite Shakedown with The Bloody Tears, Nick Armstrong and the Thieves, DJ Danny Shiman @ The Longbranch Inn
[music]Grupo Fantasma at The Parish Room
[charity/music/film/art] Resuscitate Resistance III - a benefit for Cinematexas' Parallax View, 8pm-2am @ American Youthworks Warehouse - $5

: : SUNDAY : :

[music] Loxsly, 6pm @ End of an Ear - Free!
[charity/music] Hurricane Relief Benefit with This Damn Town, The Apeshits, The HotRails @ Beerland
[music] Digital Underground, Shock-G, Clee, Money-B, Word Association & DJ Chaos @ Mambo K's
[charity/run] Watch Dr. Alan Brock and Jay Hilscher run for 16 hours, 5am @ Town Lake - Pledge $$$
[music] Rodney Crowell & Lee Roy Parnell, 7pm @ The Backyard

: : ALL WEEKEND : :

[comedy] Out of Bounds Improv Comedy Festival @ The Hideout - $10/show, $50/pass
[charity/music] Rockin' Out and Helpin' Out @ Hard Rock Cafe

: : ROUND UP WRAP UP : :

+ You can volunteer to help Katrina Evacuees here in Austin.
+ Austinist is throwing the sexiest party of the season.
+ We're pet people. Help the four-legged victims of Hurricane Katrina.
+ Rehnquist died. optimist: "Yay! He's off the court!" pessimist: "Oh no! Bush gets to appoint a Chief Justice!"
+ Will Lance's ego never quit?
+ Smokers will become a tight-knit community when they meet and talk to each other outside the doors of their favorite bars.
+ Look good, feel good in t-shirts whose profits will go to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
+ Wedding DJs? Anyone? Anyone?
+ We're on a first name basis with a Renaissance Man.