It’s a “Monday Monday” Kind of Monday. [Extra Extra]
- If you want to, er, keep abreast about the reception to Anna Nicole, the opera that just opened in London about the life of the Lone Star state's own Anna Nicole Smith, then this collection of reviews is a great place to start. The critical take-away: the opera might be brilliant rubbish.
- The future isn’t looking so green for the Lions Golf Course.
- Kids with guns? College students packing heat on campus? It could happen, even if not everyone is in favor of it. "University of Texas President William Powers has opposed concealed handguns on campus, saying the mix of students, guns and campus parties is too volatile," this story reports.
- Fellow who was accused of seeing fire to Mattress Mack’s showroom in Houston is now defending himself against charges of arson.
- The results are in for the evening parking study in downtown Austin. If you go downtown at night on a regular basis, the results might not be what you want to hear.
- Joe Gross is right. The Robyn show on Thursday night at ACL Live was crazy good.
- Who knew that Texas Gov. Rick Perry wasn’t gettin’ any at least at one point in his life!
- There’s a SXSW Interactive mixer tonight. Get an early start on your SXSWi socializing!
- Thank goodness when we talk about “shooting in the park” here in the ATX, we often mean a film shoot!
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