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October 31, 2007

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October 29, 2007

The notion that ‘It's not a conspiracy theory if it's actually true,’ is about as spot-on and useful as ‘Golly, she ain’t a witch if she done drown.’... [continue]

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October 26, 2007

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October 23, 2007

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October 22, 2007

Even the airplanes on approach to Bergstrom looked fake, forced by the low ceiling to approach at a tight angle, like models from a Japanese monster movie, their blinking forms visible in great detail as they fell inches above wet rooftops, the heavy air muffling all but the lowest drone of the engines.... [continue]

October 20, 2007

One of our own here at Austinist has a book out, in case you didn't know, and we are not... [continue]

October 16, 2007

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October 15, 2007

In terms of the new businesses in the wake of a Navy base closure, ‘revitalization’ is a hard nut to sell. More like 'damage control'. In Alameda, the closure meant the exodus of literally tens of thousands of civilian jobs, not to mention the millions of dollars enlisted Navy personnel poured into the city's economy trying to impress local high school girls.... [continue]

October 9, 2007

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October 8, 2007

...each East Austin Gentrifist is, in his or her own way, a kind of Columbus: Making assumptions passed on projections of the real estate market, alternately worshiping or shaking their fist at the spate of new condominiums, depending on their particular deities—‘discovering’ new parks and stores, trying to understand the strange speech and habits of the natives, semi-aware that their very presence contains a pathogen of tax hikes that threaten to exterminate the indigenous population.... [continue]

October 5, 2007

Welcome to the latest edition of Band Slam!, wherein I navigate the murky waters of Austin's club listings for... [continue]

October 4, 2007

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October 1, 2007