It's not often that an indie blues-rock combo from Northwest England go from garage band to a Mercury Music Prize, but that's exactly what happened to Gomez nearly a decade ago. Formed for fun in late 1996, the band's demos ignited a bidding war in the post-Britpop era and produced a classic debut album, Bring It On (hear two singles by clicking on the YouTube links below.) Since then, the band has produced four... more ›

Providing a fresh and funny perspective on double entendre is writer/director--and Austin Film Festival regular--Jessica Bendinger's (Sex & The City, Bring It On, Aquamarine) Stick It, an up-to-date take on elite girls’ gymnastics. more ›

Don't fret if you get pulled over this week; you may be rewarded with baseball tickets for your good driving. A police officer was dragged and run over by a car she had pulled over on Riverside early Tuesday morning. She has already been treated and released from the hospital. Two local companies are thinking green for their office interior space. DeLay won the Republican primary, so now we can only hope that Lampson... more ›