*The views expressed in The Laurie Show are those of the author and do not represent Austinist as a whole.* -ed. note Hello again, music lover! The Laurie Show on KUT 90.5 will be in full swing tonight, featuring great music by local (and formally local) artists whose CDs I now have in my grimy paws. Glee! Plus, I can guarantee you that once again, your live music calendar is going to be rather... more ›

What's that, you say? DJs don't release albums? Uh, have you ever heard of Girl Talk? The DJ Kicks series? The prolific DJ Shadow? It happens. A lot. And tomorrow night, it's happening at Beauty Bar: Austin's Car Stereo (Wars) will release its first ever LP, The Bandit, to the accompanying sounds of cacophonous rockers White Denim, found-sounds rockers Single Frame, and guest DJ sets by Team Fabrication, Josh Mills (of Clap! Clap!), and Terry... more ›

Five local personalities get together to tell The Sickest F***ing Stories I Ever Heard over a game of Texas Hold 'Em 101x hosts a Guitar Hero happy hour at Stubb's Car Stereo (Wars) celebrate the release of their first album, The Bandit—think Burt Reynolds circa 1977—at Beauty Bar, with a little help from Single Frame, White Denim, and NYC DJs Finger on the Pulse Peter Bean, founder of BurntOrangeNation.com, and Chip Brown, a sportswriter... more ›

A gagillion cities have performance spaces named The Paramount Theatre: Oakland, Charlottesville, Seattle, hell, even Shreveport had a theatre named the Paramount at one point. But ours is the only one that is hosting its first EVER Poster Sale and Silent Auction this Saturday! Harumph! After its renovation in the mid 70’s, the Paramount began squirreling away classic movie and theatre posters—as well as signed memorabilia from performers such as BB King, Ravi Shankar, and... more ›

Imitating Norm MacDonald impersonating Burt Reynolds on SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy: "It's funny because it, ah, you know, it says 'Historic District,' but it's in front of modern architecture. Funny." Seriously, when did the city put these new signs up? And how did someone — an amateur photographer, no less, who should be a little more observant — not notice them until like last week?... more ›

Tired of bumping around town in your luxury ride, trying desperately to find the closest Rudy’s barbeque or Thundercloud Subs and having to listen to that generic female voice on your GPS? Don’t you wish you could have Burt Reynolds or Mr. T give you directions with the requisite sass? Yea, us too. Well, the wait is over, apparently. Navtones car navigation system produced by Los Angeles-based Wanderlust Media and digital map and location content provider Tele Atlas have combined to bring you celebrity-voiced navigation systems. Single celebrity voices will cost about $10 to download online, while unique character-themed voices — think of a generic surfer dude, or a cowboy — will cost about $5 each. more ›