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October 31, 2007

Better late than never -- here's a video clip of college football's play of the year. Last Saturday, players from San Antonio's Trinity University pitched the ball back and forth 15 times on the final play of the game to score a touchdown and defeat Millsaps College, 28-24. Just as amazing as watching the on-field action, where the play goes on for more than 60 seconds, is listening to the reaction of announcers Jonathan......

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September 28, 2007

The Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA) is bringing back its monthly Digital Showcase tomorrow night at Club DeVille, and, as usual, they've managed to assemble an impressive roster of electronic musicians and visual artists. Saturday's headliner is New York City's DJ /rupture, aka Jace Clayton. A gifted musician and producer, Rupture has enjoyed a prolific career that's run the gamut from releasing mix albums and performing with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (as a turntable......

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February 9, 2007

FRIDAY [9] art • Joey "Jo E" Santori paints a 6'x3' piece live while DJ O'Cal spins at Canvas Bar and Gallery (10am-6pm) art • Contemporary Art Trunk Show thru Feb. 11 at Art on 5th (10am-6pm) comedy • Bog Saget at The Paramount Theatre film • Master Pancake Debuts with Titanic at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film • Weird Wednesday Reel One Viewing Party at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film • Spike & Mike's Sick......

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November 21, 2005

Might control of the famous Los Alamos Research Labs be turned over to the University of Texas? The Statesman reports today that the contract to run the top-secret weapons research lab - currently held for over six decades by the University of California and Bechtel National Inc. - is now up for grabs. A joint venture between UT and Lockheed Martin is seeking to wrest control from the incumbent, with a potential annual funding......

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September 29, 2005

This is a post by our new contributor, Elizabeth... NBC used to own Thursday nights in the bygone days of Friends and Seinfeld, but not so much anymore. We don't need NBC to have a good night and here are three reasons we still like Thursday television: 1. Alias is now on Thursday nights at 7pm (ABC/KVUE24). Why they moved this show to this time, we don't know. This season there are rumors (that......

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September 1, 2005

Although we are by no means experiencing any of the havoc from Hurricane Katrina that our neighbors in Louisiana are going through, the effects we are feeling are hitting us in the wallet. We all expected this to happen, and true to form, gas prices have been going up since Monday. Reports in and around Austin indicate that the price for fuel has risen to or above $3 per gallon for premium or mid-grade.......

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August 23, 2005

Having sex for the first time probably did not go down in your ‘magical experience handled with surprising aplomb’ hall of fame. There are the awkward all-thumbs moments when trying to unsnap bras; the nervousness of wondering exactly what the hell you might be doing and if you are, in fact, doing it to the thrilling effect you have seen achieved in thousands of movies and millions of music videos. But, self-consciousness be damned,......

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