M O N D A Y [ 1 7 ] music · Elizabeth McQueen (of Asleep At the Wheel) and Jason Roberts begin their new Monday night residency at Threadgills - they're sharing a band and splitting the night. (8pm-10pm) music · Ethan Azarian at Waterloo Records (5pm) music · The Sad Accordions with Just Guns at Emo's music · The Drafthouse Downtown screens "Rock & Roll Invaders: The AM Radio DJs" - a documentary... more ›

Along with our interview with "Egypt Egypt" author Sam Ramos, we offered you, our readers, a chance to win a signed copy of his latest book, "Total Happiness." Using our special triple-redundant contest entry selection strategy (which included liberal readings of tea leaves, random.org, and a sampling of the mint-years of the pennies in our change drawer), we're happy to announce the following winners: more ›

Last week, we posted a review of a brilliant locally-published novel entitled "Egypt Egypt" by a certain Sam Ramos. An enthusiastic bout of Google-stalking yielded, to our surprise, nothing. It seemed that, so much as 8,058,044,651 web pages were concerned, neither the author nor the publisher existed. This, naturally, left us intrigued and somewhat confused – had we yet again replaced our vitamins with crazy pills? But mere days later, through a series of... more ›

Austin, for us and many of those whom we've met since moving here, is a town where one seeks an alternative from the coastal metropolis - such world-class urban enigmas often drip with the slime of pretense, precisely what our fair town eschews. Like our fellow transplants we are adopted Austinites. It's a testament to the sociability of the established community that we were able to so quickly embrace Austin and its quirks and consider... more ›