• Ladies: If you're wondering where the nice guys have gone, you might want this perspective from an ex-nice guy.
• One of our nation's most beloved spousal abusers has passed away at 76. Oh, he was also a R&B hit maker ... no, it's not Robert Blake.
• Armando Walle is in Austin today to show the people of Texas that change is needed in Houston. We're not sure we want to see that PowerPoint.

Movie critics, quilters, environmentalists, these types. The blog landscape is packed with these niche bloggers. Well, you can add former exterminators cum failed politicians with dubious pasts to the long list of those on the internets. Former US Representative Tom DeLay has started a blog. Glory be! Finally the voice of reason comes to Al Gore’s invention. [excerpted TomDelay.com]Over the course of my political life I have learned many things, one of which is that... more ›

The following review was written by Austinist foreign correspondent David Cheng, who's off cavorting with ill-mannered expats in Southeast Asia. We would've published this sooner, but we forgot. -- The Editors We want to start out this review by saying we "heart" Zach Braff.  We’re a huge fan of Scrubs, so much so that we’ve seen every episode at least three times.  We loved Garden State, and not just because Natalie Portman was so very... more ›

New albums by Guillemots, Hot Snakes, and the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack more ›

Internet connection + disillusioned emo boy = sad, vitriolic Craigslist Missed Connections post: more ›

FRIDAY [24][music] Stereolab at La Zona Rosa (9pm) (link) [music] Car Stereo (Wars) Dance Party! at PLUSH, with album giveaways from The Cloud Room, DJ sets by Chris Rose and Adreon Henry. Check out their SXSW photo recap on their website. (Free, 10pm - 2am) (link) [opera/music] Austin Lyric Opera presents "Lights, Camera, Opera" -- opera-inspired film clips with live commentary, music by the White Ghost Shivers, the TX Rollergirls and more -- at Austin... more ›