We've tricked the nice folks at The Longbranch Inn into letting us have our first happy hour at their lovely bar, and just in time for everyone to be pissed off at the Federal Government for putting us into debt! Come out and meet the Austinist staff, have a few drinks, and get your weekend started properly by ending the week on a bender! Ask for an Austinist special -- a Lonestar and a shot of Sauza: cheap, tasty and alcoholic! more ›

Every week, Austinist picks a few of the twenty-nine billion events that occur here every week to highlight - the interesting, the zany, the totally random. Got a suggestion? Leave it as a comment! MONDAY [music] Honeypot, The Yupppie Pricks, and MC Chris at Emo's Inside MC Chris played the Austinist HQ during SXSW, and trust us, he is not to be missed. MP3s available on his site. [speaker] Paul Rusesabagina (basis of the... more ›