FRIDAY [20] dance • Requiem at Intel Shell (8pm, $20-$30) party/gay • Q Monthly Magazine release party at Oilcan Harry's (5-9pm) art • Chris Campbell: Surface/Depth Reception at Gallery 3 at the Co-Op (5-7pm) art • "The Stones": Art of Ronnie Wood Reception at ART on 5th (6-8pm) drag/party/various • International Drag King Extravaganza 8 at Venues Around Austin music • Oakley Hall, Brothers & Sisters, Li'l Cap'n Travis, Pink Nasty at Emo's music... more ›

The wild-wild-world of pharmaceutical product liability litigation took another odd step forward this week as a retired doctor from Austin filed suit in federal court charging that a drug company and some enabling casinos led to a gambling problem that cost the man more than $14 million. more ›

The Statesman reports that the Hard Rock Cafe on Sixth Street closed its doors this week, having only been in business for four years out of its fifteen-year lease. The international themed restaurant-bar suffered from pitiful sales, despite its ample supply of branded wares and tourist-attracting fare - or, perhaps in Austin, because of? The only time we stepped foot in the rather kitschy establishment was to catch a set by We Are Scientists... more ›

* new! and improved! * : : FRIDAY : : [music] Book of Shadows & Devil Bat, 6pm @ End of an Ear - Free! [charity/music] Benefit for the victims of Hurricane Katrina with Attic Ted, The Vivian Girls, 8pm @ Monkeywrench Books [music] Zykos, Phosphorescent, Canoe, 9pm @ Emo's OUTSIDE - Free! [music] Voxtrot, Loxsly, Belaire, 9pm @ Emo's INSIDE - Free [charity/music] Crescent City Soul and R&B 45's by Waxploitation! DJs, 6-8pm... more ›

As part of the ongoing effort to aid those displaced by Hurricane Katrina, http://www.klbjfm.com/ ">93.7 FM will host Rockin' Out & Helpin' Out: KLBJ Cares from Friday, September 9th through Monday, September 12th. KLBJ will be broadcasting live for three days from the http://www.hardrock.com/locations/cafes/cafes.aspx?lc=aust ">Hard Rock Café. Not only will they keep you posted about local relief efforts, they will also be accepting monetary, clothing and food donations at the venue. In addition, you... more ›