- Do you like horses? Are you gaga over authentic-ish medieval sporting events? Are you into blood and dirt? There’s an actual competitive jousting event this weekend at Richard Garriott’s Castleton Village. You can even pick your favorite knight to support!
- Get your drum, fairy wings and donkey ready, Eeyore’s Birthday Party is this Saturday!
- A blog post of best places to eat in Austin that covers everywhere from Uchi to a kinda obscure food trailer in East Austin. Best line: "If you’re sick, depressed, hungover, or just broke, order the $2 goat soup and everything will be fine." Who are we to argue?
Do You Believe in Miracles And Donkey Birthday Parties? [Extra Extra]
Show Preview and Review - Harlem's "Hippies"
Boy, it seems like just yesterday that the boys from Harlem had released their debut LP, Free Drugs ;-), and told us in an interview that "unless somebody wants to help send us to South America or Australia, we will probably stay in Austin until spring."
Tobe Hooper, Engineer of Our Childhood Nightmares, to Screen First Film at SXSW
Tobe Hooper, a legendary Austin native, began his cinematic career in 1969 with a quiet little experimental film called Eggshells, which he will be resurrecting on Tuesday March 17th, at 7:30pm during SXSW 2009.. The story follows a group of University of Texas undergrads who live together in a house (we think in Hyde Park, more specifically on Avenue F), who later discover that one of the beings they are living with is a ghost, or more accurately a “crypto-embryonic-hyper-electric entity" living in the basement.

