Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo takes place this weekend. Shuttles will be running from Highland Mall to TPW headquarters on Smith School Rd. Canyon Lake Gorge, formed in 2002 floods, will open for guided tours tomorrow. The next two months' tours are already full. Archeological conservancy v. Cedar Park family: who owns land where Ice Age woman was found in 1982? Some TYC employees, including quality monitors, were fired after deplorable conditions were discovered......

THURSDAY [9] music • Ice Age Cobra, Maaster Gaiden at The Mohawk music • Crash Gallery, The Last Gasp, Future Clouds and Radar, Red Leaves at Emo's music • 2nd Annual Miracles on 8th Street at Stubb's ($70, 7pm) music • 2006 Hotel Cafe Tour with Cary Brothers, Rachel Yamagata, Tristan Prettyman, Joshua Radin, Jonah Matranga, Jim Bianco, Sara Bareilles at The Parish Room music • Joshua Radin at Waterloo Records music • CREEPOUT......

*Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That The Beastie Boys gave hand-held cameras to 50 fans at a show at Madison Square Garden then MCA edited the footage for this unique concert film. Hard Candy The presumed-innocent prey of a photographer on the internet who lures the 14-yr old into meeting up to discuss a photo shoot turns the tables on the would-be creep and exacts some pretty serious revenge. Di.sturb.ing. Scary Movie 4 After patiently......

A surprisingly hefty offering of new releases today! Trim the fat and take our recommendations to heart, won't you? Basic Instinct 2 It's not possible for us to care less about Sharon Stone's latest attempt to "get back in the game," as it were. You can already download the "sex" scenes from the internet, but honestly, why would you want to? It's like voluntarily searing your own retinas with white-hot needles. *Ice Age: The......