• Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye.
• Shanghaiist was shocked to find a cameltoe in the city's only English-language paper.
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#4 Texas (0-0) vs. Arkansas State (0-0) Time: 6 pm, Saturday, Sept. 1 Location: Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium TV: Fox Southwest Pay-Per-View Radio: KVET (98.1 FM, 1300 AM) Texas Coach Mack Brown has declared that his team's motto in 2007 is "Earn the Right." On Saturday, he'll get the chance to see which of his players will earn the right to play and make an impact this season as the Longhorns take on......

Unless you have been under a very large boulder, you are well aware that the Original Alamo Drafthouse is closing its Colorado Street doors this Wednesday night. Soon you will see people wandering the downtown streets, suffering from celluloid withdrawal and desperately looking for their next film reel hit. We know it’s hard, we’re suffering too, but the Paramount Theatre knows what you want and they’ve got what you need, as they continue their 32nd......

The heat returned to Central Texas yesterday, undoubtedly a sign that we can kick Old Man Winter to the curb for another year. To us, this means two things: 1) We can finally knock the dust off our trusty flip-flops 2) We get to watch baseball! Spring training has already started for the big boys in Houston, and the slightly smaller boys out in our favorite North Austin suburb (Round Rock) aren’t far behind.......

FRIDAY [10] conference/music » The 18th Annual International Folk Alliance Conference comes to town! At the Austin Hilton Hotel (schedule) (Through Feb. 14th) music » Massive instore, featuring (2pm) Freddie Steady 5, (2:45pm) Lost Bayou Ramblers, (3:30) Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan, (4:15) Juan-Carlos Formell, (5:00) Jordan Chassan, and (5:45) Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez at Waterloo Records (link) music » Ghostland Observatory, The Arm, The Blackheart Society plus DJ Erin at Emo's (link) music......

Cross’n Over, the title track of Ethan Azarian’s second solo album, is about death. But far from dwelling on the macabre, this gentle folk song focuses on redemption and renewal: "no more gamblin' and drinkin' / no more taking this good life for granted / and I'm seein' my lovely / on the other side", exalts Ethan. This sets the tone for the rest of the record, which is distinguished by distinctly introspective meditations......