• Texas lawmakers remember the late Senator Edward Kennedy.
• “It looks like a war zone in Taylor” following a thunderstorm last night.
• First day of classes at UT, and the game has changed. This semester brings the start of plus/minus grading to the university. We’ll totally miss the days of squeaking into an “A” with a 90.

JetBlue, perhaps hoping to lure more customers its way in these dismal times, is trying out a new All-You-Can-Jet program from September 8 to October 8. For $599 (taxes and fees included), they'll allow travel to and from any of the 50+ U.S. cities that they service. more ›

Jetblue, our personal favorite airliner—the only one, as far as we know, that made it possible for us to watch the presidential debates while 30,000 feet in the air—has some kind of insane deal on last-minute tickets out of Austin for "pocket money prices." To get in on it, you'll need to stop by their "Happy Jetting" happy hour at Chuy's Hula Hut from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., where they're setting up an "impromptu ticket bar." Good luck, and let us know if you manage to snag a sweet deal. Update from our friend, Matt Swinney, editor of magazine: "I'm in line now. Relatively limited number of tickets but maybe only 40 people in line. Travel by Nov 15, $29 each way to Orlando and Ft Lauderdale. $49 each way to LA and SFO. $69 each way to NYC and Boston. Get on it, post haste! more ›

Mess With Texas during SXSW last year was a huge hit in the cozy confines of Red 7 and MWT2 promises to be an even bigger bash with a wide variety of musical acts and comedians on tap. Waterloo Park is the host this year and this year’s free, all ages show kicks off at noon on Saturday the 15th. But of course there are so many other day shows, parties, and what not going on in the town that the sponsors (including Forcefield PR, Record Store Day, JetBlue Entertainment, Fuel TV, SuperDeluxe.com, and Garnier Fructis) want to give you V.I.P. treatment if you can write a witty piece of prose. As has been the case with other stellar Waterloo Park shows, local entity Transmission Entertainment has helped organize this brouhaha. more ›

Photo from AsiaTravelTips.comAccording to today's Statesman, an Austin man has filed suit against his former employer, JetBlue Airways, alleging that he was fired over his religion. Over dinner last October, 41-year-old Jerry A. Ojedis told his fellow flight attendants that he was Muslim. A little over a week later, he was terminated. The series of events that unfolded after Ojedis' declaration have led him to suspect that illegal discrimination was behind the firing. It began,... more ›

Former Westlake High teacher resigns to teach at a lower-income school; less than pleased, Eanes school district attempts to get him suspended A UT journalism student has a nice chat with Dan Rather during a morning Jet Blue flight from Austin to New York City A routine traffic stop in Hunt County turns up two dozen embalmed human heads in the back of a tractor-trailer A woman in the Dallas/Fort Worth area comes forward with... more ›

You can check iPhone availability at local Apple stores before heading out to buy one. Both the Domain and Barton Creek locations in Austin are stocked up--for now--so it's about time to get in line. Bring your sleeping bag--or, better yet, pay someone to wait for you. In case anyone still cares about the iPod, researchers broke down the parts and labor costs by country. Can't go more than 3 hours without checking your... more ›

What you’re promising an establishment is free entertainment. One more reason that fest-goers will enjoy whatever shitty half-band they have crying into too-tall microphones on a makeshift stage of stacked fruit crates. more ›

We'll get the bad news out of the way first: Junior Boys, Hot Chip, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have all slighted Austin on their fall tour schedules. So if you were hoping for one of these shows, start saving for a JetBlue flight. Thankfully, almost every other indie-Pitchfork-college rock band known to man will touch down in our town between now and Thanksgiving. There were a flurry of new show announcements over... more ›

JetBlue launched its non-stop service from Austin to New York (JFK) and Boston (Logan) this morning. The carrier, which offers Southwest Airlines prices without the Greyhound bus conditions, is starting off with three daily flights to New York City and a single roundtrip to/from Boston. Until next week (Jan 26), you can still take advantage of their super low intro fares ($79/one-way), so long as you fly by May 24th. At these rates, we're more than a little inclined to take a weekend shopping trip in the Big Apple. more ›