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January 21, 2008

Photograph of the Trump Soho by Riccardo Sinti...

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April 21, 2006

French MP goes on hunger strike. "Like a sad clown," he says, "I'm not asking to win. I'm asking for good sense to triumph." Reason for the dramatics? He didn't want a paint factory in his district to close. When they say "Long Live the Queen" they're not kidding. Today Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 80th birthday with a small get-together. MySpace has been quite the forum for do-no-gooders lately. Some kids were planning......

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April 7, 2006

[The following is an editorial column by contributor Alison Coffey and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Austinist staff. --The Editors] I was walking up Sixth Avenue when Balloon Man came right up to me He was round and fat and spherical with the biggest grin I'd ever seen He bounced on up toward me but before we could be introduced He blew up very suddenly, I guess his name was probably......

Continue Reading "Watching It, Watching Me: Balloon Man Blew Up In My Hand"

March 31, 2006

The grammar is atrocious. The plot is absurd. The chronology is jumpy and confusing. The logic has holes big enough to steer an aircraft carrier through. By all rights, we should have flung Christopher Moore’s latest novel across the room and written a scathing review. So why did we stay up way past our bedtime to read just one more chapter—until we were a dozen more chapters in? Why did we sneak in pages while......

Continue Reading "Mr. Moore's Wild Ride: Austinist Reviews "A Dirty Job""

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