Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full The problem with rock legends, assuming they live past 30, is that they are held to such high standards. But for Sir Paul McCartney, age 65, such standards exist nowhere if not in his own driven psyche. In the past two years, he has released a politely (read: coolly) received acoustic album, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard, performed an extravagantly surreal rendition of "Yesterday" with Jay-Z at the......

Is anyone else tired of Christmas music yet, or is it just us? While eating Sushi one night last week we were forced to listen to Feliz Navidad. Give us a break. Some Bing Crosby or Sinatra music on Christmas Eve is fine, but when Sisqo has a holiday album out it's time to stop the madness. The point of this diatribe is to point out that it can be very hard to make......

*The views expressed in Truesday are those of the author and do not represent Austinist as a whole. Thank heavens.* -The Editors I made good on last week’s word, and bought a bike. It’s a real beater too. Late eighties pink Gary Fisher sorta-mountain bike setup with a torturous seat that MUST have been carved from dolomite, knobby-yet-flattish tires, and 21 of those anti-ninja “kuh-chank” gears. Luckily, you can barely hear the embarrassingly loud......

Missed Connections provided a fruitful bounty this week. It was hard to limit our choices to just the posts below. Read on and let us know if we missed any of your favorites. Monkey in my office You came into my office today dressed like a monkey with a bunch of bananas. We chatted for a few, and then I had to get back to work. Wish we could have talked longer.... Nothing Austinist......