FRIDAY [8] music • DJ Krames (Cobra Kai), Prince Klassen at Beauty Bar (Free) books • Dominic Smith presents The Beautiful Miscellaneous at BookPeople (7:00pm) comedy • Punchline, open mic stand up comedy at ColdTowne Theater (10pm) film • "The Secret Mirror" at The Paramount film • Master Pancake Theatre: "The Breakfast Club" at Alamo Downtown film • "Severance" at Dobie Theatre food • Central Market Cooking Class: Manicotti Workshop with Foodie Barbara Sampson at......

Is your pet's wardrobe bigger than yours? Is your bed and your pet's bed one and the same? Does your pet get better healthcare than your kids? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you'll likely be wagging your tail when you hear that the latest location for California-based pet care franchise Fetch! will be opening its doors right here in (north) Austin. The fur-friendly business offers various services for your pampered pet,......

A day late, a dollar... calm down. You'll get your submission prepped in time. Just skip work like you usually do. 72 hours isn’t much time to get all those notes organized and the clefs all sync’d up. Or whatever. How does one write a song anyway? No clue. 48 hours is even less. But for those who DO know, Coyotemusic and Texas Time Records/Wonderland Studios have a June 30th deadline to find two......

TOMORROW MORNING (and well into the evening, we imagine) one of our favorite groups of wacky thesps, The Bedlam Faction, is cleaning out their overstuffed closet to raise funds for their next season. In the words of the Bedlamites: "Wild costumes, One-of-a-Kind Finds, Insane Hats, Loads of Fabric, Mad Props, Krazy Kitsch…the list goes on and on!!" And of course this being a BF kind of sale, you can partake in all the following......

Our mission here is a difficult one since, as we all know, rules number one and two prohibit us from talking about, uh, Fight Club. But we're going out on a limb here to get the word out so you know where to go and what to do this Thursday at Auditorium Shores. We aren’t saying, we’re just sayin’ that this Thursday a little before 8pm, there may be tons of people who just......

How well do you know your traffic/parking laws, Austin? Hopefully better than us, but we doubt it. Recently we had to drive to work, so we parked outside of our office downtown and only then did we realize that we only had two quarters for the meter. So we went up to work and told ourselves to remember to run down and feed that bad boy before it expired. We remembered. But we were......

There’s been a whole mess of talk out on the internets concerning the effects of the Katrina evacuee influx to Texas. None of it has been particularly positive. In fact, Dallas and Houston appear to be fed up with their respective sets of evacuees. Either that, or sick of themselves, and are engaging in some wafer-thin scape-goating. It’s difficult to tell where the truth really sits, and really, we’d understand their issue either way......

We were walking down West 6th today on our way to lunch when we heard the funky sounds of Kool & The Gang's "Jungle Boogie" emanating from...somewhere...but where? And then we saw it. A gentleman waiting for the Silver 'Dillo on on 6th was blasting the 70's hit from his old-school Boom Box. As we approached, we noticed another gentleman standing behind the aforementioned DJ doing nice little soft-shoe groove. As the bus neared,......

1/8W + (D-d)3/8 x TQ / M x NA Have a bad SAT flashback there? Sorry about that. (But, come on, the occasional flashback can be cool, right?) Well, we have told you there are studies for all sorts of things. Add this one to the list of inanities, but apparently there is a British scientist (of course he’s British) who, using the equation from above, has figured out that today is the most......

In a landmark decisionWednesday, the Supreme Court of Canada lifted a ban on swingers' clubs, ruling that group sex among consenting adults is neither prostitution nor a threat to society. We here know that being arrested for these acts can put quite a strain on someone’s professional image and may even cause depression. Leave it to Canada to address this issue and set the precedent for the rest of the world. How long must......

Our favorite posts by Austin bloggers for the week: Queen Kandis wonders about the Da Vinci Code hoopla. AroundAustin.com reviews Fonda San Miguel’s new book of recipes and art. In the Pink Texas has one of the best post titles ever: Cheney Argues Against Pulling Out. Yes, we’re easily amused. Kimberly at A Little Pollyanna mulls over her upcoming trip to Hawaii and we are sooo jealous. Grits for Breakfast reminds us that "It’s always......

Well, Sexy Santa says so. A "scantily clad" Santa will be on the corner of 6th and Congress at Noon today (Wednesday, December 7th) spreading the word to holiday shoppers that fur and leather sucks and start practicing ethical consumerism, already! The message is brought to you by PETA, of course. Officially PETA says: "Be Sweet to Animals—Don’t Buy Fur, Wool, or Leather." We know that a lot of folks find PETA a little......

*photo does not depict the actual missing dog* We saw a sign today near our place alerting us to a FOUND DOG. Last Tuesday the 22nd, a FEMALE BEAGLE was found (no tags apparently) at South 1st and Barton Springs. The sign was posted just two days ago. The lost soul has BLACK and WHITE coloring and presumed to be about 12-years-old. If you or anyone you know have lost a pup fitting this......

Austin is on the brink of having its very first outdoor ice rink! We love the idea of not having to hike a gazillion miles (naked, in the frigid weather, uphill-both ways) to North Austin - even if it is just for the holiday season. The lovely elves at Whole Foods at 6th and Lamar are establishing an ice rink and "winter village" atop their Landmark Store from December 2nd to January 1st. The......

Turkeys ARE "interesting individuals", just like PETA said. The proof is here. We apologize in advance for this one. Why do people send these stupid things to us, anyway? This might top the "here's the list of 1,456 things you never knew about me" email. Send this to someone you hate at work.......

: : FRIDAY : : [culture] End of Ramadan (EID) Festival, 9:30am-4:30pm @ Richard Moya Park [homework] Deadline for the Soup Peddler's Soupie Cookbook [film] New Movies! @ Your Local Theater! [dance] Armagetdown with New Berlin, DJ Big Face and DJ Manny, 9pm @ Progress Coffee [music] Cruiserweight, The Fall Collection, The Always Already and Paper Airlines @ Emo's [music] Fluffer's Union and American Graveyard @ Trophy's [theatre] Paul Rudnick's "The Most Fabulous Story......

Tomorrow at Richard Moya Park, the Unity Forum is holding an End of Ramadan (Eid) Festival. It looks to be a full day of great music, food, and community. The entry fee is free, but all other profits go to much needed earthquake and hurricane relief. Wikipedia has a page on the significance of Eid. End of Ramadan (Eid) Festival Saturday, November 12 9:30am - 5:30pm Richard Moya Park [image from mazoo.com]......

Halloween is just around the corner and Austin is full of ghoulishly fun activities. Among the nightmare factories and haunted houses is the one of a kind Haunted Trails out west at the Wildlife Basin Preserve on Highway 360. Austinist got an early glimpse of "the show" at their media night, with said media consisting of Austinist and a guy from a local Austin access show. They served us tacos and beer and cokes......

: : FRIDAY : : [film] New Movies @ Your Local Theater! [music] Willie Nelson @ Stubb's (also Saturday) [music] The Queers, The Vibrators, The Independents (outside) and Wolf Eyes, Prurient and Rubble (inside) @ Emo's [music] CD release show for The Lovely Sparrows & Big Blue Marble @ Beerland [music] The Arm and New Model Army @ Elysium [film/lecture] Rabia Clark presents her short film, "The Dervish Project", 7pm @ Ventana del Sol......

: : FRIDAY : : [film] New Movies! @ your local theater [award] The Writers' League of Texas honors Ann Patchett @ Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum [music] Beta Valentine Instore, 7pm @ End of an Ear [film] aGLIFF kick-offf - films, 7pm party, 10pm @ Great Hills Arbor Theater [music] Hurts to Purr, Sarah Glynn, and 54 Seconds, 10pm @ Stubb's [music] Octopus Project, Voxtrot, Prince Klassen and Treewave @ Emo's [music]......

: : FRIDAY : : [music] The Zippo Hot Tour Semi-Finals featuring Fractious, 9pm @ The Backroom - FREE! [film] A Bunch of New Movies Open! @ your local theater [film] QT6, 7pm & 9:30pm @ Drafthouse Downtown: Grindhouse Triple Feature also Saturday [music] Mike Graff, 8pm @ End of an Ear [dance] Refraction Arts presents "Shish-ka-bob! An Inventory of Works by Amy Cone," 8pm @ The Blue Theatre [music] Palaxy Tracks, The Glass......

It might be hard right now to think of charity beyond the needs of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, but we have found something we think deserves a mention for its fun, creativity and community impact: Literacy Austin’s 2nd Annual Team Scrabble Tournament. Tonight's event promises to be a fun-filled evening at a most unusual fundraiser to support Literacy Austin’s programs for teaching basic literacy and English as a Second Language instruction for Austin-area......

One of the advantages of being marginally employed is that we sometimes have days, like today, off from work. We were going to do something important with our day off, like take out the trash and check our e-mail, but then we kept reading the awful hurricane news. We got all worked up and decided to go do some volunteer work. Note that the last time we did some volunteer work that didn't involve......

On Monday night, we were sitting outside at our home-away-from-home, Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse, and we heard a strange popping noise. For about 20 minutes. We pondered on the noise. It could have been fireworks, a cluster bomb, or the sound of thousands of people slapping mosquitos on their legs...very loudly. So this question has bugged us and we thought we'd leave it up to you to decide what it was. Or maybe a few......

We were down on sixth and Congress this morning having a cigarette preaching the gospel in the absence of Dwayne (Aside: how could they run off the ongoing theological debate between Dwayne and Leslie yet allow three-toothed meth addicts to plot their revolution while bugging us for our hard-earned change?) Anywho, we saw a few wide-eyed young folks passing out fliers with color photos and the words “Lost from Midland” written on them. Our......

Kat Candler has only recently wrapped her latest film, jumping off bridges, and already big things are happening. First, the rough cut of the film was chosen for the 2005 Independent Feature Project's Rough Cuts Lab. Kat and her Storie Productions cohorts (Lorie Marsh and Stacy Schoolfield) will travel to NYC in September to be a part of the market magic. Then, The Texas Filmmakers Production Fund awarded the film a $5,000 grant, which......

We wanted to pass along some information given to us by a faithful reader about a great event taking place this week: WHAT: The Heart Gallery of Central Texas, an art exhibit featuring portraits of more than 100 Central Texas children who are waiting to be adopted from foster care, premieres August 25 in Austin with a gala at SPAZIO by Lytle Pressley. A project of the Adoption Coalition of Texas and CASA of......

Hey, Starseeds! How’s it going man? Wow, been a long time since we hung out, huh? Years, actually. Like, three. Yea, I was thinking about that the other day. What happened was: I was wrestling this big-ass garbage bag of warm and rancid, week-old chicken from the grips of this homeless guy behind the Church’s on Oltorf, and the odor of the situation reeked *exactly* like your old bathrooms did. They say that the......

Just a reminder that we are still accepting entries for our DiscHub contest. Here's what you gotta do: E-mail us a list of the CDs that would fill your dream DiscHub. You should send a full list of 11 CDs. If we judge your list to be the coolest, then you'll recieve a free DiscHub. If you don't win, you can go to DiscHub, buy one, and when you're in 'checkout' you can put......

Last night, as the rains approached, we found ourselves at a car wash vacuuming and armor-all-ing the inside of our car. Yea, we know, why wash your car when it is about to pour rain? Well, we were actually just there for the interior detailing (cause we couldn’t let a certain someone see the inside of our car for the first time and have it looking like a dog kennel/pig sty). The car wash......