Emo’s, as always, powers our evenings with a good amount of solid shows this weekend. Zookeeper and Zykos bring heartfelt indie-rock to the outside stage on Friday while Ume and Haunting Oboe Music take on the inside crowd with belligerent, experimental rock n’ roll....

Allen Demling has announced that he will run for election to the Place 1 seat in 2008 (the seat currently held by Lee Leffingwell, who is also running). The election is Saturday, May 10, 2008. Allen will be competing in the 2nd Annual Misprint Magazine Beard and Moustache competition at Club DeVille on Saturday, February 9th. He also has a fundraising event scheduled for February 22nd at the Scoot Inn....

The APD could adopt a more compatible attitude, one that sees violent crime on the East Side as another inevitable casualty of gentrification, one that will eventually succumb to the gradual transition. Essential to all parties accepting responsibility for these mixed-race, mixed-income neighborhoods is that transition from negative stigma includes a reduction of all forms of violence....

Hey, thanks Austin! We're thrilled that you chose us as your 2007 Best of Austin pick for Local "Fun" Web Site. Needless to say, it's a tremendous honor to be recognized two years in a row (last year, we tied with the Chronicle itself for Best Local Entertainment Web Site). We solemnly swear that we'll continue to entertain and, on those lucky occasions, enlighten you with the best in Austin culture and news. And, to......

THURSDAY [22] art • Opening Reception: Owen McAuley at d berman Gallery (6-8pm) comedy • The Frank Mills perform their new sketch show, "One Classy-Ass Show," at Blue Theatre (DEETS) party • Misprint Magazine's Beard & Moustache Competition with performances by Sharp Dressed Men (ZZTop Tribute Band), hosted by Matt Bearden, DJ sets by Stay Gold at Club de Ville (9pm) art • Artistic License: Blanton artist Fabian Marcaccio discusses his work, which is......

But beyond the miracles of bloated advertising budgets, the real victory here lies in that for the first time I can fathom, cartoons got some play off a sales method which has always been tapped for far more insidious purposes. ...

The city of Austin is a bastion of local print and internet media publications of many varieties, and we at the Austinist are always excited to get our from under our cave desks, rub the sleep from our eyes, and actually read something that has been printed on a real live piece of paper once in a while. Or just download the .PDF. Regardless of how we come to read our favorite local print publications,......

FRIDAY [26] film • El Automovil Gris at McCullough Theatre ® art • Opening Reception: Ishmael Soto: Vessels and Inspirations: Ceramic and Sculptural Work at Mexic-Arte Museum (7-9pm, free) books • Sarah Lewis presents Indecent at BookPeople (7:00pm) comedy • Bil Dwyer at Cap City Comedy Club film • Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival 2007 at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown ® film • The Bridge at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar community • Meeting......

The throngs descended upon Flamingo Cantina last Saturday night to celebrate “The Comeback Issue,” the first release in the second volume of Misprint Magazine, and to imbibe free Lone Star tallboys. The beer-fueled mirth was supplemented by DJ Sex Machine's ample spinning and spirited performances from Pink Nasty, Golden Bear, The Channel, and Acadia. For those of you who are unaware, Misprint Magazine “is a bi-monthly cultural publication from Austin” and a trove of......

Austinist and Gothamist have partnered up with a bevy of awesome people -- the full roster is shown on the flyer to the left, designed by Austin's Misprint Magazine -- to throw one hell of an afterparty next Wednesday, March 15th, after Ghostland Observatory closes the Austinist+Gothamist+Alarm Magazine Day Party over at Red 7 (more on that later). From midnight to 6am, we'll be rocking the house. Expect performances by Grand National (London), The Cloud......

Another victim of the fires that ravaged KOOP's former residence was Sweatbox Studios, the "home to generations of punk and garage rock" and one of Austin's more historic recording spaces. Over at Emo's tonight they're hosting a benefit show with Poison 13, Knife in the Water, The Meat Purveyors, and Possessed by Paul James. (Friday, Emo's, 10pm) On Saturday, the Rhizome Collective hosts the first-ever Clay Hands, a new benefit series that hopes to "raise......

F R I D A Y [ 13 ] [party] Box Magazine, purveyors of tastefully-obscured softcore porn, are throwing another swank launch party to celebrate the release of Issue 2 - this time at The Peacock. DJs, "debaucherous times," and a special performance by Skinny Boy Burlesque. [music] Heard on Veronica Mars Featuring David Garza, Fire Marshals of Bethlehem, Daylight Titans, and Rite Flyers at Stubb's BBQ [in-store] AUX CD Release Show at End of......

Before venturing out this weekend, head over to FactoryPeople, where they're clearancing their winter apparel through the end of the month. Clothing from Nice Collective, Development, Evisu and dozens of other designers are discounted anywhere from 35-75% off, and try your luck with their $30 bins scattered throughout the store - you never know what you'll find. Friday, Misprint Magazine is hosting a party to celebrate the release of their latest issue - "the get......

If you can tear yourself away from trying to wrangle ass off Myspace for a few hours, the kids at Vice Misprint Magazine are throwing a show at Flamingo Cantina to celebrate another week of making the ugly girl at Kinko's feel pretty so she'd let them print for free. If you're out of the loop, Misprint is a publication written by Alex Blagg some 20-somethings who realized that they'd gain instant scene-celebrity status......

M O N D AY [ 31 ] music/party · The White Ghost Shivers' Halloween Ball at American Legion Hall! Burlesque, Independence Brew, apple bobbing with the TX Roller Girls, Tarot card readings, a kissing booth and more. The White Ghost Shivers will also be performing a live soundtrack to accompany Buster Keaton's "Cops." ($25, 9pm) music · Galactic, Mofro and New Monsoon at Stubb's music · Halloween Show at Emo's with Flametrick Subs, Satans......