Frank Warren appears to be a typical, soft-spoken family man from Maryland. But on the internet, Warren, like a priest, accepts confessions. Hundreds of anonymous, artistically-rendered secrets are sent to him on postcards every day. He reads each one, carefully selecting and displaying a handful of them on his blog, PostSecret, every Sunday. What was originally intended as a one-off art project has grown into not only a website boasting over a million hits a...
Austinist Interview: Frank Warren of PostSecret
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THURSDAY [12] music • FactoryPeople turns 3, and they're throwing a whole weekend's worth of awesome activities, starting with DJs sets by DFA Records' Juan McLean and Tim Sweeney at FactoryPeople (7-10pm) ® music • DFA Records artists Juan McLean and Tim Sweeney at Whisky Bar (10pm-2am, $12/$10) ® music • Man Man, Thermals, Oh, Beast! at Emo's ® music • San Saba County at Waterloo Records (5pm) music • San Saba County, Sorta...
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film • Pee-wee's Big Adventure at Rounders Pizzeria (9pm, FREE) film • The Flower of My Secret at Arbor (2:45pm & 7:30pm) ® film • Talk to Her at Arbor (12:10pm, 5:05pm, 10pm) ® film • Texas Doc. Tour: 51 Birch Street at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm) ® film • The Blood of a Poet at The Space (8pm, Free) film • Kiss My Snake with director Tom Tavee live at Alamo Drafthouse (9:45pm) ® film • Weird Wednesday: Boss Nigger at Alamo Drafthouse (11:55pm, Free) music • AM Syndicate, Lomita, Just Guns, Bello Ragazzo, Abominatron at Emo's music • Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon), Red House Painters, Pink Nasty at The Parish Room ® music • Breaking Benjamin, Evans Blue, Dropping Daylight at La Zona Rosa music • Band of Heathens at Waterloo Records (5pm) music • Grey Holiday, The Toast, Scorpio Rising at Flamingo Cantina music • Cut Club weekly DJ party with KidIndie, Prince Klassen, MegaGates at The Mohawk books • Poetry on the Plaza: Actor Terence Wilton performs the one-man play Ithaka at Harry Ransom Center (12noon, Free) ® books • Cindy Sheehan presents Peace Mom at BookPeople (7:00pm) food • Angel Valley Organic Farm Farmstand at Asian American Cultural Center, 11713 Jollyville Road (10am-2pm) food • Austin Farmers Market at Whole Food Parking Lot, 6th and Lamar (4-7pm)The Daily IST
TUESDAY [10] film • AFS Essential: The Romantic Englishwoman at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm) ® film • The Flower of My Secret at Arbor (2:45pm & 7:30pm) ® film • Talk to Her at Arbor (12:10pm, 5:05pm, 10pm) ® film • Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause at The Space (8pm, Free) ® film • Yellow Submarine at Alamo Drafthouse (9:45pm, $2) film • Beetlejuice at Rounders Pizzeria (9pm, FREE) film • SXSW Presents: The...
Minty Fresh Double Feature: Klee & The Prototypes CD Reviews
Minty Fresh has given us such pop goodness as The Cardigans and Papas Fritas, and now we are looking to the future with Klee and The Prototypes. There's a lot to look foward to for Minty Fresh devotees, including a new Bettie Serveert release called Bare Stripped Naked, recent signees Suburban Kids With Biblical Names are working on a new album and preparing a tour, and Husky Rescue are touring, so catch their set at ACL.

