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Clinton campaign seeks to control local caucus sessions?

Some of the city’s underexposed and underappreciated artists have come together for a special show opening Saturday at Gallery Lombardi. The offbeat Surprise Me includes a mixed bag of contemporary drawings, photos, sounds, videos, mixed media paintings and fiber art. Local artist Josh Rios helped organize the show and called on a few of friends to join him — Ryan Lauderdale, Rachel Cook and Corkey Sinks. Rios recently answered a few questions for Austinist about...

Well I've kicked around a lot since high school I've worked a lot of nowhere gigs From keyboard man in a rock'n ska band To haulin' boss crude in the big rigs Now I've come back home to plan my next move From the comfort of my Aunt Faye's couch When I see my little cousin Janine walk in All I could say was ow-ow-ouch CHORUS: Honey how you've grown Like a rose Well we...

I had my mind set on becoming the next muse for a non-suicide-bent Dead Poet’s Society (I like to stand on tables). I was going to trade my soul for frittering health benefits and a salary that would strongly rival that of a second-shift Burger King manager.

ESPN.com's Bill Simmons, known as the Sports Guy (or something more profane by a couple distinguished NBA GMs), is scheduled to appear at the Arboretum Barnes and Noble on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Simmons will be signing copies of his book, Now I Can Die in Peace, which details his life of fan agony at the hands of the Boston Red Sox. Too bad the euphoria of actually winning the World Series was tainted by Jimmy Fallon's...

Texas' most favorite son (while not exactly Austin's favorite son), G.W., was recently called out by the Wall Street Journal as having lost his charming Texas accent that got him through two elections. (note: You'll need a WSJ account to read the actual article.) This is a step to make him appear more serious, and intelligent, so that he can push through his new social security plan, among other things.