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Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe [Extra Extra]
- The Gulf has a concussion from all the recent trauma.
- Who knew The Fantasticks -- the longest-running musical ever -- had a tie to UT?
- The Rice Mob protested the sale of the Rice radio station KTRU during their halftime show at the Rice/University of Houston football game. The gloves are off.
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Warning: Do Not Allow Bare Flesh To Touch a Hot Car Seat! [Extra Extra]
- A story about the alleged Baylor undergraduate days of Rand Paul, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
- The Bayport Cruise Terminal in Houston hasn’t done an iota of bizness yet! Looks like that’s 81 million down the drain!
- Shrimp season opens in the Gulf... and things could be better.
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We Hope You Made a Wish If You Saw The Presidential Motorcade [Extra Extra]
- If you missed today’s lunch with the big dude, the watermelon salad with tomato and basil crème fraiche sounds totally delish!
- Great photos from President Obama's visit to Austin.
- Sir Tim Rice has a one-hour episode for the BBC on Texas music. It’s so strange to hear someone with that posh accent talkin’ about Port Arthur.
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Reminder: Gulf Coast Relief Benefit Tonight At Jo's/Hotel San Jose
As mentioned earlier this week, Hotel San Jose, Perla's, Lambert's, and a host of others have organized a huge benefit Friday evening in the Jo's and Hotel San Jose spaces on South Congress Avenue. The benefit features performances from Louisiana native and Austin resident Papa Mali and Cajun revivalists and Grammy nominees the Lost Bayou Ramblers. There's also an optional $10/plate shrimp and crawfish boil to celebrate Louisiana's coastal cooking, with all proceeds going to the Greater New Orleans Foundation's Gulf Oil Spill Fund. Speakers at the event include Texas State Representative Mark Strama and Brandi Clark of EcoAustin. While the event is free to attend, a voluntary $10 (or more) donation will be collected at the door from those willing to help toward the event goal of raising $30,000 for Gulf cleanup efforts. Austinist is a sponsor of tonight's benefit, and we highly encourage you to join us for a great night out starting at 6pm.
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It's Midsummer in Northern Europe! Jaanipäev Party! In the ATX...Nevermind. [Extra Extra]
- More craptastic news from the Gulf: the cap is off the well, and the oil is gushing.
- Poor little "Meatball." Won’t someone help him escape this lonely life in a South Austin yard?
- It’s so meta. A girl tries to become a rollergirl because she’s seen the film Whip It…about a girl who joins an Austin rollerderby team! It’s life imitating art via art imitating life!
Austinist Altruist: The Oil Spill - How You Can Help
With increasingly devastating reports about the vastness of the destruction caused by the oil spill in the gulf, it's hard not to feel helpless. We seem to know what to do in the event of natural disasters - there are handful of reliable charities we can count on to do good work with our donations. But in the case of the gulf coast oil spill, it's not that simple. It's easy to blame BP and ignore the complexity of the issue (and the fact that our own reliance on fossil fuels is, in no small part, also accountable for the situation). There are ways to help - many organizations along the coast are mobilizing volunteers, rescuing oil covered wildlife, and addressing the basic needs of people affected by the disaster. Is it frustrating to throw time and money at a problem that BP should have fixed by now? Sure, but it's becoming increasingly unbearable to sit back and watch as animals die, people go without paychecks, and injustice prevails. Here's a list of some of the organizations that are collecting money, donations, and volunteers to help with the gulf coast recovery.
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Everything Old is New Again...But New Stuff is Newer! [Extra Extra]
- President Obama wants you to know your oyster po’boy (and other Gulf seafood) is safe to eat!
- There were 40,000 bikers here in the ATX for the ROT bike rally this weekend. “I’m the eye candy,” said one of the people interviewed for this story!
- Longhorn report: Television --and TV money-- may save the Big 12!
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And We Wonder...Who'll Stop The Rain? [Extra Extra]
- Those thunderstorms that rolled in early Wednesday morning did a lot more than scare a bunch of nervous house pets! There was plenty of damage in Comal and Guadalupe counties, and a body was even found in the Guadalupe River in Gruene.
- This Houston love triangle/alleged murder is way difficult to unravel; according to the story, “Palmer-Pollard apparently was having romantic relationships with both father and son at the same time…”
- Shocker! Those UT Shuttle Buses aren’t exactly new, or in tip-top shape.
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