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Bush's approval ratings have hit a new low, but Paula Abdul's star rating is still rising. A local Senate bill is asking that the revenue from red light cameras be transferred into a state fund to support trauma and emergency medical care. This is better than not knowing where the added revenue will go, but we still do not like the idea. Austin City Council members have approved a resolution to get $30 million... more ›

In 1986, London-based music magazine New Musical Express (NME), legendary for its influential hold on the British musical imagination, released a limited edition mixtape entitled C-86. Containing early singles from a number of chamber and guitar jangle pop groups such as Primal Scream, The Pastels, The Wolfhounds, and The Shop Assistants, the notoriously difficult-to-obtain cassette encapsulated a newly popular fusion of danceable, rhythmic post-punk and edgy English verse. One of the strongest tracks from... more ›