2008 has yet to reveal its true heavy hitters release-wise, and it's just as well: I haven't even had time to absorb a thousand or so top ten lists, my own personal reflections on 2007, and my expectations for the new year. Even so, there is a handful of intriguing things this week, provided you like Various Artists. Typically, I'm into Various Artists only when the compilation features new, unreleased and / or collaborative......

The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not represent Austinist as a whole. -- The Editors Over the weekend, I did one of those things I have trouble doing: I hit on someone. See, I went to a party last Friday. A theme party. A '90s theme party. While I'm dubious about whether or not the '90s are far enough in the past to merit such treatment, I......