M O N D A Y [19] [music] Spoon, stellastarr*, Morningwood and Alpha Rev at The Parish Room [holidays] Armadillo Christmas Bazaar with Austin Lounge Lizards at Austin Music Hall [link] [music] Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Frank Erwin Center [DJ] DJ Mel, Jahmight at Nasty's [music] Elizabeth McQueen and Jason Roberts at Threadgill's [film] Monday Britcoms Night, featuring Nathan Barley at the Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) [link] T U E S D A Y [20] [fundraiser] Kinky... more ›

M O N D A Y [ 7 ] TV · Screenings of episodes from Twin Peaks and Carnivale, with free popcorn! At Beerland (Free, 7pm) music · Pre-Election Day Party at Stubb's, with the Blues Crawlers, Daniel Kang, Booher/Davis, Pompeii and Roma 79 (10pm) music · Elizabeth McQueen and Jason Roberts at Threadgills (Free, 8pm) film · "The T.A.M.I. Show", documenting the 1964 Teenage Awards Music International - footage includes The Rolling Stones, The... more ›

Moretempo is going on tomorrow night. We’ve been fans of the DJs behind this party for quite some time, and we really respect what it is that they are trying to do by bringing out the more odd & interesting dance selections from their crates. An expansion of music awareness for you to drink and dance to. If Austin has a DJ culture, this should be its mantra. more ›

: : FRIDAY : : [art] Coy Poage and William K. Stidham Art Exhibit benefiting the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition of Austin, 7pm-10pm @ Barocca Studios - $15 donation [music] Mae Shi @ Elysium [film] New Films! @ Your Local Theaters [music] Andy Rourke of The Smiths @ The Parish [music] Loxsly, 8pm @ Red Fez [music] AM Syndicate with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Cue and Dear Nora, 8pm @ Beerland [books] Douglas... more ›

At Whiskey Bar! Tonight, at around 11:45 (or whenever Z-Trip gets over there from Stubbs after the Thievery Corporation show): more ›

Digable Planets is back, and they’re at La Zona Rosa tonight, bringing Austin a much-needed dose of classic hip-hop, replete with phat beats and socially-conscious lyrics. more ›

MONDAY [music] Say Hi to Your Mom, Summer at Shatter Creek, 1986 at Stubb's BBQ. [music] Digable Planets with The Procussions, DJ Vajra at La Zona Rosa [party] Digable Planets After-Party with Element 7D, DJ Kunal M, DJ Inverse at Red Fez. [poetry] Speaking the Spoken: The Art of Verse at The Vortex. Hosted by Xenogia and Zell Miller III. Readers $1, all others $3. 7pm-945pm. TUESDAY [film] Austin Film Society presents John Schlesinger’s "Billy... more ›

Here in Austin, it's common knowledge that we don't wait for Friday or Saturday to start getting drunk and acting foolish socializing. Just ask any hipster, any co-ed or any thirty-something and they'll tell you, "the weekend starts on THURSDAY." Well...the times are changing, and thanks to a few downtown bars, the idea of when the weekend starts might have to change as well. You see, Wednesday night has quickly burrowed it's way into... more ›

From Austinist Pal, Chopper Dave: more ›

We have no idea how to do anything like save the bits of a streaming MP3 so that you can download it and play it whenever you want without having to, we don't know, stream it again. But some people do, and those people have web sites. more ›

Remember when we told you about the Gorillaz listening party. The one that's happening right now at Red Fez. Well our man on the street has just reported that Damon Albarn himself is there. So if you did not heed our advice and go, go now! Listen to the album with the lead singer, drink free beers and ask him if he prefers Blur or Oasis. Okay, don't do that last part. more ›

The Gorillaz - a band of cartoon monkeys which features the lead singer of Blur and Del, the funkee homosapien - are coming out with a new album soon, and you can be one of the first to hear it by coming out to their world premiere listening party. more ›