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Given the choice of “I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news - which would you like to hear first?” people always want to get that bad news over with, so let’s start there. Nielsen Soundscan reported that music sales had dropped 14% in 2008, and it’s a fact that many big as well as tiny indie retailers have been struggling to survive. Furthermore, indie labels have been shuttering or trimming down as well - Touch and Go records gave the “current state of the economy” as their explanation for ceasing to release new music and for the end of their distribution deals with other labels.

We'll never forget the summer we discovered our parents' abandoned .45 collection in the garage. In between shiny black discs featuring songs we'd been raised on (probably Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Chicago), we discovered some gems that were totally new to us. Our first introductions to Nilsson, Harrison's solo stuff, Tim Hardin and Steve Young all happened that summer in the garage, and many a mixtapes for boyfriends of the future were forced to deal with our romantic nostalgia because of it.

From hand guns to glue guns, since coming under new ownership Rio Rita Cafe y Cantina has been taken over by crafters. Weekly craft meetup Arts & and Drafts celebrates its one year anniversary of crafting at Rio Rita.

Image from MySpace Ready Steady GoFriday, December 7Rio Rita Cafe y Cantina (1308 E 6th St)Free, 9pm-2am[info] This Friday, get ready to get retro. Ready Steady Go is coming to Rio Rita, and East Sixth Street is about to get walloped with the sort of danceable goodness that only five, yes five DJs can produce. Moving from their residency at Beerland, Ready Steady Go collaborators Mike Hooker and Shorty Stump will be spinning their vinyl...

Photo from official website Tales of the Really White Vigilante Issue Release PartyWednesday, November 14Rio Rita Cafe y Cantina (1308 E 6th St)(7pm-2am)[info]Last month, we previewed the new graphic novel project by Austin artist Michael Schliefke, of Bolm Studios and one of the folks behind this weekend's E.A.S.T. Focusing on the development shenanigans happening on the eastside, Tales of the Really White Vigilante is narrated by a young man who, disguised behind a Mexican wrestling...

Today sucks. Our house is quickly being annexed by Waller Creek, all of the tickets are sold out to the last night at the Alamo and our ‘Stros can’t buy a win. We could use a stiff drink* and a good laugh. Lucky for us, and you, the Onion AV Club and Rio Rita have prescribed a sweet salve to cure our burning wounds as they present Robert Altman’s satirical snarkfest OC & Stiggs.

WEDNESDAY [23] film • The Onion A.V. Club Movie Night with "Network" at Rio Rita (9pm) music/film • Jo's Rock and Reel with Broke Beads and "Gleaming the Cube" at Jo's Coffee (Free, 7:30pm) music • Austin Discovery School Benefit with Quien es Boom, Foot Foot, The Lennings at Emo's music • Prom Nite, Boo and Boo Too, The Unbearables, Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk at Emo's music • Doo-Wah Riders, Merchants of Moonshine...

The Onion's been up to tons of good stuff ever since setting up shop in Austin last winter, so we're pleased to see that they're also starting a new monthly tradition: every third Wednesday, the folks of A.V. Club Austin will host Movie Night at eastside cantina Rio Rita, where they'll be screening classic flicks. The Onion City Editor Sean O'Neal will be on-hand to introduce the films ("Provided people besides my girlfriend show...