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Way, way back in the day, I had a perfectly good Valentine. What had initially attracted me to him was his enormous, regal afro. Seriously, wow. I am not kidding when I tell you that my Valentine had the perfect afro, and I would stare at it in wonder for hours on end. Generally, I felt like a lucky man. But things went awry when, on Valentine’s Day of 1996 he showed up at my house with a bright blue stolen candle that was covered in hand-painted stars and shaped either like a mushroom or a very unfortunate penis. His other hand cradled a bottle of Night Train.

Believe it or not, there's a bunch of activities going on around town this week other than SXSW. This week's IST List won't include our usual bevy of music and film events; for those, we recommend that you check out our Interactive Guide to SXSW Parties and the Other Side Guide, respectively. We'd also like to welcome LAist editor Tony Pierce and Gothamist arts editor Jen Carlson, both of whom will be joining us...

MONDAY [26] film • Squeegee Your Third Eye: Remembering Bill Hicks at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown books • New and Noteworthy Book Club discusses Snow by Orhan Pamuk at BookPeople (7:00pm) film • Wonderwall at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown meeting • Austin Music Foundation's Music Industry Boot Camp at Gibson Guitar Showroom (3601 South Congress G400) music • Aloha, Pompeii, The Politics, Low Line Caller at Emo's Lounge music • Shoot for the Stars, iKiLLcaRs, Bones...

The following is a column by staff writer Carly Kocurek, compiled with the help of Elizabeth S., Sam Armstrong, and Shannon Roberts -- Ed Note So, you've waited until the last minute to address the whole "Valentine's Day" situation. Trust me, I've been there. In fact, I'm there right now -- my grandmother will be getting a card from us sometime next week. (I'll put extra stickers on the envelope to make up for...

MONDAY [5] art/theatre • Sex Workers Art Show at Arts on Real (7:30pm, $24) film • Eddie Murphy: RAW at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film • Air Guitar Nation at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown music • Possessed By Paul James w. Paleo, Andy Klier, Ralph White at The Parish Room music • Guy Town Happy Hour at Scoot Inn (7pm) IST List compiled by Allen Y Chen, Sam Armstrong, Shannon Roberts, Adam Rice....

MONDAY [22] books • The Ludicrous Speed Book Club discusses The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin at BookPeople (7:00pm) film • The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film • Cold Hearts: Icelandic Music Shorts at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film • "24" at Alamo Drafthouse Village film • "Heroes" at Alamo Drafthouse Village film • St. Edwards University Paper Project at St. Edwards ® indicates a recommended event....

MONDAY [30] books • John Hodgman - The Areas of My Expertise at BookPeople (7:00pm) film • Tideland at Alamo Downtown (7pm) film • Be Here to Love Me at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) film • Grass at Café Mundi (8pm, Free) film • My Morning Jacket: Okonokos at Galaxy Highland (8pm & 10pm) film • Halloween at Regal Metropolitan (8pm) film • Anchorman at Austin Java (9pm, Free) film • Hillbillies in a...

MONDAY [23] music • Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins with Will Sheff & The Blow at Stubb's music • Planes Mistaken For Stars, The North Atlantic, Mustangs and Madras, Tomorrow's Too Late at Emo's music • Howard Tate at Waterloo Records (Free, 5pm) music • Farewell Party for Tina R., from Jo's Hot Coffee, with Tina & The Jo's House Band plus special guests at Continental Club (10pm) music • Cue, Bullet Train...

WEDNESDAY [16] film • Take a Chance on Me: the ABBA Sing-along at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm, $10) film • Save Our Springs presents Green at Alamo Downtown (7pm, Free) film • Black Orpheus at Paramount Theatre (7:30pm) film • The Man with the Golden Gun at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) film • aGLIFF presents The Films of Alpha at Arbor (8pm, $10) ® film • Weird Wednesday: Fer De Lance (aka: Snakes on a...

TUESDAY [15] art • Opening Reception for "Dogs Among Men" at Gallery Lombardi (7pm) ® film • Oh Brother, Where Art Thou at Jo's Coffee (7pm) film • Zoom Lost & Found Show with Tommy White Live at Alamo Downtown (7pm, $8) film • Maltese Falcon at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) film • Three Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation benefiting ABC Legal Services and the National Angola-3 Coalition at MonkeyWrench Books (8pm,...

THURSDAY [10] [music] Harry & The Potters with Draco and the Malfoys at Wooldridge Square Park (6pm) ® [film] Bullitt at Paramount Theatre (7pm) [film] Blanks on a Blank - Group B at Alamo Downtown (7pm) ® [film] Dirty Harry at Paramount Theatre (9:20pm) ® [film] Beastie Boys Rap-along at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm, $10) ® [film] Terror Thursday: Evils of the Night at Alamo Downtown (11:55pm, Free) [food] Austin Farmers Market at Plaza Saltillo, 5th...

WEDNESDAY [9] [film] Weird Wednesday: Wild Pussycat at Alamo Downtown (11:55pm, Free) ® [film] By the People at Dobie (5pm) ® [film] Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia at Alamo Downtown (7pm) ® [film] Dirty Harry at Paramount Theatre (7pm) ® [film] Live and Let Die at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) [film] Rolling Roadshow: Monty Python & The Holy Grail at Central Market (8pm, Free) ® [film] Bullitt at Paramount Theatre (9:10pm) [film] Blanks...

TUESDAY [8] [music] Mike Booher & Catherine Davis (Zykos), Ladyhawk, The Coke Cares at Emo's [film] By the People at Dobie (5pm) ® [film] Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia at Alamo Downtown (7pm) ® [film] Mister Roberts at Paramount Theatre (7pm) [film] Dr. Strangelove at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) ® [film] Fong Sai Yuk, a Jet Li classic, at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm) ® [film] Twelve Angry Men at Paramount Theatre (9:30pm) [film] War...

Tomorrow night, The Streets take to the stage at La Zona Rosa. Mike Skinner's third album, The Hardest Way to Make An Easy Living, has drawn many favorable reviews ("twice as good as any album about the price of celebrity has a right to be" -- Guardian UK). Be sure to arrive in time to check out opener Lady Sovereign, easily one of the most entertaining acts we caught at SXSW. If you haven't...

It’s been almost a week since we enjoyed brunch at the home of former Central Market executive chef Roger Mollett and his partner, Greg Murphy, and we have to tell you – Chef Roger looks damn good. Two years ago we were called on to create an apron design for a fundraiser benefiting Chef Roger, who was simply not feeling too hot. Alamo Drafthouse brought the Rolling Roadshow out to the Barr Mansion for a showing of Vatel, and everyone from Texas Culinary Academy students to Grapevine Market to Marta’s Flan came out to share their products and show their support. Mayor WIll Wynn even proclaimed it Chef Roger Mollett Day in Austin, Texas. Still, as a culinary community, we were worried.