Yes we can ... win 3 primaries for delegates in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. Texas State still wants a "body farm" in San Marcos. Wait, what's San Marcos currently? Prison escapee Abel Morin caught in South Texas yesterday. Researchers are revealing hidden complexities behind the simple act of kissing, which relays powerful messages to your brain, body and partner. more ›

Hello Lovers -- Vanity Fair (Inchworm): If it is possible to musically capture a lovesick, misunderstood poet wailing and moping about drunkenly in a scummy apartment overlooking a dark and lonely city, Austin’s Hello Lovers have done it. In fact, they have positioned their sound around the voice that embodies said misunderstood poet: that of J.C. King. If you can’t latch on to King’s Antony-esque vibrato, Colin Meloy-esque (of The Decemberists) nasality, or off-melody, sputtering sing-talk style, then move on: Hello Lovers just ain’t for you. (We understand that the unpredictable cadence and style can be a bit annoying and difficult to access). But if you are patient or if your ears are generous or if, to you, King’s voice sounds just plain fantastic, then you’ll be able to enjoy the lovely (sometimes manic) saxophone, string, and accordion accompaniment to spoken poems about being nakey. more ›

Peter Carey’s latest novel, Theft: A Love Story, is occasionally clever, often pretentious, and ultimately unsatisfying. A mish-mash of genres---Hitchcockian how-done-it, art-world satire, high-brow drama---the novel never lives up to its potential. more ›

It's a mad, mad world out there, folks. If you don't believe us, just check it out for yourselves... LAist tracks an award-winning TV writer who worked on Good Times to a homeless shelter and sees a Little Old Lady get a jaywalking ticket because she can't get across fast enough (in the same post!). Poets invade Metro and an LAist contributor's new book asks WWJB. Gothamist gets down with the immigration rally and... more ›

Don't fret if you get pulled over this week; you may be rewarded with baseball tickets for your good driving. A police officer was dragged and run over by a car she had pulled over on Riverside early Tuesday morning. She has already been treated and released from the hospital. Two local companies are thinking green for their office interior space. DeLay won the Republican primary, so now we can only hope that Lampson... more ›

Get ready kids, because Warren St. John is coming to town. Warren St. John is a very pretty man, but he is also a sportswriter employed by the New York Times, among other publications. He'll be at BookPeople on Thursday, September 8th to promote his book Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer (what a fun thing to say!) in which the author documents life among crazed Alabama Crimson Tide tailgaters. The Statesman recently praised the book--one among many glowing reviews from Vanity Fair to Sports Illustrated. more ›