"Touring is a lot like selling Amway. You pressure your family and friends to show up to your events with a series of pitiful emails and phone calls, and they end coming out of love, and then they end up buying way too much stuff from you." more ›

WEDNESDAY [26] [film] AFS 20th Anniversary: Eric Rohmer's Summer at Alamo Downtown (7pm) LINK [party] Sidebar's turning two, and they're rockin' it out with a full BBQ spread, raffle, commemorative tees, guest DJs, slushy shots, a keg of Lone Star, cake, and (hopefully) Antonio, our favorite door guy in Austin. At Sidebar (7pm) LINK [books] Texas Monthly BookGroup presents Will Clarke, author of The Worthy at BookPeople (7pm) LINK [film] Adam's Rib at Paramount Theatre... more ›

Monarch Breaks Ground [07.07 in Urban Development] Yarrr…Pirates' Oversell Shipping Screw-Up Stymies Excited Fans [07.07 in Movies] They Don't Call It Gastronomic fer Nuthin' [07.07 in Food] Back on Track: This Week in Theatre! [07.07 in Theatre] Stay Cool, Honeybunny [07.07 in Rankings] Best of the Austin Blogs: Week of July 3 [07.07 in Special] Austinist Interview: Loaded Gun Theory [07.07 in Interview] The Bikini Turns 60 (or, 3,607) [07.07 in Fashion+Style] Le Tour... more ›

It’s not clear whether Will Clarke has made a pact with Mephistopheles or participated in a Wiccan prose-enriching ritual to produce his two novels, but that’s really none of our business. His latest novel, The Worthy: A Ghost’s Story, is a bizarre treat that benefits from supernatural forces, seriously. more ›

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome. Here's to your livers and wallets making it through this week. MONDAY [books] Will Clarke talks crazy with his latest novel, Lord Vishnu's Love Handles @ Bookpeople, 7pm [film] Starchaser in 3-D! @ Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, 7pm, $1 + $1 Glasses Rental [music] 54 Seconds @ Lucky Lounge [music] Paris 49 @ Continental Club TUESDAY [music] Cafe Tacvba with Grupo Fantasmo @ Stubb's BBQ, Doors at 7 pm [music] Alkaline Trio with... more ›