• Tragic. An unresponsive infant was found in a parked car today, later pronounced dead.
• Do you have an extra-large dog crate or some towels you aren’t using? The Austin Humane Society could use your help taking care of the 150-plus dogs who were just rescued from a Bastrop home.
• One of the women from The Real Housewives of New York visits The Big D. Sadly, the actual part where she “visited” with fans doesn’t sound like much fun.

Tonight the Ladies Are Funny Festival (LAFF), which is in its fourth year of production, takes over Salvage Vanguard Theater. LAFF, running through Saturday night, has expanded over the last few years to include more nights of shows featuring a bigger line up of female comedians and performers from all over the map, including Austin, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. Over the next four nights sketch comedy, improv, stand-up and one-woman-shows will be tickling audience's funny bones. more ›

A month or so ago I was hanging out with an old friend I hadn’t seen in awhile. It wasn’t awkward at all, but we aren't terribly close so the conversation was hopping from one thing to another in that rudderless, silence-avoiding way it goes when you've gone through all the gossip and most of the whiskey. At some point I remember him saying “So have you heard this band Wildildlife?” and me shrugging noncommittally, thinking, neat, another indie buzz band with a shitty name I’ll have to contend with in the future. more ›