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Photos & Review: Diana Krall at ACL Live
Say what you will about Diana Krall, her sustained baby-boomer popularity and sexpot good looks? but there’s nothing jazzier than knowing how to break all the rules as well as she does. [ more › ]
Watch: 3D Gun Guy Cody Wilson Is Tired Of The Gun Control 'Nanny State'
The State Dept. issued Wilson an order to take down his gun plans from the Defense Distributed site Friday, and in today's New York Daily News, Wilson gets the brief profile treatment, and it's a bit of a doozy. [ more › ]
Weekly Music Picks - The Ides of May
This week we hit May's halfway point. So for all of you slackers who haven't met your live music quota, this week'll give you a chance to catch up to the rest of us. [ more › ]
Beer: Austin Beerworks Just Turned Two (A Chat With Co-Founder Michael Graham)
Since 2011, no other beer company in the city has minted fans quite as quickly as has Austin Beerworks. We wanted a shot at deciphering the charm of the brewery, so we held a little Q&A with Michael Graham, co-founder and beer liaison of the brewery. [ more › ]
Cheerleaders of Kountze ISD Vindicated For Religious Banners
Last week the judge ruled in favor of the cheerleaders, and declared that separation of church and sport is not covered by the first amendment. [ more › ]
Dish Of The Week: Hopfields Frenchified Hamburger
Have you had the burger at Hopfields yet? The camembert-covered treat is worth a special trip. [ more › ]
The Continuing Saga Of Jeff Bliss, Packet Anarchist
Big things have small beginnings. Jeff Bliss, leading the separatist movement of high school students fed up with completing work from packets, is doing his damnedest to keep the spotlight off of him and on his message. This is about change, people! [ more › ]
Photos: Austin Fashion Week Thursday Runway Shows
Austin Fashion Week (AFW) designers spiced things up during the second night of runway shows, which continued last night at La Zona Rosa. KHG and Sheaffa sent out models in vibrant outfits while Megan Summerville chose to shock the audience, notably drawing gasps when one particular male model walked out on the runway in nothing but very skimpy underwear. [ more › ]
Figure Out Just How Racist, Homophobic And Awful Your City Is With The 'Hate Map'
Some very strong-willed professors and students at Humboldt State University in California have put together something they call the "Hate Map," which is exactly what you think it is. [ more › ]
Photos & Review: Jim James Austin City Limits Taping and Stubb's
No stranger to the hallowed halls of ACL tapings, Jim James has graced the stage several times - with My Morning Jacket and supergroup Monsters of Folk, and now as just himself, backed by a talented group of friends. Playing [ more ...
Red Left Blue Right Opens At grayDUCK Gallery
Drawing inspiration from anaglyph 3-D glasses, grayDUCK gallery and guest curator Phillip Edward Niemeyer teamed up for Red Left Blue Right. The exhibition culls from varied media formats, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and design, that either utilize the anaglyph technology or takes the aesthetic to heart. [ more › ]
In Houston, They Drive Bananas To Work
This is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Emerging from the Annals of Reddit is this photo, taken in Houston, of some people kindly driving along the road in their banana car. [ more › ]
Northeast Whole Foods Stores Sold Mislabeled Chicken And Vegan Salads
Double-check your salads, foodies. Fifteen Whole Foods Market stores in their northeast markets—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York—sold mislabeled salads this week. [ more › ]
Photos: Of Montreal at Mohawk
Monday night's Of Montreal show was a perfect blend of psychedelic rock and terrifying childhood nightmares. [ more › ]
Gallery: President Obama's Day In Austin
President Obama kicked off his Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tour in Austin yesterday. [ more › ]
Hello Texas! President Obama Visits Austin
The president's three main stops on his lightning round tour of Austin connected education, entrepreneurship, and high tech industry in a larger vision of how to reform the troubled United States economy. [ more › ]
State Dept. Cracks Down On 3D Gun Maker Defense Distributed
After news broke that Austin-based Defense Distributed, the nonprofit by University of Texas law student Cody Wilson, successfully fired their 3D-printed gun (called Liberator) last weekend, the State Department’s Office of Defense Trade Compliance has ordered the removal of the gun's blueprints from the web. [ more › ]
Pachanga Music Festival 2013 Preview
The 6th Annual Pachanga Music Festival takes place this weekend at Fiesta Gardens with a stellar lineup of veterans and creative upstarts including Los Lobos, Grupo Fantasma, Vallejo, and Raul Y Mexia. [ more › ]
Indie Picks This Weekend: "Renoir"
Director Gilles Bourdos recreates the summer of 1915 for this leisurely biopic of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet in a remarkably understated performance). [ more › ]
Photos & Review: Father John Misty at Emo's East
This past Tuesday, Father John Misty played a sold-out show at Emo’s to an enthusiastic crowd of delighted fans. Father John Misty is the stage persona for Josh Tillman, who gained notoriety originally as the drummer for Fleet Foxes, but after watching him do his thing as a front man, it’s hard to imagine him doing anything else. [ more › ]
