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A Case for Case

Many people know Peter Case from his days with Eighties L.A. power-poppers the Plimsouls and their hit “A Million Miles Away.” Remember their appearance in Valley Girl with a young Nicholas Cage? After the Plimsouls, Case pursued a successful solo career, appearing often here in Austin.

11:47AM Wed. Oct. 28, 2009, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

Tier One Tantrums

Considering the Nov. 3 constitutional amendment election is dominated by eminent domain, the big controversy is about Prop. 4's measures to increase the number of Tier One research universities. At odds with the majority of State House Republicans, the Young Conservatives of Texas oppose it, and tout a study equating Tier One with terrible teaching.

11:04AM Wed. Oct. 28, 2009, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Flat Track Update

The Texas Rollergirls' home season may be over, but that doesn't mean all is peaceful in the land of flat track. First things first: You may have seen a billboard for the Mansion of Terror haunted house with a young woman being threatened by a ghoul: that's Scream Queen contest winner Big Nasty of the TXRG Rec'n'Rollerderby league. The woman, not the ghoul.

4:31PM Tue. Oct. 27, 2009, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Cactus Lee

Buddy's Place

Ego’s Day Party and Fundraiser at Ego's

Story-Oke
at The Highball

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Twitter Me This

Back in the last lege session, Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, caused mild uproar in the Twitterverse when he suggested that the 140-character-or-less messaging service may not be the best place to express a complex political idea. Turns out, he was kinda right.

3:38PM Tue. Oct. 27, 2009, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Help Shape the New Downtown Library

Tonight, Wednesday, and tomorrow, Thursday from 6-9pm, we're all invited to public input meetings on the design of the new central library for Downtown. Lake | Flato Architects and Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott want to capture "the vision, values, and ideas of the community." If you read, you should come! Meeting details below.

9:38AM Tue. Oct. 27, 2009, Katherine Gregor Read More | Comment »

A Winn-Winn Situation

Tracking down Jack Rebney, that reluctant viral video hero, became something of a passion project for filmmaker Ben Steinbauer, who years ago first saw the infamous leaked outtakes of Rebney's foul-mouthed meltdown on a Winnebago video shoot and has been obsessed ever since. Funny thing about passion projects, though: They don't pay for themselves.

5:12PM Mon. Oct. 26, 2009, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

White's OK for Cash

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison may not act like she's leaving DC, but the Senate campaign goes on without her. The Sept. 30 campaign finance reports are in, and beyond the headline news that Democratic hopeful Mayor Bill White of Houston hammered everyone in every category, there are some interesting details.

4:22PM Mon. Oct. 26, 2009, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

The Other City Limits

For all the kids who didn’t or couldn’t go to Austin City Limits festival this year, Bowie High School offers a great alternative. Last weekend, the second annual Bowie City Limits presented its own lineup of musically varied groups playing styles from jazz to electro.

1:14PM Mon. Oct. 26, 2009, Livvy Bennett Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Festival: 'Tenure'

Stuck in a third rate college where he really has no interest in being, Professor Charlie Thurber (Luke Wilson) is doing his best to win the tenure race.

8:24AM Mon. Oct. 26, 2009, Belinda Acosta Read More | Comment »

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