A friend of mine walked up to me while I was standing in line for a film at SXSW and without saying hello exclaimed, "You liked Trash Humpers?! I walked out." Such was the sentiment shared by a former student of mine and her boyfriend who, 15 minutes into the film asked for the check and left …

So the Texas Supreme Court became the latest legal entity to be dragged into the slow-burning legal argument over the $5 stripper surcharge – AKA the titty tax – after it heard the latest round of arguments in San Antonio yesterday.

We fell in love with Malcolm Ingram when he made Small Town Gay Bar, a little jewel of a documentary that meditates on living as a rural queer. For this year’s SXSW Ingram was back in the saddle with his new documentary, Bear Nation, which is about those beefy, be-bearded gay dudes who self-identify as “bears”. So how’d this one measure up? Read on …

If you haven't picked up this week's SXSW wrap-up issue of the Austin Chronicle (if only to remind yourself of what you missed or what you already forgot), then run for the news stands. Of course, there are always those little memorable moments that slipped through the cracks.

If you're curious about Capital Metro's new MetroRail Red Line commuter train and are contemplating a joyride this week while it's still free, I'd recommend against it. Just took the kids down to Crestview Station in hopes of a quick trip downtown, and it was standing room only with like-minded people. After two unsuccessful tries, we gave up.

Obviously, the girl on the next page has cojones when it comes to sporting crazy 'dos and obviously a love for eye catching, gravity defying hair. She told me her roommate styled it and for a brief moment I couldn't help but wonder if her roommate likes her or not. I could definitely see this, "are those rollers?" poof-wave on a runway.

Oh joy and excitement...and I didn't think we had any left to give after SXSW. Check out the 2nd in what will be a monthly music series at the Parish along with trend-setters KVRX student radio 97.1 FM. Each month we will focus on some of the best bands that Austin has to offer and try to give you the heads up on some great up and comers that you should know about.

According to John Oates, he met Daryl Hall backstage at a sock hop in the 1960s, after a neighborhood gang fight broke out on the dancefloor. Those auspicious beginnings led to a string of hits for the duo in the 1980s, placing them on a very unique perch in the pop culture birdcage.