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New from the Walkmen

I'm stoked because The Walkmen will have a new album soon. Here is some new material... I really wish they would come back to Austin soon..

I wonder if this happens in other states?

I am absolutely digusted! You can never be sure if your Representative is casting their own vote...

Blue jeans bandit sought by Austin police

I just had to laugh at this Headline. The Austin Blue Jeans Bandit! Lock up your kids!

Comply: NO COMPLY @ Beauty Bar Austin

Shawn is actually dragging me out tonight... Comply: NO COMPLY Remember back in those halcyon summer days, when kids with spike-swoop haircuts would sulk over to your house on their skateboards, kick-flipping the whole way, bangs covering everyone’s pot-reddened eyes, just to bask in your glory as Thrasher’s newly claimed “heir to the Hosoi throne”? Man, those were the days.

MisShapes invade Austin!

Super excited about this - I am going to have to round up my girls and hire a sitter!

The Sickest F***ing Stories I Ever Heard

The Sickest F***ing Stories I Ever Heard is an exercise in comedy vérité that’s as bluntly provocative as its title. Five comics play poker onstage, betting real money, drinking real beer and telling real sick stories. As Time Out NY puts it: “Imagine if the Algonquin Round Table were to trade Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley for Howard Stern and Al Goldstein.” Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door.

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Paper Thin Walls

This is a new online Indie Music community I just discovered and it's all local. Enjoy! http://paperthinwalls.com/editorial Here is this week's feature: Austin's Best Fwends talk about their buddies behind their backs In "Scene Stir" Paper Thin Walls talks to a band we love about the local musicians that they love.

Summer Extrav-O-Ganza 2

Summer Extrav-O-Ganza 2 Green Potato Ventures proudly presents Summer Extrav-O-Ganza 2: Cruise Control on board The Ark at Lake Travis. Sponsored by Austinist, PartyEnds.com, Super!Alright! and Progress Coffee.

ACL Fest Updates: Hefty Aftershow Schedule Announced

From http://austinist.com/ Let's get to it: ACL Fest organizers dropped the aftershow schedule yesterday, and it's fairly extensive. Stubb's, La Zona Rosa, The Parish, and Antone's will all host aftershows over the Thursday to Sunday that everyone is in town for the big event. Highlights include an intimate show from The White Stripes and Cold War Kids at Stubb's, an extra gig from Argentina's loungerific Gotan Project (also at Stubb's), appearances by Spoon, Common, and Queens Of The Stone Age at La Zona Rosa, and a Rodrigo y Gabriela show at Antone's.