Sometimes it feels like there is no place more hipster-plentiful than Austin, Texas. The city has become the poster child of what young creatives and entrepreneurs are discharging into this world. When you look up the word ‘Austin’ in the thesaurus, the words, ‘old-timey facial hair,’ ‘your grandmother’s eyewear,’ ‘college degree in food carting,’ ‘bee [...]
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Austin, Featured, Film, Pop Culture
SXSW Official 2012 Film Line-Up
SXSW just released their official 2012 film line-up yesterday and there are a lot of goodies. Over the next weeks, I will be posting about some of the must-see films of the year. In the meantime, check out the list of films below. Narrative Feature Competition: Booster Director & Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin When Simon’s brother [...]
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Sweet Potato Tater Tots
Sweet potato tater tots with chipotle mayo. Think about it for a moment. Found here.
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Update Regarding the Death of Esme Barrera
For those of you familiar with the tragic New Year’s Day death of Esme Barrera or read about it on my blog, the police just announced that the prime suspect in her murder was found dead of an apparent suicide on January 12th. You can read more details at the Statesman or The Chronicle. The [...]
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Austin Is Changing: How Do You Feel About It?
On my CultureMap column, I’ve written a number of posts about how wonderful Austin is and how much I love this adopted city of mine. For this, I’ve received comments telling me to “go home” and that “I’m the problem with Austin’s recent changes.” These comments make me think of a conversation I had with [...]
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Shit Austinites Say
Taking cue from the popularity of “Shit That (insert whomever here) Says”, Austin filmmaking troupe, PossumBox, made this endearing film about the stuff that comes out of Austinites’ mouths. At first I thought this was going to be a biting portrayal of the pretentious hipster jargon that comes out of our mouths, but instead, I [...]
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Freddie Mercury Tribute Night Means I Whip Out The Ol’ Chest Hair
ulovei is throwing a sexy tribute night to the man, Freddie Mercury. I fell in love with the poster art. Isn’t this beautiful? Let’s just take a moment to digest how atractive this artwork is. DO IT! If you’re into deceased amazingly flamin’ dudes with mustaches and dressing like them, like I am, then check [...]
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Learning Secrets Turns 8 Years Old!
One of my face event throwers/DJs/all ’round cool dudes, Learning Secrets, is turning 8 years old this year. Can you believe it? 8 is the age of a freakin’ 2nd grader! I think. Right? Aren’t we 8 in second grade? Anyways, they’re planning a big event to celebrate and you should go. Here are the [...]
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