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Secretary of State Lets Greens Field Governor; Dems Sue [Politics]


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Published June 10, 2010 at 2:55 p.m.
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But where did the money for those signatures come from? Austin lawyer Buck Wood told the Dallas Morning News on Monday that Missouri-based Take Initiative America "cannot make contributions to political parties in Texas ... and to do so is a felony." Now Democrats have filed a motion for a restraining order to keep the Greens off the ballot ... Texas Democratic Party Chair Boyd Richie commented to DMN, "For [the Greens] to depend on the word of shady out-of-state Republican operatives to

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Cinco de Marfa: Austinist Hits the Road for the 3rd Annual Marfa Film Festival


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Published May 4, 2010 at 5:45 p.m.
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This year, the Marfa Film Festival will screen twenty shorts, seventeen features, and will also host several guest-programmed mixes and live events. The program includes "six world premieres, one international premiere, two North American premieres, four USA premieres and eight Texas premieres." We're not entirely sure what the difference is between a world premiere and an international premiere, but you get the gist. There are several films that piqued our interest right away, including the

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Arianna Huffington in Austin Today [Politics]


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Published May 3, 2010 at 2:12 p.m.
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Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post and now potential sitcom creator, has two speaking dates in Austin today. This afternoon she'll be speaking with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith at the Austin City Limits studios on the Drag, and will follow that up with an appearance with the Texas Freedom Network at 7:30 this evening. Tickets are still available for the Texas Freedom Network event here ...

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SXSW Film Delivers a Deluge of Awesome Panels & Short Films


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Published Feb. 10, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
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As with the features program, the shorts lineup is packed with interesting titles and filmmakers. From a short by Austin favorite Brad Beesley ( Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo ) to something called ... Meatwaffle , we can't wait to see what shorts programmers Claudette Godfrey and Stephanie Noone have in store for us. We are immediately drawn to a short called ... TUB , wherein a man impregnates his bathtub, as well as animated short ... The Cow Who Wanted to be a Burger ... and pretty

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The Black Angels host “Pre Halloween Freakout” Tonight at Mohawk


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Published Oct. 30, 2009 at 12:01 p.m.
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Artist Myspace The Black Angels, Kurt Vile And The Violators, and Shapes Have Fangs ... Friday, October 30th ... The Mohawk (912 Red River) ... $13 Advance / $15 at the door, all ages, doors at 9pm ... [info] [tickets]Ok, ok, it’s been said before, and it will all be said again, but something happens to a society on edge and at war, and that something is happening now, a subconscious shiver that plays out tangibly, literally, not just on cable and the radio waves but on albums and in music

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Ann Kelso Salon Fires Back Over Store Lockdown


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Published Oct. 29, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
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Ann Kelso Salon and CitySpa posted a scathing press release on its front page today over the store being locked by property owners earlier this week ... The sign posted on the shop window on Monday read, "Tenant’s lease has been terminated due to tenant’s failure to pay rent. As a result, tenant’s possession of the premises is terminated." The building is owned by 78704 Partners, which consists of Rob Lippincott (owner of Guero's Taco Bar), Abe Zimmerman and Stan Biderman ... Ann Kelso

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ACL Artist Interview: Talking Sound, Song, + Sport With John Vanderslice


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Published Sept. 23, 2009 at 4:55 p.m.
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That’s a good unintentional segue to our next question, which is that you kind of moved away from your studio for the beginning of this record and were doing a lot of things out of your home. Is that about sort of changing up your routine or getting out of your comfort zone to see what kind of creativity comes out of that? ... John: Yeah, I think that that’s part of it. It’s also just incredibly expensive for me to be in my own studio. I have to book it, and it’s like if I book it for

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Best of Austin 2009 Out Now [Thanks, Guys]


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Published Sept. 3, 2009 at 9:50 a.m.
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Austin Chronicle The 20th anniversary edition of the Austin Chronicle 's Best of Austin awards is out today. The issue hits newsstands around noon, but you can view the results online now. This year's list of winners included strong representation from the burgeoning E. 6th corridor east of I-35, with just about every new establishment (The Good Knight, Shangri-La, Rio Rita) earning a nod of some sort. Following the anniversary theme of this year's issue, the listings also include 'All Time

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I Am So Popular: Keep The Change


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Published Aug. 27, 2009 at 11:30 a.m.
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One of the unsolicited forwarded emails I received was written by Cleve Hattersley, who identifies himself in his sign-off as “Part of this Community.” Cleve’s panties are in such a twist over the changes at KUT that he is talking about suing the station to reinstate the cancelled shows and, if that doesn’t work, calling for a boycott. Mind you, I’m not here to protest Cleve’s right to protest. God only knows I have spearheaded enough protests of my own, and in general I think it can

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Truesday: The Yearly Usual


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Published July 28, 2009 at 11:25 p.m.
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Two windows down, with an arm hanging out the driver’s side ... Round about the roundabout on Riverside by Long ... One ear has an iPod dripping down from it because the radio’s shot, but having both buds in place combines with the oppressive air temp and makes me feel too confined ... Like a coffin of boiling music ... A blazing cocoon of last year’s not-hot list ... Tunes of was-hot which are no longer the now-hot that targets the aged and baby-like ... So, so, so crippling, and the back

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