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The Sounds of SXSW
Even though it’s now passed the quarter-century mark, this year’s 25th annual South by Southwest festival managed to retain the youthful exuberance at its heart, maintaining its reputation as one of the largest and most influential music festivals ... -
Take it To Go
The trailer food movement is gaining speed throughout the nation (in some cases literally). There are more than 103 trailers serving food throughout the Austin area, and more pop up every day. Why are chefs happy to leave restaurant jobs for the privilege of ... -
Inside the Cathedral of Junk
The Cathedral of Junk is what you get when you combine bicycles, street signs in three languages, weathervanes, televisions, carabiners, Christmas lights, shopping carts, minikegs, and 60 tons of everything under the sun. It’s the kind of place that a ... -
The Best of Austin
Whether you're heading to Austin City Limits this weekend, or just happen to be there for some other reason (like, maybe, you live there?) you're bound to get thirsty. Lucky for you, Austin is chock-full of way-cool bars where absolutely anything goes, and ... -
It Ain't Over Til It's Over
Didn’t get your fest fix this summer? Lucky for you, fall is brewing another pot of cacophonous weekend getaways, save mosquitoes and Gold Bond. Here’s a shout out to some of our returning favorites, along with notable rosters you should most definitely ... -
Kung Fu Fun
Austin’s Kung Fu Saloon is founded on an excellent idea: it’s fun to combine beer with the video and arcade games that people in their 20s and 30s grew up playing. The recently-opened Saloon is a cavernous space with cement floors and a full bar (34 ... -
The Tiniest Bar in Texas
The Tiniest Bar in Texas is – guess what! – the tiniest bar in Texas. Technically this is true: the “bar” itself is inside a small building with a few tables and big-screen TVs. Customers queue single-file at a small window to get ... -
Best Brews of the South
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Refreshing Down Home Awesomeness
Although the outside of the Poodle Dog Lounge is anonymous gray cinder block with a French poodle hand-painted on a lilac background, it may as well have a flashing neon sign that says “Awesome. Dive. Bar. Inside.” You enter and see a long bar, hundreds ... -
Tubing the Guadalupe
Ever since we moved to Austin, my boyfriend and I have been told over and over about tubing (sometimes called “toobing”) the river. Friend after friend told us that grabbing tubes and alcohol and floating leisurely down the Guadalupe River during the hot ... -
Finding Home, and a Record Deal
For Austin-based band Stonehoney, it's been a long ride to their first album. Originally from LA, Stoneyhoney received lots of local buzz after they landed a record deal early on, but their label lost interest and their songs were never released. Lost, the ... -
Lone Star State of Mind
There are many reasons that Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon is one of the most iconic dive bars in Austin. Why? Well, one thing is the chicken shit bingo. And that’s just what it sounds like – they place a bingo board on the single pool table, ... -
Approach the End in Style
No matter who has died, funerals don’t differ much from one to the next: there’s a black hearse, a slow funeral procession, mourners filled with grief. Garland Crabb, a Bryan, TX resident who has been riding motorcycles since age 15, had a better ... -
Mighty Delicious
Who says you have to wait until the next fair to eat a deep fried piece of heaven? The Mighty Cones boasts the best fair sandwich in a cone six days a week. This means you can ditch the plates and silverware and hit the town with your chicken cone. The ... -
Life After SXSW
South by Southwest Film is all about the indie. Last year, one such indie, That Evening Sun, premiered at the Austin megafest and won both the Audience Award for Narrative Feature and a special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast. It then went on to tour the ... -
Movies About Music, SX Style
This year's South by Southwest film festival might have well be named "Films About Music: 2010." Almost two dozen movies that premiered or screened to festival-goers were directly about music or featured it as a major part of the film. They ran the gamut ... -
SXSW's Most Buzzed About Films
The South By Southwest Film Festival is unique: nine days, seven theaters, over 100 movies, innumerable panels, a trade show, and even an acting workshop led by Arrested Development's Jeffery Tambor. Trying to decide where to go and when is a little ... -
SXSW for Beginners
Attending South by Southwest is an experience like no other. The three fests under the SXSW umbrella – Interactive, Film and Music – each hold conferences, panels, and networking opportunities between March 12-21. Theaters all over Austin screen festival ... -
See You at the Highball
Wanna play some fun and games? Get yourself to the Highball, a grown-up's playground that also looks like a swanky retro hotel. The Highball is that rarest of birds – a bar that presents itself as vintage that makes the effort to actually be ... -
How About Some Dinner with Your Movie?
Dinner and a movie? Please. How passé. Dinner during a movie? Definitely cooler. Dinner during a movie where you can consume plentiful amounts of your favorite alcoholic beverage while watching both first-run movies and cult classics? Score one for ...
