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Nov 21
- Fabrication 7 Mohawk Patio, 9 p.m.
  You’d be hard-pressed to find two more adored girls in Austin than Erin Mikulenka ...

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feature Getting uncomfortable at the East Austin Studio Tour

There's a fine line between making provocative art and painting your favorite jack-off scenario.

by Dan Solomon (with additional material by Sean O'Neal)

November 19, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature "It don't mean shit": A Freudian analysis of the comics of Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman

Nazi cats, giant asses, and what they have to do with the id, ego, and super-ego.

by Devon Tincknell (with additional material by Sean O'Neal)

November 13, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature The A.V. Club psychoanalyzes your Halloween costume ideas

On Halloween, everyone's subsconscious stalks the earth in the form of Saw masks and dead-celeb outfits.

by Scott Gordon

October 30, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature A.V. Club Austin: redesigned, relaunched, renewed

Hey, the site looks way different.

by The A.V. Club Staff

October 12, 2009 | 11:16am -
feature Five types of crazy at this year's Art Outside

From inflatable sculptures to interactive TV shows to Tesla coils that sing the Ghostbusters theme.

by Erik Adams and Sean O'Neal

October 8, 2009 | 12:00pm -
Interview Church Of The Friendly Ghost gets religion, sort of

Before tomorrow's Tent Revival, we talk to organizers Henna Chou and Aaron Mace about the avant-garde venue's "spiritual" side.

by Dan Solomon

September 18, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Final Fantastic Fest films announced: Antichrist, the best of Jess Franco, and more

In this case, "more" includes genital torture, the next Blair Witch, John C. Reilly as a vampire, and an Oscar winner's barely hidden past.

by Erik Adams

September 8, 2009 | 8:57am -
Interview Impro Melbourne's Patti Stiles

The Australian-based Out Of Bounds headliner doesn't want to live a life without improv (or improv parties).

by Erik Adams

September 4, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature It's Just A Joke: Bob Biggerstaff

Out Of Bounds Comedy Festival-featured stand-up makes the first tentative foray into the realm of Michael Vick jokes.

by Erik Adams

September 2, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Jenna Bush joins NBC's Today

Teacher, author, and reformed margarita enthusiast helps fill out the show's four hours.

by Erik Adams

August 31, 2009 | 10:18am -

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a.v. Arts & Culture picks

No picks today, but still plenty to do! View the full calendar.

Nov 20
- Electric Tickle Machine Beerland, 10 p.m.
  Combining Black Lips' appetite for garage-rock debauchery, Deerhoof’s flair for cross-dressing, and Scorpions’ lack ...
  
  Daniel Johnston St. David's Episcopal Church, 7 p.m.
  
  Free Energy, Loxsly, and Mobley Mohawk, 10 p.m.
Nov 21
- Fabrication 7 Mohawk Patio, 9 p.m.
  You’d be hard-pressed to find two more adored girls in Austin than Erin Mikulenka ...
  
  Harlem, Americans In France, ST 37, and The Golden Boys Emo's, 10 p.m.
  
  Generationals and The Mercers Stubb's Jr., 9 p.m.
Nov 22
- The Last Waltz Live Club de Ville, 7 p.m.
  With a sound as bright as its namesake (that would be the nostalgic nighttime illumination ...
  
  AFI and Gallows Stubb's, 7:30 p.m.
  
  Local H, Kinch, and Murdocks Emo's Jr., 10 p.m.
Nov 23
- Music Monday: Times Square Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, 9:50 p.m.
  New York’s Times Square has been Giulianied and Eisnered out of existence, but during ...
  
  Emilie Autumn Emo's, 10 p.m.
  
  Other Worlds Film Series: Forbidden Planet The Harry Ransom Center, 7 p.m.
Nov 24
- Neko Case and Oh No Oh My Antone's, 9 p.m.
  Blessed with the kind of knockout voice a million mewling American Idol contestants would kill ...
  
  Austin Film Society: The Man Without A Past Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - South Lamar, 7 p.m.
  
  Hey Homo!: Grey Gardens Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, 7 p.m.
Nov 25
- Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses La Zona Rosa, 9 p.m.
  Ryan Bingham is a Texan singer-songwriter who wears cowboy hats, tours with Patty Griffin, and ...
  
  Pinetop Perkins, Carolyn Wonderland, and Dertybird Antone's, 8 p.m.
  
  Monte Montgomery, Slaid Cleaves, and Lincoln Durham Saxon Pub, 8 p.m.
Nov 26
- Planes, Trains And Automobiles Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, 7 p.m.
  A staple in any holiday movie collection, John Hughes’ Planes, Trains And Automobiles pairs comic ...
  
  Wayne Hancock's Dance Your Stuffin' Off Turkey Trot Continental Club, 10 p.m.
  
  Jesse Dayton Broken Spoke, 9 p.m.