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Interview SXSW: Brian Posehn gets serious, discusses lifelong love of dick jokes

"Juvenile stuff has always made me laugh. It’s what I know. And I feel like I’m a little smarter than."

by David Wolinsky

March 17, 2010 | 12:00am -
Just Announced Paul F. Tompkins gets intimate at the United States Art Authority

The United States Art Authority becomes Tompkins' personal Freak Wharf June 5.

by Erik Adams

March 15, 2010 | 2:15pm -
Just Announced Conan O'Brien gets sweet, live revenge at Austin Music Hall

Rubbing Leno's face in it at a venue near you.

by Sean O'Neal

March 11, 2010 | 10:06am -
feature SXSW updates from last night: Comedy Death-Ray at USAA, Perez Hilton somewhere with two stages (and cupcakes)

The queen of all-media and alternative kings of comedy, together at last.

by Erik Adams

February 25, 2010 | 11:24am -
feature It's Just A Joke: Chuck Watkins

If you sat through The Happening, does Chuck Watkins ever have a movie for you...

by Andy Gately

February 8, 2010 | 12:00am -
Just Announced Eugene Mirman to host SXSW Film Awards, probably confuse some people

Comic offers some tips for "keeping Austin weird" involving cats, robots, tampons—the usual.

by Sean O'Neal

February 5, 2010 | 10:32am -
Debaser Michelle Dahlenburg of Mortified

We turn the tables on the director of the "people telling embarrassing stories" series by getting her to spill on a secret office romance.

by Dan Solomon

January 22, 2010 | 12:00am -
feature Four funny things that wouldn't exist without Keith Johnstone

Improv on television, "Girl Drink Drunk," and other things that owe their existence to this weekend's guest director of Maestro.

by Erik Adams

January 13, 2010 | 12:00am -
feature Guided by barbecue, felled by hot wings: On the road with Chris Trew and Tami Nelson

The comedy duo ride into the grand opening of The New Movement in limos, rental cars, and discarded containers.

by Erik Adams

January 12, 2010 | 12:00am -
feature Topping off your Waffle Fest with Continental Breakfast

What kind of waffles go best with tales of Victorian woe and purposefully cheesy talk shows?

by Erik Adams

November 19, 2009 | 12:00am -

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Mar 22
- Wale, PRGz, Camp Lo, Big Sean, and Shawn Chrystopher Aces Lounge, 8 p.m.
  Wale's clever wordplay and polymathic samples have garnered him quite a cult following. After ...
Mar 23
- The Ganjas, Intimate Stranger, Casino, L. Stadt, and Funky C The Parish, 8 p.m.
  Effortlessly transplanting the we-opened-for-Oasis, arena-destroying swagger of his former IV Thieves project, immigrant Englishman Glynn ...
  
  Gilberto Gil UT Hogg Memorial Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Mar 24
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure Quote-Along Alamo Drafthouse Village, 10:30 p.m.
  Defined by the cartoonish personality of Paul Reubens’ character, the funhouse music of Danny Elfman ...
  
  James McMurtry and Jon Dee Graham Continental Club, 10:30 p.m.
  
  Dale Watson Broken Spoke, 9 p.m.
Mar 25
- Clipse, Kevin Jack, Vonnegut, and The League Of Extraordinary G'z Aces Lounge, 9 p.m.
  Minus some early-career Billboard chart success, Virginia-based rappers Clipse have mostly eluded the mainstream spotlight ...
  
  Red X Red M, The Gary, and Scan Hopper Emo's Jr., 10 p.m.
  
  AFF Presents: Bring It On + Jessica Bendinger Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek, 7:30 p.m.
Mar 26
- Evil Dead Triple Feature Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek, 7:30 p.m.
  Spider-Man director Sam Raimi established the blueprint for young filmmakers with small budgets, clever ideas ...
  
  White Denim Antone's, 10 p.m.
  
  Megadeth, Testament, and Exodus Stubb's, 6 p.m.
Mar 27
- Daryl Hall And John Oates The Long Center, 8 p.m.
  Daryl Hall And John Oates wisely reunited a few years back, and while Oates has ...
  
  Dean Dirg, Criaturas, and Women In Prison Beerland, 10 p.m.
  
  The Seventh Annual Bollywood Bash Mohawk Patio, 9 p.m.
Mar 28
- Alkaline Trio, Cursive, and The Dear And Departed Emo's, 8 p.m.
  Love or hate them, Chicago-bred punk-rockers Alkaline Trio keep on trucking. This Addiction, the trio ...
  
  Cinema Club: Bride Of Frankenstein + Dr. Thomas Schatz Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, 6:30 p.m.
  
  Jon Dee Graham and Matt The Electrician Continental Club Gallery, 8:30 p.m.

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Comedy features

Interview SXSW: Brian Posehn gets serious, discusses lifelong love of dick jokes

Just Announced Paul F. Tompkins gets intimate at the United States Art Authority

Just Announced Conan O'Brien gets sweet, live revenge at Austin Music Hall

feature SXSW updates from last night: Comedy Death-Ray at USAA, Perez Hilton somewhere with two stages (and cupcakes)

feature It's Just A Joke: Chuck Watkins

Just Announced Eugene Mirman to host SXSW Film Awards, probably confuse some people

Debaser Michelle Dahlenburg of Mortified

feature Four funny things that wouldn't exist without Keith Johnstone

feature Guided by barbecue, felled by hot wings: On the road with Chris Trew and Tami Nelson

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