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Blog A genuine Jew's guide to the Austin Jewish Book Fair

What should you be schvitzing about for this year's festival? We went straight to the source and asked an actual Jew: Oxford Collapse frontman Mike Pace.

by Mike Pace

November 3, 2009 | 10:00am -
Blog In defense of ska

Reel Big Fish isn't the only one who thinks the world still needs a good skanking.

by Jason Heller

July 27, 2009 | 12:00am -
Blog No power in the 'verse

In honor of Can't Stop The Serenity at Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek: Firefly's top three episodes, as chosen by one nerd.

by Jason Heller

June 28, 2009 | 12:00am -
Blog Chuck Norris is my President

The roundhouse kicker turned right-wing columnist wants Texas to secede and make him President. We help him vet a running mate.

by Dan Solomon

March 28, 2009 | 12:00am -
Blog SXSW Film's must-see movies

Two Decider writers offer their picks for this week's festival: wild conspiracy theorists, washed-up metalheads, odes to seriously shitty films, and horror movies that dare to be different.

by Sean O'Neal and Leonard Pierce

March 13, 2009 | 12:00pm -
Blog Who watches who's writing "Who watches the Watchmen"?

Introducing your meme for the week.

by Erik Adams

March 11, 2009 | 12:00pm -
Blog Hallelujah! Leonard Cohen sells out insanely fast

Anyone waiting for the miracle should go ahead and give up.

by Sean O'Neal

February 27, 2009 | 10:17am -
Blog Shawn Mullins' 30 seconds to ARGH!

One writer's descent into adult-contemporary hell, fueled by that dude who wrote "Lullaby."

by Erik Adams

February 25, 2009 | 12:00am -
Blog Lykke Lies: Swedish pop vs. Swedish truth

Peter, Bjorn, and other lying sons of Swedish bitches.

by Erik Adams

February 19, 2009 | 12:00am -
Blog Austin radio's most overplayed rock songs

"Rooster" again? Seriously?

by Sean O'Neal

February 16, 2009 | 12:58pm -

A.V. austin's Weekly Agenda

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features

features : Just Announced Four Tet, RJD2, John Mayer, and more

Nov, 20 - 10:00 a.m.
Music : Interview Breaking the ice with DJ Spooky

Nov, 20 - 12:00 a.m.
Music : Bandwagon Fake it like you mean it

Nov, 20 - 12:00 a.m.

a.v. picks

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

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
- AFI and Gallows Stubb's, 7:30 p.m.
  AFI has gotten a lot of flack through the years for its increasingly theatrical approach ...
  
  The Last Waltz Live Club de Ville, 7 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.
Nov 27
- J. Tillman and Pearly Gate Music Mohawk Patio, 9 p.m.
  He's probably best known now as the drummer for Fleet Foxes, but long before ...
  
  A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Mothfight, and Fach Idiot The Ghost Room, 9 p.m.
  
  WOXY Series: Neon Indian + The Tunnels Stubb's Jr., 9 p.m.