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Love, Janis
Thu. 05/28 | 8:00PM - Sun. 08/30 @ ZACH Theatre (South Austin)
Conceived, adapted & directed by Randal Myler Inspired by the book by Laura Joplin May 28 - August 30, 2009 Kleberg Stage Wed, Thur, Fri & Sat at 8:00pm, Sun at 2:30pm The most req…more»
Nick Thune w/ John Ramsey
Tue. 06/30 | 7:00PM - Sat. 07/04 @ Cap City Comedy Club (Campus)
At this point, you really can’t be considered a serious contender in the comedy game unless you generate at …more»
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L.A.-based comedian Nick Thune’s humor is dry, deadpan, and usually accompanied by a guitar (or the occasional Casio keyboard)—which is why his short videos for ComedyCentral.com are called iThunes. more at austin.decider.com
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Tony Manero
Wed. 07/01 | 10:00PM - Mon. 07/06 @ Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar (South Austin)
TONY MANERO Rated NR; 97min; Director:Pablo Larraín Location: Alamo South Lamar addthis_pub = 'alamoandrew'; addthis_brand = 'Alamo Drafthouse'; addthis_optio…more»
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Far more black-hearted and gripping than its premise might suggest, Tony Manero follows a fiftysomething Chilean man living under Pinochet’s military regime whose obsession with impersonating John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever character dominates every facet of his existence. more at austin.decider.com
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Master Pancake: INDEPENDENCE DAY
Fri. 07/03 | 7:00PM - Sun. 07/05 @ Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
Master Pancake: INDEPENDENCE DAY Rated Unknown; 145min; Director:Roland Emmerich Location: Alamo Downtown addthis_pub = 'alamoandrew'; addthis_brand = 'Alamo Drafthou…more»
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Released in the era before 9/11 took the fun out of seeing our national landmarks explode, Independence Day is a B-movie on a blockbuster budget. more at austin.decider.com
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SOLD OUT - Explosions in the Sky, The Octopus Project & The Wooden Birds
Sat. 07/04 | 7:00PM @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Red River)
What better night to watch Explosions in the Sky than the 4th of July? They play some of the most powerful instrumental music you will ever hear - equal parts romance and tragedy, with beautif…more»
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Those knocked flat by the instrumental washes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Mogwai have taken great joy in the epic grandeur of Explosions In The Sky ever since the band’s 2000 debut. more at austin.decider.com
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Stool Pigeon!
Every Saturday 8:00PM @ Coldtowne Theater (East Side)
Each week an All Star cast of Austin improvisers puts on a show based on the monologues and stories of a local celebrity guest performer. Tonight's Pigeon: Philip Durst Although he frequentl…more»
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Each Saturday a celebrity guest narrates his or her personal story while performers, sketch comedy writers, theater managers, festival producers and touring improvisers turn the tales into improvised comedy sketchesread more at austin360.com
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Jack Ingram, Eli Young Band, Zack Walther
Sat. 07/04 | 8:00PM @ White Water on the Horseshoe (New Braunfels)
Jack Ingram began his career over a decade ago playing in various honky-tonks and dancehalls across Texas. After paying his dues, so to speak, Ingram has earned a rightful place at the top of …more»
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It’s a positive sign that an artist as real as Jack Ingram is succeeding on country-radio charts. If the mainstream embraces a Houston singer-songwriter who plays gritty, anti-establishment, hardcore country-rock in the mold of a young Steve Earle, maybe there’s a glimmer of hope. more at austin.decider.com
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2009 Vans Warped Tour Party w/ HENRY ROLLINS and special guests GALLOWS / MockTige...
Sat. 07/04 | 9:00PM @ Emo's (Red River)
In the '90s, Henry Rollins emerged as a post-punk renaissance man, without the self-conscious trappings that plagued such '80s artists as David Byrne. Following the breakup of his hardcore p…more»
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Those who grew up listening to Damaged probably never imagined that Henry Rollins would one day turn into a no-necked David Brenner, but at this point, Rollins has spent more time working the spoken-word circuit than he spent in Black Flag. more at austin.decider.com
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Carolyn Wonderland, Fastball
Sat. 07/04 | 9:30PM @ Antone's (West Fifth)
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Austin’s Fastball just barely skirted flash-in-the-pan status, but that could be because it’s just a little too good to be steamrollered by The Man. more at austin.decider.com
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Jon Snodgrass, The Sideshow Tragedy, Joey Cape (Lagwagon), Cory Branan, Van Buren ...
Sat. 07/04 | 10:00PM @ The Mohawk (Red River)
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Even while leading Colorado punk outfit Armchair Martian throughout the ’90s, Jon Snodgrass wore his country heart on his sleeve. more at austin.decider.com
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People Under The Stairs, Lowkey, Dred Skott, DJ Tako
Sat. 07/04 | 10:00PM @ Red 7 (Red River)
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Double K and Thes One, the MCs behind L.A. rap duo People Under The Stairs, are hip-hop purists who revel in elements from the genre’s early days, thickly layering funk samples and scratching for maximum fun. more at austin.decider.com
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M.O.T.O., Midnight Creeps, Ty Segall, Moonhearts
Sun. 07/05 | 7:00PM @ Beerland (Downtown)
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The story of Chicago band M.O.T.O. (short for Masters Of The Obvious) stretches back to more than 20 years ago, when Paul Caporino started putting out cassettes of melodic punk songs whose lyrics often defy listeners to stay focused on the catchy popcraft. more at austin.decider.com
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Featherproof Book presents: The Dollar Store Show! Feat. Ryan Call & Gene Morgan
Sun. 07/05 | 8:00PM @ The Scoot Inn & Bier Garten (East Side)
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Chicago-based spoken-word show The Dollar Store—the brainchild of writer Jonathan Messinger, who hosts this touring version here—has a simple concept: Writers are given an item purchased at a dollar store, and they take a month to come up with a story based on it. more at austin.decider.com
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Bill Callahan w/ Follow That Bird
Sun. 07/05 | 8:00PM @ The Parish (Sixth Street)
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Dry and wry and sometimes more sophisticated than logic might suggest, Bill Callahan made his name with the lo-fi recording project Smog and has toggled since between gritty, noisy rock and stuff more suited to the realm of singer-songwriters. more at austin.decider.com
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AIGA Design Series: OBJECTIFIED
Mon. 07/06 | 7:00PM - Wed. 07/08 @ Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
AIGA, AMODA and IDSA present AIGA Design Series: OBJECTIFIED Rated NR; 75min; Director:Gary Hustwit Location: Alamo Downtown addthis_pub = 'alamoandrew'; addthis_bra…more»
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Predicated upon the notion that our lives are constantly affected by the objects around us, SXSW breakout Objectified takes an awed, clear-eyed glimpse at everyday gadgetry from toothbrushes to iPods, revealing the often-anonymous designers behind their creation and musing philosophically on their import. more at austin.decider.com
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Music Monday: 200 Motels
Every Monday 9:15PM @ Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
Music Monday: 200 MOTELS Rated R; 98min; Director:Tony Palmer, Frank Zappa (1971) Location: Alamo Downtown addthis_pub = 'alamoandrew'; addthis_brand = 'Alamo Draftho…more»
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A visual analogue to Frank Zappa’s music seems, frankly, like a nightmare. And sure enough, Zappa’s 1971 film 200 Motels is a 98-minute assault on the eyeballs that, curiously enough, winds up finding a manic rhythm and warped logic of its own. more at austin.decider.com
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Pentagram (only texas reunion show) / Outlaw Order / Nachtmystium / Wolves in the ...
Mon. 07/06 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Red River)
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Several lineup changes, some arrests, separate botched meetings with Columbia Records and Kiss in the ’70s—all this, in one way or another, has kept Pentagram out of the majors and the mainstream. more at austin.decider.com
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Cool Hand Luke
Tue. 07/07 | 7:00PM - Wed. 07/08 @ The Paramount Theatre (Downtown)
COOL HAND LUKE(1967) (126 min.) (Color)Tuesday, July 7 @ 7:00 pmThe Paramount TheatreRegular Admission - $8Online Advance Admission - $7 Wednesday, J…more»
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In 1967’s Cool Hand Luke, the late Paul Newman isn’t as chatty as he was in its 1963 predecessor, Hud, but under different circumstances, the surly egomaniac of Hud might have become the restless rebel of Luke. more at austin.decider.com
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Prescott Tolk w/ Chip Chantry
Tue. 07/07 | 7:00PM - Sat. 07/11 @ Cap City Comedy Club (Campus)
Prescott Tolk has been performing stand-up comedy for the past 10 years, killing audiences with his stoner Jersey boy mien. Time Out Chicago declared him a &ldquo…more»
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Possessed of a laid-back, sleepy-eyed demeanor and an acumen for observing the ordinary-bordering-on-mundane, Prescott Tolk often gets words like “slacker” and “stoner” thrown at him—which mostly means he’s more comfortable talking about convenience stores and parking tickets than riffing on the economy. more at austin.decider.com
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Pinetop Perkins 96th Birthday Party & Show!
Tue. 07/07 | 7:00PM @ Antone's (West Fifth)
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It’s little short of amazing to think that there are still blues musicians playing the circuit who were around when giants like Robert Johnson and Charley Patton still walked the earth, but Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins is one of them—and has more than earned the status of “giant” himself. more at austin.decider.com
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Greg Laswell w/ Elizabeth and the Catapult
Tue. 07/07 | 9:00PM @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Red River)
Greg Laswell’s soulful acoustic sound is laced with bright guitar riffs and stirring, natural vocals. Elizabeth & The Catapult formed in NYC in 2004 and recorded their new album with…more»
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Fans of San Francisco’s Matt Nathanson would be wise to check out what his Vanguard Records labelmate Greg Laswell has been cooking up in the southern part of the state, and anyone obsessed with David Bazan’s voice might want to listen as well. more at austin.decider.com
Harper
Tue. 07/07 | 9:30PM - Wed. 07/08 @ The Paramount Theatre (Downtown)
HARPER(1966) (121 min.) (Color)Tuesday, July 7 @ 9:30 pmThe Paramount TheatreRegular Admission - $8Online Advance Admission - $7 Wednesday, July …more»
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Cool Hand Luke is followed here by 1966’s Harper, which finds Newman playing the other side of the law as an equally cool cat, novelist Ross Macdonald’s private dick who’s a hit with all the chicks. Damn right. more at austin.decider.com
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Abe Vigoda / Talbot Tagora / Loser Life (inside)
Tue. 07/07 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Red River)
Los Angeles twisted-pop-punk fourpiece Abe Vigoda hail from the same punk scene that produced No Age and Mika Miko. The self-proclaimed “tropical punk-rock” band melds bouncy percu…more»
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L.A.’s Abe Vigoda not only has an excellent name, but its music is weighty enough to sustain looking past its moniker. more at austin.decider.com
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AA-S Best Bet – ‘Love, Janis’:
Could there be a musical that’s a better fit for the self-proclaimed live music capital of the world? more at www.austin360.com