I’m in the USA for the first time - just had my first american breakfast (burp) which also included sightings of Linda Gray and Larry Hagman - you know that you’re in Texas when… Before yesterday, I hadn’t been on a plane for more than 4 hours and never been on anything bigge...

Remember a few months ago when Beet called a moratorium on all Spencer Pratt/Heidi Montag items?  It has been a happier place around here since then, hasn’t it?  Well now these two fuckwits, Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox, may be the next on her list. After numerous break up announcements,...

Happy Purim! Purim has to be the easiest Jewish holiday to celebrate.  Let's see - you put on costumes, start drinking, read the Book of Esther a couple of times while making a ton of noise every time the evil genocidal Haman is mentioned, and give gifts of tzedakah to the poor.  Oh yeah, and sing...

(photo by Jonathan Hung) Please please please stop sleeping on this band y'all.  The Splinters, a Berkeley-based all-girl group whose tunes we called "decidedly lo-fi near-two minute rollicks" are finally back with great news both about new tracks (9!) to come and dates with destiny next week. We s...

Despite calling off their engagement, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have still found time to have sleepovers and meet each for lunch like in these pics taken yesterday. Judging by Brian's face, things didn't go as he planned... ...read full story...

SXSW: a conference for edgy filmmakers, internerds, tons of bands you've never heard of, and... pornstars? Strange as it might seem, Vivid will be hosting a panel (and party) of their very own. The panel—a part of the SXSW Film Festival—is called "Vivid Entertainment –The Sex-Driven Ma...

Ryan Avent explains one theory why suburban developments are marked by disconnected streets and cul-de-sacs: The logic behind cul-de-sacs is easy to understand. Roads in suburbs, unlike roads in cities, are for personal automobiles and personal automobiles only — there is no sense of a mode sharin...

Coming soon to Austin's Waterloo Park on the first day of spring, March 21, the dudes from F Yeah Fest bring the third annual edition of "Mess With Texas".  And holy hell is the line-up nine times ridiculous, including the likes of: The Black LipsKing Khan & The ShrinesThe ThermalsCursiveThao w...

What do you do when you've got a project car that lacks good junkyard parts availability, yet you want to keep the budget within reach of 24 Hours Of LeMons qualification? Parts interchange! Now that the rain has finally stopped, I can get down to making the Sprite roadworthy; such is Project Car He...

March madness is upon us once again. Not the kind that involves a hoop and a ball, I’m talking about the Austin version of madness that is SXSW. Every year in the middle of March tens of thousands of musicians and fans settle upon the Longhorn town to celebrate the best of American music festi...