Flashquiz: Style Who’s got it and who’s merely a poser? Take the Mental Floss quiz to see if you’ve got an eye for style. Laura Marrich \ Mar 26, 2009 Read More Which world leader’s inseam reigns supreme? (rein)
Austin Tonicle If the stars at night are famously big and bright, you can imagine what the sun feels like at noon deep in the [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 26, 2009 Read More Mmmm.
Roky Roky Erickson is an Austinite from way back and the exploding kernel of ur-psycheledic garage band the 13th Floor Elevators. The other part [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 26, 2009 Read More
Flashquiz: Maybe I Drink Too Much Before you hit the bars this weekend, rate your drinking and see if you’ve got a problem. Happy Friday! Laura Marrich \ Mar 19, 2009 Read More
Music To Your Ears Sxswabq Take your vitamins and go out. Quite a few of the bands you’ll see padding out local lineups in the coming weeks are [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 12, 2009 Read More
Prepare Your Ears For Sxsw Anyone who’s attended the SXSW music festival knows the brain-bending tedium of reading a band schedule that’s as thick as a telephone book. [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 12, 2009 Read More
Bailout: The Game Help Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke steer dump trucks full of cash down Wall Street in this Black Monday Monopoly game. Bossa nova [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More
Music To Your Ears Home, Sweet Home The stock market is contracting so fast you can almost hear it snap. But there’s an upside to tight times. They remind us [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More
Mock Drowning Tomorrow And A Creepy Press Release DITCH & WATER SAFETY TASK FORCE MEDIA ADVISORY & PHOTO OP WHO: Ditch & Water Safety Task Force (Ditches Are Deadly Campaign) WHAT: [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More
Flashquiz: Pop-Art The Pop-Art Quiz doesn’t test your acuity for Warhols and Lichtensteins—it actually measures a phenomenon called "change blindness," defined here as "the frequent [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 26, 2009 Read More
