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Audio Austinist - From NOLA To Austin Via Katrina

kristinabarnett@gmail.com (Kristina B) — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:30:38 PDT

katrina remembered IV; "Not as seen on TV"
Originally uploaded by notnA. Used with permission.

[The following is editorial content by contributor Kristina Barnett and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Austinist staff. --The Editors]

Last year at this time, actual dust was settling in Austin as well as the proverbial sort after a somber September in which the term "relief effort" was on the tip of everyone's tongue all the time. This month, Audio Austinist brings you the stories of a few people who ended up in Austin around that time and decided to stay.

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**The music featured in this episode of Audio Austinist comes from The Helpers and Mumpsie.

Audio Austinist: Without A Script

kristinabarnett@gmail.com (Kristina B) — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:30:00 PDT

[The following is editorial content by contributor Kristina Barnett and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Austinist staff. --The Editors]

Austinist has covered the burgeoning improv scene before, but this edition of Audio Austinist is a story about how doing something like improv changes people's perspectives. Improv is about taking risks and learning to fail. It's about overcoming your fears and just plain old having a good time. Know anyone who needs a dose of that? More to the point, know anyone who doesn't?

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**The music featured in this episode of Audio Austinist comes from local favorites The White Ghost Shivers and Ghostland Observatory.

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Audio Austinist: FOUND Magazine Point Guard Davy Rothbart

kristinabarnett@gmail.com (Kristina B) — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:51:59 PDT

Dear Alicia,
What were you thinking?! Fucking Ben in the next room while I was sick w/ mono. UR A DIRTY BITCH and I rebuke you!!! I thought we had something special, but clearly you didn't. I hope you enjoy "tramping it up" and fucking half of Austin.
Please die
Sincerely, Roger

Hilarious? Yes. Sad? Sure. Familiar? Probably.

This is just one of the hundreds of pieces collected in the new book FOUND II, the latest installment from our friends over at FOUND Magazine. For those not familiar with the publication, Davy Rothbart and his crew collect thousands of lost (& found) notes from contributors across the world and publish them for our amusment. In the latest installment of Audio Austinist we chat with Rothbart, co-editor and publisher of FOUND Magazine. Enjoy!

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The guys from Found will be at the Original Alamo Drafthouse next Wednesday (June 7th) with the folks from PostSecret to share some of their favorite finds, collect your finds, sing a few songs and drink a few beers.

Enter your information below to enter the raffle for a pair of tickets to the event that is one of the highlights of the year at the Alamo. Purchase Tickets

*The music featured in this episode of Audio Austinist comes from local artist Tee Double. Check out his official site, MySpace page and blog.*

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Audio Austinist: Rian Johnson, director of Brick

kristinabarnett@gmail.com (Kristina B) — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:30:23 PDT

In his first-feature film Brick, director Rian Johnson set own to make a noir detective film. But he was tired of seeing the same old characters playing out similar storylines. He wanted to bend the genre, so it would still look and feel like a noir pic, but with a different sensibility. Enter, high school.

Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) has just received a disturbing call from his distressed ex-girlfriend Emily (Emilie de Ravin). She's gotten herself tangled in a mess that could get her hurt. She needs Brendan's help. But for what, exactly? Whom has she crossed? How can he help her? And who else is involved? The classic questions any good detective must uncover to get to the bottom of a mystery that threatens to blow up in his face. With the help of his trusted friend "The Brain" (Matt O'Leary), Brendan must enter the dark, surreal underworld of a high school narcotics ring to get at the truth. A wrong step on this thin ice could drop him cold.

Soaked in references to the great noir movies of the 40s and 50s, and paced with a rhythmic, jazzy language of the cinematic private dick, this high school drama is a delicious ode to the past with characters firmly rooted in the present. Sprinkled with surreal nods to David Lynch, this genre-bender will keep you smirking while it keeps you guessing. It's Chinatown meets Cruel Intentions with a screenplay by Dashiell Hammett and starring a high school version of Humphrey Bogart. It may have the feel of a film student having a little fun with genres, language and cinematography, but Johnson earns a pass, as the viewing experience is just as enjoyable for the audience as making the film must have been for the young auteur, one whom you will know doubt hear much more from in the coming years.

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Check out the film's excellent website, or engage directly with Johnson on the director's forum.

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*Music from the Podcast comes from Austin's own Funk Shui. Check em out online.*

Audio Austinist: Technology Meets Politics At SXSWi

kristinabarnett@gmail.com (Kristina B) — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:08:00 PST

[Austinist is thrilled to present you with the first installment in our new, ongoing podcast series, Audio Austinist. For this inaugural edition, podcast editor Kristina Barnett focuses on the 2006 SXSW Interactive Festival, during which she interviewed two of America's most prominent political bloggers, Jerome Armstrong (MyDD) and Markos Moulitsas (DailyKos). Check it out below, and send us your feedback! In the coming months, we'll be covering a host of issues pertaining to Austinites -- if you have a suggestion for a future podcast, feel free to send it our way; we promise we'll consider it. The following is editorial content by contributor Kristina Barnett and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Austinist staff. --The Editors]

Two of the most well-known and influential political bloggers in America, Jerome Armstrong of MyDD.com and Markos Moulitsas of The Daily Kos, attended SXSWi to kick off a tour to promote their new book Crashing The Gate. The book is a scathing look at how the Republican party has failed Americans and how, in turn, the Democratic party has failed to step up to the plate in our defense.

Rather than leaving readers feeling hopeless and lost in the echo chamber that's often created by too many people sitting around agreeing that the world's a mess, Markos and Jerome take it one step further. The book is a message about what's next - how Democrats can cope with the political, techinical and financial realities of today.

Jerome was also here to recruit the best and brightest at SXSWi to help out with former Viriginia governer Mark Warner's political action committee Forward Together. This PAC pretty much stands alone in it's committment to innovation and "tech inspired change".

In Austinist's premier podcast, Markos and Jerome tell us about the book, the PAC and why it's all relevant at a technology conference.

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