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Androgynous choir boy vocals backed by harp strings and electronic production, along with R&B melodies featuring a heavy bass, can only be traced back to a single artist: Pat Grossi. Recording under the name Active Child, Grossi has released two EPs and a full-length album, You Are All I See, which debuted last year. The singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles will stop by tonight for a show with English producer James Blake and the Superhumanoids.
Editor’s note: From a former UT quarterback to the new UT System student regent, these are among our favorite quotes from the past several days.
If you happen to pass by inexplicable red swings or pieces of inflatable furniture scattered across town within the next 11 days, don’t be too baffled. These installations are some of the many artworks that will be showcased throughout Austin as part of the eighth annual Fusebox Festival.
LOS ANGELES — Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock ‘n’ roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike.
Decisions are starting to be made, pitchers are being stretched out for more than 30 pitches an appearance, and lineups are starting to get closer to resembling major league lineups rather than a mixture of hopeful minor league prospects. As the season draws closer, we’re going to give you a preseason set of power rankings to get you up to speed for Opening Day.
LOS ANGELES — A would-be Canadian Miss Universe contestant who was born male said Tuesday that a rule requiring contestants to be born as women should be dropped, whether or not she gets a chance to compete.
“I do not want any other woman to suffer the discrimination that I have endured,” said Jenna Talackova, who underwent a sex change four years ago.
Her attorney, Gloria Allred, displayed a copy of Talackova’s passport, which lists her as female, as do her birth certificate and driver’s license.
LOS ANGELES — Former President George H.W. Bush plans to endorse Mitt Romney at an event Thursday in Houston.
Romney spokeswoman Gail Gitcho says the two will appear together and speak to reporters.
Formal backing from the 41st president is another sign that the Republican Party is uniting behind Romney as pressure builds on challengers Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to leave the race.
Spring training continues to grind on in Arizona and Florida, and now we suddenly begin to find ourselves in the meat of the spring training schedule. Decisions are starting to be made, pitchers are being stretched out for more than 30 pitches an appearance, and lineups are starting to get closer to resembling major league lineups rather than a mixture of hopeful minor league prospects. As the season draws closer, we’re going to give you a preseason set of power rankings to get you up to speed for April 4th.
With a successful 2012 indoor season under their belts, members of Texas’ men’s track and field team seek to continue the trend as they dual the UCLA Bruins at Drake Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. this weekend.
The No. 7 Longhorns will kick off their outdoor season with a select group of athletes. Texas is coming off strong performances in the NCAA Indoor Championships with eight athletes receiving All-American honors.
LOS ANGELES — Actors in many of the adult films made in the nation’s porn capital must use condoms under a law that took effect Monday, but the prophylactic police aren’t yet on the beat.
How they will enforce such a regulation once they do begin enforcement is anyone’s guess.
As intrasquad scrimmages rage on and actual spring training games are on deck, baseball’s most recent offseason has finally drawn to a close.
All 30 teams jockeyed for position over the winter, some more successful than others.
If you are graduating from college in May, there is one thing on your mind: life post-graduation. More than ten years ago, graduating with a college degree was sure to give you an edge in the work force. A high GPA was thought of as a plus and almost your golden ticket to a post-graduation job. However, despite the honor of being a Longhorn and graduating with a 4.0 GPA, these things will only get you so far in today's job market.
What sets students apart from their peers in the current seemingly impenetrable job market? The answer is internships.
A photography book chronicling a husband and wife as they developed one of the largest collections on the history of photography has gained national attention and an award for the Harry Ransom Center.
When Dan Wallrath heard a movie was being made chronicling his father Dick Wallrath’s alcoholism and later rise to success, he didn’t quite believe it would happen.
“I thought they were crazy — I thought it was unbelievable, because I didn’t think there was enough there to make a movie,” Wallrath said.
The Los Angeles Galaxy continued their busy offseason signing Juninho back on-loan – a month after he left the club to play for São Paulo
LOS ANGELES — A senior administrator at Claremont McKenna College resigned after acknowledging that he falsified college entrance exam scores for years to publications responsible for ranking the small school among universities, an official said.
An investigation was launched after inaccuracies were detected in the SAT scores reported for the class entering in fall 2011, college president Pamela B. Gann told staff members and students in an email message on Monday.
TV showrunners Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s creations are often controversial and divisive. Last year’s “American Horror Story” was no different.
LOS ANGELES — Broadcasting giant Clear Channel Radio is getting into the daily deals business in a partnership with radio station rival Cumulus Media Inc.
After playing overmatched opponents in their last two games, the Longhorns head to California this weekend to take on a college basketball powerhouse in UCLA.
Although, it’s not what it used to be.
Police helicopters circled overhead and several Longhorns spent some of the last moments of their semester in the UTLA program in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with police last week.
[Corrected at 4:35 p.m. on Nov. 29: Changed "state capitol" to "Austin" in the eight paragraph.]
There is a giant wooden chest along the whitewashed wall, a piece that could fit in a Western film. The rustic chest exhibits moss-filled terrariums, and nestles unique pieces of brass and pyrite jewelry. Because of their intricate detail, it is easy to tell the items are handmade.
The Largo on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles was a magical place — a small hole in the wall with terrible food, no comfortable seats and filthy restrooms that somehow managed to attract impressive talent in both music and comedy. For a minimal cover charge, patrons could see performances by the likes of Elliott Smith, Andrew Bird, Nickel Creek, Zach Galifianakis or Tenacious D, among others, in an intimate 100-person theater.
From its opening “Toy Story” short (which is a welcome check-in with characters just as beloved as the Muppets) to its climactic musical number, “The Muppets” doesn’t have much on its mind beyond putting a big, goofy grin on the faces of audience members, and in this, it never fails.
SAN FRANCISCO — Viral videos of riot police repeatedly pepper spraying a row of seated, non-violent Occupy Wall Street protesters at a California university has sparked outrage, an investigation and calls for the college chancellor’s resignation.
It also set off a debate about how far officers can and should go to disperse peaceful demonstrators.
UT alumnus Marlane Barnes only had a vague idea of what the “Twilight Saga” was about before she went in to audition for an opportunity many would kill for: a part in “Breaking Dawn,” the fourth installment of the saga.
Officials gave her the scene and put her on tape — the audition took 30 seconds. Three days later, Barnes found out she got the job.
