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Tomorrow night, you should check out local favorites The Mathletes last show of the year (already?). They headline the line-up at The Proletariat. Another local favorite, Orange Is In, hits Rudyard’s Saturday night. Tuesday night sees the arrival of the Foo Fighters at the Toyota Center. If that venue is a little too big for you, check out actor/singer/songwriter Jeff Daniels at the Mucky Duck the same night.

Spent all your cash on girlie drinks and shattered dreams again this weekend, didn't you? No worries - Thriftster gives you the lowdown on cheap stuff to do until Paycheck Friday. Monday: Hit the East end tonight for coffee and Dia de Los Muertos art-perusing at Bohemeos (708 Telephone Rd). They've got free wifi so you can catch up with all your weekend MySpace alerts over a kick-your-face-in cup of Guatemalan coffee or a cold...

Well, Houstonist is not really talking about this, or this but The Aqua Velva - Houston's own B-52's cover band. Wait, wait - it gets better. The show is free (Yup - FREE - oh, how we love free!) and it all commences at 9:30 p.m., tomorrow, Thursday, September 6th, when the first of an anticipated two sets gets cranked up. Where? Sherlock's on West Gray (in what remains of the shopping center - do...

Lawndale Art Center presents 20th Century Modern Market

" target="_blank">2007 Guggenheim Fellowship. Bittner won the award for research on “dynamics of electron transfer between organic molecules.” While we haven’t the vaguest idea what that might actually entail, it sounds eminently worthy. Bittner explained, “We’ve collaborated loosely on various fundamental issues regarding how light-emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells based upon organic polymers, or plastics, emit or absorb light.” Oh, right, right.

The Missed Connections Poets Society is at it again. Houstonist is just a caveman...er caveperson, and we're baffled by your rambling stanzas of superfluous prose. Get it on with it already.

Slugs and Bruises!! Flat Track Action begins this Sunday with "Spring Fling" the first official bout! Houstonist is jazzed about the second season of roller derby! The exhibition bouts in the Verizon proved to us that the visibility is indeed very, very good. The action was even better, with the rookies looking very un-rookie-like and some having major talent (Rookie Savage Rose is a fantastic jammer - bodies just fly out of her path) and...

Good news for you Texans fans planning to attend this weekend's game: The FBI said the threat to blow up seven NFL stadiums, including Reliant, was a hoax. The online threat, you'll remember, made the news Wednesday after the Homeland Security Department put local officials and stadium owners in the cities named in the threat — Atlanta, Cleveland, Houston, New York, Oakland, Miami and Seattle — on alert. But it turns out the bomb threat...

Tons of concerts this week. We’re getting sloppy seconds from Austin’s SXSW Festival -- that’s ok, we’ll take ‘em: Tuesday Scottish band Mogwai just released their fifth album Mr. Beast. Their website claims it’s a return to “rock with a capital R.” Rock on! Video: “Friend of the Night” 8 p.m. at Numbers | tickets and info Tapes ‘n Tapes are making the music critics foam at the mouth with their debut release. We...