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Local musicians get creative

Tastes like chicken. Sounds like Radiohead. Looks like a Warhol. In creative endeavors, originality is scarce. Local Austin band Death is not a joyride, however, presents music, performance and visuals that are both unique and delightful. "We pull people out of what they normally expect with a band or with a performance," said vocalist Kacy Ritter.

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Exhibit honors LBJ on birthday

Sara Hill and her 4-year-old son Tyler braved a long line of more than 2,000 people in 90-degree heat to celebrate the 100th birthday of former President Lyndon B. Johnson. To commemorate LBJ's centennial, the LBJ Library and Museum unveiled a new exhibit called "To the Moon: The American Space Program in the 1960s. Full Story

State & Local

Texas groups launch survey

Texas lawmakers hold the key to solving the problem of women's health care, said Katie Mahoney, project coordinator of Healthy Women, Healthy Families. Healthy Women, Healthy Families is a coalition of more than 15 Texas organizations that banded together to launch a statewide survey about women's health services for the next nine months. Full Story

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World & Nation

Gustav threatens New Orleans' repairs

NEW ORLEANS - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos. Full Story

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Opinion

VIEWPOINT: Wilson's War II

There is no doubt that our University needs more endowed chairs in order to attract leading professors from around the world. However, the recent move to establish a chair in Pakistani studies in honor of former Texas congressman Charlie Wilson is a backward, confused attempt at recruiting and honoring valued scholars. Full Story

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Sports

Longhorns head to Kentucky

After a four-goal barrage brushed aside Samford in the season opener, Texas faces their first road tests of the season this weekend with a trip to Kentucky. Following the relative inexperience of their first opponent, the Longhorns (1-0-0) will face more seasoned foes in the Wildcats and Louisville. Full Story

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Life & Arts

'Electric Touch' gets erotic vibes

When Shane Lawlor and his bandmates decided to name their swanky, Brit-rock inspired group Electric Touch, they intended to jump-start a discussion of the paradoxical. But the watercooler talk turned into a roundtable on eroticism. "Everyone says it sounds like a vibrator," Lawlor said. Full Story