While Austin is in Stage 5, we are using a little cactus emoji 🌵to indicate events that we know are outdoors. The other listed events might be outdoors, but a cactus means we are confident in their outdoorsness.
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In the online world, No Humans Allowed, Brian's weekly internet radio show on Kpiss.fm, paid tribute to Microsoft BOB, a ridiculous failed software suite from 1995 that led to the genesis of Clippy and Comic Sans. You can stream it from the Kpiss archives.
Events we're eyeing
Friday 8/27
🌵Pop-Up Show at McKinney Falls State Park Van Life meets art exhibitions in the great outdoors
🌵Frida Friday ATX at Lustre Pearl South DJ, food trucks + local vendors
Remember: A Magic Show, at the Cathedral "Reflect on the rich history of Black magicians + celebrate magic that lives in us all"
PRISM 34 at various locations "aGLIFF's Annual LGBTQ+ Film Festival"
🌵(weekly) The Drop-In at the Long Center ACL-curated free outdoor concert series
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Microsoft BOB
This week on No Humans Allowed was our tribute to Microsoft BOB from 1995, a lovably horrible software idea from 1995 that led to Clippy and Comic Sans. Amp up your work with some of our 90s-centric productivity jams.
Tracklist
Air - Remember (D. Whitaker Version)
Stereolab - How to Play Your Internal Organs Overnight
Andras & Oscar - Friendship Theme
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Pal Joey’s Cumulo Nimbus Mix)
Joni Mitchell - Shiny Toys
Komeda - Living Things
The Pastels - The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael Remix)
Trankilou - Haut-Médoc
Cabaret Voltaire - Neuron Factory
808 State ft. Bjork - Qmart
Metro Area - Caught Up
Steve Bach - Rain Dance
Underworld - M.E.
Merge - Sandra
What is No Humans Allowed?
Brian Blackout's weekly robots-themed radio show on internet station KPISS.fm. Machine vibes 4 machines. Songs for robots, androids, mandroids, cyborgs, AIs, cylons, skinjobs, roombas, wifi routers, smart devices, anything colored Bondi blue, and virtual assistants. Humans not required. Broadcasts live every Wednesday at 10pm on kpiss.fm, with over 50 episodes now streamable in the archives on topics like and Beach Simulations, Roomba dance parties, concrete jungles + Cyber Texas.
How do we choose which events to feature?
Honestly, it's pretty random. We might include anything in Austin that we, personally, would conceivably want to go to, generally excluding normal concerts, comedy shows, and movie showtimes because there are many other good resources for finding those. (We especially recommend Showlist for live music, dance.atx for DJs, and 101+ Weird Austin Things to Do for exactly what it sounds like). This list is by no means exhaustive; it's just stuff that caught our eye this week. If you have an event that you want us to consider including, send it over.
Who are we?
We make this newsletter. We put on No Lights No Lycra each week. We do some other stuff here and there. We love going out to creative events in Austin, and we want you to join us. Visit us at liteandbriteatx.com.
