Lite + Brite: 24 Anarchic Austin Events 7/7

This week everyone’s favorite L+B contributor whose name starts with B is turning a year older! I’m glad we get to celebrate this guy who contributes so much entertainment and culture to our lives, from his long-running radio show to Austin dance parties and the clever descriptions of local events that make this newsletter work. Happy almost-birthday, Brian!

(Leila is writing this week’s intro, in case that wasn’t obvious.)

In addition to celebrating Brian, you can also spend the coming week petting bunnies, laughing at people’s adolescent angst, grilling and chilling, decompressing, appreciating the musical genius of Taylor Swift or Weird Al, or jumping in the pool. Scroll down for details on all this and plenty more.

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Let’s do fun stuff!

—Leila + Brian
liteandbriteatx.com

OUR STUFF

Last week, No Humans Allowed, Brian’s radio show for robots on kpiss.fm, devoted an episode to floppy disk anthems of the Vaporwave, AOR, House, Synthpop + Italo varieties. NHA took this week off but are going to be returning next Wednesday at 7pm for a special birthday-themed edition. You can listen to Disk Warrior on the KPISS archives or scroll down for the full tracklist + episode art.

No Lights No Lycra will be back on July 27th at West China Tea House. We’ll be continuing to dance through the dusk into the dark as sunset gets later and stays light longer, and we’ve got some creative lighting ideas and sunset-appropriate tunes in the meantime. We’ll be monthly for June and July thanks to travel plans, and then back to 2nd and 4th Thursdays in August. You can listen to a playlist of music from the last edition here or scroll to the bottom of this newsletter for a track listing.

EVENTS

Friday 7/7

Saturday 7/8

  • Slam Portal at Hi Sign Brewing
    Free outdoor interdimensional comedic wrestling 
  • Boner Bizarre: Squirtfest at Come and Take It
    “XXXtreme erotic variety show” w/sideshow, aerialists, contortion + more
  • Mortified at the Spider House Ballroom
    Folks tell tales of adolescent angst in a new comedic light
  • The Summer Salon Opening Reception at Cloud Tree
    View + buy art from a curated cast of local artists
  • Collage and Connect at the Austin Creative Reuse Center
    Learn collage making + practice mindfulness at the same time
  • Second Saturdays at the Blanton
    Check out the Blanton’s new outdoor patio, pack a picnic + enjoy a DJ
  • Hoppy Hour at the Austin Public Library Milwood Branch
    “Unwind with adorable, low-allergy animals from Tiny Tails to You”

Sunday 7/9

  • Decompress Fest at the Carver Museum
    “Sound Bath,…Dance Workshop, Film Screening & Market”
  • House of Chunky Dunk at the Austin Motel Pool
    Chunk and/or dunk into some poolside DJs + drag performers
  • Grill & Chill at Parque Zaragosa
    Poolside house DJs, food to eat + BYOB
  • (weekly) Splash Dance at the Austin Motel Pool
    Poolside aerobics with Austin’s most creative aerobics instructor

Monday 7/10

  • Silent Book Club at Tweedy’s Bar
    Silent book reading together, + optional sharing
  • ATX Short Film Showcase at the Spider House Ballroom
    The films are short, the filmmakers are Texan + of varying heights
  • Monday Night Space Jam at Kick Butt Coffee
    Wear your PJs and watch space + scifi-themed burlesque performers
  • Hoppy Hour at the Austin Public Library Southeast Branch
    “Unwind with adorable, low-allergy animals from Tiny Tails to You”
  • (weekly) Hyperreal Film Club at Hotel Vegas
    Watch classic film that’s “the CITIZEN KANE of alcoholic clown movies.”

Tuesday 7/11

Wednesday 7/12

Thursday 7/13

  • Boyz of Anarchy at Elysium
    Drag performers evoking punk + country vibes simultaneously

No Humans Allowed 154
Disk Warrior

Pop open the disk drives and flip yr floppies, because No Humans Allowed is coming at you with double density diskettes full of synthpop, italo + more. Flip the tab to read-only and press play.

Stream Disk Warrior

Tracklist
Ian Thomas – Riders on Dark Horses
The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (Pilooski Edit)
CSLSX – We Ought to Be Together
T’Pau – Heart and Soul (Beats and Rap)
Benedek – That’s My Jam!
AM Àffairs – Frenchaffair
C.C.C.P. – Made in Russia
Beard in Dust – Señor Paraíso
C+C Music Factory – Just a Touch of Love (Everyday)
Icehouse – No Promises (club mix)
Silent Circle – Shy Girl
Thomas Dolby & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Field Work
ValAir – Choir Offense
Mel & Kim – That’s the Way It Is (Acid House Remix)
Barney in the Tunnel – Classic Kickon
Alan Palomo – Stay-at-Home DJ

PATREON THANKS

A huge thank-you to our Patreon subscribers Spencer, Kristen Backor, Christina Jue, Timon A., Kate Murray, and Amy Wilde. We’re deeply grateful for your support, which allows us to do things like “pay our Mailchimp fee” and “spend hours researching Austin events when technically we should be working.”

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SOCIALS

Follow Lite + Brite on Instagram to keep up with our adventures. Recent weeks brought us to the grand opening party at Foxtrot, the Future Fossils art show at the ODIN, and the 37th Street Lights show. And come chat with us and the rest of the L+B community on our Discord server!

ABOUT US

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, The Darker Side of Austin for goth and metal stuff, and the 60+ Weirdest Things in Austin 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 every second and fourth Thursday of the month. 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, and support us on Patreon if you like what we do.