Lite + Brite: 36 Cthonic Austin Events 8/11

Hello, what’s up, and welcome to the Lite + Brite newsletter.

Last weekend we went to see the Purple Martins roosting in a shopping center in Round Rock, which was a pretty stunning sight. We posted video to our Instagram, but you can also go up there to see them yourself—the Travis Audubon Society says the birds should be out there at sunset every day for the next couple weeks. Hey, you know what else is at sunset? No Lights No Lycra, our dance party in the dark, tonight! Also coming up is Austin Pride, which is like regular Pride, only in August. We’re planning to go to Hyde Park Storytelling on Saturday. If you want to see corgi races, we recommend showing up early, as last time there was a line literally around the block and it is way too hot for that nonsense. Tell us about your plans on the L+B Discord. And scroll down for details on all these events and more.

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Let’s do fun stuff!

—Leila + Brian
liteandbriteatx.com

OUR STUFF

TONIGHT from 8-9:30pm we’ll be at West China Tea House for No Lights No Lycra. We’ll be continuing to dance through the dusk into the dark, and we’ve been using some creative lighting ideas and sunset-appropriate tunes. You can listen to a playlist of music from July’s edition here or scroll to the bottom of this newsletter for a track listing.

No Humans Allowed spent this week following the adventures of a Microsoft employee named Clippy who is secretly a super spy with a taste for martinis and kicking ass. There may or may not be an AI generated screenplay about his adventures and a bunch of mid-90s downtempo, house, + acid jazz to soundtrack his adventures. This message will now self destruct. Listen to Paperclip Avenger on the KPISS archives, or scroll down for the full tracklist + some of the goofiest episode art yet. NHA is live every Wednesday at 6pm CT on kpiss.fm.

EVENTS WE’RE EYEING

Every Day This Week

  • Free Entry at Austin Public Pools
    Escape our hellish temps in some cool bodies of water
  • Purple Martins Roosting at La Frontera
    Half a million of migratory birds flying in big ol clouds. Nature is cool

Friday 8/11

Saturday 8/12

  • Austin Pride Parade at the state capitol
    Austin’s own Pride celebration w/a massive parade downtown
  • Austin Pride Festival at Fiesta Gardens
    “Inflatable Games & Carnival Rides, Drag Queen Story Time,” vendors
  • CATS+ Drive-In at the Museum of Human Achievement
    A cavalcade of collaborative interactive art from MoHA residents
  • The Breakfast Boogie Presents: Hip-Hop Turns 50 at the Far Out Lounge
    Hip-Hop turns 50, which is old enough for early bird specials
  • Public Tour at Central Texas Pig Rescue
    “A guided walking tour of the Enchanted Pig Forest”
  • The Party at the People’s House at City Hall
    Celebrate diversity in Austin w/food, vendors, + music
  • ATX Trans Pride at Cheer Up Charlie’s
    Live music, DJs, + drag performers celebrate trans Pride in Austin
  • Hyde Park Storytelling at Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches
    Storytellers ply their trade in a local craft beer spot
  • Slashdance at Elysium
    DJs spinning 80s/90s horror tunes, photobooth, lasers, dancing monsters
  • Texas Rangers Turn 200 at Pioneer Farms
    Hang w/19th century historical re-enactors + learn some TX history
  • POP Cats at the Palmer Events Center
    “Adoption catios, artists, music, photo ops, artisans” + more
  • City-Wide Vintage Sale at the Palmer Events Center
    A vintage sale so big only the entire city could contain it

Sunday 8/13

  • Mutiny Market Zine Launch Party at Volstead
    Celebrate all things Zines w/vendors, DJ, live music, live painting, films
  • Cthonic Salon at the Velvet Casket
    “Conversation, tea, wine, free air conditioning!” + learn about Vodou
  • Cheap Trick Garage Sale at Tweedy’s
    $20 and under vintage goods, drinks, + DJ
  • POP Cats at the Palmer Events Center
    “Adoption catios, artists, music, photo ops, artisans” + more
  • City-Wide Vintage Sale at the Palmer Events Center
    A vintage sale so big only the entire city could contain it
  • (weekly) Splash Dance at the Austin Motel Pool
    Poolside aerobics with Austin’s most creative aerobics instructor

Monday 8/14

  • ATX Short Films Showcase at the Spider House Ballroom
    The films are short, the filmmakers are Texan + of varying heights
  • Silent Book Club at Holiday
    Silently read books together + optional sharing
  • (weekly) Hyperreal Film Club at Hotel Vegas
    Enjoy a classic film about questioning gender norms in the 90s

Wednesday 8/16

  • Handsome Devils Puppets at the Glass Coffin
    “Tremendous, strange, + curious” puppet musical
  • Sea You Later, Summer! at the Dougherty Arts Center
    “Build a sensory sandbox,” make sand art + sandcastles
  • Cirque Vida at Indra’s Awarehouse
    Circus artists, dancers, + acrobats consider the familiar

Thursday 8/17

  • Corgi Races at Skinny’s
    Hoping the fastest Corgi will take on the fastest wiener dog
  • Gotta Let It Show at Almost Real Things HQ
    See + buy artworks by local LGBTQIA+ artists, DJ
  • The Woman Who Evolved, Eventually at Bolm Arts
    “Erotic poetry, free drinks, + live music.” Rome didn’t evolve in a day
  • Queer Film Theory 101 at Barrel O’ Fun
    “Basically, we ruin films for straight people + yell about the characters that made us feel gay.”
  • Cirque Vida at Indra’s Awarehouse
    Circus artists, dancers, + acrobats consider the familiar

No Humans Allowed 159
Paperclip Avenger

Friend of the show Clippy reveals a secret double agent life + his new catchphrase, featuring a soundtrack of house, acid jazz, downtempo, + techno that would expect from a spy thriller from the Win95 heyday depicting an anthropomorphized paperclip with a thirst for vengeance and dry martinis.

Stream Paperclip Avenger

Tracklist
Encarta ’90 – Velvet
Merge – Second Groove
Busy Code – Bianco
Brian Eno – Windows Startup Chime (Slowed 4000%)
Etienne de Crécy – Prix Choc (High mix)
Way Out West – The Gift
Château Flight – Discobole (Pépé Braddock Remix)
Dimitri from Paris – Rêveries
Freak Power – New Direction (Eugene Tambourine Edit)
Nu-Yorican Soul – The Nervous Track (Ballsy Mix)
Ian Pooley – What’s Your Number
Air – Casanova 70 (the Secret of Cool by Brendan Lynch)
Cosmic Rocker – Sasha Im Exil
Penny Penny – Shichangani
The Chameleon – Links
Peanut Planet – Awakenings

Brian Blackout’s award-winning, dodgy European news coverage receivingweekly 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 6pm CT on kpiss.fm, with over 150 episodes now streamable in the archiveson topics like and Beach Simulations, Roomba dance parties, undersea adventures + Cyber Texas.

No Lights No Lycra ATX 152
w/Brian Blackout

July 27th at West China Tea House

Listen to No Lights No Lycra 152

Tracklist
Chrome Sparks – The Meaning of Love
Elvis Costello – I Wanna Be Loved (Space Duke Edit)
George Clanton – I Been Young
Tear Council – Anywhere
Jo Jo Zep – Losing Game (Golf Channel Edit)
Bread & Butter – Japanese Woman (Swifft Edit)
Aaliyah – Rock the Boat (Satin Jackets Remix)
BB&Q Band – Dreamer
Róisín Murphy – Something More (Soulwax Remix)
Japanese Breakfast – Be Sweet
Gloria Estefan – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You (Benedikt Hammer Edit)
The Naked & Famous – Everybody Knows (Luxxxly Remix)
Charli XCX – Boom Clap (Aeroplane Remix)
Alison Goldfrapp – So Hard So Hot
Whitney Houston – Love Will Save the Day (Jellybean Remix)
Lauren Flax – You’ve Changed ft. Sia
Kennedy – Karate
Christopher Cross – Ride Like the Wind (Henry’s Lost Disco Mix)
ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Rocktakon Edit)
Pardon Moi – Rodeo Star
Prince – Raspberry Beret (Cr/edit Version)
Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight
Sinéad O’Connor – Mandinka
The Breeders – Cannonball
Elastica – Connection
T. rex – Cosmic Dancer
Home – All at Once

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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.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, CHAMPIONS

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