Lite + Brite: 39 Ssssnakey Austin Events 9/13

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

We are writing this from New York City, where we are sadly a time zone away from all the excellent events happening this weekend. We’re also very busy trying to visit friends and see stuff, so we’ll keep this intro short. If you’re ever in NYC and you wonder if they have something similar to this newsletter: they do (and some were our inspiration for starting L+B)! We highly recommend The Skint, Nonsense NYC, and the New York Groove.

Meanwhile, back in Austin, y’all have so many things to pick from, we’re getting jealous compiling this list. Friday the 13th shall be commemorated with tea and with DJs. There will be a colossal art projection. Arthropod cosplayers will be LARPing. Dungeon synth bands take over a convenience store. Latte drawing skills will be on display. Fire dancers do their thing amid crystals and mediums. Downtown turns into a street fair. Goths get into italo disco (+ other dark synth genres). Geckos provide therapy, snake fans do snake yoga then go herping, and much, much more. Basically your typical week. All right we gotta go shove two pie slices together + eat them like true Broolynites. Have fun!

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Let’s do fun stuff!

—Leila + Brian
liteandbriteatx.com

OUR STUFF

We’ve been mentioning that No Lights No Lycra will return on September 25th. Well now we have a link to tickets if you wanna buy them in advance (which we’d appreciate as it’s hard to buy tickets in the pitch black). If you missed it, NLNL will be at 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge which is located at Casa de Luz. We’ll be dancing in the dark from 8 – 930 and the cover is $15. We also made this month’s L+B playlist in an homage to No Lights No Lycra so it’s a panoply of genres and ping pongs between known and unknown just like the party.

Since we’re moving NLNL to alternating Wednesdays, No Humans Allowed is moving to Tuesdays starting September 24th. There was no show this week as we were traveling but the show will return next for a final Wednesday edition before the big move. Some fun plans in the works including an interview with a local musician, we’ll have more about that here soon.

EVENTS WE’RE EYEING

Friday 9/13

  • Chai Day the 13th at Dark Horse
    Celebrate Friday the 13th w/tea + flash tats, vendors, + barber
  • Fat Bottom Cabaret at Sky Candy
    Aerialists + “plus-size” burlesque artists in erotic-themed show
  • Fat Tire x Vans Launch Party at Gnar Bar
    Tattoos, raffle, live music, vendors + skateboarding paraphenalia
  • Freaky Friday the 13th at 4211 Todd Lane
    Fri 13th-themed DJs, fire performers, tattoo artists, + live painters
  • Sunny Days at the Vortex
    Play using puppets on heavy topics like climate change + human rights 
  • Hacksfest at Fallout Theater
    A computing-themed festival of sketch comedy

Saturday 9/14

  • Snakefessst at San Marcos Discovery Center
    Fest w/herp walks, “snake-themed music,” “Snake Yoga,” + lecturesss
  • Paper Dragon Small Press Fair at Cloud Tree Auxiliary
    Read, buy, + meet with creators of DIY zines and small print books
  • Contrasting Threads Opening Party at Highland Collective
    Local textile + paper artists’ pastel-themed opening w/tattoos
  • WildShape Night at Tiny Minotaur
    Dress up like a bug + LARP like only arthropods do
  • Viva Mexico at Pan Am Park
    Mariachis, traditional dances, vendors, + kid friendly art activities
  • Block Party at First Light Books
    Celebrate books w/readings, live music, raffle, + face painting
  • Art Salon at Curia Arcanum’s House of Curiosities
    “Art, music, magic, amazing acts, fortune telling, + spirits of all kinds”
  • Mural Supply Co. Grand Opening at 2324 Studios
    Live artists + live musicians celebrate art store opening
  • Texas Dungeon Synth at Rio Market
    Local dungeon synth bands perform inside a convenience store
  • 42nd Annual Moonlight Cruise at the Pfluger Bridge
    Bike through Austin illuminated by the fullest of moons
  • Fall Open House at ATX Book Arts
    Bookbinding + letterpress demos, free snacks, discounts on classes
  • Broadway Rave at the Highball
    For ravers into Broadway or theater kids who wanna go to the club
  • Boyz N the Hood at the Carver Museum
    Watch a classic 90s film about growing up in LA w/Q+A
  • Japanese This & That at Endo
    Celebrate Japanese music, + fashion w/DJs, raffle
  • Opening Hours at Sherwood Forest Zine Library
    Read from Sherwood Forest’s extensive library of zines
  • Darkwave Disko at Elysium
    DJs spinning goth, darkwave, italo disco, + other dark synth music
  • Pecan Street Festival on East Sixth St.
    Downtown shuts down to make way for vendors + live music
  • Sunny Days at the Vortex
    Play using puppets on heavy topics like climate change + human rights 
  • Hacksfest at Fallout Theater
    A computing-themed festival of sketch comedy
  • (weekly thru 10/26) Honey Bee Hive Tour at Two Hives Honey
    Suit up in protective gear and learn about beekeeping

Sunday 9/15

Tuesday 9/17

  • WaterWork at Seaholm
    Artists make “colossal projection” onto riverside building
  • Tiny Talks at Regal Rooms
    Short stories + talks on “unique passions, pursuits + experiences”

Wednesday 9/18

Thursday 9/19

  • Latino Moonlight Serenade at Lady Bird Lake
    Float on the river under moonlight listening to live Latino music
  • Latte Art Throwdown at Radio East
    Show off your latte drawing skills for adulation + prizes
  • Nerd Nite at Barrel O’ Fun
    Hear high-caliber talks on darkly nerdy topics
  • Magical Mystery Michael at Captain Quack’s Soundspace
    Magically make coffee disappear while you take in a touring magician
  • Cine Flotante at the Thompson Hotel
    Watch a classic, quotable film poolside
  • Therapy Gecko Live at the State Theatre
    The internet’s most viral gecko performs live
  • The Art of Music at Bolm Arts
    “Sculpture, album cover art, videography, live music” + playable instruments

No Humans Allowed 206
Home Computing

Plug in all your gear and get ready for another double density, hi-res No Humans Allowed as we elevate personal computing to a higher audio ground. CHK your DSK and compute to electro, italo, + more.

Stream Home Computing

Tracklist
Ground Level – Dreams of Heaven (Candlelight Mix)
The Lab – Mary Stomp Your Feet
Iz & Diz – Mouth (Brad Peep’s Remix for Friends)
Claes Rosen – If I Could Be You
Jeff Phelps – Excerpts from Autumn
Tim Carleton – Opus No. 1
Nicholas Kasko – LesVirgule
Cyber People – Polaris
Jullien Love – The Power
Max ’n Sandy – Keep the Joint
Transparent Sound – Windows to Your Sole
Baby Ford – Crashing

No Humans Allowed is Brian Blackout’s award-winning, dodgy European news coverage receiving, 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 6pm CT on kpiss.fm, with nearly 200 episodes now streamable in the archives on topics like and Beach Simulations, Roomba dance parties, undersea adventures + Cyber Texas.

PATREON THANKS

A huge thank-you to our Patreon subscribers Bones Malones, Amy Hayes, Katie Green, Christina Jue, Colleen MB, Lilly Ettinger, Lena Long, Amalia Litsa, Alexander Freed, Spencer, Kristen Backor, 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

Recent weeks found us watching brass bands at HONK!TX, watching the eclipse at Bobo’s Snack Bar, and watching dancing forklifts at The Way of Water at Onion Creek. Follow Lite + Brite on Instagram to keep up with our adventures. 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 are Leila + Brian. We make this newsletter. We do our own events, most often No Lights No Lycra (which is on hiatus but will resume), + also BYOT, a party where we share very good YouTubes (here’s a playlist from the last one). We go very hard seeing bands at SxSW (here are playlists of our favorites from 2024). We once got called “local Austin couple” by KXAN. 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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