When Joseph Campbell said, "Follow your bliss," what artist Jason Hackenwerth heard was, "If you love blowing balloons, git up on it." And so he did. Today, Hackenwerth's latex balloon sculptures are highly sought after; they exude an organic, 20,000 Leagues kind of invertebrate charm. Several colorful, oxygen-plumped specimens will be on display at The Blanton Museum, "...until [the pieces] run out of air." That will likely be around mid-November, unless an evil-doing darts player......

Highlights for this week: The Royal Family bids adieu to the east side with a giant Halloween bash, featuring DJ sets by Stay Gold, a costume contest, and a whopping 75% off the entire store inventory The Blanton Museum of Art opens up afterhours on Friday for its monthly B scene, with art from the American West and music by the Unfortunate Heads and DJ Spooky Texas Fun Fun Fun Fest takes over Waterloo Park......

Perhaps best known for the 1998 underground classic Riddim Warfare, DJ Spooky (aka Paul Miller) is one of American trip-hop's forefathers and has collaborated with everyone from Saul Williams to Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo. He's performing at The Parish tonight; if you likes the turntablism, this is your kind of thing. Need we say more? This contest is now closed DJ Spooky live at The Parish Thursday, July 19 214 E. 6th St [map]......

This Saturday at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, there will be badass doin’s a-transpirin'. We have various Blanton parties. We had the whole Radical NY! at the AMOA (which the writer who posted on it completely ruined by misspelling the names of extremely popular artists, and just appearing to be a twat of an art icon ignoramus in general), and if you attend(ed) these events, you’ve likely felt the energy surrounding the concept:......

I'm not sure if today would be the day to go shopping at Waterloo or not, but if you do go, check out today's new releases: Bloc Party A Weekend In the City (Vice) The story of bands like Bloc Party is familiar, but still depends upon a sort of mystery to come to fruition. Whereas the huge fame and irrepressible buzz seemed to propel them into official stardom, the stress and anguish that......

Halloween is Tuesday, which means this weekend is really the time for all of the –ists to celebrate. And whether they’re designing super-spooky costumes or talking about the super-spooky upcoming elections, we’d say that they’re doing a fine job of it. Austinist knows that few things in life are scarier than zombies, people with way too much money, and politicians who try too hard to be funny. Slightly less scary, depending on whom you......

Aqua Teen Hungerforce is one of our favorite late-night TV shows. Cartoon Network's trippy and witty antics of fast food products living in the suburbs of New Jersey has been entertaining inebriated viewers since Adult Swim's debut. One of the signature artists in Adult Swim's motley crew of hip-hop contributers is DJ Spooky, who penned theme songs and more for these cult cartoon favorites. Hailing from Washington D.C. and armed with a degree in......

FRIDAY [29] film/aGLIFF • Puccini For Beginners at Regal Cinemas at Arbor (7pm) film/aGLIFF • Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds at Regal Cinemas at Arbor (7:30pm) film/aGLIFF • The Truth or Consequences of Delmas Howe at Regal Cinemas at Arbor (9:15pm) film/aGLIFF • The Sex Movie at Regal Cinemas at Arbor (9:45pm) party/aGLIFF • Opening Night Gala at Austin City Hall (9pm) film • Sinus Show: Terminator at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm & 10pm, $12.50)......

In anticipation of tomorrow night's premiere of A Scanner Darkly, hosted by the Austin Film Society, movie- and music-lovers can check out a live performance of pieces from the film's score at 5pm tonight at Waterloo Records. For free, of course. Composer Graham Reynolds, along with some-odd nine musicians, including the current members of the Golden Arm Trio, will entertain and quite likely enlighten you, as Reynolds and his cohorts are wont to do.......

Once again, for those about to rock, there’s not a lot to choose from this week. Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls (Roadrunner) Equal parts cabaret and goth, this duo channels the musical vibe of a pre-war Berlin. Roadrunner is re-releasing their self-titled indie debut. The Dresden Dolls will be supporting NIN when they play their sold-out Austin show later this May. Porcupine Tree - Dead Wing (Lava/Atlantic) Fans of Opeth and Anathema should already......

While some of us might be suffering from Spring allergies, that doesn't stop us from seeking out the best new music for you to enjoy. DJ Spooky vs. Dave Lombardo – Drums of Death DJ Spooky teams up with former Slayer turned Fantomas drummer Dave Lombardo. The new NUmetal? Eels – Blinking Lights and Other Revelations 33 song double album that carries the listener through E’s journey into his family’s history. Ben Folds – Songs......