I totally meant to post these sooner, but got too excited about the 70% off sale! And tonight I’m going to the Justin Timberlake Singalong at Alamo Ritz, BUT here are two other things to check out if you don’t have plans and read the blog in time:
Dazed And Confused w/ Richard Linklater & Brewster McCracken at Alamo Drafthouse Lamar, 7 pm. Writer-director Richard Linklater’s answer to American Graffiti, 1993’s Dazed And Confused is considered a stoner classic for its dusk-to-dawn party atmosphere, but it’s more melancholy than its reputation might suggest. With no greater ambition than securing Aerosmith tickets in the morning, Linklater’s aimless characters go through various rites of passage on the last day of school, each a little apprehensive about making a new transition. As such, it’s a strange choice for a mayoral campaign fundraiser—but then, the candidate in question is the very progressive Brewster McCracken, fervent supporter of Austin’s film industry, so it’s easy to see why Linklater would throw this screening party for him. Here’s hoping McCracken’s own “morning after” is a little less bittersweet. [This is probably sold out, but I don’t know]
This, however, is open for business:
