--Turns out the military doesn't always want to hear about toxic gas. more ›

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. more ›

A good rule of thumb for playing trivia: When in doubt, go with your first answer. It saves arguing and cuts right through potentially endless cycles of self-doubt. more ›

We'll decode this for you: see the Stranger was scheduled to run a Hernandez Brothers cover this week (also a week late), but they bumped it in favor of their unhealthy unseemly un-something fascination with Anna Nicole Smith. We're not sure who shopped what to whom, but -- surprise! -- the Weekly came out with a Hernandez Brothers cover. more ›

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Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate. more ›

"Quick, Marge, get my gun! There's one of them nutria swimmin' in the river over there!" more ›

A special report from national advertising correspondent Pauls Toutonghi more ›

Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddy for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bids Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. more ›

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers. more ›

Last night, at the end of 8 rounds of questions, Seattlest's team (Anna Nicole Smurf) won the quiz at the Old Pequliar along with Red Square, our frequent rivals. We pulled this off despite scoring 0 out of 10 on the sports round. Sports are our kryptonite. more ›

DCist helps us make more sense of the world this week. Posts like this concert review are the reason for Scott Stapp. DCist also enumerates the reasons for playing ultimate frisbee, Condi’s tight buns, their love of a local convenience store, and their jealousy of a person in Seattle calling the city. more ›