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The forum between Austin Energy General Manager candidates Larry Weis and David Wright took place on June 30 at the Town Lake Center. The video coverage is available at the Channel 6 online archives or you can watch it right here.

Sound Wars is back again for a special summer edition! Sound Wars is a digital song competition between local Austin bands competing for notoriety, exposure, and a chance to play the 20th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival on Sunday, August 29 at Waterloo Park.

It's another slow day as the city awakes from its three day weekend. (The Hustle's was very nice, thanks for asking: grilling and fireworks, capped by a viewing of Basic Instinct.) Board and commission highlights below the fold.

Who needs to go to San Diego for ComicCon? Between the home-grown genre film and literary festivals (Armadillocon, Fantastic Fest, and Ikkicon) and the out-of-towners (Wizard World and World Horror Con) heading into Austin in the next year, you can have the same experience and still sleep in your own bed.

Reading and travel both broaden the mind, and delegates from the Foreign Librarians Tour combined the two with a trip on Friday to the Austin Public Library. The round table discussion opened up conversation about volunteer programs, technology, and how to bring children and teens into the reading community.

The Texas Supreme Court has just ruled that the Green Party of Texas can certify their controversial ballot petition, thus getting their statewide candidates on to the November ballot. However, the question remains now whether they will stay there.

You have to read Daniel Clowes’ new graphic novel Wilson at least twice.

You read Wilson the first time, you might come away with an overwhelming feeling of what an unsympathetic schmuck the main character is. Not bitter and arch in an entertaining Lloyd Llewellyn way or with the slapstick angst of Ivan Brunetti, ho ho ho, but …

As a look at the city calendar shows, the city's packed it in for the weekend - so the Hustle has too. We'll see you on Tuesday; if you haven't yet, we highly recommend Jordan Smith's feature on funny business in Fleet Services, which she also discusses in the Totescast. Happy Fourth!