Tonight may be your only chance to see the Austin Energy general manager candidates up close and personal before the city decides who gets AE's top job.

In news that will make Wire-heads explode like, um, rockets over Fort McHenry, the Austin Film Festival just announced that it will bestow its Outstanding Television Writer award on the one and only, his honor David Simon, at this year's festival.

We’ve all heard musicians tell nightmare record label stories, but Shannon McNally’s tale seems particularly egregious. Currently based in Northern Mississippi, McNally was shuffled around endlessly by Capitol Records and Back Porch, one of its subsidiary labels, before she finally decided to see if she could do better on her own.

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It's been one year since Lee Leffingwell was sworn in as mayor, and it's time to take stock. The mayor's office has compiled a list of milestones from Year One, which we've reproduced below the fold.

All-around awesome lady Amy Poehler's got a new show: Smart Girls at the Party. The website's geared toward young women of independent minds; covers science, music, and writing; and features Poehler's priceless Charlie Rose-style intros.

There's no getting around it: This has been a tough season for the Texas Rollergirls travel team the Texecutioners, and Sunday's rock 'em, sock 'em defeat at the hands of Charm City's CCRG All-Stars didn't make it any easier.

Sure, the Hustle was a little peeved that council didn't name the tiny, triangular plot of parkland south of City Hall Grackle Oaks, but Margret Hofmann Park is good too. Serving on council from 1975 to 1977, Hoffmann foreshadowed future green initiatives through her love of trees.

The Round Rock Express spends this week on the road so there won’t be a chance to catch a home game, but if you happen to be listening on the radio, keep an ear open for these future Major Leaguers.