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The Daily Hustle: 10/13/10
Tomorrow’s City Council meeting has a fair amount of action: naming a firm to design the form-based code pilot program for Airport Boulevard, and signing a master developer agreement for the former Austin Energy Control Center Downtown, just west of City Hall. The Hustle has loads more on these development deals after the jump.

12:44PM Wed. Oct. 13, 2010, Wells Dunbar Read More | Comment »

Come on Out!
By this time you are all very well aware it’s National Coming Out Week, and if you aren’t aware: Guess what? It's National Coming Out Week! If you are fashionably late to the party, my sexy ally friends, here are some ways you can shake it up, dust it off, and come on out of the closet in style, along with your LGBTQ friends and family.

9:08AM Wed. Oct. 13, 2010, Julie Gillis Read More | Comment »

Telling DADT Development
In a landmark, if tentative, victory for LGBT rights, federal judge Virginia Phillips has issued a worldwide injunction stopping enforcement of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, ending the military’s 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops.

7:45AM Wed. Oct. 13, 2010, Rob Cohen Read More | Comment »

Gender:Queered
You may have heard of the Gender Police before. Those who go around, for example, referring to Austin's dear Leslie Cochran as "he-she"… or "shim"…, or perhaps on a greater scale, the ones who question Brangelina's willingness to encourage 4-year-old Shiloh's boyish appearance.

7:25AM Wed. Oct. 13, 2010, Jimmie D Read More | Comment »

Austin Cash Limits
The music may have lasted 33 hours, but the Austin City Limits Music Festival's impact will be felt for months to come. With 75,000 attendees daily at the ninth ACL, the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau anticipates visitors and locals dropped over $51 million into city’s coffers via hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, transportation and attractions.

4:00PM Tue. Oct. 12, 2010, Kelsey McNiel Read More | Comment »

ACL Encore
That strong breeze shaking trees around town is the collective sigh of relief from the folks behind Austin City Limits Festival, who were blessed in 2010 with three days of postcard-beautiful weather and a successful year. "Is it a good day?" Ray Benson's voice boomed to the growing noon crowd on the festival's first day. "I think it is."

1:37PM Tue. Oct. 12, 2010, Margaret Moser Read More | Comment »

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The Daily Hustle: 10/12/10
City Council returns to City Hall for a meeting this Thursday, October 14. On the agenda: controversial changes to their employee pension system, the return of The Domain's zoning requests, and lots more. Oh, did we mention all the food trailers, too?

12:25PM Tue. Oct. 12, 2010, Wells Dunbar Read More | Comment »

Glitoris' Top 10 Songs for the Week of October 11
This past week, the Gorillaz released a new track they recorded three weeks ago entitled, "Doncamatic," with UK artist Daley. Usually, artists take several months to record and master a track before releasing it, but the Gorillaz (coming to Austin October 22) were so excited about the new track… they made it immediately available to the public.

10:55AM Tue. Oct. 12, 2010, The Glitoris Read More | Comment »

'Mo Music: New Music Tuesday
Just in time for the fall, Belle + Sebastian, my musical snuggie, return with their new album Write About Love. The twee as hell surely have a collective boner today.

10:17AM Tue. Oct. 12, 2010, Rob Cohen Read More | Comment »

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