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Austin Film Festival: 'Calvin Marshall'
Apparently, Alex Frost has the face of a young man in need of deflowering; Calvin Marshall marks the actor’s second virginal role to play in this year’s AFF lineup (see also The Vicious Kind). As CM's titular lead, Frost plays a relentlessly decent guy who wants only to play shortstop for his junior college baseball team.

4:24PM Thu. Oct. 22, 2009, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Anyway
Walking into last night’s Amy Farris memorial/tribute at the beyond capacity Continental Club, grief hung like the dark clouds over South Congress. A native of Austin, Farris passed away late last month in L.A., at the age of 40.

12:35PM Thu. Oct. 22, 2009, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

Crew Deep
They’ve been keeping tabs on the hip-hop scene for more than 18 months now, so isn’t it time Crew54 got intimate?

11:41AM Thu. Oct. 22, 2009, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

This Week's Waste of Time
Still slightly hungover from our SXSW/Chronicle gaming extravaganza last Thursday, I'm going to attempt to make up for lost time with two wastes of time this week. One online game has an old-school vibe and the other is more timely. But not too timely.

11:17AM Thu. Oct. 22, 2009, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Early Disinterest
The totals for the first three days of in-person and mail-in early voting in the Nov. 3 Constitutional Amendment Election are in for Travis County, and it makes for pretty grim reading. Care to see the full results?

1:18AM Thu. Oct. 22, 2009, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Williamson Primary Plans
There's a long walk between saying you're running for office and being in the primary. Until filing for a ballot slot opens on Dec. 3, the best way to judge the seriousness of candidates is whether they have filed their campaign treasurer reports with the Texas Ethics Commission. With over a month to go, paperwork's flying up in Williamson County.

7:15PM Wed. Oct. 21, 2009, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 7
Memorable image of the week: Returning from a trip to Oklahoma over the weekend, where I witnessed firsthand the highs and lows of football seasons on the brink of both utter collapse and abounding hope, the pilot of our rental spaceship (a rather poorly-designed Nissan Versa) pointed out a group of hammered-drunk dudes on the side of the road …

4:29PM Wed. Oct. 21, 2009, John Razook Read More | Comment »

AIA Homes Tour 2009
When people talk about Austin, it's usually about how wonderfully weird it is, what a nurturing environment we have for the creative spirit, or about our sophistication in aesthetic trends compared to other cities of our size. What one rarely hears, and what is actually a reflection of the sum of these parts,

4:27PM Wed. Oct. 21, 2009, Anne Harris Read More | Comment »

McDonald Beating McCaul on Fundraising
The next congressional election is still over a year away, but the race for the Texas 10th District is already heating up. Despite three previous Democrats coming up well short in attempts to unseat Republican Michael McCaul, Austin’s Jack McDonald, the CEO of information technology consulting firm Perficient, says his run is not quixotic.

2:55PM Tue. Oct. 20, 2009, Lee Nichols Read More | Comment »

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