Are you registered to vote? Are you sure? If you've moved since the last election – even within the county – you need to update your registration. Read this important announcement below from the Travis County Voter Registrar and check your status. If you with to vote in the Nov. 4 election, you must be registered by Oct. 6.

On Saturday, we joined Mobile Loaves & Fishes as they set up shop to feed the folks of Bayou Vista. Dacia and I got out into the neighborhoods on one of the catering trucks handing out sandwiches, cold drinks, and needed provisions. Click the gallery to see the Saturday's pictures and read the captions that tell the story of the day.

Foo Fighters, Robert Plant, John Fogerty, David Byrne – the Austin City Limits Music Festival was never built on beats and rhymes but there is plenty to like in this year’s lineup for hip-hop heads and funk aficionados. Here are ten sure shots for fest-goers who don’t worship at the temple of rock. Erykah Badu: The self-proclaimed analog girl in a digital world has been laying low of late but recent release New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War is a bizarre and beautiful masterpiece. (Saturday, 4:30pm, AT&T stage) Antibalas: Brass-driven, Brooklyn-based infantry Antibalas has been spreading the gospel of Fela for more than a decade but 2007’s Security busts beyond the bounds of Afrobeat. (Friday, 7:15pm, WaMu stage) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: This year's 100 Days, 100 Nights proves her a modern day Ms. Dynamite, the hardest working woman in show business. (Saturday, 2:30pm, AMD stage) Manu Chao: The trilingual troubadour builds bridges across continents as salsa sashays with ska and rock rubs elbows with reggae, goofy electronic wizardry tying the whole carnival under a single tent. (Friday, 8:30pm, AT&T stage)

Marc Savlov already rhapsodized about Danny Boyle here and how he'll be showing his much-buzzed-about (we're talking Oscar) Slumdog Millionaire at the Austin Film Festival. Now comes down the pike the news that AFF – prescient folks they – are going to hand him a trophy now. He'll be receiving the 2008 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award, which is earmarked for "individuals who have demonstrated an unyielding commitment to outstanding scripts and innovative filmmaking." Slumdog Millionaire premieres at the Paramount on Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30pm, followed by a screening of Boyle's breakout first feature, Shallow Grave, with Boyle in attendance. He'll accept the award on Saturday, Oct. 18, at a luncheon, followed by a conference panel titled "A Conversation With Danny Boyle." The Austin Film Festival runs Oct. 16-23. Buy your badges – and seriously, buy them now – at austinfilmfestival.com. For those having to tighten the belt a bit, AFF is offering a pretty stellar deal with the $95 Lone Star Badge, which gives you admission to all festival films and to one day of the screenwriting conference (and it's Saturday, the big guns day that you don't want to miss). Read more about the Lone Star Badge here.

Mystery/crime author James Crumley passed away this weekend in Missoula, Montana, according to The New York Times. A native Texan whose papers are archived at Texas State's Southwestern Writers Collection, Crumley is most famous for two separate and enduring book series starring detectives Milo Milodragovitch and C.W. Sughrue. NY Times obit here. Read Jesse Sublett's 2001 profile of Crumley in the Chronicle here.

Fantastic Fest may be winding down, but there's still a lot of life (or rather death, given its gruesome bent) left in it yet. The fest closes Thursday night with City of Ember, but before then you can still catch a few of the newly announced jury and audience award winners. Check out the FF website for remaining showtimes and after the jump for the award winners.

OK, I'm slow to comment on the Longhorns victory over Rice this past weekend. Consider it an homage to Texas, which is perennially late to its own party. But it didn't take the Horns too long this time to wake up down 3-0. Thanks, Colt McCoy. You are the heart and soul of the team. Without you, the Longhorns would be another … Rice. Let's take that in. One stinger in the shoulder and Texas falls apart. OK, that's a bit extreme. Colt doesn't play alone (even though he acts like it). But his arm and those handy catches by his pals Jordan Shipley and Quan Cosby are the only thing that gives hope as the clock ticks down to OU. So let's praise the Colt. It's 62 touchdown passes and counting. (Sorry, Major, maybe you should have taken that Rice coaching job you say they offered you.) He was the leading rusher against Rice with 83 yards on eight carries (the runnerup was Colt's runnerup, the shifty nonpasser John Chiles.) HIS offense racked up 600 yards against Rice. He can eat tin cans and pull kittens from 40-foot trees. He is Superman. Here's hoping no kryptonite shows up anytime soon. We've already seen Blaine Irby drop to the turf and take the tight end out of the game. Stay healthy, Colt. Which begs the question: why doesn't UT run the ball in the early going? Fourth-string tailback Cody Johnson looked like a hoss against Rice. Fourth string? OK, I'm not that worried. Bring on the Razerbacks.

The Texas Supreme Court, without giving a reason why (perhaps because it was so ridiculously obvious) has rejected the lawsuit by Libertarian presidential candidate and former Georgia Republican Congressman Bob Barr attempting to throw Barack Obama and John McCain off the Nov. 4 Texas ballot. “Today’s ruling by the Texas Supreme Court is a win for Democrats, Republicans, Independents and every Texan who wishes to exercise their right to cast a ballot for the candidate of their choice this November," said Texas Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie. UPDATE: Statement from Pat Dixon, the chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas:

We are naturally disappointed that the Supreme Court has refused to enforce the law against Republicans and Democrats in this case, when courts have repeatedly enforced the law against Libertarians, other minor parties, and independents in past cases. Unfortunately, rather than answer questions, the Supreme Court's action raises new questions. To what extent are parties bound by the Texas Election Code? Is there now a grace period for deadlines? How long is the grace period? Does it apply to the Libertarian Party as well as the Republicans and Democrats? Which deadlines should the Libertarian Party ignore? Does the Secretary of State have the power to enforce the law against people she doesn't like, and waive the law for people she does like? Unfortunately, these questions will have to be tested in the future.

Two nights with Thee Ohsees and I'm sore. Pathetic. John Dwyer, however, is probably not. In bands like Pink & Brown and the Coachwhips, the guitarist has never been one to contain himself live. Every time I've seen a band he's a part of, he's always filled to the brim with nervous energy, which makes it look like he's constantly trying to put out a fire. What started as Dwyer's solo project ten years ago has now become a full band, and its pure rock potential has been tapped with one of 2008's sleepers, The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In. Which brought them to Beerland on Sunday. The quartet set up next to the bathroom and with a simple introduction launched in to an hour set. Dwyer's bowl-shaped mop of hair was wringing sweat down his face, making him look a little like an overgrown Eddie Haskell, as he and singer Brigid Dawson yelped in tandem. Guitarist Petey Dammit and animal drummer Mike Shoun are really the band's secret weapon, the rhythmic base that fuels every stomper they play. Last night at Club 1808, the Eastside's delightfully grimy new punk dive, they encountered a few technical difficulties, but it was really the perfect venue for their dirty, collaborative punk catharsis. Check the gallery for color (Sunday) and black & white (Monday).