Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys is returning for a second season on the Sundance Channel, and show producers are making Austin one of their two stops on their casting call tour.

The last of the great Delta bluesmen, Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins passed away today. He was 97. Close sources report that the iconic pianist suffered cardiac arrest in his sleep, but that has yet to be confirmed.

When word spread about Ben Weasel attacking two women at the Scoot Inn, an uneasy feeling came over me. Dialogue swirled about whether this year's fest was too violent, too crowded, all culminating in the fact that this year's biggest act, Odd Future, features teenagers rapping about, among other things, rape and murder.

Glad that's over! After a week's hiatus from reality, the Hustle's back in time to update you on this Thursday's City Council meeting. Rip off your wristbands for all the deets below the fold.

The crowds may have been gnarlier than ever, with attendance to SXSW rising 20% to 30% every year, but they looked like they packed, especially the ladies.

SXSW Film announced the last three of its audience awards this morning. Without further ado...

Every year, after the last showcase of SXSW, the straights crawl into their beds and say, "Well, at least I can sleep this off before the next week." Amateurs. We've still got on more shindig, and it's the queerest way to end Austin's wonder week.

Conceding the inevitable and conceding defeat, Republican Dan Neil has ended his challenge against Rep. Donna Howard, the Democrat incumbent of House District 48.

Dubbed the "A Prus (A+) Japan Night," Hard Nips, a Brooklyn-based girl band, put together a great line up on March 17 that featured more than 8 hours of the latest in Japanese music.