The starlets of the Austin burlesque scene will be donning their finest pasties this evening in homage to the one and only Bettie Page with a tribute show encore and a tease of a new documentary about the glamor icon. To get you in the mood, how about some snippets from their October 2009 performance?

It's no secret that when it comes to video games, I love platformers (ie., run-and-jump based games). Browser games often fall into this category because of the simplicity of the platform genre. So when a new one is released, I'm usually all over it. Case in point, the latest from Terry Cavanagh, VVVVVV.

I'm sure by now all you Wii owners have been pushed to the brink of insanity as you watch PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 owners contentedly streaming movies and TV shows via Netflix. Well if you can keep the homicidal thoughts in check until spring you will have a more productive kind of revenge. You will be streaming video just like the other kids.

Austin’s the Zellner Bros. find humor in the unlikeliest of places: diabolical monkeys, deathbed diatribes, guilt-stricken men of God. No surprise, then, that their wickedly funny 2008 feature Goliath, out today on DVD, centered around a dead cat. Don’t worry, it’s only a movie – see photo for said cat being adorably squished.

If you're like us, you awoke this morning to a world of white, icy, marrow-freezing cold, and the gnawing suspicion that help, while it may be on the way, was going to be a long time coming …

What happens when you abandon most of video gaming's strictures instead opting for a more "everything and the kitchen sink" approach to interactive art? I'm glad you asked. You get Evidence of Everything Exploding: social commentary as Dada-esque poetry.

Best new comics day ever! First the big-screen adaptation of Kick-Ass is booked for SXSW, then we heard that 30 Days of Night creator Steve Niles will be in town in May 2011 for the World Horror Convention. Now the Wizard World pop culture convention confirms it's coming to the capital of Texas this November.

You've heard the news: according to the National Weather Service and the wizened old gypsy woman reading crow entrails outside our door, Roland Emmerich was totally not kidding about the day after tomorrow. It looks like Austin is in for some serious chilling over the next 72 hours.

This morning SXSW Film announced its opening night film: comic book adaptation Kick-Ass, about a high school wannabe superhero who figures if he dresses the part, the rest will fall into place. Don’t be surprised if you see some homespun tights, capes, and codpieces at the screening; turns out Austinites like to play dress up.