Excuse us while we step into the blogger battlefield compost bin. This isn't an attack; it’s just our new media way of recycling – turning lies into truth, melding age-old stereotypes into something a little more flattering. Al Gore is coming to town in October, people. It’s time to set things straight. Daisy Whitney runs a blog called “Trial and Error” over at TelevisionWeek where she keeps tabs on the ever-changing medium that is......

FRIDAY [25] party • The Onion's "Summer Fun Blast Blowout Extravaganza!" Party with Clap!Clap!, Crash Gallery, Devil in the Choir, DJ Rubix, Prince Klassen, and a chance to win a scooter from Scooter Revolution at Beauty Bar ($2, 9:30pm) theatre • Rubber Repertory presents A Thought in Three Parts at The Vortex (8pm) music • Emissions From the Monolith Fest at Emo's music • Voxtrot, Au Revoir Simone, The Black, Zykos at Emo's music......

GoogTube! GoogTube! GoogTube! Here's what's new at the record store: Annuals Be He Me (Ace Fu) Because of (or in despite of) their popularity with the blogging set, Annuals' highly anticipated album, Be He Me, is sure to be a hit this week. For fans of Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, and yes, even Animal Collective, Annuals add a bit of punch to the whole "we're pretending to be lo-fi but really we spent......

One of our chief regrets this SXSW was missing out on the showcase performance by London's Goldfrapp, especially after seeing this amateur video recording posted on YouTube and reading the Chronicle's coverage (read: fuschia pink cape!) Nevertheless, their latest record, Supernature, has been in steady rotation over at Austinist HQ since we found a copy of it sitting in our mailbox a few months ago. From the sensuous synth oscillations in opening single "Ooh La......

Videos [mov] Cat Power - "Living Proof" [wmv] Goldfrapp - “Ooh La La” [mov] Willie Nile - “Streets of New York” [mov] Willie Nile - “Police on my Back” [mov] The Little Willies - "Roly Poly" [mov] The Little Willies - "I Gotta Get Drunk" [mov] The Presets - "Are You The One?" [wmv] What 80s Artist is Staging a Comeback? MP3s [mp3] Belle and Sebastian - "Another Sunny Day" [mp3] Voxtrot - ">mothers,......

Jason Schwartzman (our favorite private school dropout) and Claire Danes (our favorite former depressed teenager) are supposed to be at tonight's Austin advance screening of Steve Martin's Shopgirl. Also in attendance will be the director, Anand Tucker. We enjoyed Martin's novella, Shopgirl--a bittersweet portrait of finding one's identity in La La Land (aka Los Angeles), and so we are looking forward to the adaptation. Shopgirl shows tonight (Oct. 20th) at the Paramount at 7:50.......

There's just too much stuff happening tonight to keep track of, so we're reposting the IST list for your convenience. See you out there. ( F I R S T ) T H U R S D A Y art · In House Gallery presents “Barnyard”, with paintings by Ethan Azarian, Felice House, Rachel Koper & Rainey Navaro. 5-10pm. Thanks, Austinist newbie Craig! [map] music · Hurts to Purr, Maneja Beto, and La La Land......