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• West demands access to Iran's secret underground nuclear site.
• Pittsburgh businesses cleaning up after yesterday's G20 protest.
• Japan launches probe of secret pacts with US.

• How former president Bill Clinton secured the release of two journalists from a North Korea prison
• Ahmadinejad sworn in as Iran's president amid boycotts and street protests
• Pittsburgh man with "grudge against women" kills three, wounds nine in health-club shooting

We’ll admit it. We love Girl Talk. The sight of some normal looking person leaning over the laptop on a stage generating all kinds of musical mayhem is pretty standard nowadays. And there is no one we’d rather prefer at the helm than this Pittsburgh lad named Gregg Gillis. Gillis shared his past Austin experiences while also commenting on his “trial and error” approach to assembling beats when we last spoke with him leading up...

Austinites are at the forefront of the blogging community, according to a new report published by a leading market research firm. Scarborough Research's new survey found that Austin tops other tech-heavy cities—Portland, San Francisco and Seattle rounded out the top four—when it comes to folks who either read or contribute to a blog. Fully fifteen percent of adults in Austin interact with blogs in some fashion; the research firm attributes this to both the tech...

What a difference a year makes—certainly in the case of this fledgling music festival. Last December's inaugural Fun Fun Fun Fest featured over two dozen bands and DJs, and showcased a good variety of indie rock, punk, and electronic music. This year, they've grown even bigger, better, and bolder: the second annual installment will span two days and has been pushed ahead by a month, to November 3rd and 4th. Staying true to their...

We saw Janeane Garofalo a few years ago in Houston -- she was wearing sweats and debating whether or not the Charlie's Angels was cinematically brilliant or the biggest piece of crap she'd ever seen. For the record, she was doing this on stage, and ultimately decided, based on Drew Barrymore's awkward dancing, that the movie was brilliant. Garofalo makes the sort of oddball diatribes that your snarky best friend makes, but somehow, they're...

In the last year, Greg Gillis' Girl Talk has become a sort of household name for the music community at large as his third full length album, was #7 on our year end list here at Austinist (follow the link to read our review of it), and we can't wait to see what the live show brings at SXSW. Recently we had a chance to hear from Gillis himself on his life in the Pittsburgh medical research community, his last experience in Austin, and his thoughts on the mash-up.

One would think that this would be the week to make connections, with people trying to find quick a hookup, even if just for that one evening. But there aren't many Valentine's Day desperate connections to be had--just a lot of normal desperate connections. So get out there and take a peek, as we bring you the best of last week's Missed Connections... Stupid Cad Girl Seeks Missing Purse. Lost During Debauchery Although Jim...

Octopus Project + Black Moth Super Rainbow (Graveface)

*Exploitation alert*

Remember how several weeks ago we told you about about the International Folk Alliance Conference being in town and all? Well, apparently, they were on to something. The Austin Business Journal is reporting that Texas Folklife Resources has received a $60,000 grant. The financial benevolence comes from the Meadows Foundation, a Dallas-Based philanthropy group.

Oh, God. Might San Antonio play host to the 2008 Republican National Convention? In a press release issued today by the RNC, 31 cities across the country were chosen as preliminary contenders to host the next convention, two years from now. Each is required to submit an application proving that they can meet such requirements as: Main Convention Area: Facility capable of seating at least 20,500 persons, including the convention floor with seating for...

Austin-based online music/film/literature magazine Urban Pollution launched today, and they're already in top form: the sharply-designed indie upstart - a clear contender for the Pitchfork/PopMatters set - unveiled a bevy of nifty content, with reviews ranging from albums (The Mendoza Line, Test Icicles, Cat Power) to films ("Match Point," "Brokeback Mountain," "Shop Girl") to books (Salvador Plascencia's The People of Paper). Of the last section, we were especially pleased to see a review of Michael Chabon's (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh) latest novella, The Final Solution, which Austinist had the delightful and unforgettable pleasure of hearing read aloud by Mister Chabon himself a few years ago at a swanky soiree thrown by The Paris Review. Dare we say that these hipster kids - who write quite well, we might add - are after our hearts (and yours)? Check 'em out for yourselves!