Favorite posts by local bloggers this week: Farewell to The Rich Girls Are Weeping! They are moving to Brooklyn. By now they are probably already there. And on the moving theme, clever-lazy will miss her neighbor's cat. Ben at Veg Out! Austin says that Dog Almighty now has a pizza dog. We are intrigued. Chip hates the loud promos that run before films at the Arbor. Hear, hear. Favorite Random Blog of the Week:......

Favorite posts for this mid-September week: Getting ready for ACL? Los Brushes has some tips for you. The Rich Girls Are Weeping have posted their guide to ACL. Cody is missing one hell of a bachelor party to attend ACL. There have been many excellent Ann Richards remembrances posted this week. Two of our favorites are Glen Maxey's at BOR and Lawrence Collins' at ITPT. Random Favorite Blog of the Week: Blendor, a group......

MONDAY [11] film • AICN presents Calvaire at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm) ® film • El Mariachi at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) film • Dave Chappelle's Block Party at Café Mundi (8:30pm, Free) film • A Reasonable Guide to Horrible Noise at Alamo Drafthouse (9:45pm, $2) ® music • End of an Ear presents a listening party and midnight sale for TV On the Radio and Yo La Tengo, with DJs from The Rich Girls......

WEDNESDAY [16] film • Take a Chance on Me: the ABBA Sing-along at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm, $10) film • Save Our Springs presents Green at Alamo Downtown (7pm, Free) film • Black Orpheus at Paramount Theatre (7:30pm) film • The Man with the Golden Gun at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) film • aGLIFF presents The Films of Alpha at Arbor (8pm, $10) ® film • Weird Wednesday: Fer De Lance (aka: Snakes on a......

Posts that caught the eye this week: Tim O. Thompson is happy with the redistricting decision that came out late last week. And on the other side of the spectrum, some Texans want Condi to run for Prez so much that they put up a billboard in Mcgregor (near Waco/Crawford). That's, um, dedication. An Austinite currently serving in the Peace Corps, Clare is having an interesting time of it. Lithebast took their eye for......

Shearwater's back in town tonight for the penultimate stop of their summer tour, and seeing as how we were floored by their new album, Palo Santo, we're looking forward to the Emo's show: Palo Santo shows Shearwater progressing from straight-forward folk tunes to something richer and harder to pin down. Folk elements remain prominent, but the band demonstrates skill at pilfering the best elements of other genres as well. Bits of gospel, rock, and......

The fabulous music bloggers at DepravedFangirls have merged with The Rich Girls Are Weeping to start a joint project, Four Inches from the Cuff. To kick off the launch of this new music feature+interview site, they're sponsoring tonight's show at Emo's, featuring The Ebb & Flow, The Hourly Radio, Protokoll, and A Featherweight Burden. Consider what DFG Shannon had to say about The Hourly Radio, a foursome from Dallas whose new record, History Will Never......