“Around the Republic: Roundup of Austin Blog Posts Week of September 20th 2009″

2009 September 28

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Although I love ACL Fest, a lil’ ‘Dillo like me has to be worried about getting trampled. It’ll be worth it to see some of the bands on stage this year. And that grass–so luxurious!

If There’s Grass on the Field…

You hear that distant rumbling? It’s the sound of the herd of music lovers descending on Austin for ACL Fest. That distant clicking? It’s the sound of music bloggers tap-tap-tapping their ACL pre-game coverage.

Austin Town Hall has started interviewing some of the big hitters.
KUT’s Austin Music Matters blog has also started their ACL Song of the Day.
Nightlife bloggers The Peen Scene have a fully-comprehensive list of all the unofficial ACL afterparties.
This humble blog also started our ACL coverage last week. IF you haven’t seen it already, check out our series on music-related Austinites’ choosing their ACL Picks.

BRAINS!!!

You may have noticed a few Zombies around town. Nope, they aren’t early arriving Pearl Jam fans; instead, these living dead are merely costumed aficionados of sci-fi, horror and fantasy films in town for Fantastic Fest.

Film blog Slackerwood has day-by-day coverage of Fantastic Fest, chockful of reviews of some of the films and interviews with some of the actors and directors.
ATX Gossip blog Hunting the Snark has great pics of the celebs and zombies in attendance at the Zombieland premier. Woody Harrelson was there. I’ll let you decide which category he belongs in.

SQUASH!!

For you non brain eating types: Fall means IT’S TIME FOR SOME AUTUMN SQUASH! High in antioxidants, these oddly shaped veggies will keep you undead for as long as humanly possible.

Crystal from The Best of Thymes shares her recipe for a butternut squash Book Club Soup.
Austin Farm to Table shares a great recipe for Spaghetti Squash with Mushrooms and Arugula.

Thousand Rider March

M1ek over at M1ek’s Bake Sale of Bile breaks down a couple of misperceptions and flawed arguments that stand against the lightrail. I love that he links to a post he wrote 5 years ago. FIVE YEARS AGO! Why are we still having this discussion?

Is it Monsoon Season Yet?

Thinking about creating a special section just to talk about rain. It has been big news lately. Two reports say we’re in for a fall full of flooding: one from El Niño fans, the other from the Farmer’s Almanac. Let’s just hope this doesn’t happen over ACL! At least the gardeners are LOVING it.

Lawnee over at Lawnee’s Rants reminds us of the beauty of simple showers.
Hopefully it won’t flood like it did in this picture from 1935 of Waller Creek flooding downtown (via @Downtown Austin)
The Divas of the Dirt had a pirate/french themed post on Talk Like a Pirate Day. What might that mean? Well they made some weeds walk the plank AND cooked up a mess of French Food!
The Garden Posse has their first sprout at the Lamar triangle the took over!

I’m With the Band

When I was a wee armadillo, I remember going to football games and being overwhelmed by all the raw energy–well, and mom was scared we’d get trampled. txmomof3′s kids over at These Are Days didn’t seem to have the same sort of fear when they went to a recent UT Football game and sat with the band. Judging by the pics, they seemed pretty happy.

From Austin City Hall

From the Foodies

Austin Epicurean reviews new Sushi joint Sushi Zushi
ATXGlutenFree serves up a giant Super Easy Breakfast Casserole. Looks perfect for those with friends visiting for ACL!
September has to be one of the most birthdayest months of the year. On the realz, I seriously couldn’t tell you how many Facebook notifications I’ve gotten. The Rebeccamendations rebeccamends using a cake mold, like the cute monkey one she made for a friend.
Austin Cocktail Throwdown has a new winner: La Condesa! Check out Too Much Information for some kick-a pics of the event.

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