It’s been a while. Thanksgiving knocked me off my blog game. Here’s some outdated links for your perusal.

&middot Kannah has photos from Central Market Westgate’s “Taste of the Holidays” event, where the entire staff wore formal wear.

&middot Spoon, Stellastarr*, Morningwood and Alpha Rev will be playing the 101X Christmas show on December 19th at the Parish.

&middot At long last, the Ben White flyover is complete (though TxDOT is missing a couple direct connects due to either negligence, lack of money or greed.)

&middot Test your knowledge of Austin at the Flickr Austin Scavenger Hunt Group.

&middot Find out if the police have a warrant out for you. [via]

&middot Donewaiting.com has restarted its SXSW music blog.

&middot American Analog Set’s last tour is making them interview darlings.

&middot Indie Interviews talked to the Octopus Project earlier this week.

&middot Perhaps due to Austin lacking professional sports teams, we also don’t have a midsize (5,000 to 7,000) urban amphitheater, and people who want to make money off acts like Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne and The Cure are really bumming out (but personally, I don’t give a shit about paying $50 to $300 to see overrated bands).

&middot Building a newspaper lighthouse is cool.

&middot You have until December 16th to enter your site into the 2006 SXSW Web Awards (Looking at the majority of last year’s winners, Macromedia Flash is required to win though maybe Web 2.0 will get some props this year).

&middot On Tuesday, December 6, there will be a special preview screening of “The Ringer” at the Paramount with star Johnny Knoxville, the directors and producers in attendance.