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Good Flow Honey and Juice company is an Austin institution that ranks right up there with the Alamo Drafthouse, Amy’s Ice Cream and Whole Foods. The company has been selling hand squeezed juice for the past 25 years. However, on Friday the FDA forced the company to shut its doors. The shortage of Good Flow juices is already being felt around town and the city (and internet) has been abuzz about the situation. We were unable to reach Good Flow by phone, but the word on the street was that the company had been forced by the FDA to shut down production over issues related to pasteurization. An article in today’s Daily Texan shed some light on the situation:

Good Flow co-founder Judy Crofut said the company asked the FDA for an exemption from pasteurization mandates placed upon commercial juice producers because the company produces and distributes locally and delivers its product within 24 hours.

“We have all our own processes in place to ensure that it’s good, safe juice,” Crofut said. “Pasteurization kills everything, all the enzymes that allow you to digest your food, so that was a big interest of ours.”

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If your taste in movies runs towards kung-fu, giant monsters, chainsaw murders and other weird cinematic shit - there is no better festival on earth than Fantastic Fest. Fantastic Fest bills itself as a “film festival with the boring parts cut out.” Based on my experience at the first few years of the fest, I would have to say that is dead-on accurate.

Unfortunately, Fantastic Fest badges are already sold out. You can still buy tickets for individual screenings, but you will miss out on all the awesome parties. Start planning ahead for next hear. But don’t feel totally bummed, because this year Fantastic Fest is branching out and bringing some of its greatness to your computer screen.

Fantastic Fest Online is a free online mini-fest presented in conjunction with with B-Side and AMD. The on-line Festival will bring 5 features and 5 short films to your computer screen. The films will be streaming online from September 14-20. It won’t be the same as watching them on the big-screen with a packed house of genre-crazed film fans, but it will at least give everybody an opportunity to get a little taste of Fantastic Fest.

Tim League, direcot of Fantastic Fest and co-founder of the Alamo Drafthouse: “I am personally very excited to be working with these 10 filmmakers, Bside and AMD to provide this unique new experience for genre film enthusiasts across the globe. Utilizing technology to provide simple and free access to great new film talent, Fantastic Fest Online may very well be paving the way to redefining what the term ‘film festival’ means in the future.”

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The Austin Chronicle’s internet video series City Hall Hustle is back with a new episode. This time they recap the Republican National Convention from a very appropriate location: a golf course.

While on the subject of vlogs/video blogs/podcasts/whatever you want to call them - what are some other Austin related internet video series? Use the comments feature to tip us off. Thanks!

Any news about more condos being built anywhere in Austin is inevitably greeted by weeping and gnashing of teeth. But this is actually some condo news to get excited about: details are beginning to trickle out regarding the expansion of the South Congress favorite Hotel San Jose. Liz Lambert’s popular hotel will be spawning Annex San Jose - 77 condos that will range in price from $300K to $900K. The Annex will be situated right behind the hotel at the corner of West Gibson and South Congress Avenue. So why is this good news? If Lambert’s past enterprises are any indication, the Annex will be beautifully designed and true to the culture of its neighborhood. Based on the initial renderings, it looks like the Annex is on the right track.