These 45 seats might be empty now but come November 13 we'll get to help decide who should fill them. Yes, the municipal elections are upon us. So where should those addicted to municipal politics go for their online fix? Spacing Votes is the go-to choice. Matt Blackett and the team that brings you your favourite horizontally-inclined magazine has gathered a gaggle of bloggers, students and journalists to cover the election. They link to......

Howard Moscoe's big mouth strikes again. According to the Star this time his target was Frances Nunziata. When the councillor complained about bus service in her ward the TTC chair quipped ""Councillor, I leave walking the streets to you." Nunziata felt that the remarks painted her as a prostitute. Moscoe later apologized. Moscoe seems to be a big hit with the women of council, earlier this year he insulted both Jane Pitfield and Karen Stintz......

We know why none of you are reading Torontoist, you're all too busy reading people who blog about SXSW. Paved.ca's Marc Weisblott has a nice overview on who's active while at SXSW and points us to the CBC Radio3 SXSW feature. If you haven't listened to it yet you should also pick up their podcast! The Star's http://thestar.blogs.com/sxsw/">Ben Rayner and Geoff Pevere are blogging the fest and we're wondering whether Chromewaves will find anytime......

The Village Voice gives us their annual Pazz and Jop Critics' Poll today, with predictable, transparent and delightful results. So delightful, in fact, that we consider this to be the most definitive list of anywhere anyhow. (Yay, as they say, for the Gorillaz and Three Six Mafia on the singles list and for the best album actually being the best album.) Now for a little comparitive analysis, let's look at the eye's Canadian critics'......

Sitting cautiously (or as cautiously as a human being can sit) on the patio at the Embassy one night, journalist Marc Weisblott told Torontoist of a new web venture that he assured us would be worth our while. Since that particular Torontoist party/average night in Kensington, we trusted Weisblott's guarantee and have sat cautiously ourselves waiting for said web venture. Now it's here. An amalgamation of 50 Tracks (speaking of which, Torontoist is considering buying......