The historic demonstrations in NYC this week (here's Dylan Hicks's vivid account in City Pages) are more than "anti-Bush." At least I hope they are. To get a closer look, here are some of the new blogs, articles, and audio/visual sites I'll be checking out this week:

Minneapolis activist Amanda Lukar and others reporting at their collective web log at the NewStandard  Their summary of the 8/29 protests on ZNet  RNC Diary of a Strip-Club Waitress blog  Read all the Village Voice RNC blogs  Katha Politt blogs at "New York Minutes"  Read more blogs at TheNation.com  The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (watch video online)  NYC Indymedia (the best online visual resource going)  RNC Not Welcome blog  Rosario Dawson arrested while remaking Medium Cool (thanks to Hiphopmusic.com)  More photos at Hiphopmusic.com

Democracy Now! ongoing radio coverage (stream audio)  Steve Perry on RNC Urban Legends  GOP.com (official site): Note bizarre cartoon of Chairman Gillespie on convention protestors  Manhattan Neighborhood Network  Politics in the Zeros camblog in NYC  Advanced Traveler Information System  C-SPAN  Blogs of War blog  Anya Kamenetz blog  Critical Mass (for reports from the bicycle demonstrators)  100 Cyclists Are Arrested as Thousands Ride in Protest (New York Times)  William Saletan blogging from the convention in Slate

Garrison Keillor on the Republican Party (In These Times)  Marc Cooper's Radio Nation Audio Blog  Counter Convention  An Iraqi Freedom vet meets the war protestors, by Owen West  Mickey Z.: Media declares war on anti-war protests  Swift Yacht Vets For Bush  Cursor media patrol

from ZNet: Anti-Bush Posters  United For Peace official site  RNC bloggers part one (from TC Babelogue) and part two  Engelhardt: Demo Report  Singh: Smears and Lies  Uhlenbeck: RNC Protests  LAC Conference  Breslin: RNC Demos  Goldberg: NYC RNC  NYC Bloggers  MetroCommute.com  Chris Suellentrop on the use of Dubya Dubya Two

Bush Twins slideshow (courtesy of hey-he's-back! Fimoculous)  How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office (book)  RNC Watch blog  Eric Alterman: Is the Republican Party in violation of the US military�s rules on the participation in party politics by active duty military?

The TC Old-School Hip Hop Page continues to grow. Scroll down for the most complete set of Twin Cities hip-hop links on the web. Above: local graffiti photos by Meg Holle.

The Sound Unseen Film and Music Festival (October 1-10 in Minneapolis) is now online with a complete schedule. This is an event worth planning around.

The Central Standard Film Festival follows right on the heels of Sound Unseen, from October 14-17, also in the Twin Cities. As Rex says, October is the pop culture summer.