When the Weird was Wild - Austin's Frontier History (Part 1)
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View ArticleSXSW Music Wednesday Recap
IMG_1345.JPGIt’s amazing how much changes from year to year in Downtown Austin. I only make it to Sixth Street a few times a year and it always shocks me, so it must be a huge change for those who just...
View ArticleFlatstock Preview - The Gig Posters of Britain's UKPA
TelegrammeStudio.jpg Seeing how the American Poster Institute enabled the mutual interests of poster artists in the U.S., a handful of industrious Brits got together and started the UKPA. I chatted up...
View ArticleSimon Klose of The Pirate Bay Movie Knows You Can't Watch A Movie Without...
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View ArticleSXSW Act or Rare Medical Disorder?
amp-disease.jpegThis spring, we jump into another maelstrom of entertaining, pulse-pounding and often degenerative and rare musical performers. Sometimes it’s all one can do just to keep things straight.
View ArticleFlatstock Poster Art Preview - Justin Santora
ween.jpgSome of the world's best gig posters will be on display at Flatstock, Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Austin Convention Center. Free and open to the public.
View ArticleBands and booze: Sums up SXSW, right?
sxsw.pngI had two main highlights of SXSW Music Thursday. One was attending a tequila tasting and the other was seeing a band with a name that conjures up pretty disgusting imagery. The downside was...
View ArticleSXSW in Tilt-Shift
I thought I'd cruise the town on my bike and see what the SXSW madness looked like in tilt-shift time-lapse video.First I happened upon Guitar Shawn and a buddy playing atop a van outside the...
View ArticleThe Weirdest Tech at SXSW
SXSW Uncanny Valley.jpg It’s easy to get caught up in which celebrity had the weirdest clothes or which drunk had the weirdest excuse, but being a geek, I loved watching people at this year's South by...
View ArticleSXSW Showcase Quest - Two Nights on the Musical Town
White Buffalo.jpg Doing five nights of SXSW Music with a badge – and really trying to do it – is a crap shoot. It's a search for those musical moments that make it all worthwhile: the threading through...
View ArticleSXSW Film Live Interviews: Dayna Hanson and Dave Proscia of "Improvement Club"
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View ArticleSXSW Has Been Ready for Austin's Bag Ban for Years
Robyn Hitchcock.jpgOne of the small but useful perks of attending SXSW has been the canvas conference bag they give out when you register. It used to be a swag sack filled with goodies, offers and...
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