118 posts tagged “austin”
This past Monday was another musical trifecta in the form of audio/visual/print. It actually started on Sunday. I was making my morning rounds across the Internet. I discovered three new groups to bookmark. In no particular order, they are Hymns, The Pierces, and Pistolera. Sampling their fresh new sound (to me), I was wanting more. This was one the rare occasions of finding new music and then having a need to purchase the physical media the next day. One is believable, but three? Well it turned into 4 albums as I also picked up the Gossip's Live At Liverpool CD/DVD.
I also finally made up my mind and bought a ticket for The Black Angels CD release party at Emo's next month. I snagged the newest issues of Filter and XLR8R magazines. Filter's cover sports the Flight of the Conchords doing their best rendition of American Gothic. Truth be told, I really don't read XLR8R. These last of couple weeks I been having a electronic music itch. Looking at the April '08 cover, the recognizable names M83, Jamie Lidell, and Miss Kitten grabbed my attention. As usual, this all went down at Waterloo Records. But before I could leave the store, I noticed a big box of CDs. It's Sub Pop Records’ 20th Anniversary and their is a free sampler CD to be had. Check your local record store(s).
As for the visual part of this story, it can only be left to the Icelandic group Sigur Rós. The Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz was screening Heima. It's a film featuring interviews with the members and footage from a series of free concerts held in their homeland. It's a wonderful combination of music and life.
With all of the music buying I did on Monday, I needed a snack. I looked no further than my favorite gelato vendor, Tèo. Although I don't have a photo of it, I enjoyed a medium featuring a scoop of Cookies ‘N’ Crème, Guava, and Peanut Butter Nutella. I enjoyed it, trust me.
Yes, I still need to write about SXSW 2008. Yes, I'm still tired. That being said;
2009 Panel Ideas: Submission Process Begins on June 2
Did the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival inspire you to submit a panel idea for next year’s event? Excellent – most of the best programming at SXSW comes directly from the online community. So here is how this process wiil work for 2009. We will begin accepting ideas for next spring from Tuesday, June 2 through Friday, July 11. Complete details on what kind of information we will need for the 2009 Panel Picker will be posted on the SXSW website in mid-May. Please check back then – or subscribe to the monthly listserve. Please feel free to e-mail us if you are confused about how this process works. Also, if you are wondering about dates for SXSW Interactive for 2009, they are Friday, March 13 through Tuesday, March 17.
Posted 03/20/08
It's been a busy past week, especially these past two days. I had some much needed car maintenance performed. The Mustang is running smooth again.
This Friday, March 7th is Day 1 of South by Southwest. I am already low on sleep. Tomorrow morning when I get off of work I'll be racing home for a quick shower and power nap. Then head up to Austin to stand in line for three hours to pick up my SXSW Gold Badge. Unlike last year, this time around I'm only attend the Interactive and Film conference. There are a few free music day shows I want to hit. They are mainly local Austin artists.
Taking photos during SXSW is easy. Writing blog entries, well... last year I did try while SXSW was taking place.
South by Southwest 2007
Shopping for gifts yesterday, I decided to give myself (another) gift. I was walking around the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar at the Austin Convention Center. Stopping by the booth for Telepathy Hats, I had to get me one. The hats are made from recycled sweaters. You can wear them reversible.
Lou Reed: IMDB | iTunes | Last.fm | Official Site | Wikipedia
One of America's musical living legends has been confirmed for South By Southwest 2008. Singer, song writer, dare I say poet, Lou Reed will be the keynote speaker at next year's SXSW Music Conference.
But wouldn't you know, as fate would have it, I've already purchased my Gold Badge which is only for the Interactive Conference and Film Festival. I guess I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and now get a music badge.
Damn and it!
Just a quick "hey how are ya". Yes I haven't been blogging around these parts for the past month. I've actually been rather busy having recently started my video podcast which is found at my other Vox blog TexasGeek.tv.
My busy schedule all started with the 3-day Austin City Limits Music Festival. Just four days later, I attended the 8-day Fantastic Fest movie festival. The next day, I went to the premiere screening of The Nines with Ryan Reynolds and director John August in attendance. Two days later, I was once again co-filming a local cable access show I work on in Austin, TX. The next day was the start (for me) of attending this season's Heroes TV Party at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (Village). Somewhere along the way, there's been a lot additional movie and TV show viewing. There was also the wonderful The Pixar Story screening with director Leslie Iwerks in attendance.
On the podcasting side of things, I did a butt load of filming during all eight days of Fantastic Fest. I'm still not done editing and uploading videos. I filmed The Nines Q&A and already have it edited. I holding out before uploading it. Just this past Tuesday night, I went to a screening of local Austin, TX film Pathogen with young female director Emily Hagins attendance. I filmed the Q&A, but haven't worked on editing it, yet. This past Wednesday night I had the pleasure of attending a very special screening of the new Coen Brothers film No Country For Old Men. Josh Brolin was there and I filmed the Q&A. I really want to start editing the footage today. And this Sunday, I'll be co-filming another episode of the cable access show I mentioned earlier.
Next week, there are two very important events I'll be attending. One of them I've been waiting on all summer for and the other one I've been waiting on for the past year.
Ahh, good times.
Spoon: Official Site | Last.fm | Merge Records | MySpace | Wikipedia
Spoon's newest music video features a robot Keepon (developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski) dancing to the "Don't You Evah" on their latest album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Spoon's Jim Eno followed by Britt Daniel do make cameos. They are the American's dressed in all black sporting sunglasses. The video was a collaboration between Wired magazine, including creative director and TM alum Scott Dadich, and created by Austin filmmaker Swampy Jeff Nichols.
Original source: Texas Monthly
