The First Day of SXSW Music, 2014 Has Happened
Sometime I think the above picture from Fader Fort last year is the mantra of SXSW. Every year SXSW music seems to get a little bit bigger. This year instead of starting slow and...
Author: Anna
Improving Austin Transportation: Easy Changes For Safety
During the Interactive/Film portions of the South By Southwest festival I’ve spent a lot of time exploring the festival on my bike and on foot. There are a lot of things that need to...
My Fifth Grade Dream Came True: Last Night I Saw Hall And Oates
Yesterday I woke up in my childhood bedroom and ended the day seeing my favorite band from fifth grade, Hall and Oates. For several years of elementary school, I attended a school built in...
Neutral Milk Hotel Played Austin, Texas Last Night! Squee!
If you had told me five years ago that I’d be on a high after seeing Neutral Milk Hotel last night in Austin, Texas I’d have asked what you were smoking. Jeff Mangum, the...
Thinking about Music and Austin, Wanting You To Survive SXSW
Living in Austin, Texas in the weeks leading up to the South by Southwest Music Festival, it’s hard not to think about music. A lot has been written about the musical offerings of Austin,...
Valentine’s Day Is My Favorite Holiday!
True confession #21: I’ve always loved Valentine’s Day more than the other holidays, maybe even more than Halloween. Then again, I’m usually EXHAUSTED on Halloween. While Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday, but I’m...
Photo Gallery: Scare For A Cure Presents “Fairy Tale Nightmare”
Last year I was lucky to be a guide at Scare For A Cure’s haunted theatrical charity fundraising event, “Fairy Tale Nightmare.” Before I started guiding most nights of our sold-out run, I grabbed...
A Week After The Super Bowl, And We’re Mostly Talking About Dylan Farrow
I don’t know if anyone planned it this way, but I find it very interesting that Dylan Farrow’s open letter to Woody Allen came out just a few days before Super Bowl XLVII. Now...
Last Summer You Could See Imagine Dragons Were Going To Be A Stadium Act!
Last summer at the Positivus Music Festival, I had a casual backstage chat with a European music industry friend about the band Imagine Dragons. The band had sparked the biggest interest of any act...
Stitches
Yesterday I had another doctor’s visit to take care of the ick I had over the holiday season. I learned two things at the doctor’s office. One is that I seem to be an...
