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That’s Aaron Allston on the left, directing a scene in “Deadbacks.” Several years ago, I met bestselling science-fiction writer Aaron Allston just before shooting started on his indie zombie movie, “Deadbacks.” I helped out...
Over the last few weeks week I’ve been transitioning from iPhoto to Lightroom. The reason I did this was because using iPhoto on my machine with my massive photo library had become incredibly slow...
While Peelander Yellow (of the band Peelander Z) doesn’t live in Austin, he’s often here. A couple of years ago at SXSW, he fixed my broken camera with duct tape. He has also done...
Since the South By Southwest festival ended, I’ve written a column for the Austin American-Statesman about it, and I’ve been going through the thousands of pictures that I took during the festival. So far...
I usually love the cultural circus of the South By Southwest festival, but I’m having a hard time reconciling the party atmosphere of the event with the tragic incident on Red River Street that...
For the last week, I’ve been running around like a manic at the South By Southwest Festival. I’ve seen interviews with bands, watched movies, and declined an inordinate number of chances to tweet about...
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...
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...
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...
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...
