Category: Austin

My Vancouver SXSW

Above is a photo gallery featuring the band Needs. Every year at South by Southwest, I seem to have a theme that runs through the event, a theme which I can never pick up...

Line By Linewest

I was coming out of the Robot Petting Zoo on an upstairs floor at the new JW Marriott on Congress Avenue during the South by Southwest Interactive Festival when I nearly bumped into Gia,...

Broncho at SXSW

One of the bands I was super excited to see at South by Southwest was Broncho. I was not disappointed by their show at the Dine Alone Records showcase at Bungalow during SXSW! Their...

SXSW in Storify

After my last houseguest left yesterday, I’m still cleaning up from South by Southwest. If you’d like to see what I did, you can read the timeline on Storify! [View the story “My SXSW...

My SXSW Index

In the spirit of the Harper’s Index I offer this take on my South by Southwest 2015 Experience Days of SXSW attended: 9 Houseguests: 3 Unplanned trips to Veterinarian during the festival: 2 Round...

The Flaming Lips at SXSWi

Last night The Flaming Lips played a private SXSW show (via Spreadfast and Viacom) for the Interactive portion of the event. Alas, the Lips smoke show triggered an automatic smoke safety shutoff halfway through...

SXSW 2015 Heritage Music Coolness

The South By Southwest music festival is mostly about seeing new acts, at least for me. Sometimes I make an exception. Or two. Mixed among the new acts who are coming to the festival...

SXSW Music Is Getting Closer!

Every day brings more South By Southwest announcements, artists and houseguests for our Austin sofa. Pretty soon I’m going to run out of sofa’s, air mattresses and spare towels for all the extra people...