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Ever since I saw Michel Gondry’s romantic fable Mood Indigo at Fantastic Fest 2013, I’ve been waiting for the film to come out so I could discuss it with people. Based on Boris Vian’s...
In the week after the Positivus Festival, nearly all my friends and acquaintances in Riga asked me, “How was your Positivus?” It’s sort of like asking someone how their Christmas or their summer vacation...
I’m pleased that I have once again managed to get to the Positivus festival and back again, even though this year I wasn’t sure that I was going to be able to go. Now...
When I went into the Fantastic Fest screening of “Nothing Bad Can Happen” last fall, I was totally unprepared for what hit me. Going in, I knew the film was German and was directed...
For the last few years, I’ve repeatedly made the journey to the Positivus Festival in Salacgrīva,Latvia. Usually the decision to go has been a fairly easy one. It’s hot in Texas, so why not...
As many of my readers know, traffic is the metric that matters on the Internet. Not just likes and favorites, but the sheer number of eyeballs crossing your content. It’s the new world, like...
It’s nice to see a festival that I worked the guest list for several years in row get bigger and bigger! I’m VERY pleased about much of the 2014 Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup...
Back when I was in elementary school, we were in a unit learning about the tumultuous events of the 1960s, which included everything from Vietnam to the Civil Rights movement. It was going slowly....
Austin Psych Fest was fab and dusty and thought-provoking. Lots of bands happened. Here are some pictures from the event. If you want to see more pictures, there is a set on Flickr. Update: Austin...
Through little advance planning–and a tipoff from a European music industry pal–I managed to catch Temples TWICE during South By Southwest 2014. I’m super-excited to be seeing them again at Austin Psych Fest! Their...
