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Elijah Wood shows off his new Fantastic Fest tattoo to a friend! Fantastic Fest—America’s largest genre film festival—took place at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lakeline from September 19-26. Keanu Reeves, Elijah Wood and Robert Rodriguez...
Its been a busy few weeks for me. Fantastic Fest, SXSW Eco, ACL and Scare For a Cure all happen at nearly the same time.
If you are going to that big ole music festival down at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, you might be seeing the British band Noah and the Whale. This past summer I chatted with...
I might be a grown-up, but it’s hard not to think about the fact that the band Depeche Mode will be in Austin this weekend, at that big music festival in Zilker Park. For...
The one great thing about the insane levels of mold in the Austin air: I’m motivated to sit down, photo edit, and upload the pictures I spend a lot of time taking. Here’s another...
As many of you know, when I’ve gone to Riga, Latvia in the summer, I’ve spent a lot of time roaming the streets and taking pictures. Below is one of the pictures that I...
When I called my credit card company to let them know I’d be traveling to Estonia and Latvia, I got a response I wasn’t expecting. “That’s nice. What country are those in?” “Um, those...
Ever since Fantastic Fest started in 2005, I’ve told everyone how amazing this sci-fi and horror film festival is. I’ve shared how much fun I’ve had, and how many friends I’ve made there. I’ve got a framed poster for the first year of the festival hanging in my hallway at home.
So it took me a long time to admit to myself how this had turned from a sweet little film festival with a bunch of film nerd folks, to what seemed like a gathering of the nerd juggalos at Fantastic Fest 2012.
It’s always a struggle to admit that I’m human. That I get sick. Yet when I found myself up coughing and Googling 19th century cough remedies at 5 a.m., I realized I ought to...
Is there anything better than a really good sunset? Below are two of my favorite sunset pictures from this summer.
