Chatting With Stuart Murdoch, SXSW and Watching “God Save The Girl”
I’m super excited about today’s Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup announcement that includes Belle and Sebastian! Back in 2006, I spent the South by Southwest Music Festival following Latvian singer-songwriter Goran Goran around the event. One of the acts we saw was Belle and Sebastian. While I had heard the group’s music before, I […]
Seeing the Goth King At SXSW
Everyone has a past, mine happens to be a little goth. Yet back in the late 80s when I listened to a lot of goth music, I didn’t know who had made a lot of the music I listened to. Between homemade cassettes that were long lost copies of copies of copies, the sound quality […]
CATALIN by CHARLES LONG at the Contemporary Austin
Today I managed to get to the Charles Long exhibit at the Jones Center at 7th and Congress to see the CATALIN exhibit. I even managed to hit free day! Since I had overbooked myself, I didn’t have an change to linger, but I did get to lay eyes on the exhibit. Worth catching before […]
A Crybaby Went To Arcade Fire: A Review From The Cheap Seats
I wasn’t expecting it, but as a result of winning tickets on the Internet (as a result of tweeting a picture of my fanciest threads) I ended up at the Arcade Fire show at the Austin 360 Amphitheater last night. Being that I got free tickets that fell out of heaven, I feel like I […]
Photos I Have Known, Now On the Internet
Every so often, I check to see where my pictures ended up on the Internet. Below is an new list of where you can find my photos. Previous lists can be found here and here. I was amused to see one of the Prince show in Austin on the Daily Dot I was surprised to […]
When the Hospital Ships Docked at SXSW
During the South By Southwest Music Festival, I saw the chill and low key Lawrence, Kansas band Hospital Ships at a day party/ benefit show, which I wrote about in my column for the Austin-American Statesman. While I was there, I took a zillion pictures of their show, which you can see below.
I Saw the Band “Trumpeter Swan” at their SXSW Showcase!
This year at SXSW, I saw my pal Drew Patrizi’s New York based band Trumpter Swan play at the Soho Lounge for their South by Southwest showcase, which I wrote about in my SXSW column for the Austin American-Statesman. Later I found this really trippy video for the jangle pop band, which you should watch. […]
Aaron Allston’s “Celebration of Life” Is Today
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 a little on the film and many of my friends and my husband helped out a lot more, building sets and […]
From iPhoto to Lightroom
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 and frustrating. Just after Fun Fun Fun Fest, I had edited the photos from the festival with iPhoto, and had uploaded […]
A Silly Pose From Peelander Yellow and Friends
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 a lot of artwork for the Eastside Kings food trailers/resturants. I grabbed this picture of Peelander Yellow and friends after the […]