SXSW Eco Coverage: Fun With DJ Spooky and DIIV
While a lot of the panels at SXSW Eco were full of considered approaches about the future of the planet – and the need to make changes about how we live on...
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Looking forward to the DIY Wackiness at Fantastic Fest!
Never mind the hella-awful Austin allergy forecast (which features the four icky horsemen of the achoopocalypse riding into town on their microscopic horses) …but today is the first day of Fantastic Fest, 2012. It’s...
Summer Sound is coming up…and I can’t help thinking of last year…
This weekend in Liepaja, Latvia is the second Summer Sound festival. I was there last year. While I’ve only been to Liepaja twice–once for the Baltic Beach Party and once for Summer Sound– my...
At the Racetrack
Kind of shocked to be spending Friday night at the racetrack, even if it’s for a screening of ROAD WARRIOR. Update: Pictures! Alamo Drafthouse inflatable screen in the middle of the racetrack! Sometimes the...
Time Travel Weekend Party
In many ways this past weekend in Austin has felt like a stop on the time travel train. I’m convinced that sometime in the future, time travel is a functional thing, much the way...
Live life now — don’t waste it taking pictures
You’ve heard the one about how a picture says a thousand words? This week’s $1 billion acquisition of the mobile phone picture-sharing service Instagram by social media giant Facebook says even more. It tells...
CMJ: Someday I am Going to be Inside You.
After going to SXSW for the last 10,000 years, I’ve sometimes thought about going to the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC. Since I’m usually double-booked in October, my going to CMJ is more a...
At fest, stars mingle among us – and it’s fantastic
Just before I was sucked into the movie madness of Fantastic Fest, I called my mother to let her know I wouldn’t be answering my phone much the next week. When I explained I’d...
The most ridiculous horoscope EVER.
Okay, I know that they say that these are for entertainment purposes only, but it’s kind of crazy when they promise you a “life-changing” day. This was mine for Thursday. Aquarius: Daily Extended...
The Space Shuttle I Knew
*If I hadn’t been too lazy to drag my laptop to a Latvian coffee shop with a decent Internet connection, this would have been published on July 21st. But I was lazy. When I...
