Category: Arts

Dark Whimsy at Fantastic Fest 2015

Some years at Fantastic Fest the lineup is all about torture porn, or science fiction, or damsel-in-distress films. This year Fantastic Fest is all about dark whimsy, and I couldn’t be more excited about...

Looking Into “The Crystal Ball” Worth It

  I’ve had a bad cold this week, so I’ve been trying to entertain myself with films. Stumbling over this 1943 film about a beauty contest entrant who fills in for a flim-flammy fortune...

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...

Out With the Old at SXSW

I’m expecting a South By Southwest houseguest later this month, and I have to make room for him to stay at our house. In order to make that happen, I’ve been clearing out closets...