Check Out Today’s Statesman Column
If you haven’t seen it, check out today’s Austin American-Statesman Op-ed column on the amount that C3 Presents pays to use Zilker Park for Austin City Limits Music Festival. (With over 2,000 shares since...
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Social Media Snapshot of the Austin City Limits Music Festival
I was at the Austin City Limits Music Festival last weekend. Your mileage may vary, but here is my experience. [View the story “My Austin City Limits Music Fest in Social Media” on Storify]
Lazer Team Excitement
When I went to the Lazer Team world premiere at Fantastic Fest, I was lucky enough to be able to shoot some pictures on the red carpet, and to be there for the excitement...
Science (No Longer Fiction) at SXSW Eco
In a news cycle where NASA has just discovered water on Mars and heavily the science-based film The Martian just had a strong opening weekend (after an early screening at Fantastic Fest), it’s nice...
Sicario: A Difficult Film About a Difficult Topic
The lighting is harsh, the landscape is ugly, the body count is high and the performances are outstanding, even if the characters are difficult to like. Sicaro is an ugly film full of ugly...
Watching African film at Fantastic Fest
When I was a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, my childhood friend Brian Hollis had already graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and had gotten a Fulbright grant to study Francophone African theater in...
Fever Dream of Fantastic Debates
Last night I had what must have been a fever dream, because there’s really no way that I was at a boxing match at Randy Palmer’s South Austin Gym, where Guillermo del Toro, Elijah...
Remembering Aaron Allston
Last year we were sad to report the death of Star Wars universe science fiction writer Aaron Allston. There was a memorial service/ celebration of life for Aaron in Austin, Texas a little over a year...
The SPIN Party 2015 [Photo Set]
Last week we had a great time at the always fab SPIN party at SXSW! Enjoy the photo gallery!
It’s Time For “Nana-Technology” To Save Our Planet
As I was hanging my laundry out on the line following the South By Southwest Eco Conference earlier this month, I realized that one concept of the festival had stuck with me. That idea...
