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STOPPING TRAFFIC IN AUSTIN–LIFE INTERVENES AT SXSW 2010
Somewhere amidst the dizzying fun, 12 hour music listening days and nights, breakfast tacos, sun and hanging out in record stores, vacant lots, parking lots and coffee trailer parks there are people living their lives, and (please forgive me for … Continue reading
ACCESS AND EXCESS- THE RISE OF EAST AUSTIN AT SXSW 2009
Imagine seeing a Grammy-nominated noise punk band from LA, with 50 or so other people, in the backyard behind a book store, for free, with free beer, Celis White, to boot. How about seeing a Rock and Roll Hall of … Continue reading
EXPERIENCES AND MUSIC AT THE BUFFET TABLE- SXSW 2008
An all you can eat buffet. You probably know how that is. Say, for example, at one of those Brazilian steakhouses. You are tempted by the huge salad bar–it is sooooo inviting, the salad, pasta, cheese—all of it is great, … Continue reading
DISCOVERING THE STOOGES (a couple of decades late)-FREE BBQ, BEER AND THE BUZZCOCKS–SXSW 2007
One good (and potentially bad) thing about SXSW is that it is different. Choosing a music path through several days of thousands of bands at hundreds of venues virtually ensures (or insures) that one person’s experience will not be like … Continue reading
CAPITAL-FROM FORBES TO AUSTIN—SXSW 2006
Ready for pontification? While Austin was crowded this year, contrary to media reports, it was not so crowded that you had to line up at 8:00 to see buzz bands like the Arctic Monkeys. I got in at 10:45—without any … Continue reading
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Tagged billy bragg, echo and the bunnymen, jon langford, steve wynn, sxsw
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YOU GOTTA ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE IN THIS TOWER OF SONG-SO DON’T LET IT GET YOU DOWN
It’s kind of like déjà vu all over again to look at the opening paragraph from my last year’s review and see the following: Reflecting on a year (let next year not be yet another one) marked by terrorism … Continue reading
Posted in austin, indie, music, punk, sxsw, Uncategorized
Tagged beat kitchen, charles bradley, coachella, diet cig, Empty Bottle, glenn branca, Guns N roses, haelos, Hideout, King Khan, King Sunny Ade, LCD Soundsystem, Lollapalooza, matchbox, Negative Scanner, nighbeats, party static, Ponys, sleater-kinney, sxsw, The Mekons, The Specials, thee oh sees, wicker park fest
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EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON, OR NOT AT ALL
There is a reason why events unnerve anyone. At SXSW everyone can find a different story. And that story plays out differently with every choice you make. Imagine: when you choose to eat at one restaurant you are turning down … Continue reading
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Tagged charles bradley, Cosmonauts, Death Valley Girls, diet cig, downtown boys, Fear of Men, haelos, Iggy Pop, jon dwyer, joy division, matador records, oscar, party static, sxsw, The Foreign Resort, thee oh sees
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EXHUMING MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES TO BURY OUR 2015
Reflecting on a year marked by terrorism and racial tension, it is sometimes hard to divert focus from the dark side of the force and concentrate on the things that have made this a very good year. A family gathering. … Continue reading
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Tagged Algiers, Andy Gill, Chicago, Constellation, Corin Tucker, Empty Bottle, Follokzoid, gang of four, Hideout, Iggy Pop, jon langford, Julie Ruin, Kathleen Hanna, Lollapalooza, Lu Edmonds, matador records, Mekons, MPV, music, Negative Scanner, Nels Cline, Pitchfork, Public Image, Riotfest, Sally Timms, Schubas, sleater-kinney, sxsw, The Foreign Resort, widowspeak, Wire
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IN A BATTLE OF TITANS, ART BEATS COMMERCE IN A SHOOTOUT @ SXSW 2015
“To Hell With Poverty,” the Gang of Four tells us, “we’ll get drunk on cheap wine.” In 1981, when the song was first recorded, the literal context was king in that Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister for 2 years … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvvays, Andy Gill, Best Coast, Death Valley Girls, gang of four, Kay Odyssey, Lust for Youth, Metz, No Age, Prince Rama, Public Service Broadcasting, Rat Fist, Shivas, Songhoy Blues, sxsw, The Damned, The Lemons, The Zombies, Twin Peaks
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KICKS–NEW AND OLD–FULL OF MAGIC AND LOSS
KICKS–NEW AND OLD–FULL OF MAGIC AND LOSS People always ask me what bands I am looking forward to seeing at SXSW. While there are always a few, and I spend a lot of time analyzing shows like many of my … Continue reading
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Tagged cheetah chrome, coachwhips, dead boys, Dum Dum Girls, eternal summers, fleshtones, jon dwyer, lou reed, mikaela davis, steve wynn, sxsw, thee oh sees
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