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Paste & Moximity parties — and in between
Where does one find a glockenspiel at the last minute in Austin? If you’re Mates of State from San Francisco, playing the Paste magazine pre-ACL party at Emo’s on Thursday, you turn to Austin’s Quiet Company, which once again had made the Final 5 cut during the Sound and the Jury contest the previous night. They just happen to be hauling around a portable set of the orchestra bells.
Rebecca Ewing, John Erik Metcalf
Paste Party host Tim Basham, welcomed industry types to the ultra-cool upstairs lounge at Emo’s, which apparently has been there for a while. Big hit at the party: The austin360.com Twitter mode. I entered the above item, shortened, into my iPhone via Twitter and seconds later it appeared on the lounge’s giant iMac for all to see. Paste editors were very interested in the technique. (No photos were allowed at that party? Why? These guys love publicity.)
Larry Chiang, CEO of Duck9 and writer for GigaOm; Angela Tang, Bare Essentials
How often does one witness a street crime in Austin? On a huge tourist weekend? Just after 10 p.m. — between the Paste pre-ACL party at Emo’s and the Moximity launch party at the Belmont — a woman screamed at Congress Avenue and Sixth Street. “Stop him!” Fleet friends chased the perpetrating purse-snatcher north on Congress. After a block, your 53-year-old reporter ceased pursuit.
Jason Black, Drew Dunlavy
Still don’t know exactly how Moximity links all your social media, but sounds like a helpful service. Considerate Bryan Jones threw a lovely party for the new company at the Belmont. Too bad the audience began to abandon the mesmerizing Dublin band, Automata. Omar Gallaga reported some drama from the TechCrunch panels earlier in the day.
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