Posted: Jan. 08, 11:34 AM
Hat tip to our friends over at the Austinist for noticing that the South by Southwest Music Festival has stealthily added quite a few bands to its already announced list of showcasing artists. SXSW launched a new event schedule tool…
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Posted: Jan. 06, 9:58 AM
We’ll skip the (very tempting) opportunity to “cleverly” re-word lyrics to “I Want You To Want Me” and “Dream Police” and skip straight to the point: Cheap Trick will be headlining the BMI stage at Auditorium Shores on Lady Bird…
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Posted: Dec. 08, 3:52 PM
Whether it’s a streamlined application process or simply a desire to beat the stealth-announcement-by-way-of-MySpace epidemic of years past, the South By Southwest Music Festival isn’t wasting any time announcing showcasing artists for 2010. The festival released another round of more…
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Posted: Dec. 03, 2:39 PM
Amidst the haze of bands and beer that is the South by Southwest Music Festival, the panels often get overlooked. Maybe that’s why the festival took the unique approach of crowdsourcing its 2010 panels, allowing the community to vote on…
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Posted: Nov. 24, 12:20 PM
Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement of the first six bands to play the South By Southwest Music Festival, the organizers have released a list of 230 showcasing artists who will be rocking the 2010 get-together from March…
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Posted: Nov. 23, 4:58 PM
For several weeks, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with Twitter’s new “Lists” feature, where you can create a directory of Twitter accounts for other to view, even including people you don’t follow. It’s a handy way…
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Posted: Oct. 19, 10:42 AM
The first batch of panels for South by Southwest 2010 have been posted this morning on the official site. SXSW says that more than 2,300 panel ideas were submitted via its Panel Picker and that a second round of panels…
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Posted: Oct. 16, 11:21 AM
“Game On” is not only the set of words you can see next to a gigantic, terrifying representation of my head on the side of the highway, but also the name of last night’s Austin Chronicle/South by Southwest Interactive ScreenBurn…
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Posted: Jan. 05, 2:19 PM
In yesterday’s paper, we ran a story listing what were (in my view), the top five tech trends of 2008 and what five technologies to look for in 2009 might be. Of course, a list like this covers an awful…
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Posted: Sep. 12, 5:32 PM
Last night, journalist Sarah Lacy made a return to Austin, six months after her infamous South by Southwest interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Lacy, who is tall, chatty and overwhelmingly positive, signed copies of her book, “Once You’re Lucky,…
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