Austin band Mother Falcon enjoys the calm before music festival
Before the SXSW madness fills the streets of downtown Austin with public relations agents, bloodthirsty bands and faux American Apparel models, at least one band will be taking the opportunity to chill out this weekend.
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series on lo-fi, female-focused groups out of Los Angeles playing at SXSW. The third part will be published online.
Every day for the music portion of SXSW, there are hundreds of free parties, concerts and events that don’t require any official pass to the music festival. You just have to know how to find them.
“Kick-Ass”; “Leaves of Grass”Throughout the 10-day festival, South by Southwest will feature roughly 300 films entered in various categories, ranging from big-budget headliners to music videos.
Marfa, TX
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a weekly series exploring day-and-weekend trip destinations across Texas.
No one enjoys taking family photos — the uncomfortable poses, flashing lights and family members a little too close for comfort. Having capitalized on family awkwardness through their wildly popular blog awkwardfamilyphotos.com, writers Mike Bender and Doug Chernack know a thing or two about being awkward.
Meet Laurinda D. Brown. She’s the author of “Walk Like a Man,” which won the 2006 Lambda Literary Award for “Best Lesbian Erotica,” the 2006 Urban Spectrum Award for “Best Fiction by A Woman of Color,” and the 2009 E. Lynn Harris Award.
In 2007, The Hood Internet was just one of more than 100 million personal online blogs. Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell, both disc jockeys by trade (DJ ABX and DJ STV SLV, respectively), began making mashups of popular songs to put on their Web site,
thehoodinternet.com
, that March.
Jeremy Fish is a storyteller.
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