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SXSW Tips Part II: Printing
I wrote in my previous column on the importance of South by Southwest prep, and one of the biggest conversation starters is printing. Where does one get their posters, flyers, handbills printed? Here's a few suggestions.

1:09PM Fri. Mar. 2, 2012, Zoe Cordes Selbin Read More | Comment »

Slim Richey Benefit
News just went out of a benefit tomorrow night Friday at the Hotel Vegas for 74-year-old guitar whisperer Slim Richey, who according to promoter Lucy the Poodle Productions was badly injured in a hit and run accident last Friday while his band the Jitterbug Vipers loaded out from a venue on East Sixth Street after a performance.

1:49PM Thu. Mar. 1, 2012, Raoul Hernandez Read More | Comment »

Three videos from one of our SXSW “Picks 2 Click,” Crooks
 
The Good Music Club Part 4: Crooks
This week's South by Southwest Music preview is “Interactive,” panels. Next week, it's our annual “Picks 2 Click” round-up of locals acts we're hot for that are showcasing at SXSW. Here's three videos from one of those bands, Crooks.

11:53AM Thu. Mar. 1, 2012, Raoul Hernandez Read More | Comment »

Grimes: Circumambient
The exclusivity of a sold-out show casts a definitive air on any performance. That was certainly the case at upscale BBQ joint Lamberts on Wednesday night as a dense crowd packed the cozy upstairs space.

10:15AM Thu. Mar. 1, 2012, Abby Johnston Read More | Comment »

Nora Guthrie: Tourniquet in Cheek
South by Southwest Music panelist Nora Guthrie – coming tomorrow to the print edition of the Chronicle – watches over one of America's most valuable resources: the Woody Guthrie songbook. As foundation director of his archives, she’s collected, researched, and promoted the work of her father (1912-1967), with whom she's totally kindred.

9:37AM Wed. Feb. 29, 2012, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

He Said/She Said: Drake
On Monday, two writers of similar age but different genders were dispatched to the Frank Erwin Cernter to digest a two-hour performance by Drake, arguably the biggest pop star in America right now. Here's what they brought back.

3:51PM Tue. Feb. 28, 2012, Luke Winkie and Zoe Cordes Selbin Read More | Comment »

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The Ice Storm Song
At a Dec. 6 benefit for Austin Bat Cave, a tutoring center for kids, Rick Moody appeared at the Blanton Museum of Art for a screening of The Ice Storm, Ang Lee's faithful adaptation of his second novel. A South by Southwest Music panel was already in the works given that Mychael Danna's haunting score to the film has nothing on the music in Moody's book.

12:39PM Tue. Feb. 28, 2012, Raoul Hernandez Read More | Comment »

Conditions of Puscifer's Parole
The problem with a rock concert at the Long Center is that when you run to the stage, the venue's personnel either lead you back to your assigned chair or throw you out the side doors. Dancing in front of your seat is the only compromise because few other venues could house the multimedia prop dramedy of Puscifer's Conditions of My Parole Tour last Thursday.

12:57PM Mon. Feb. 27, 2012, Kevin Curtin Read More | Comment »

SXSW Springsteen Show Finally Announced
South by Southwest just announced the date of Bruce Springsteen's performance during the festival, Thursday, March 15, also the day of his keynote speech for the Music side of the festival. SXSW has put together a lottery system for tickets, without yet naming the venue.

10:57AM Mon. Feb. 27, 2012, Raoul Hernandez Read More | Comment »

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