Chronicle SXSW Coverage: 2003
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The Rest of the Fest


May 9

Page Two
BY LOUIS BLACK
With few big surprises, the recent local election left us to ponder single-member districts, minority representation, and campaign spending. Also: the consequences of wristband counterfeiting, and The Chronicle Hour is no more.

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Rockin' out with KISS and Godsmack in spite of the poster ban and smoking ordinance

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere


March 21

Page Two
BY LOUIS BLACK
Let us hope the war in Iraq is quick, the death toll is low, and that all dire predictions prove unfounded; let's also hope that we haven't destroyed our own country ideologically in order to save it.

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY


March 14

Page Two
BY LOUIS BLACK
If war is inevitable, you might as well be in Austin, enjoying South by Southwest.

After a Fashion: SXSW Wednesday
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Ka-plam! Your Style Avatar is out and about and making the scene at SXSW. It's just begun, y'all.

After a Fashion: SXSW Friday
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
While old geezers Camper Van Beethoven may be back in town taking the skinheads bowling, our Style Avatar gets all, "I'm With the Band," with Ms. You-Know-Who Des Barres herself, and takes the celeb shopping.

Together Again
BY ANDY LANGER
Reuniting the team behind Teatro, Willie Nelson and Daniel Lanois

SXSW Picks and Sleepers
Blurbs on (mostly local) bands showcasing Wednesday night at SXSW 03.

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Attacking the busiest week in the Live Music Capitol


March 7

Page Two
BY LOUIS BLACK
In such intense and crazed times, film and music of soothe and feed the soul; SXSW 2003 provides plenty to feast on.


Feb. 28

Page Two
BY LOUIS BLACK
When they label war protesters' speech as traitorous, right-wing war supporters reveal themselves as truly anti-American.

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
50 Cent brings his bullet proof vest to the Delco Center


Feb. 21

Page Two
BY LOUIS BLACK
In blaming the anti-war movement for all possible future scenarios connected to terrorism or the war in Iraq, the hysterical right has poised itself to lead a devastating assault on the Constitution and its protections.

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Austin (and its Music Network) will endure, Scandinavia and Interpol invade, and local alt-rock is sweeter than ever on Ear Candy.


Feb. 14

Page Two
BY LOUIS BLACK
SXSW looms, Seton's dubious deal, the war moves closer, the city silences the music, and the new GOP loves deficits.


Feb. 7

Page Two
BY LOUIS BLACK
Expect the next decade to be dominated by a weak economy and precarious international politics -- the consequences of Bush's successes.


Jan. 17

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
More on the Antone's merger, the noise ordinance, and finally, Abra Moore.

Music


March 15

Spotilight: The Coral
BY ANDY LANGER
More Liverpudlians who are bigger than JHC

Spotlight: Joe Jackson Band
BY JIM CALIGIURI
On the 25th anniversary of Look Sharp!, Joe Jackson remains the man.

Spotlight: Camper Van Beethoven
BY JIM CALIGIURI
The return of Camper Van Beethoven -- and Tusk?

Spotlight: Nina Nastasia
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Nina Nastasia bewitches.

Spotlight: Those Peabodys
BY MICHAEL CHAMY
Angus, Malcolm, Bon, and Those Peabodys

Spotlight: Drive-By Truckers
BY JERRY RENSHAW
The DBT will rise again.

The Insider: Beatle Bob
BY ANDY LANGER
Brief Interviews With Important People

SXSW Live Shot
SXSW Live Shots

March 14

Spotlight: Cat Power
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Chan Marshall gets cagey.

Spotlight: Riverboat Gamblers
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Denton's Riverboat Gamblers are Austin punkers in everything but location.

Spotlight: Alabama Thunderpussy
BY DAVID LYNCH
Call 'em Pussies, but don't call 'em stoner rock.

Spotlight: Mr. Lif
BY CHRISTOPHER COLETTI
Mr. Lif MCs it like it is.

Spotlight: Molotov
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Mexico's Molotov soccer up their "patada en los cojones."

The Insider: Wavy Gravy
BY ANDY LANGER
Brief Interviews with Importnant Pepole

SXSW Live Shots
SXSW Liveshots
SXSW Live Shots

March 13

Austin Music Awards 2002-03
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 12

The Insider: Cheech Marin
BY ANDY LANGER
Brief Interviews With Important People

Spotlight: Sahara Hotnights
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Sweden comes to SXSW in the guise of Sahara Hotnights.

Spotlight: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
BY GREG BEETS
Ted Leo is Rising.

Spotlight: Halley
BY MICHAEL CHAMY
Halley lights up Austin with their deliberate supernova rock.

Spotlight: Kathleen Edwards
BY CHRISTOPHER HESS
Kathleen Edwards says f**k the buzz.

Spotlight: Milton Mapes
BY GREG BEETS
Look out Uncle Tupelo, here comes grandpa Milton Mapes.

Spotlight: Raveonettes
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
The Raveonettes: three chords and the brute.

TCB: SXSW News

SXSW Live Shots
SXSW Liveshots

March 14
Phases and Stages

March 7

Long May You Run
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Previewing the 2002-2003 Austin Music Awards.

SXSW Picks and Sleepers
Picks & Sleepers

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Are you ready for the fallout?

Phases and Stages

Feb. 28

Picks 2 Click
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
SXSW 2003

Phases and Stages

Film


March 21

Short Cuts
BY MARC SAVLOV
Sending off SXSW 2003


March 15

In the Mood for Love
BY SARAH HEPOLA
Alex Holdridge and 'Sexless'


March 13

Born Again
BY PETER DEBRUGE
Joel Schumacher & 'Phone Booth'

The Weasel Has Landed
BY MARRIT INGMAN
Pauly Shore and 'You'll Never Wiez in This Town Again'


March 14

Life, Death, and Dance
BY SARAH HEPOLA
Robert Duvall loves to tango. Robert Duvall loves Buenos Aires. And Robert Duvall loves Luciana Pedraza, the ravishing Argentinean-born woman who plays opposite him in Assassination Tango, a film in which the screen legend somehow conflates all these things.

SXSW Film 2003 Festival Winners

Short Cuts
BY MARC SAVLOV
SXSW Film Festival 03 update


March 7

A Hundred Years of Shadows
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
One hundred years after "The Great Train Robbery," motion pictures have transformed consciousness into a Kingdom of Shadows.

A Decade Under the Influence
10 Years of SXSW Film

The Merry Hempsters Hit the Road
BY MARC SAVLOV
In 2001, actor and activist Woody Harrelson rang friend and filmmaker Ron Mann up and invited him to tag along on an environmental whistle-stop trip in a hemp-fueled bus -- "The Organic Living Tour." Two years later, Mann's digital video-shot doc Go Further is all but in the can.

The Camera Is Mightier Than the ...
BY MICHAEL KING
Documentarians Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain were right in the belly of the beast when the Venezuelan coup began -- specifically, in the Presidential Palace, right as the opposition stormed it.

Back in the Saddle Again
BY STEVE UHLER
Long considered a lost film, Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand gets its long deserved due at SXSW.

Twice as Nice
BY MARGARET MOSER
Nancy Savoca comes with two films tucked under her arms -- Dirt and Rebel Without a Pause.

Pick of the Litter
What to see, when to see it, at SXSW Film 2003.

'Art Should Be Convulsive'
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
The Austin Film Society and SXSW celebrate the films of Mexican cinema giant Arturo Ripstein.

Interactive


March 14

2003 SXSW Web Awards Winners
Web site competition winners.

Snippets From SXSW Interactive 2003


March 7

Book Review
BY RICK WHITTEN-KLAW
"Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is not for everyone," Rick Whitten-Klaw writes of Cory Doctorow's debut novel. "If you prefer your literature linear or your ideas staid, then give this one a pass."


Feb. 28

Plays Well With Others
BY MICHAEL MAY
How Creative Commons is redefining copyright law and what it means for artistic collaboration across the Internet.

A Corner in Cyberspace Turned Blog Party
BY JON LEBKOWSKY
Jon Lebkowsky asks, why blog?

Power up the PDA
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Recommended at SXSW Interactive 2003.