Archive for March, 2010
Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Author Helene Hegemann
“As Adam Smith observed, the two commodities absolutely necessary for short-term human survival – air and water – are virtually free. From a survivalist viewpoint then, everything beyond air, water, and berries and nuts can be considered a luxury good. Do you recall the luxury good of milk, in bottles, delivered to your [...]
Tags: Books, Bruce Sterling, David Shields, Helene Hegemann, James Joyce, Jaron Lanier, Louis Menand, Roy Christopher || 4 Comments »
Friday, March 26th, 2010
Tags: film, Video, Vinyl || No Comments »
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Moonrats – one of my new discoveries at SXSW. Photo by: Vaneesa Campbell
When you hang out with the locals in Austin during SXSW you get an entirely different perspective, being away from the madness and all. Of course, the first things the locals bring up is that they’re pissed over the price of beer getting [...]
Tags: CD Baby, DJ Spooky, Martin Atkins, Moonrats, Roy Christopher, SXSW, Ume, Via Tania, Warpaint || 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
This is the new video from Serena-Maneesh. I have two free tickets for tonight’s show [Thursday March 25th], just check my Twitter stream to try and win them.
Serena-Maneesh – I Just Want To See Your Face
Tags: MP3, Serena-Maneesh, Video || No Comments »
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Tags: Live, SXSW, Video, Warpaint || 5 Comments »
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
And The World Laughs With You – Flying Lotus with Thom Yorke
Props to Urb.
Tags: Flying Lotus, MP3, Music, Thom Yorke || No Comments »
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Very briefly here are a few things I learned at this year’s SXSWi Conference – 1. SXSWi may have already jumped the shark. This year the conference appeared to be packed with people who felt that they had to be there or that the idea of a once-a-year party was too much to pass up. [...]
Tags: danah boyd, Foursquare, Privacy, Robin Dunbar, Social Networks, Social web, SXSW || 3 Comments »
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Guest post by Roy Christopher.
Having never been and having skipped the bedlam of SXSW last year (the first since I moved to Austin), I decided I’d jump in with both feet this year. I registered for the Interactive side and just hoped my music friends could take care of me on the Music side. [...]
Tags: Alice Marwick, Austin, Band of Skulls, Bill Murray, Bruce Sterling, DJ Spooky, Douglas Rushkoff, Foursquare, GZA, Jaron Lanier, Paul D Miller, Roy Christopher, Stuart Candy, SXSW, Twitter, Ume, Warpaint || 1 Comment »