SXSW Day 2: Afternoon Traffic in Austin
During South By Southwest in Austin, you learn to expect the unexpected.
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SXSW Day 2: Hanging Around the SoCo Neighborhood
The funky neighborhood of SoCo in South Austin is one of the nerve centers of South By Southwest each year. Once a blighted area, redevelopment …
SXSW Day 2: The Beginning of the New Vinyl Era at Austin’s @EndOfAnEar
With Austin being such a hip town, it has become ground zero for the vinyl renaissance, with plenty of vinyl record shops in several different …
SXSW Day 2: Breakfast at @24DinerATX and Browsing at @WaterlooRecords
As I have said on previous occasions, during South By Southwest (SXSW) eveyone ends up at 24 Diner sooner or later. It’s strategically located for …
SXSW Day 1: Downtown NOLA Party at The Lucky Lounge with the Stooges Brass Band @StoogesBB
The Downtown NOLA Party was held at the Lucky Lounge, which I seem to remember being Antone’s at one time, and as soon as I …
Album Review: @SoulmanSnipes #TheClassicSoulProject #LyfeIsDope
Memphis rapper Snipes has always tried to connect Memphis’ soul past and its rap present in a way that few rap artists other than Al …
SXSW Day 1: Walking Around Downtown and East Austin
As I do every year, I spent the late afternoon and early evening strolling around the downtown area, Sixth Street and East Austin. The crowds …
SXSW Day 1:Searching for the Blues at Antone’s Records @AntonesRecords
Young Clifford Antone had left his hometown of Port Arthur, Texas in 1968 to attend the University of Texas at Austin, but his college career …
SXSW 2014 Day 1: Shopping Around Austin’s North Loop Neighborhood @MonkeyWrenchATX @BreakawayAustin @epochcoffee
Going the I-10 route through Houston as I did meant that I didn’t get into Austin until 4 in the morning on Monday, so it …
A Little Something Extra at Baton Rouge’s Lagniappe Records @LagniappeRecsBR
Recent years have not been kind to the retail music situation in Baton Rouge, so I was thrilled to learn of a new vinyl record …