SXSW Day 6: @_TheCITY Performing Live at Mrs. P’s Electric Cock
After the Memphis concert was over at Butler Park, I walked down to South Congress Avenue and ended up encountering a band called The City …
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SXSW Day 4: Enjoying A Mocha at TOMS Roasting Company @tomscoffeeID @TOMS
TOMS began life as a shoe company, making a modified kind of Argentinian shoe for the North American market, and giving a pair of shoes …
SXSW Day 4: Checking Out St. Paul & The Broken Bones at South By San Jose @StP_BrokenBones @SanJoseHotel #SXSJ
My friend Malcolm, the owner of Memphis’ excellent Memphis Music record shop on Beale Street had introduced me to St. Paul and the Broken Bones …
SXSW Day 4: Walking Across Lady Bird Lake to SoCo
The beautiful lake that separates downtown Austin from the trendy SoCo district is called Lady Bird Lake. Formerly Town Lake, it was renamed to honor …
SXSW Day 4: Running Into the Swish Gang/BMF Family @CalicoJonez
When I left Rainey Street, I knew I had only a little bit of time to walk down to South Austin for the St. Paul …
SXSW Day 2: Early Evening Back on South Congress
I had left my car parked on a residential street in Travis Heights in South Austin, so after dinner, I walked back down South Congress …
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: Getting Funky at @FriendsofSound Records
Also in South Austin is a record store called Friends of Sound, which can be hard to find despite its South Congress Avenue address, as …
A Final Dinner at the Snack Bar in South Austin @SXSW 2013
I decided to eat my final SXSW dinner in a place I had long noticed but never eaten in, the Snack Bar directly beside the …
SoCo on the Last Day of @SXSW 2013
The South Congress area of South Austin seems to be at its most festive and busiest on the final Saturday of South By Southwest. Patios …