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 …
South Austin
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: 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 …
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 …
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 …