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So this is why former Austinist editor Ben Brown was walking around with a miniDV cam during all of SXSW. Check out iFC's new show, "SXSW: Behind the Badge," before it airs on TV! [Video]...

Austinist unofficially kicked off our SXSW festivities with "Gonna Gonna Get, Get Down!", our day party over at new indie rock club Red 7, just east of Red River at 7th Street. We started a bit late, owing to some unfortunate sound issues (the new PA had been installed less than an hour before our show), but once these were resolved we jumped right into the thick of things. Including, as you can see to...

When scanning the SXSW listings, the cast of Even Money jumped out at Austinist. Ray Liotta, Tim Roth, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Jay Mohr, and Kelsey Grammer in a gambling film? We were game, especially when we saw that perennial 70's and 80's drama director Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond, The Rose) was also present. Man, did SXSW ambush us with this one. The actual film wasn't an ensemble drama on par with Crash...

The highlight of SXSW Interactive Day Two, apart from a confounding mock cosplay battle outside the front entrance to the Convention Center (promotion for a documentary screening at SXSW Film), was the morning's Tagging 2.0 discussion. With all this buzz surrounding the so-called Web 2.0 -- which, we're loath to admit, we still don't actually understand -- moderator Don Turnbull thought it prudent to use a similar catch-phrase, as both emerging technologies (or concepts)...

We’re not sure exactly what happened. We remember music, vodka, more music, sore legs, even more music. But the details have all bled together in a beautiful disaster of a memory, a passionate four-night stand that left us spent yet somehow wanting more. It was our first SXSW, the twentieth for Austin, and hopefully the beginning a fantastic March tradition of depraved boozing and beats. It all started Wednesday when we got stuck in...

We showed up late to the panels, after driving up to North Austin to procure a few dozen cases of alcohol -- to no avail, it turned out, as they'd somehow run out of a certain energized malt liquor entirely. How does a distribution center capable of stocking enough boxes of beer to replenish the Salton Sea run completely dry? Such is the ridiculous majesty of SXSW Interactive. After waiting in two or three...

We interviewed these guys a while back, and now they're back for SXSW: From band member Rodney: We've got a band called King Straggler (www.kingstraggler.com). We like to call what we do; 'Y'allternative'. It's three front-men, all writers, (backed by a smokin rhythm section). Whoever writes the song sings the lead vocal with the other two singing the three part harmonies. So our record, and shows are like a continually morphing collection of individuals...

We received this in our inbox last night, and to be perfectly honest, we've no answer for them. So we're hoping our perceptive readers might have more insight on this! I just got a call from Mary Lou Lord in Austin informing me that the cops shut her down from busking in the street citing a new law banning "amplification". Hoping you might be able to shed some light on this, it's her 11th year...

Sunday at one of our favorite watering holes, Club Deville, there shall be an after Sx party. And it will be good. Yeah, we know, everyone’s going to be busy pooping and crying after all the errant boozing of the week, but whatever. If there’s a good time to be had, then you should show your ass up, still drunk if need be. Fuck it? Fuck it! In order of prescribed appearance: Friday After...

*Warning: You are entering a rumor & speculation zone.* As you may know, there is a little hip-hop soiree going on over at Stubb's this afternoon, and we have learned from a little birdy that although the day show ends at 5pm and the showcases start at 8pm, that in-between, at 7pm, there is going to be a surprise performance. If you were at the surprise Flaming Lips show at Fox & Hound last...

Turk Pipkin is a Texas original who has built a colorful and successful career as a writer and actor. After appearing in dozens of productions and writing several books, Pipkin decided to focus his creative energies on an issue of global importance. Through his interviews with nine Nobel laureates, Pipkin’s documentary Nobelity, which premieres today at SXSW (Paramount, 7pm), focuses on the most pressing problems in our world today and how we can attempt...

Breaking News on the SXSW circuit: We just got word that Perry Farrell just dropped in to Uncut's party at Mean Eyed Cat. The front man for Jane's Additction played ONE SONG, jumped back in an SUV and was whisked away. One song? That's Rock Star. We didn't get confirmation on the song played, so if you feel like being a little SXSW gossip, let us know. *There has been some grumblings that Jane's...

The Oh in Ohio - Ah, the elusive female orgasm. Complex, intense, and something that millions of women all over the country have yet to experience. That’s right, boys and girls. Failure to achieve orgasm is more common for women than you think. For Priscilla Chase (Parker Posey), it’s just part of life. Priscilla is a successful businesswoman, married to the less successful Jack (Paul Rudd). Sex has always been a non-issue for her,...

We'll bring you full coverage of yesterday's Austinist-hosted parties sometime later this week. But, for now, we'd just like to say: thanks. We had an awesome time.       ...

From a friend: Are you lucky enough to be at SXSW? Freaking out that you might not get in to see Morrissey play the Austin Music Hall tomorrow night? Did you notice that hole in his tour schedule? Were you wondering where The Man might spend his night off? Maybe in Austin, right? Don't bother looking for the music industry's most famous vegetarian at the BBQ joints. Tonight, maybe- just maybe- Morrissey will pop in...

In Small Town Gay Bar, director Malcolm Ingram explores the lives of members of the gay community in the Backward South. A place where many people consider homosexuality a vile lifestyle choice at the least, and often a contemptible sin against God. The people featured in the movie do not have the luxury of myriad gay bars and gay-friendly townsfolk. Sadly, they are forced to hide their ‘sin’ at night in the small bars...

Austinist just got word that Richard Linklater’s film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly will be showing at The Paramount Theatre today, Wednesday, at 4pm. It was announced immediately after an Alamo Drafthouse screening this afternoon. It’s probably a badge/pass-holder only event, but, whatever. Do what you gotta do. A Scanner Darkly Wednesday, today, March 15 Paramount Theatre 4pm Badges, passes, or "do you know who I fucking am? DO YOU?"...

We recently heard that this Friday, Mutaytor is going to be playing two sets at the Enchanted Forest, one at 8PM and the other at 10PM. We're intrigued by the description of what they are: The Mutaytor is a futuristic vaudeville circus that blends multi-media, music, and visual performance into an unbelievable stage presentation that completely envelops and surrounds the audience. Onstage, The Mutaytor blends a rotating cast of players with improvised electronic music, 100...

Austinist is rolling nonstop catching some South By action. The following are our thoughts on some SXSW films: Friends With Money (Drama) - Lovely and Amazing director Nicole Holofcener has returned with another "real life is the best kind of drama" film, and it's a good one. The cast includes Catherine Keener, Francis McDormand, Joan Cusack, and Jennifer Aniston, and all but Cusack have significant screen time. The movie's plot revolves around the life...

Diesel's hosting a competition to fly three bands to London for the Diesel-U-Music International Awards Show -- as part of it all, they're throwing a party on Thursday with Editors, Voxtrot, Boy Least Likely to, Spinto Band and Film School! We're giving away a guaranteed spot on their guestlist with a +1. Simply be the first to send us an email. You might also try RSVPing directly, but we're guessing they've already closed the general...

Austinist is running around town (just like you) catching as much South By action as is possible this week. The following are our thoughts on the first three films we caught on Friday and Saturday: The Last Western (Documentary) - This short feature (65 minutes) tells stories from Pioneertown, CA, a small outpost built in the 1940's to film western movies. An oddball mix of drifters, eccentrics, and Roy Rogers fans have made the...

Diabolical DJ Ceeplus and company are taking over The Peacock tonight for an unofficial kick-off party in anticipation of SXSW Music, which, in case you haven't been paying attention, starts tomorrow. Sets by Ceeplus and the House of Bad Knives, Richard Henry, Starsign, Free the Robots (LA), Nathan, and a "special surprise guest." Plus, tons of giveaways! SXSW Get Down Tuesday, March 14th The Peacock 9pm, Free!...

We're running a quick giveaway contest for the "Comedians of Comedy," happening at Emo's tonight! Simply be the first to send us an email and you're in. Update: Congrats, Sonia! From their website: A new wave of creative, risk-taking comedians are coming out of Los Angeles, New York, and cities all over America. Tired of shopworn premises, hack punchlines, and impersonal comedy, these so-called "alternative" comedians are the vanguard of what stand-up comedy will become...

Last-minute logistical considerations have forced us to move our private afterparty to a different space. Things are going as planned, but unfortunately we're not able to accomodate nearly as many people as we initially anticipated -- as such, we'll be sending out final announcements today and tomorrow to those who RSVPed. But don't lose hope if you're not on the final list! We'll have a very small set of extra spots saved for the first...

Aaron and Adam Nee’s confident debut film, The Last Romantic, is a gorgeous and quirky piece of work. The story revolves around Calvin Wizzig (Adam Nee), an aspiring but uninspired poet who heads to New York City to find a publisher for his poems. He spends several destitute days meandering around the city, meeting a small array of odd characters, and musing about love and life. But don’t get the wrong idea; this movie...

Geek alert! Someone at SXSWi is uploading photos from today's Kottke/Armstrong keynote as it goes on. Technology at work! More from SXSWi...

Interactive is upon us! We're out and about sitting in on various panel discussions, including one yesterday that ended up prosletyzing about breathing techniques -- more on that soon. In the meantime, you can keep up with what's going on in and around the Austin Convention Center with the Official SXSWi Podcasts. Thus far they've chatted with panelists from the Podcasting 2.0 discussion -- Chris Pirillo (Lockergnome), Eric Rice (Audioblog.com), Rob Greenlee (Melodeo Mobilcast),...

Yes. Even though there’s no chance in hell that we could afford their threads, we really dig their parties! FactoryPeople is throwing down for fans of music, and the videos that come with, on the roof deck this Saturday night. Their wordy-words by way of press-release (fancy!): First Week of South by Southwest 2006 Kicks off With a FactoryPeople Party FactoryPeople is the place to celebrate SxSW (Austin, Texas)—-March 6, 2006—-FactoryPeople announced today that...

Remember us telling you about the funny and entertaining documentary The Outdoorsmen: Blood, Sweat and Beers that played at the Alamo last month, right? Come on kids, Think! That film was brought to you by the good people over at Bside Entertainment, a recent edition to Austin's independent film community that is looking to stay on the cutting edge of the way independent cinema is released, distributed and marketed. Well, apparently there is enough...

Here are a few more previews to get you, dear reader, geared up for SXSW Film. Yes, we do it all for YOU. Remember, these are just our recommendations from what little we can glean from the SXSW site. That’s the beauty of the film festival: sometimes, you just never know WHAT exactly you’ll be seeing! 51 Birch Street Who’s in it? The Block family and friends What’s it about? Director Doug Block asks,...