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Little Rock Film Festival 2009
First thing to do when arriving to the Little Rock Film Festival (if the films and parties haven't started) is to walk down Markham St. to The Flying Fish restaurant, just a rock's throw from the Bill Clinton Library. While waiting in line to order (there is ALWAYS a line) you giggle at the hundreds of photos of customers with fish that are posted on the wall . Then you grab a beer from the fridge and order from a choice of catfish, shrimp, oysters, frog legs, crawfish, calamari--fried, grilled, boiled, whatever. Today I kept it simple with a shrimp cocktail, a... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusWatch The Rural Alberta Advantage perform fireside
The indie rock trio from Toronto invited Paste over for an intimate, fireside performance and interview in Austin, Texas last week... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSXSW Film 2009: Documentaries
The casual, celebratory South by Southwest festival has come to a close. My colleague Tim Basham and I have been posting reactions to films throughout the fest, and to help wrap this burrito I'm going to recap the films I saw, starting with the documentaries and moving to narrative features in the next post. Favorites at the top. 45365: This lovely, well-organized slice of small town life is as strong an aural montage as it is a visual one. Walking silently among the residents of Sidney, Ohio, population 20,211, filmmaker Bill Ross offers us recordings of church congregations singing, radio... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusSXSW 2009: Day Four Photos ft. PJ Harvey, Bun B, Gentleman Jesse, White Lies, The Rosebuds and more
Photos taken by Jonathan Jackson (Harvey, Bun B, Kidz, White Lies), Eric Ryan Anderson (Romantica, Bird/Bee, Rosebuds) and Mike White (Gentleman Jesse, Modern Skirts, Octopus) at SXSW... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsSXSW 2009: More Film Reviews
Hal Holbrook & Barry Corbin in That Evening SunAs usual, the number of films seen during SXSW were in direct competition with the sum of hours slept, the quantity of BBQ consumed, the volume of alcoholic beverages imbibed, the length of lines endured and the number of parties partaken (Rachael Ray's was cool). And the music! I lost count of all the bands I saw, but I did enjoy: Bruce Robison at the Gibson Guitar party, the Meat Puppets at the Nat Geo taping, The Manichean at the Justice Records party, Theresa Andersson at the Boundless rooftop party and, of... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusSXSW 2009: Day Two Photos ft. Justin Townes Earle, Daniel Johnston, Samantha Crain, No Age and more
[Above: Phosphorescent]Photos taken by Amber Roussel (Earle, Johnston, Crain, Bird, Harper), Mike White (Simone, Cursive, Datarock, Obits, TAAS) and Jonathan Jackson (Phosphorescent, No Age)... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsSXSW 2009: Day One Photos ft. Decemberists, Echo and the Bunnymen, Vivian Girls, Avett Brothers and more
Photos taken by Mike White (Echo, Vivians, Stern, Lewis), Jonathan Jackson (Decemberists, Avetts), Amber Roussel (Vincent, Grates, Aqualung) and Eric Ryan Anderson (Manchester) at SXSW... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsSXSW 2009: Reuniting old favorites - Arc Angels, Jayhawks
Little Steven Van Zandt (left) with Arc Angels Chris Layton, Doyle Bramhall II & Charlie SextonArc Angels reunite at Antones--recording new album, touring with Clapton this SpringOne of Austin's most revered hometown bands, The Arc Angels, did a short set at Little Steven Van Zandt's "Magical Mystery Mondo Matinee" at Antone's on Friday. Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen's guitarist and Tony's first lieutenant in HBO's The Sopranos, produced the Arc Angels' self-titled and only album in 1992. The band will open for Eric Clapton during his UK tour this Spring. Before going on stage drummer Chris Layton and guitarist/vocalist Doyle Bramhall... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusPaste's Top 10 Buzziest Acts of SXSW 2009
Another year, another SXSW on the books. Somehow, amidst the parties, food and general chaos of 6th St., the Paste staff managed to see some music. Here are the 10 acts we were most impressed with:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayEight Things to Remember for SXSW 2010
Dear Future Self,Remember last year when it was 2 AM and you'd just returned from SXSW 2009 and you were sitting at home while thousands of other people were still rocking out in Austin, most of them just happy that Kanye decided to show up this time? You were a little sad that you would miss the last night but once you were home in your own bed and there wasn't some shitty MySpace band playing at the bar next door at such a volume that your hotel room's crown molding was trembling, you were actually pretty happy about it.... read more
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