Hello there, KTSW fans! It's your friendly neighborhood DJ, Lady R! During SXSW, I ventured to K-Pop Night Out alongside a group of friends. For those of you who don't know, K-Pop stands for Korean Pop. It's a sensation that's been sweeping the nation just as long as I've been alive! The line-up included Jambinai, Kiha & the Faces, Nell, Crying Nut, Idiotape, Jay Park, and HyunA. They were all wonderful […]
BrooklynVegan kicked off their string of showcases at the Red 7 Patio with punk-rock acts Placeholders, Frameworks, Cheap Girls, along with bands you've heard on KTSW: The Front Bottoms, Touche Amore, and Against Me!. photos by Janelle Abad
Interviewer: Emily Reas Interviewees: Amy C. Elliot & Mike Scholtz Wicker Kittens Interview Three...two...one. Go! And the race is on in at the St. Paul Winter Carnival in Minnesota where some of the fastest puzzlers come to compete. It was here that director Amy C. Elliot filmed the fast hands of four teams in particular and to capture this quirky, yet competitive sport. After premiering at this past SXSW, I […]
It's an early afternoon as packs of people swarm outside the Paramount Theater in hopes of getting in to see the movie Yakona. While typically other movies at SXSW are filled with festival goers, this audience was mainly filled with, not Austinites, but San Martians. Full interview of Yakona This beautiful documentary examines the San Marcos river and it's headwaters at Spring Lake. Following the river as it flows from […]
Former University of Texas Longhorn Emmanuel Acho argued for the student-athlete throughout the recent SXSports session, claiming that college athletes do not have an advocate or someone to represent their best interests. He stated that if Colt McCoy’s Longhorns jerseys are being sold, McCoy deserves a piece of the revenue. “The NCAA is more or less a dictatorship,” Acho said, when referring to its refusal to pay its players in […]
Writer – Nick Erskine, Photographer – Nick Erskine This session highlighted the selling of Nate Silver’s http://www.fivethirtyeight.com website to ESPN. Originally a site focused on covering politics, it will now have an increased focus on using sports metrics and analytics in order to maker better sense of sports events. Simmons, founder of Grantland and member of the ESPN NBA Countdown pregame show, gave some astute advice throughout the session on […]
Writer – Nick Erskine Photographer – Nick Erskine Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann delighted the SXSports faithful Sunday afternoon with optimistic rhetoric surrounding USA’s chances during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In regards to reasons why the United States has not gravitated toward soccer like the rest of the world, Klinsmann stated that “the American culture is never happy being second in anything they do.” The men’s team is […]
Writer: Emily Reas Interviewee: Alysia Reiner Interview with Alysia Reiner Alysia Reiner is a force to be reckon with. Not only does she have over 40 film credits alone, but she has won awards both on and off screen, have had numerous praise in reviews, and was even suggested by the IMDB as one of the top 3 picks for the next "Bond Girl". During this past SXSW, I had […]
Documentary film maker Amy C. Elliott was in attendance of SxSW for the premiere of her latest film, Wicker Kittens. The film documents the world of competitive jigsaw-puzzling and follows four teams as they prepare for the St. Paul Winter Carnival contest. The film was directed by Elliott and produced by Mike Scholtz. Elliott is a Princeton graduate who currently works out of New York. She is also a photographer […]
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