Topics: A track by track review of ‘Red Light Fever’ from Darkness frontman Hot Leg. Listener emails, requests and a toast to Nick in Australia for the beer fund donation. Another toast to all of the donations for my SXSW fund. A Nashville Pussy show review. Music by: Ginger Hot Leg Nash...

Now that Mashable has finally acknowledged what all y'all have been thinking for years -- that the party blows up when Verdino shows up (see Tweetup DO #5 in Stuart C. Foster's post on organizing successful Tweetups) -- I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to hear that I will be at the SXSW Intera...

I went to a pretty interesting talk yesterday at the Houston Technology Center where Bijoy Goswami was speaking. It was a great chance to network with a bunch of other entrepreneurs. One of the biggest take aways I got from the talk was when he outlined the 3 basic types of startups that you can do:...

AMAZING NEWS just out … Tori Amos has revealed the title of her new album and has confirmed that she WILL be playing a showcase concert at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, TX next month. According to a new press release from her new record company, Universal Republic, Tori’s ne...

I've started to notice some whining about SXSW on certain blogs (and amazingly ignorant Twitter feeds from folks who should just be grateful for the damn press badge), and it just boggles my mind. Here we have a film festival that strives to remedy just about everything that 'veterans' dislike about...

Kathryn Bigelow’s Toronto hit Hurt Locker will screen at SXSW this March, as will Sundance faves Lynn Shelton’s Humpday, Spike Lee’s Passing Strange, Duncan Jones’ Moon, Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre and Greg Mottola’s Adventureland. Launching at the Austin Fest are Gerald Peary's long-awai...

OK, this topic might only interest a few movie nerds, but that includes me, so I'm writing it. Most people know that to be eligible for Academy Award consideration, a film must play theatrically for at least a week somewhere in Los Angeles County within the calendar year. But what about short films?...

As evident by my infrequent blog posts, there’s simply no time to do anything more than work on school/business and other immediate goals. However… Nerds like you and me need breaks. Nerds need to be reminded of their purpose in the world, and how they can use their skills and brainpower...

Rumor I heard at the kids' swim meet on Tuesday: South by Southwest, a great little restaurant on S. Marshall Street in Winston-Salem, is closing its doors.  Not sure if it's true, and if it is I'm not sure what the reason is, but I will say that if it's true I'm really bummed.  I loved th...

Yup, thats me. 2008 has proved to be a wild and woolly year for me so far. We got through Christmas, then took off for Fall 08 Fashion Week in January/February. Then had South by Southwest (in my backyard in Austin, but regardless, gone for a week) in March. Then went to the Beauty Editor for a Day ...