Forget your brackets and your cinderella stories, SXSW is the true March Madness. 4 days and nights of non-stop music, and that is only a slight exaggeration. Bands are packed into every bar and tiny venue hoping to be noticed and break out. While the meat of the festival is the official slate that SXSW has organized, there are "Unofficial" parties and performances that nearly every band will play along the way. From around 11 in the morning until 3 or 4 am, Austin becomes a musical playground as a walk down 6th Street during SXSW is akin to a walk down Las Vegas Blvd, however, instead of the sounds of slot machines pouring into the streets, it's the sound of bands.
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LAist @ SXSW: The Real March Madness Begins In Austin
That'd be a $2.5 Billion Strike
This morning at the Marriott Downtown, Los Angles Development and Economic Corporation (LADEC) financial uber-guru Jack Kyser will be presenting the 2008-09 LAEDC Forecast Results, a 71-page document entailing the region's financial future. Highlighting a recession watch, the crumbling housing market, and growth opportunities such as tourism, one loosely dubbed as "Its NOT business as usual!" talks strike and its ill-economic impacts upon the city. From the Hollywood Reporter:
The figure includes lost wages from TV shows that were canceled and films that were put on hold as well as a plethora of support services, ranging from limo drivers to florists. Kyser suggested that the cancellation of the Golden Globes resulted in a $60 million shortfall for the community.more ›
Pencil This In: Tuesday
CalArts and USC have a joint program at REDCAT tonight titled, “Listen Again: Music You Should Change Your Mind About Right Now.” A great panel of writers, musicians and scholars discuss the current state of pop music and celebrate the release of the latest scholarly writings on music issued by the Experience Music Project. Panelists include Neal Pollack (alternadad.com), Ann Powers (Los Angeles Times), R.J. Smith (Los Angeles magazine), Oliver Wang (Soul-sides.com, CSU-Long Beach) and Ernest Hardy (L.A. Weekly).
Win Hollywood Bowl Arcade Fire Tickets!
Here at LAist, we are no strangers to Arcade Fire. And that's why we are happy to being giving away a pair of tickets to next Thursday's concert at the Hollywood Bowl! Yes, you! All ya gotta do is comment (as a registered user, not a guest) on this post by end of Monday night saying what alcoholic drink you prefer at the Bowl: wine or beer (or, if you must, be as creative as...
Classical Pick of the Week: Diavolo Dance Company with LA Phil
Collaborations between two art forms can be magical. Collaborations of two Los Angeles groups is even better. On Tuesday night, the LA Phil and the Diavolo dance company will be teaming up to present conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's "electrifying imaginary scène de ballet, 'Foreign Bodies.'" Also on the program is Gustav Mahler's First Symphony. Diavolo Dances Salonen Tuesday, September 4 @ 8:00 p.m. | $6 - $43 Hollywood Bowl Promotional Video from Diavolo (does not necessarily...
Flaming Lips Bring in 07 with Pilate Sized Balloons
How to celebrate the New Year? With sexy aliens and hyper Santa Clauses (including LisaNova as Dalmation Benjamin Franklin) sandwiching The Flaming Lips on stage. With Gnarls Barkley singing Crazy in a jumpsuit. With Cat Power. The balloons (see the video below), the space ship, the aural atmosphere. A good year to begin 2007....
LAist Interview: Michelle Markel
Los Angeles may not be dreamy all of the time, but the area certainly seems to inhabit the dreams of Angelenos and non-Angelenos alike. Local writer Michelle Markel collected her favorite LA landmarks and wrote “Dream Town,” an illustrated book for children about a grandma telling her snowbound grandchildren about her days living in a magical land called Southern California, highlighting the best in LA's unique architecture in the process.
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