Saturday Night Music Options

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Mar 082008
 

Peter Elliot at BeerlandRichard Ault, Metroblogger in from San Francisco, asked about more music options after my last post, so here’s some more.

  • Faceless Werewolves CD release continues at Beerland (“The happiest place on earth”) – A note of trivia, Randal and Donya, the owners of Beerland also own Rio Rita, the spot of tomorrow’s meetup
  • Dale Watson at Broken Spoke – I already plugged Dale Watson, but the Broken Spoke is a legendary country music venue. You’ll have to take a cab from downtown.
  • Horse + Donkey and others at Mohawk
  • Psych Fest at Red Barn
  • Long Center Preview Weekend – 10am to midnight – Join The Long Center for the Performing Arts as we officially open our doors and welcome the community to its new performing arts home. Special guest artists include, MASS Ensemble, The Brewery Troupe’s Crowtations and the Tami Wolfe Duo. Enjoy free programming for the entire family all weekend and catch a glimpse of some of the artists who will take part in The Long Center’s inaugural season. Patrons will have an unprecedented opportunity to experience the behind-the-scenes work that goes into this magnificent facility.
 Posted by on March 8, 2008 at 2:07 pm

SXSWi Day One: Early and Late

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Mar 082008
 

I’m trying to get as much out of SXSWi as I can without having a badge. I got myself out early after dropping off my son at school and hit Las Manitas for a small meetup of early arrivals from Laughing Squid, Technorati, Mahalo and Yahoo among others.

I made it back out around 10:30 and scored awesome parking at 3rd and Brazos for the Laughing Squid, blip.tv party at Six which has engulfed the bar area over Spaghetti Warehouse and the old B-Side. Bitter End has officially been demolished. I guess I don’t get over to the Warehouse district much these days. After waiting for 20 minutes to get to the roof bar, I passed Robert Scoble on the way in and found Metblog tech wiz Jason DeFillippo and introduced myself, finally meeting him in person. As with most SXSWi’s, it seemed as if San Francisco had taken over Austin. I spotted Matt Mullenweg of WordPress (the new platform for Metblogs) and then shortly thereafter met Kevin Rose from Digg and the staff from JPG magazine. We later hooked up with Sean Bonner, the other half of the duo responsible for Metroblogging. A good night for everyone in general. I think Sean summed it up best.

 Posted by on March 8, 2008 at 2:41 am