March 13, 2008
This year SXSW made an effort to go green.
In that case, I hope everyone finds something creative to do with the ephemera that filled the 25,000 tote bags they handed out to the festival-goers.
Here is a sampling of the contents, spread out on my hotel bed.
If you shred it all really finely, it would make good mulch...
...or hipster confetti.
Mainstream music biz (four companies control about 80% of the biz) - what a waste. They take plastic music, put it on a plastic disc, put it in a plastic cd case, and that's not enough - they wrap it in plastic wrap. Then clerk says 'want a bag for that?" Time for a revolution in the arts!
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Spektor is an oddball sentimentalist whose words summon universal feelings of love, hope and desire.
Tiersen's rich, liltingly eccentric pop music is constructed from lots of sweet, intricate pieces.
Hear a live set from the neo-psychedelic band, which crafts a grand combination of rock and gospel.
Watch the warmly eclectic singer perform old and new songs live at Le Poisson Rouge in New York.
Watch the English space-rock band in performance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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