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In the wake of SXSW, here are some winners, sinners, and things I’m thinking about for next year.

Winners

Sinners

Oh yes, have some more photos…

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I had an excellent time at SXSW, as many did, but I was particularly excited to have earned a SXSW Film Wristband as well as a discount Music Wristband. Below I will list, in chronological order the films, bands and events I attended. I will highlight my favorites with a brief paragraph but all of these are things I enjoyed.

Saturday: 3/9

I attended the film portion of SXSW  in 2009 with a Platinum badge I lucked into on Craigslist. Alas, as I discovered, for anything interesting, the film wristband was fairly hard to use.

I did manage to see the premiere of The Bounceback (2013) @ The Paramount.

The film is funny and crass without being too base. Moreover it is a decent story about relationships evolving to an end. It was shot in Austin so, if you are a local, you will be saying “They could not be walking by Seaholm having just left Justine’s” and other things of the like. This is something I would like to see again and would recommend as a date film if you both enjoy some excellent and explicit talk about sex and dating. Maybe not a first date.

Now it is time for some music. First stop was Holy Mountain @ 4pm to see The Wandering Buffalo followed by Frank Smith.

Then I jumped across town to go to the Gay Austin Geeks/Gaming in Color Party at The Basement (which no longer exists). Twas fun hanging out with other queer gamers but I just ended up getting drunk with my boyfriend and eating free food.

Sunday: 3/10

This was a short day for me but I did manage to see Continental directed by Malcolm Ingram (Small Town Gay Bar, Bear Nation). When you get a chance to see this documentary, do it. This is an excellent piece of history and is Mr. Ingram’s best work to date.

From there I went to Dirty Dog with some friends and caught 12 Years Driven which was a nice bit high energy rock.

Tuesday: 3/12

After work I went to Russian House for WuWu Fest and enjoyed Carousel before heading to the top floor of the Hilton Garden Inn to see the Women of Letters panel.

Women of Letters is a Australian organization that supports animal rescue shelters by holding events where established artists each compose a new letter they write specifically for this occasion. On this night, the lineup was amazing:

• Buck 65 – “Fuck you, ya punks”
• Emma Swift – “To Dave from Myspace”
• Neil Gaiman – “Letters to Penthouse”
• Emily Owens – “In Utero”
• Kim Boekbinder – “To Love”
• John Sayles – “To the National Anthem”
• Amanda “Fucking” Palmer – “To my half-brother Carl”

Some of these letter elicited emotional reactions. Some made you lean forward, smile and say “fuck yes” in reserved catharsis. Others, such as Ms. Palmer’s, made you wish you had known the person they were speaking of. I loved this entire experience.

Following the depth and thought of Women of Letters, I needed some beer and some music.

I ended up at Antone’s for Surfer Blood which was, very surprisingly, not packed.  I have seen these guys before but they were really on this night. Great energy and it pulled me out of my own head where I had been trapped by the letters.

After the set ended, I took the trek across town, past i-35, to Cheer Up Charlies and saw Shivering Timbers play to a packed inside crowd at 1230am. After that excellent show I was sweaty, drunk and tired.  I needed to rest up for my first really full day of SXSW.

Wednesday: 3/13

Highlights: Cavemen wowed me mid-day at Brooklyn Vegan. That showcase gets better every year. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs’ DJ Set at Bungalow was excellent and a cool compliment to his full live show which I saw last year inside at Mohawk. 

Brooklyn Vegan Day Party @ Old Emo’s

• Torres
• Marnie Stern

British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30

• Y NIWL
• Man Without Country

Brooklyn Vegan Day Party @ Old Emo’s

• Cavemen
• Savages

British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30

• Charlotte Church

Bungalow (Rainey Street)

• Ean Golden
• Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ Set)

Thursday: 3/14

Highlights: Wet Nuns. Wet Nuns.  Fuckin’ listen to some fuckin’ Wet Nuns already. Seriously.  

British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30

• Wet Nuns
• Eagulls

Brooklyn Vegan Day Party @ Old Emo’s

• Parenthetical Girls

Empire Automotive

• The Virginmarys
• Five Knives

Mohawk

• Pacific Air

Friday: 3/15

The day started out kind of shitty. Student loan bullshit and I broke the expensive ass camera that Justin had loaned me (turned out to be an $11 fix, which was pure luck). So I drank myself through the day hoping that my wristband would get me into Mohawk for Chelsea Light Moving… and by fucking science, it did! I grabbed three beers, and planted my hips firmly on the front of the outside stage at Mohawk so I could see this magical sound in person. If you haven’t listened to their album, do yourself a favor. After the show ends, I stop by Mugshots for a nightcap and then start walking home. The busses are fucked and it was only two miles. I make it down to near Magnolias around 230am and who is crossing the street with an armful of records but Thurston Moore. I managed to compose myself enough to tell him how much I enjoyed the show. Then I went home, drunk and happy.

Brooklyn Vegan Day Party@ Old Emo’s

• TOY
• Diamond Rings

Sonic Bids Party @ Maggie Mae’s

• Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

Mugshots

• Loblolly Boy

Mohawk: House of Van’s Evening Showcase

• Dawes
• Merchandise
• Chelsea Light Moving

Saturday 3/16

Highlights: This was my more relaxed day. I took it easy and wandered with a bit less intensity. Luke Sital-Singh & Micah P. Hinson were wonderful for me in this mood. Two very different acts but both stand as examples of just how good one man and a guitar can be.

Red 7

• Davey Suicide

Holy Mountain

• East Cameron Folkcore

British Music Embassy @ Lattitude 30

• Luke Sital-Singh

Oilcan Harry’s

• F.O.X.

Red Eyed Fly

• Micah P. Hinson
• The Harlequins

That does it for this SXSW 2013 wrap-up. It is late, yeah, but we are always behind on shit here at Beyond 6th. Like Mopac at rush hour… EXPECT DELAYS.

Much love, gentle readers. Hope to be back with some new content soon.

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We are joined by Seth to wrap up discussion of our SXSW 2013 highlights. This is a long episode because we all did quite a bit at the festival this year. We come to the consensus we are getting old.

 Internet Cat Video Festival | Bangers | Brooklyn Vegan | Vegan Queso | Lytro | SX Create | Boosted Boards | Screenburn Arcade | Sleeping Dogs | Ninja Tune | Spring Breakers | ATL Twins | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Imagine | Yellow | Hopsin | Dead Prez | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Mary Lambert | Allen Stone | Kendrick Lamar | Kid Cudi | Hit Boy | Diplo | Bernhoft | BOY | The Coup | Angel Haze | Lianne la Havas | Fitz and The Tantrums | Body Language | Solid Gold | Pacific Air | Cold War Kids | Local Natives | Diamond Rings | Chelsea Light Moving | Third Eye Blind | Eagles of Death Metal | Parquet Courts | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Solange | Sleigh Bells | Flying Lotus | Flosstradamus | Luke Sital-Singh | Justin Timberlake | Questlove | RJD2

Intro is from “Broken Teeth” by Wet Nuns

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Recorded around 6pm on Thursday, March 14th at Mugshots while taking a brief respite from the glorious chaos of SXSW 2013. Wade is joined by Seth Thomas, Suzanne Russell and returning champion, Shivvy for a mid-SXSW discussion of sound quality, pick-up lines, films and music. A couple of us are drunk. Enjoy!

Wet Nuns | Five Knives | The Virginmarys | Atlas Genius | Tegan and Sara | Parenthetical Girls | WuWu Fest @ Russian House | Mogwai | Big Freedia | Bananarchy | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Mary Lambert | Mayer Hawthorne | Bootsy Collins | Cheer Up Charlies | Malcolm Ingram | Spring Breakers | Burma | Awful Nice | Continental | The Bounceback

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We are back to launch the new site, provide a few updates on our lives and preview SXSW 2013. We are excited to have press credentials for this years festival and plan to keep our Twitter updated with our goings during the event.

Austin Bloggy Limits, Chicago House, RSVPster, Will Call, Capital Factory, SXSW 2013 Startup Crawl, SXSW Create, Dev and Data, Blackmagic Design, The White House, Russia House, SXSWpartyzzzzz, Argus Cidery, The Roscoe at Torchy’s, La Barbecue, Much Ado About Nothing, Continental, F.O.X. (formerly Angry vs. The Bear), Buffalo Bob’s, SFC Farmer’s Market, Lucid Routes SXSW Guide, The Cultural Deviant SXSW Guide

Intro is “Same Love” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

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pictures by Justin T. Arthur (full album here)

“Is that an empty shed? IT IS NOW THE ZUNE LOUNGE AND CHARGING STATION!”

In the month leading up to the glorious chaos of SXSW buildings that have laid dormant for months are inhabited by construction workers, designers, carpenters, cleaning crews in the fevered rush to turn every available space into a fully-functioning venue.

There has been some major construction including the Spaghetti Warehouse on 4th and Colorado being given a second floor (pictured above). Other bars being renovated, re-named or spruced up include: Chicago House (formerly, Fuel; pictured below), Bourbon Girl (formerly Spill), Malia (300 E. 6th), Hyde (4th st) and Treasure Island which now has a liquor license under the name “413 Bar”. This effort included a rush to get new liquor licenses for the former Yassine properties issued by the end of January.

There are still a few places downtown looking vacant such as 404 (error: bar not found, formerly Kiss n’ Fly), Pure, Roial and Lovejoy’s (may it rest in peace). The lack of any obvious renovation or activity on these prime spots of SXSW real estate is all the more surprising given the ever-growing amount of economic stimulation Austin receives from the festival.

According to the yearly economic impact report by SXSW, the 2012 festival had a “direct impact” of $125.8 million. Added to the estimated “indirect” and “induced” cash-flow and the overall impact is just over $190 million over the course of 12 days.

Art feeding business, business feeding art.

We are presented with bands, artists and films from all over the world. Some of the bands won’t end up recording an album and some of the films won’t be picked up for release so here we have the potential to see something that might never be played to a wider audience.

That is why we look forward to South by Southwest every year. The opportunity to discover new things for yourself. Meet interesting people and take in art that might not come around here, or anywhere else, ever again. Even though the rush is sometimes jarring, it can also be very rewarding. If you ask me, the rewards far outweigh the minor inconveniences.

This, in part, is what has kicked our re-launch of Beyond6th.com into gear. We have been busy with major changes in our lives (new jobs, new homes, etc) and we can’t promise that we will ever be weekly again, but we will be a bit more consistent. Our new site is wordpress based, mobile-friendly and has an embedded player. Simple and sexy. We have just posted episodes recorded at Quakecon 2012 in Dallas, Texas, another recorded after attending Wizard World Austin 2012. Next is our SXSW 2013 Preview episode. We live… again!

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Wade and guest Nick de la Garza discuss their experiences at Wizard World Austin 2012, their taste in comics and talk of Cons in general.

Wizard World | Jim Cheung | Neal Adams | Batman: Odyssey | The Question | Dennis O’Neil | Allison Stanley | J.H. Williams III

Intro Song is “Stop Talking About Comic Books (or I’ll Kill You)” by Ookla the Mok

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Recorded live at Quakecon for the second year in a row! This is Alex, Graham and Wade low on sleep, high on caffeine and feeling chatty around midnight at a picnic table outside of the BYOC.

Quakecon, Anita Sarkeesian, Bronies, Secret of the Magic Crystals, In-Win, Fallout 3, Borderlands 2, Rage, Diablo 3, Left for Dead 2, Battlefield 3, Team Fortress 2, Starcraft 2, Call of Duty Series, SOCOM 4, Arkham Asylum, Rocksteady Games, Orcs Must Die 2, Steam, Humble Bundle, Wasteland 2, League of Legends, Minecraft.

Intro song is “Quake Theme” by Trent Reznor

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Wade here with some great events for those of us not interested in/can’t afford the Austin City Limits Music Festival. There is much awesomeness to choose from.

Ditch the Fest Fest 3 @ Spiderhouse & 29th Street Ballroom (Friday & Saturday doors at 5pm, $5 each day) including The Cocker Spaniels, Megafauna, Knifight and a lot more.

Austin City Locals @ Frontier Bar (Thursday through Sunday, 21+ FREE) featuring Schmillion, My Education and The Sour Notes among many others.

Silent City Limits @ Pine Street Station (Friday & Saturday starting at 10pm) benefitting the Enchanted Forest. A very worthy cause.

Friends, Diamond Rings @ Mohawk (Sunday, 6:30pm, FREE) two very good bands for an even better price at the best venue in Austin. You can’t lose.

Hope to see you out and about this weekend! Apologies in advance if I drunkenly hit on you.

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We gather most of the Beyond 6th family for our 50th Episode. We drink and cover everything from the big news since we last recorded to SXSW, good food and upcoming shows. And, because Graham says it a lot, Wade is unemployed! Thanks for listening. We love you!

Midnight Cowboy | Mondays: Film & a 40 @ The Eastern | Blue Starlight Drive In | Easy Tiger | SXSW | ACL Festival | Reggae Festival | Eeyore’s Birthday Party | The Skatelites | Nocturnal Wonderland | Insomniac | Röyksopp | Nada Surf @ La Zona Rosa ON FRIDAY JUNE 29th | Waga Mama | Elizabeth Street Café | Surf N’ Turf Po’ Boy | SoCo To Go | East Side Kings | Vio/Miré | Fab.com | VINCA Cute Jewelry | Grey Filastine | Cathedral of Junk | Austin Comic Con | Airship Isabella | Hangover Heaven | Texas Vegfest | Sweet Ritual | UT Entertainment Bus | Star Talk Radio | Nerdist Youtube Channel

Intro Music is “Walking for Two Hours” by The Twilight Sad

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