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SXSW Day Five: Jack Black Ruins a Life and Buddha Digs Social Networks

The official end of INTERACTIVE; the official opening of MUSIC marked the day. In general, appearances are deceiving; there will continue to be meet ups, trade show, panels, even a keynote from Bruce Springsteen remain on the Interactive calendar. And there has been music h... Read more

Gary Farmer

On Thursday, March 15, Eugene and Shusli will be interviewing Gary Farmer of "Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers" blues band. We will be discussing his new CD, "Under the Water Tower." Gary is probably best known for his acting roles in Powwow Highway, Deadman, Smoke Sign... Read more

SXSW Day Four: Buffering Al Gore

Starting the day at a decent hour, I managed to pull off yesterday’s blog and make it to a non-profit meet up within the heart of Trade Show. I found myself self-conscious explaining that my organization is on hiatus; the Board didn’t work out. People were hasty to move on... Read more

First Quarter of 2012 Brings Rodney Crowell, Dan Weber & Cindy Cashdollar to KBOO

In January we attended the "River City Music Festival". While we enjoyed every performance we especially enjoyed Tommy Emmanuel, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Geoff Muldaur & The Texas Sheiks, Rodney Crowell and The Hot Club of Cowtown. It is sad to pass on that 2012 will be the last... Read more

SXSW Day Three: Pizza and Stories

Routines are forming, parking spots emerging, bearings rolling, names calling, dropping, stopping people in their tracks: today Al Gore is going to interview Sean Parker, founder of Napster. How is that possible? I just thought SXSW was basically a music festival. But actua... Read more

stealing an education

[for the 3/12/12 Mole] What does it mean to steal an education? According to several school districts, it means providing questionable address information, at least if you're Black. Jen Roesch, writing in SocialistWorker.org, reports on the case of Tanya McDowell, a hom... Read more

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