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CNet technology reporter Daniel Terdiman interviews danah boyd, an expert on individual and cultural identity in "public" online environments such as LiveJournal, Xanga and MySpace.
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Part 2 of a conversation with Daniel Terdiman of CNet and danah boyd at Studio SX 2006.
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Part 3 of a conversation with Daniel Terdiman of CNet and danah boyd at Studio SX 2006.
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In this audience-conducted interview, the Beastie Boys discuss their
documentary Awesome: I Fuckin? Shot That!, a film shot by 50 fans who were handed video cameras at the 2004 Madison Square Gardens concert. The group also talks about their experience running a record label, past and current influences, and Mike D?s obsession with the Purple Rain soundtrack.
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Belaire is a synth-pop band from Austin, Texas which started in 2004 with
influences ranging from Italian horror movie soundtracks to Kanye West.
While they are a young band, their quirky style and upbeat rhythms have
already earned them a dedicated following. All they want to do is make you
sing and dance.
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Belle and Sebastian have developed their intimate, timeless sound over the course of seven albums, and become a classic pop band of remarkable force. All along, Stuart Murdoch has proven himself one of music's smartest lyricists. They were recently voted "the best Scottish band of all time" by readers of Scotland paper The List.
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Annabelle Gurwitch introduces her new film Fired!, a humourous documentary on the common experience of being fired (released from contract, discharged, let go, terminated, downsized, phased out, laid off, canned, axed) and current economic realities in the United States.
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k.d. lang has released a remixed compilation, Reintarnation, from her first four albums and some rarities on Rhino Records. On the occasion of this retrospective, lang talks about her roots in country music, her love of Patsy Cline, her meteoric rise to popularity, and coming out in the Advocate. Added bonus? The tale of Sire Records producer Seymore Stein sleeping through the show at which he signed her.
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In this continuation of her interview, k.d. lang discusses discusses
working with (and learning from) Tony Bennett, her mixed reception in Nashville, performing at the Grand Ole Opry and her collaboration with legend Roy Orbison.
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In a time when the skratch musician is once again shoved to the background behind drummers, guitar players, singers, and rappers, one lone skratch artist continues on the road much less traveled. Sharing the stage with nothing more than two turntables, a DVJ, a mixer, and a microphone, Mike Relm defies any preconceived notions of what a solo DJ can achieve musically and visually.
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In a rare interview conducted by David Fricke, Morrissey discusses his work
and influences, his view of honesty, the spectacle of celebrities, and
faith, life and beauty. His newest album Ringleader of the Tormentors is now available.
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Neil Young's artistry and adventurous spirit have inspired acclaim and admiration for decades. Never content to rest on his laurels, each new project has furthered his reach, inviting new and old listeners along for an unpredictable and unforgettable musical journey. Mr. Young will be joined in conversation by director Jonathan Demme, whose musical portrait of Young, "Neil Young / Heart Of Gold," will screen at SXSW.
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Bryan Poyser and Jake Vaughn sit down for a conversation with Mocha Jean Herrup at Studio SX 2006.
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The Refugee All Stars formed in a refugee camp in West Africa after a brutal civil war forced them from their homes in Sierra Leone. Now the subjects of an award winning documentary, The Refugee All Stars are an inspiration. Their powerful lyrics speak to the suffering and injustice they have seen but their soulful afro-pop and reggae music reverberates with hopeful optimistic rhythms. This is pure roots music.
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Videoblogs are dramatically changing the state of international online video promotion and distribution. From film and TV content to personal videos, this powerful visual medium is now in the hands of anyone. We will discuss how inexpensive tools (a high quality video camera and computer) and a massive amount of new distribution platforms (e.g. software, TV over IP, phones, video iPods, etc.) make it easy for a home-made video or professional sitcom or film to be distributed all over the world
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Russian Circles is one of those rare bands that break conversations at shows and bring bodies to the floor; quieting kids like Christmas. Straddling genre lines, they slide effortlessly from forebodingly ambient to driving and texturally heavy to create brutal -- yet beautiful -- high-precision, instrumental anthems.
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Come explore the sordid past, passionate present, and stimulating future of sex in video games from the inside out. Warning: Sexually-explicit language and visuals.
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They Shoot Horses Don't They is an 8 piece band from Vancouver, BC Canada. Their debut album ?Boo Hoo Hoo Boo? is being released on Kill Rock Stars on February 21st, 2006. Their startling energetic live shows have won them listeners and even dancers throughout Canada where they have shared the stage with bands like The Unicorns and Xiu Xiu.
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You've got a The Next Great Idea and three brilliant engineers who want nothing more to work insane schedules for a year. This panel will discuss the key decisions you're going to face during your first year of existence that define the culture of your company.
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The founder of craigslist talks with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales about how a simple interface and an easy-going zen attitude have helped to make life better for millions of users across the world.
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Musician, author, actor, iconoclast, stand up/spoken word performer and host of IFC series The Henry Rollins Show, Henry Rollins sat down for a chat with Andy Langer of Esquire, to address his feelings on the current state of the media, pop culture, politics, education, and all the ties that bind them. In this clip he shares his opinions on his music, the war, No Child Left Behind, being a fanboy, and his desire to spank Anne Coulter.
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Darknet pioneers and representatives from the movie and music industries square off over the new realities of digital distribution over private spaces online. Panelists in this segment include Kori Bernards (MPAA), Heather Champ (Flickr), Ian Clarke (Freenet), Mark Ishikawa (BayTSP), JD Lasica (Darknet), and Dave Toole (Outhink).
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Check out the Design Fab Five as they tackle their latest, just as they did with Jakob Nielsen in the original Design Eye for the Usability Guy, and last year's hit Idea Guy. In this clip, they do a soup-to-nuts strategic redesign while handing out tips, techniques and some lessons learned as they picked apart craigslist.org, one of the most well known, well loved and well used sites on the Web.
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Film exhibition has gone through new trends and new technology since its inception. But, recently, a new debate has got all of the film business talking. It?s the tug-of-war between the DVD industry and the theater industry. Members of both industries, and everything in-between, meet and chat about the past, present, and future of this sea change and what it will mean for the way films are made.
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Clear Channel and Infinity are hurt and bleeding. XM and Sirius are slugging it out deal for deal. Public Radio loves podcasting and a strike force of geeks are creating radio your way, any time you want. The medium older than television and only slightly younger than the newspaper has become the battle royal for 21st century communication, how we get our news, hear new music, and become our own broadcasters.
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What does it mean to interact globally and locally at the same time? How do conceptions of urban life, social networks, mobility, and play help explain what people are doing when faced with globalized environments? These issues come in to play when we think about tagging and folksonomy, social bookmarking, media sharing tools, reputation and recommendation systems, and everything that is dependent on building out social networks.
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Chris Gore and Geoff Pevere talk about Gore's love of documentaries, and the continued growth of SXSW in recent years in this conversation at Studio SX.
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One lives in Salt Lake City and writes about herself and her family, while the other lives in Manhattan and writes about technology. Two pro bloggers talk about the different styles and strategies they bring to their craft and what it?s like to make the jump and get paid for talking about themselves.
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The film business isn?t all about film. Navigating the politics and policies of the business are some of the most crucial ways to make a living in the industry. From parties and premieres to festivals and fundraising, this is the chance to find out what really happens "behind the (social) scenes" of film.
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2006 SXSW Web Award winners and event hosted by Laura Swisher
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At the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet, the user experience is out of control, and findability is the real story. Access changes the game. We can select our sources and choose our news. We can find who and what we need, when and where we want. As society shifts from push to
pull, findability shapes who we trust, how we learn, and where we go. In this thought-provoking talk, best-selling author Peter Morville explores the future present in mobile and embedded devices, GPS and RFID technologies, search algorithms, findable objects, evolutionary psychology, and the long tail of the sociosemantic web.
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Hear the award-winning New Yorker columnist talk about the power of large groups (including on the Internet) to make remarkably intelligent decisions. The session will also cover the problems and challenges that large groups present.
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A conversation with Glennis McClellan and Bernie Burns at Studio SX 2006
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Ted Cohen has been described as a rock star and a digital guru. As Senior VP of Digital Development and Distribution for EMI Records, his work has advanced the transformation of music to a digital model, while retaining value for the artists. Bridging the artistic and technological divides that labels face, Cohen's work points the way to what the music business will look like in the future.
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SXSW 2006 Music Opening Film Closing Party with Sleater Kinney
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A conversation with Molly Holzschlag at SXSW 2006 Studio SX
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A conversation with Peter Morville at SXSW 2006 Studio SX
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The name says it all...
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How many records are indie labels selling in today's marketplace? Are market share gains indicative of the strength of the sector, or a result of the inability of the majors to adapt to recent challenges? Is the digital market generating income to match the hype? Are indies inherently better at artist development? The state of indies, examined by Billboard's executive editor and select label heads, presents analysis based on exclusive chart data and research.
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What happens when you employ video game technology to produce narrative, episodic content? The reigning expert in this form explains the many new possibilities brought forth by this brave new world of machinima.
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What happens when you employ video game technology to produce narrative, episodic content? The reigning expert in this form explains the many new possibilities brought forth by this brave new world of machinima.
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Living in Stockholm, Malmo and Paris, multinational popsters Envelopes fought geography and won, spending school holidays together to record their scruffy, addictive debut album, 'Demon'. Steadily picking up a word of mouth following, the band's unique take on Pop bears comparisons with The Pixies, Pavement and Belle and Sebastain, but in truth, they sound like no-one but themselves.
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Film Award winners are announced.
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The first non-local move for most musicians is the regional tour. Establishing yourself outside of your hometown is a vital step. Cementing relationships with booking agents and venue buyers can lead to more lucrative trips on the road in new territories. Strategies for cost-effective touring are explored.
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Chamillionaire is "The Mixtape Messiah," a title Cham was crowned after independently selling over 100,000 copies of the Get Ya Mind Correct album, and by selling thousands of his numerous mix tapes. When the Houston lyricist set off a major label bidding war to distribute his Chamillitary Records, it became clear throughout the 'hood and the music industry ? Chamillionaire is indeed the truth.
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The New Pornographers are a Vancouver group made up of A.C. Newman and a group of ridiculously talented people he feels are uniquely equipped to realize his musical ambitions. They formed in 1997, almost immediately recorded the classic "Letter From An Occupant," and it was on. Their 2000 debut Mass Romantic and 2003's Electric Version (as well as Newman's 2004 solo debut The Slow Wonder) enjoyed wild critical and public acclaim, and brought a lot of joy to the world.
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Having gone through numerous name changes, losing a founding member, funding a self-booked national tour on CD-R demo burns (and managing to make enough money to pay their rent), Headlights now find themselves with a new label to call home. Headlights began as a four-piece combo from Champaign, IL and features ex-Absinthe Blind (Parasol Records) and Maserati (Kindercore) members
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The brainchild of singer/guitarist Kevin Barnes, Of Montreal was among the second wave of bands to emerge from the sprawling Elephant 6 collective. A native of Athens, Georgia, Barnes formed the group following a failed romance with a woman from Montreal.
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Jacksonville, Florida?s ?The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus? (Virgin) blends propulsive, chugging guitars, yearning pop vocals and a volley of screams, tapping into elements of pop-punk, screamo and metal, flush with the determination, hunger and energy of youth (the average age in the band is 21).
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Humble beginnings. Rumble Strips are four friends from Devon, walking to a different beat from the rest of the crowd. Together, they conjure a timeless rush of sax and trumpet, pounding piano and drums, and sweet melody. The quality of the songs speak for themselves, but in Charlie, the band have a singer with a voice that will become synonymous with hairs raised down the back of many a neck for years to come.
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Who? What? Where? The Young Knives - drummer Oliver Askew, singer/ guitarist Henry Dartnall and his brother The House Of Lords (yes, we?ll come to that) - formed in rocktastic Ashby-de-la-Zouch eight years ago. Being young and daft they spent their time playing bad funk and Ned?s Atomic Dustbin covers until, luckily, university split the band. Four years later; older, wiser and now a bit embarrassed about the Ned?s Atomic Dustbin thing, they decided to reconvene by moving to that other cesspit of punk rock depravity, Oxford.
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In 1996, Austin native Harry Knowles launched a Web site that forever changed the polished face of Hollywood. "Ain't It Cool News" has evolved over its first decade into a mini-empire, offering early film reviews, trailers, news, and more. Meanwhile, both filmmakers and studio execs have changed much of their routine because of the revolution that has begun online, due to Knowles. Now, 10 years in, how has the journey treated its pioneers and how do they plan to stir things up through the second decade?
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Roseana Auten interviews Annabelle Gurwitch and David Cross at Studio SX 2006.
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Jennifer Nathan interviews Eric Besner of Netflix at Studio SX 2006.
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Interview wth Margaret Brown, director of "Be Here to Love Me" at Studio SX 2006.
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Today?s web designers and developers produce on standards-based technologies for their web sites and applications. As these web builders get more familiar with CSS for their web sites designs, they face major issues working with this design language. In this presentation, a panel of CSS ninjas solves real-world CSS problems submitted from SXSW attendees.
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SXSW 2006 Film Opening Party at Buffalo Billiards.
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Short form content is revolutionizing filmmaking and the future of media. Learn how to use short form films for broadcast, online and wireless outlets to advance your career and have your work seen and to discuss why short form is a viable medium for you.
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An interview with George Oates and Heather Gold of Flickr.com at Studio Sx 2006
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An conversation with Dennis Crowley and David Pescovitz at Studio Sx 2006.
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Bart has been the editor-in-chief of Variety since 1989. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was an integral part of Paramount Pictures, when the studio revolutionized the film industry with groundbreaking releases such as The Godfather, Harold and Maude, Rosemary's Baby, and Paper Moon. He also published seven popular books on a wide variety of issues related to the film business. Most recently, he's begun co-hosting the movie talk show, Sunday Morning Shootout. Join us, as Bart discusses his wide range of film experiences, and the state of the industry as he sees it.
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A conversation with Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie of the film "Bata-ville: We are Not Afraid of the Future" at Studio Sx 2006.
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A conversation with Doreen Ringer-Ross of BMI and John Anderson at Studio Sx 2006.
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A conversation with Nile Saulter of Flash Point Film Festival and Matt Dentler at Studio Sx 2006.
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How do you create and manage a global community-centric business where the line between customers and content producers has been completely erased? How do you ensure growth based upon community/customer support without advertising? This is a peek into a few businesses that do just that.
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