Elusive poet and traveling man Jay Electronica has been surfing the sound waves lately. Besides Jay getting spotted roaming around SXSW, yesterday the song “We Made It” featuring his Roc Nation label boss Jay Z started floating around, but not before “Better In Tune With the Infinite” featuring LaTonya Givens popped up a week earlier. The thing that’s always guaranteed when listening to a Jay Electricity track is the brother’s uncanny ability to spit bars that almost sound like he’s casting …
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Trying to flee the police, a drunk driver crashed his car into a crowd of attendees at a SXSW Tyler, The Creator concert in Austin, Texas early thursday around 12:30 am local time. Two people were reported dead, 23 were injured, five in critical condition. The incident took place in front of The Mohawk club, hitting and killing two people on a moped, and hitting a taxi before finally stopping. According to the LA Times the driver was operating a …
Edward Snowden beams in from Russia to Austin’s SXSW festival on a ACLU panel about net privacy technologies. Due to the stream being bounce through seven proxies, there is slight delay, echo, and glitches in the video. Snowden and the ACLU panel discuss the future development of crypto-technology that is easy to use for journalist, and accessible to average people sharing information across the internet. Edward Snowden and ACLU at SXSW video …
South By Southwest (SXSW) festival kicks off this Friday March 7th and goes on til March 16th. Here is a short documentary profiling the the founder of SXSW Ronald Swenson and the development of the festival, from a Dailymotion series called “That Was Me”. In the sea of conservative red state Texas, the city of Austin (where SXSW is hosted) stands out as a liberal, and progressive beacon. Ronald Swenson, SXSW staff, artists, and event collaborators hosting SXSW in Austin …
Hopefully this will answer why this man hasn’t been spitting, putting out his fashion line or, last but oh so certainly not least, putting out an Outkast album. Sigh. The Jimi Hendrix biopic film, All Is By My Side is scheduled to premier at this month’s SXSW. …
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