The movie Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson, and Natalie Portman, tells the story of a family who lose their loving wife and mother, and are now trying to cope with their emotions. Gordon-Levitt plays Hesher, an obscene metal head, who comes in the family's life and unexpectedly, for better or for worse, rocks their world. Gordon-Levitt breaks out in the role of Hesher, really doing the dead-beat, malnourished, chain-smoking character (continued)
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Comedians provide laughs, entertain festival attendees, give interviews.
SXSW Interactive conference was more than just a love fest for all things nerdy and high tech. The conference, held from March 11 through March 15, was a hot bed of nerdy comedy about high tech gadgets, hipsters and viral videos. Over the span of the conference, several comedy showcases were held at Esther's Follies, a comedy club on Sixth Street, where (continued)
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Midnight Riot gets their voices heard at several battle of the bands.
Alternative rock band Midnight Riot competed in the Emo's Battle of the Bands on March 27. Leading the band is ACC Round Rock Campus student Amanda Kirkpatrick, whose fiery vocals bring a dimension to the band and often draws comparisons to another alternative-rock front woman Hayley Williams (continued)
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Accent editors remember memorable, not so favorable moments from covering South by Southwest Music, Film, Interactive.
Sitting in on an interview with actor Paul Reubens who played the iconic character of Pee Wee Herman and then getting to shake his hand afterwards was my most memorable experience at SXSW interactive. (continued)
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Musicians show off colorful clothing, patterns, designs during festival.
Adding to the music, film, technology, and video games, StyleX introduced fashion to this year's South by Southwest.
Instead of using professional models for the runway, several musicians that performed in the SXSW Music Festival or are affiliated in the Austin (continued)
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Interactive
QR code capitalizes on new marketing techniques.
"Scan me!" screamed the bright pink shirt of ACC student Kelly Anderson who stood outside of the Austin Convention Center on March 15 during SXSW. Festival goers stopped, pulled out their smartphones and scanned a picture of Anderson's tank top on bar code applications throughout the day in order to scan (continued)
Jay Rosen examines bloggers, journalists.
In the age of growing technology, journalism has been influenced in a major way. "Bloggers vs. Journalism." is a SXSW panel that informed, analyzed, and broke down the comparison between opinion and fact. Jay Rosen, Associated Professor of Journalism at New York University, wrote an essay juxtaposing journalism (continued)
Companies touted mobile applications at SXSW, showcased their work during tradeshow, panels throughout conference.
Acts of Sharing
An application that provides a platform where users can share items they own (continued)
Tradeshow exhibitors at this year's SXSW conference included lawyers, application developers, web companies and more. Below are three of the exhibitors that were at the trade show.
NewTek
TriCaster is a portable live video production system developed by NewTek, a San (continued)
Film
A Bag of Hammers, starring Jason Ritter and Alan Sandvig, is an offbeat comedy about two lifelong friends who work as valet employees, but steal cars as a side job. The film was part of the spotlight premiere categories featured at the SXSW film festival. First-time director Brian Crano, along co-screenwriter Jake Sandvic, brought to the festival a film that is not only witty, but inspiring. It brought back a reminiscent ‘80s feel, similar to movies such as Say Anything, starring John Cusack. In the film, two satirical childhood friends, (continued)
Source Code begins with a jolting start. The film premiered on March 11 at the Paramount Theater. It was the opening night film for SXSW film festival. It was directed by Duncan Jones, who other film Moon, which premiered at SXSW in 2009. The story begins quickly, taking place on a Chicago train. After eight minutes of watching the film, the train explodes as another train passes by. (continued)
Music
City and Colour, the solo project for Dallas Green, performed at the IFC Crossroads House on Thursday for SXSW, while hundreds of people waited in line just to hear a song from the singer/songwriter. Green formerly played in Alexisonfire, a hardcore punk rock band that was popular in Canada where Green first joined the band. His solo band City and Colour couldn't be any more drastically (continued)
Starting out gossiping about celebrities, Perez Hilton has quickly gone up the ranks as a blogger who is famous for his words. Also known for throwing massive parties that often become spectacles, Hilton has thrown parties at South By Southwest (SXSW) for the past few years. (continued)
SXSW 2011 Blogs
Follow Assistant Editor Sarah Vasquez as she covers the 2011 SXSW Music Conference beginning on March 15.
Follow Accent Editor-in-Chief Karissa Rodriguez as she explores the latest in technology at this year's SXSW Interactive conference.
Follow Campus Editor Natalee Blanchat as she covers the 2011 SXSW Film Conference.
SXSW 2011 is almost here, and for the first time since the Accent has covered SXSW, we will be covering all three portions of the conference: music, film, and interactive. All three editors will document their experiences with video cameras and update blogs on the Accent's website at theaccent.
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