Jun
25
I had a dream last night that I was back in Austin, enjoying good music with good friends, on a boat in Lady Bird Lake, no less.
Then a tornado hit. I’m taking that as a sign to continue chronicling my travels on my sorely neglected blog, so I can write about events that are more… current.
So back to where we left off: the film and music portions of South by Southwest in Austin, TX.
May
12
I have been traveling an insane amount these last couple of months for various reasons. Because there is so much for me to cover, I’m breaking everything down into manageable, separate blog entries. Otherwise, both you and I will go insane trying to read/write everything in a single massive post! This post covers part of my trip in Austin for South by Southwest two months ago — and something big I learned even before the conference started.
South by Southwest Interactive …
Mar
13
My first big takeaway from my South by Southwest experience so far has literally just dawned on me, though it’s actually more of an affirmation of existing thoughts than a completely new takeaway. With challenges and limitations, come creativity and innovation.
Mar
2
Something I remember doing maybe once in college was pulling an all-nighter. I did one Friday night and Saturday morning watching the local news. Not because I was scared – I live three miles inland and had mixed feelings of a tsunami actually hitting Hawai‘i’s shores – but because I found the possibility and gravity of such a situation quite mesmerizing. Just like how my experience with the Hawai‘i earthquake in October 2006 was completely mind-boggling, so was this one.
Except this time, the natural disaster never happened. Phew.
Jan
16
The following is a recently found piece I wrote for a fan site, detailing my first-ever rock concert experience: BS 2000 and Le Tigre at Honolulu’s Pipeline Cafe on February 22, 2001. BS 2000 was Beastie Boy Adam “Adrock” Horovitz’s side project; Le Tigre was former Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna’s band. Horovitz and Hanna eventually wed in 2006.
Dec
23
So as you may know, I spent December 10-15 in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, to watch my favorite band Muse perform at two different radio station holiday festivals. Here are the highlights from that memorable weekend.
Oct
26
No Impact Man follows Colin Beavan’s project of curiosity, as he sets out to discover what it’d be like to live as sustainably as possible for a year—taking his shopping/reality TV/caffeine-addicted wife and their toddler daughter along for the ride. Along the way, quite a few laughs are shared; I mean, come on, just imagine what kinds of clashes ensue between the Beavan couple! But it’s also helped me think a bit more about what my family already does and what I could do to live a lifestyle that’s a little more sustainable.
