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Finding Life in the Death of a Band: LCD Soundsystem’s Last Days

March 17, 2012 9:21 am by: Terrence Henry

By Yana Skorobogatov “Shut Up and Play the Hits,” one of the documentaries featured at this week’s SXSW Film Festival, chronicles the final days of the beloved indie da…...
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Japan Disaster Shifts Focus At SXSW Interactive

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Japan Disaster Shifts Focus At SXSW In...

The Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant emergency have derailed plans for many South by Southwest attendees who work for non-profit fundraising organizations. Even those outside that community have been riveted by the scale of the calamity. "I was expecting to go to some...
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SXSW Crowds Here for Next Ten Days

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SXSW Crowds Here for Next Ten Days

SXSW has opened the gates to a wave of creative minds that will flood this city for the next ten days. People were trickling into the Austin Convention Center Thursday and the crowds are slowly building....
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Reporting From The Most Dangerous City In The Americas

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Reporting From The Most Dangerous City...

More than 3,000 people were killed last year in the Mexican border town of Ciduad Juarez. But 98 percent of the families can't afford the $300 required for a funeral, according to Judith Torrea, who describes herself as the only foreign journalist living in Juarez. Torrea spoke today during a...
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Curtain Rises on SXSW Film

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Curtain Rises on SXSW Film

The South by Southwest Film festival gets underway Friday. In the coming days, theaters all over Austin will host dozens of screenings, many of them world premieres. Joining us to talk about this year’s festival is Janet Pierson, who produces the event....
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