SXSW 2010 recap.

Well, it's taken about a week to recover from the twelve day long 18 hour works days. I'm gonna keep this short and sweet. SXSW was a lot of fun. I saw some cool bands, I met a bunch of cool people, hob-nobbed with celebs and rockstars, ate a lot of free food and swilled gallons of free booze. I guess that's what it's all about. Here are some of the highlights of the music festival.

Smokey Robinson



Courtney Love



Justin Townes Earle



Jakob Dylan



Zooey Deschanel



Band of Skulls




Stay tuned later in the week for my review of Megadeth.

SXSW Film Festival update

So far the week has been pretty mellow. Hitting a lot of red carpet events and checking out some movies. The highlight of the week was definitely the world premier of the movie LEMMY about the front man for the iconic rock band Motörhead. It's a great insight into the day to day to life of this strange and enigmatic man.



A couple of other premiers I got to were Kick Ass and Electra Luxx. Kick Ass was a hilarious movie about a regular kid who attempts to become a superhero. This is no kids flick and there are plenty of awesome and violent fight scenes. I highly recommend seeing it.

Aaron Johnson



Matthew Vaughn



Electra Luxx was a little more low-key, but was fairly funny. It's about a retired porn star who's life gets turned upside down when of her dead ex-husband's flings asks her for a favor. I guess I'd call it a sexy comedy. Sexedy?

Malin Akerman



Carla Gugino



Sebastian Gutierrez

SXSW madness to commence...

Alright, well it's that time of year again. SXSW in Austin Texas. I will be running around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to cover as many of the hundreds of bands and red carpet events as I can. SXSW will 10 days of booze-fueled adrenaline addled madness and being Austin's only Gonzo photographer I'll keep you updated on the happenings during the debacle we call SXSW.

To tide you over here are some of my favorite pics from SXSW 2009.



Jane's Addiction at the Playboy Rock the Bunny Party.



Metallica at Stubb's for the Guitar Hero party.



PJ Harvey at Stubb's



Tori Amos at La Zona Rosa



The New York Dolls!



Echo and the Bunnymen



Juliette Lewis