Slog - Comments on If You Have a Problem With the Word "Art"... Go Fuck Yourself http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1 SXSW Film/Interactive Festival Dispatch 1: Sunday, March 9 Nearly all my impressions of Austin come from the SXSW music festival, and walking down 6th at 8am brings the familiar sense and smell of all-night-party aftermath—perhaps not quite as strong as it will be once the rockers and their handlers, sycophants, and various remora show up on Wednesday. For now, a city built for music is being used for film. The result is a sparser, mellower, gathering, notable for the presence of serious movie fans and serious moviemakers—as opposed to the industrial vermin who cough their plague-ridden blood all over the... Copyright 2008 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:14:09 -0800 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:32:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle if ever a SLOG post needed a spill below the fold, this was it ... man that was long

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962709 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962709 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:22:05 -0800 Comment by bree-fer i found this illuminating and in no way superfluous.

]]> bree-fer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962789 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962789 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:50:00 -0800 Comment by Andrew Longest post ever.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962795 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:50:57 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV There are not enough words in this post.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962797 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:51:25 -0800 Comment by Dr. Zaius WAY, way, way too long.

]]> Dr. Zaius http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962801 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:52:39 -0800 Comment by Greg Jeffrey Tambor: brilliant, hilarious, thoughtful...and mostly likely a Scientologist. Google it. O the humanity.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962837 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962837 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:05:20 -0800 Comment by elenchos Long, unbroken Slog posts are Sean Nelson's way of telling all of us to go fuck ourselves. Well, fuck you too, Sean.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962868 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962868 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:18:28 -0800 Comment by Move over, Commander McBragg Blah blah blah, ME ME ME, I helped write some movie, blah blah blah, SXSW, I'm in it, man the new Sundance, blah blah blah.

Yep Sean, you'll be doing lines off one of the Olsen twins asses by this weekend.

]]> Move over, Commander McBragg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962919 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:44:29 -0800 Comment by what? @ Everyone:

Why do you guys hate reading so much?

]]> what? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962922 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:44:48 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Hey, Sean, this will be my first year at SXSW's music portion...is there an easy way to tell whether I'm a sycophant or a remora? Does it have to do with how much I blog about Vampire Weekend?

]]> Eric Grandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962972 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962972 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:09:28 -0800 Comment by Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz The first question that comes to my mind after seeing (not reading, mind you) this post is - did the speed come in a swag bag, or did you have to splash out for it yourself?

]]> Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962976 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c962976 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:13:07 -0800 Comment by oye como va This post was exactly as long as it needed to be, you feebs.

What I want to know is, why is nobody asking about the missing adjective here?

As the impossibly lovers walk away from each other

]]> oye como va http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963140 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:04:31 -0800 Comment by Tom Longest Slog post ever? Maybe.
Best Slog post ever? Yes.

]]> Tom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963151 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:10:50 -0800 Comment by Elvis What, do you get paid to write this dogshit by the word? It's the only explanation I can come up with. Unfortunately, I don't get paid to read it, so yeah, FUCK YOU, pinhead.

]]> Elvis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963175 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963175 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:29:52 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi The term mumblecore isn't horrible; every film associated with that term is horrible.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963305 Film Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:27:14 -0800 Comment by Bald Face Lie want to throw a party during SXSW?... Let's see some moolah.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/10/0210kelso.html

]]> Bald Face Lie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963355 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963355 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:39:20 -0800 Comment by Fawkes I'm skeptical of Russell Brand making any real impact in the U.S.

Brand's definitely a niche, off as much as he's on, and the country isn't as comfortable with effeminate celebrities as Britain, much less with one who's based his whole life over the Vince Noir character in 'The Mighty Boosh'.

]]> Fawkes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963356 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:44:53 -0800 Comment by breebs brand =ing a niche is NOT okay. listen. again. if he winds up making no real impact in the u.s. it is of no fault of his own. that falls upon our ridiculous shoulders, dude.

]]> breebs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963373 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963373 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:12:55 -0800 Comment by Pinions Sean Nelson, you are a haughty, self-important asshole.

]]> Pinions http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963397 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963397 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:02:53 -0800 Comment by ky interesting...haha~~~i am a little busy, so i'd rather go some free dating site er..such as interracialmatch.com/photo/blackchats to meet someone causually to fill my life.

]]> ky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963401 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:20:54 -0800 Comment by Fonky Where's my morning update? UPDATEPLZ

]]> Fonky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963608 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:26:15 -0800 Comment by Will in 98103 Sean, as you geeked out on movies most of us will never see, were you also geekily Twittering your SXSW party-going schedule?

]]> Will in 98103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963636 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963636 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:52:48 -0800 Comment by Gabriel Russel Brand is old hat.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/sxsw_film_1#c963711 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:32:40 -0800