- Carrie Rodriguez
Carrie Rodriguez is an American singer/songwriter and the daughter of Texan singer/songwriter David Rodriguez. She was discovered by Chip Taylor at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in 2001, and he invited her to perform with him in Europe. They teamed up to record 2002's "Let's Leave This Town". The pair released "The Trouble With Humans" the following year and the critically acclaimed "Red Dog Tracks" in 2005. - Toni Price
Toni Price (b. March 13, 1961, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a country-blues singer-songwriter resident in Austin, Texas. Her adoptive parents, the Prices, named her Luiese Esther after her grandmothers. Her first exposure to blues was through second-generation blueswoman Bonnie Raitt. Luiese later began to study the recordings of women blues singers such asSippie Wallace and Victoria Spivey, from whose music Raitt herself had learned. - Eugene Mirman
Eugene Boris Mirman is a Russian-born American comedian, writer, and film maker, who is based in New York City. Mirman attended Lexington High School in Lexington, MA, and later Hampshire College in Western Massachusetts. Mirman has appeared on several TV shows, including Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Jump Cuts, VH1, Third Watch, Cartoon Network's Home Movies, Cheap Seats, HBO's Flight of the Conchords and more. - Jim Noir
Jim Noir (real name Alan Roberts) is an English singer-songwriter from Davyhulme, Manchester. Noir's stage moniker is in homage to Vic Reeves, whose real name is Jim Moir. He has released one album to date, 2005's "Tower of Love". The album and all of the preceding EPs were self-recorded at Noir's home in the suburb of Chorlton in Manchester. His music has been described as psychedelic pop electronica and compared to The Beach Boys, The Beta Band, … - Cadence Weapon
Cadence Weapon is the stage name of Rollie Pemberton, a Canadian rapper. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, his father was Teddy Pemberton, a pioneering hip hop DJ on CJSR-FM. He began rapping at 13, and following high school he briefly attended journalism school, dropping out soon afterward to concentrate on music. He released the underground mix tape "Cadence Weapon is the Black Hand" in 2005, … - Louis Black
Louis Black co-founded "The Austin Chronicle", an alternative weekly newspaper published in Austin, Texas, and has been the newspaper's editor since its inception. Black is also one of the founders of the South by Southwest Festival, also located in Austin, although the festival operates as a separate company from that of the "Chronicle". He also is a founding partner in Toronto's North by Northeast music and film festival. - Willy Mason
Willy Mason (born 21 November 1984) is an American singer-songwriter. He is the son of Jemima James and Michael Mason, both folk singers who - according to Willy - have influenced his music. When Mason was five, he and his family moved from New York to West Tisbury, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. He attended West Tisbury Elementary School and Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, where he participated in several local bands such as Keep Thinking, … - Richard Swift
Richard Swift is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and short film maker. From late teens to early twenties Swift found himself providing for his family by doing an assortment of jobs... as a KFC cook, a carpenter, and at one point performing at large Fundamental Christian gatherings, such as Promise Keepers (the only highlight for Swift being that he got to sing "Amazing Grace" with the legendary Smokey Robinson). - Ed Ward
Ed Ward (born 1948) is an American writer and radio commenter, known since 1986 as the "rock-and-roll historian" for NPR's program "Fresh Air" and one of the original founders of Austin's South by Southwest music festival. Ward attended Antioch College, and began his music-writing career in 1965. He has been on the staff of "Crawdaddy!" (1967), "Rolling Stone" (1970), and "Creem" (1971-1977) magazines, … - Min Jung Kim
Min Jung Kim (b. April 24th, 1974 in Korea) is a resident of San Francisco and humor columnist of Miscellaneous Mutterings for KoreAm Journal, Marketing Manager for Photobucket and blogger at BlogHer and American Express. Prior to writing for KoreAm Journal, she was the leading humor columnist for now defunct Asian American webzine IIStix (http://www.iistix.com) along with Ernie Hsiung, multiple award winning author of of http://littleyellowdifferent.com. - Alex Steffen
Alex Steffen Alex Steffen has been the Executive Editor of Worldchanging since he co-founded the organization in 2003, as the next phase in a lifetime of work exploring ways of building a better future. In a very short time, Worldchanging has become the most widely-read sustainability-related publication on the Internet, with an archive of over 7,000 articles by leading thinkers around the world. - Andy Robin
Andy Robin is a writer and director who worked on NBC's Seinfeld for several seasons with collaborator Gregg Kavet, penning many episodes, including "The Junior Mint", "The Jimmy", and "The Fatigues", which won the Writers Guild Award for Episodic Comedy. The duo wrote and directed "Live Free or Die", … - Gregg Kavet
Gregg Kavet is a writer and director who worked on NBC's Seinfeld for several seasons with collaborator Andy Robin. The team wrote episodes including The Jimmy, The Hot Tub, The Caddy, The Bottle Deposit, The Fatigues, The Comeback, The Nap, and The Slicer. The Fatigues won the 1997 Writers Guild of America Award for best television comedy. Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin wrote and directed the feature film Live Free or Die. - Jim Bryson
Jim Bryson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Briefly a founding member of the band Punchbuggy, he moved to a musical life under his own name with the release of his debut album, "The Occasionals", in 2000. A member of country singer Kathleen Edwards's touring band, Bryson has also toured and/or recorded with many other artists, including Howe Gelb, Lynn Miles and Sarah Harmer. - Naked Cowboy
Robert John Burck (born December 23, 1970 in Cincinnati, Ohio), better known as the Naked Cowboy, is a New York City busker and prominent fixture of Times Square. His routine consists of playing guitar wearing only cowboy boots, a hat, and a pair of briefs. In 2000, he was on the short-lived "Moral Court" starring conservative/libertarian talk show host, Larry Elder. - Andy Pratt
Andy Pratt (born Andrew S. Pratt) is an American rock music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In the 1970s, he made a number of experimental records that were appreciated by small audiences, and scored a commercial hit with "Avenging Annie". After words of praise from "Rolling Stone" magazine ("By reviving the dream of rock as an art and then re-inventing it, Pratt has forever changed the face of rock"), … - Tucker Max
Tucker Max is an American fratire writer known for chronicling his sexual and drunken exploits on his website, Tuckermax.com. The site includes a message board and reportedly clocks 1 million-1.5 million unique visitors each month. While he had previously published two modestly selling books (See bibliography), his latest effort, "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" made the Paperback Nonfiction "also-selling" section of the New York Times Best Seller list in both, … - Murray Lightburn
Murray Lightburn is a Canadian musician, most predominantly as the lead vocalist and songwriter for The Dears. Lightburn has been called "the black Morrissey" due to his vocal similarity (and shared penchant for somewhat dark lyrics) to the former The Smiths lead singer. Incidentally, The Dears toured as Morrissey's opening act during Morrissey's solo tour. In 2005, Lightburn became a parent with fellow band member, keyboardist/singer Natalia Yanchak. - Chris Elley
Chris Elley (b. September 15, 1977) is the founder and current Director of Austin, Texas-based film production company Electro-Fish Media LLC. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Elley has a bachelor's degree in Communications Studies from Texas Lutheran University and a master's degree in Mass Communication from Texas State University. - Pete Teo
Pete Teo (born 1972 in Sabah), is an English language singer-songwriter from Malaysia. He has released two albums - "Rustic Living for Urbanites" (2003 / produced by Ronan Chris Murphy) and "Television" (2006 / produced by Nick Lee & Pete Teo) on his own label Redbag Music. Currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Pete Teo is currently the most visible and popular independent singer-songwriter in Malaysia. - Nels Jacobson
Jagmo born Nels Jacobson, is a US artist and poster art historian born in Chicago in 1949. He moved to Austin, Texas in 1978 and began creating rock posters in 1981. For three years during the early 1980s Jacobson served as bar manager and promotional director for Austin’s Club Foot. He has designed posters for live-music venues such as Liberty Lunch, Cain's Ballroom and The Fillmore, and for performers such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Ramones, Divine, … - Ari Herstand
Ari Seth Herstand (born June 1, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in both Shorewood, Wisconsin and Madison, Wisconsin. Herstand is an eclectic artist with multiple and varied stylistic influences, including Folk, hip-hop, jazz, and acoustic rock. He is popular in the United States where he has played at the "World's Largest Music Festival," Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI, the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX, as well as Carnegie Hall. - Camille Mana
Camille Mana is an American actress and film producer. - Dan Brodie
Dan Brodie (b.1974) is an ARIA Award nominated singer/songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. His debut EP, "I'm Floatin' Mama" was independently released in 1998; followed by his debut album, "Big Black Guitar". Backed by The Broken Arrows (which featured his brother Chris on slide guitar), Brodie signed to EMI who re-released his debut album. - Jim Mendiola
Jim Mendiola is a Los Angeles based writer/director. His award-winning film "Pretty Vacant" (33 min., 16mm, 1996), about a Sex Pistols obsessed Chicana punk rocker, has screened in numerous film festivals, museums, and colleges in the U.S. and Mexico, including South By Southwest (Best Narrative Short), the Havana International Film Festival, and the Guggenheim Museum. - Eliza Wren
Eliza Wren (born Eliza Wren Andersen on October 7, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter, actress and filmmaker. She was born in Austin, TX and lived there for 23 years. When she was 18 she legally changed her name to Eliza Wren Sappington (her mother's maiden name). In 2006 she married Nord Anderson, as her name returned to Anderson (only this time with an 'o'). - Cathe Jones
Cathe Jones, (born Cathe Boudreau Alleger in 1964) is a published author and former stand-up comedian. Mrs. Jones has also written for The Associated Press, and has presented works at international events including "South by Southwest" in Austin, Texas, at the Royal Shakespeare Academy in London, England, and at Queen's Hyde Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mrs. - Karyna McGlynn
Karyna McGlynn (born 1977 in Austin, Texas) is an American poet. Karyna first became popular as a performance poet in the poetry slam scene in the late 1990s, regularly performing at the Electric Lounge and wowing crowds at South-by-Southwest. She was a member of the 1998 and 1999 National Poetry Slam teams from Austin. Two of her signature pieces from that time ("Fat Artists" and "Thong Underwear Poem") are included on the compilation CD "Tina's Fine-Ass Lingerie". - Neil
A country boy turned city boy. - Ari Brown
work-from-home mother of two boys. graphic designer. pixel pusher. aspiring yogini. writer of stuff. pleased to meet you. - Johanna
The Australian Music Collective. - Jonathan Horak
Out of school and looking for a full-time job. There's more. - Jenna
If you dont like my fire Then don't come around Cause I'm gonna burn one down Yes, I'm gonna burn one down My choice is what I choose to do And if I'm causing no harm It shouldn't bother you Your choice is who you choose to be And if you're causin' no harm Then you're alright with me -Ben Harper. - Amy
- Cary Caldwell
Seem to just work alot...workaholic...lazy prick... - Christi
Me: Born in Dallas. Attended and graduated from: Armstrong Elementry, McCulloch Middle and Highland Park High School, UNT (Go Mean Green!). Then the UK. Lived in Leeds, Edinburgh and Wimbledon. Back to America. Los Angeles, Austin, San Antonio and now Shreveport. Before it's said and done I'd also like to live in Australia, Peru & the Texas Hill Country. - Jean Henshaw
Never take it seriously, you never get hurt. Never get hurt, you can always have fun. And if you ever get lonely, you just go to the record store and visit all your friends. - Amy
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