Intel's new campaign "The Museum of Me" is a stunning journey through the lives we all share on Facebook. The Museum of Me creates a poetic journey through each user's personalized art gallery by simply gathering content from facebook photos, posts, links, etc. The interface is a bit clunky, but the rich web story it tells is very compelling and I'm sure the interaction numbers will be sky high as this takes off through the ether.
Thursday
Still Corners @ Home Slice Pizza
Phantogram@ Cedar Street Courtyard
Surfer Blood @ Cedar Street Courtyard
Jaill @ Red 7 Patio
The Vaccines @ Stubb's
1,2,3 @ Club de Ville
Still Corners @ Club de Ville
Gayngs @ Lustre Pearl
Friday
Pete and the Pirates @ Dot Com Day Stage
Toro y Moi @ Radio Day Stage
Edwyn Collins @ Dot Com Day Stage
Brother @ Klub Krucial
Grouplove @ Klub Krucial
Penguin Prison @ Klub Krucial
Mystery Jets @ Klub Krucial
Ghost of a Sabre Tooth Tiger @ Elysium
Saint Motel @ Emo's
Delicate Steve @ Emo's
Megaphonic Thrift @ Speakeasy
King of Spain @ Ghost Room
The Forms @ 512
Takka Takka @ 512
Casiokids @ Parish
A lot less music today...
Harrys Gym @ Dot Com Day Stage
Heavy Cream @ Red7
Bear Driver @ The Palm Door
Sondre Lerche @ Maggie May's
Cobirds Unite @ Soho Lounge
Friendly Fires @ Windish Agency House
Charles Bradley & The Menehan Street Bad @ Stubbs
The Black Lips @ Club deVille
My annual trip to SXSW Music has begun... So who have I seen so far?
Casiokids @ Radio Day Stage
Sea of Bees @ Red Eyed Fly
The Limousines @ Red Eyed Fly
Weekend @ Emo's Annex
Givers @ Mohawk
Cloud Nothings @ Mohawk
Tennis @ Club DeVille
Mister Heavenly @ Emo's
Telekinesis @ Waterloo
Yourself & The Air @ Maggies Gibson Room
Erland & The Carnival @ Club DeVille
The Riff Raff @ Barbarella Patio
New Cassettes @ 512
The Vaccines @ Club DeVille
Liam Finn @ Red Eyed Fly
Tahiti 80 @ 512 Rooftop
These United States @ Ten Oak
Band of the Day: Erland & The Carnival - I had heard good things but never actually heard the band before walking up to DeVille... Absolutely awe inspiring. They were perfect in every way... Each musician singularly awesome but collectively stunning. The Love comparisons are on target and I will absolutely try to catch them again as it could be awhile before they make it to Chicago.
Song of the Day: Heartbeat from Tahiti 80 - Despite being one of my favorite bands ever, I've never seen Xavier and Co live. Too many new songs (alright fine you have a new record to push) but they won my heart all over again with Heartbeat.
Oops of the Day: Trying to see the Vaccines I ended up at Michael Cera's gig. Mister Heavenly, not so heavenly.
Incredibly Short Set: The Vaccines - 13 minutes? Really? That's it? I understand the hype... They are incredibly accessible and could have mass appeal but it would have been nice if they'd appear to try a bit harder.
Nice Surprise: Tennis - I want to hear more but I was not expecting to like her as much as I did.
Best start to the festival in recent years: Casiokids - Electroawesomeness from Norway that NEVER disappoints. Danceable fun!
Liam Finn: I have never been afraid to exclaim my love for Liam's live loop pedal madness. I was a bit taken aback at first to see him with a full band. By not having to tweak the knobs and keep up every instrument in every song the gloves have come off... He's alarmingly explosive and seems to have way more fun on stage now. I didn't realize "more fun" was even possible.
I am an inspiration junkie. I love thumbing through magazines analyzing both the advertising and editorial layouts. I love discovering new artists and designers who are thinking in a different way. I also love being able to share it all... welcome to Pinterest. Like a constantly updated mood board, the site allows it's users to gather inspiration from anywhere on the web, organize it in any way they please, and share it with others. I've used it to gather images for work projects, keep my art inspiration in order and discovering some amazing new things. The site is still in an invite-only stage but if anyone would like to try it out just let me know.
Tribal DDB (Hong Kong) developed a fantastic program called Lipton Millionaire to excite their Lipton brand managers and company partners to engage with the Asian brand standards. With the incorporation of new technology and a twist on a typical brand guidelines they turned a typical throwaway piece into a game to encourage participation and competition among their marketing partners. The sense of humor and whimsy involved is really engaging.
Zooming down Lake Shore Drive on Thursday night we came across a huge fireworks show in progress near Navy Pier. Twenty or so cars had pulled over to the side of the highway to watch and we joined in. As we hopped off the bike and enjoyed the end-of-summer breeze faintly tainted with sulphur, the city was electrified.