SXSW 2010 was as blissed-out an exercise in excess as an exercise in excess can be. All in all, the Visitation Rites mobile reporting team (videographer Samantha Cornwell and I) probably caught more sun, saw more live bands, walked more miles, ate more tacos, drank more beer, laughed more, bickered more, took more photos, tweeted more tweets, shot more video, and reunited with more old friends than in all of 2009 combined. After five consecutive days of non-stop partying and documenting, however, we couldn’t help feeling a bit crestfallen when we realized that SXSW wouldn’t last forever.
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Sightings: The Washington Post on Underwaterpeoples
Friday, October 30th, 2009
This week, The Washington Post’s Chris Richards published a fabulous in-depth feature article on D. C. Label Underwaterpeoples. In addition to discussing its roster of musicians, Richards hones in on the label’s unprecedented success in using the internet to build a devoted following from the bottom up. Rather than shoot straight for the media outlets that garner the most hits, UPs has always been adamant about fostering a mutually supportive dialogue with smaller grassroots blogs like Chocolate Bobka, Rose Quartz, Friendship Bracelet, and even Visitation Rites–publications that represent a local and admittedly personalized take on independent music, much like UP’s dedication to promoting a pocket of upstart bands from suburban New Jersey.
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