We close out our South By Southwest coverage with the final dispatch from chief assumer (and former Austinite) Andy Beta, who provided us with the outsider's perspective on the badge-littered, wristband-bordered maze that was getting into shows. In this installment, he finds a little bit of Texas, thanks to a barbecue and a band from Brooklyn.
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If there's one thing that's true about South By Southwest, it's that much of it is based on access—the combinations of badges, wristbands, hand-stamps, and nods that get people into and behind the scenes of shows can be downright dizzying. To figure out what, exactly, it's like to experience the festival with not so much as a wristband, we enlisted chief assumer (and former Austinite) Andy Beta to give us the outsider's perspective. In this installment, he checks out one of the many splinter festivals around town.
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If there's one thing that's true about South By Southwest, it's that much of it is based on access—the combinations of badges, wristbands, hand-stamps, and nods that get people into and behind the scenes of shows can be downright dizzying. To figure out what, exactly, it's like to experience the festival with not so much as a wristband, we enlisted chief assumer (and former Austinite) Andy Beta to give us the outsider's perspective. In this installment, he watches as the Melvins join forces with a car company.
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If there's one thing that's true about South By Southwest, it's that much of it is based on access—the combinations of badges, wristbands, hand-stamps, and nods that get people into and behind the scenes of shows can be downright dizzying. To figure out what, exactly, it's like to experience the festival with not so much as a wristband, we enlisted chief assumer (and former Austinite) Andy Beta to give us the outsider's perspective. In this installment, he impersonates a wrestling fan and misses out on some free shoe action.
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If there's one thing that's true about South By Southwest, it's that much of it is based on access—the combinations of badges, wristbands, hand-stamps, and nods that get people into and behind the scenes of shows can be downright dizzying. To figure out what, exactly, it's like to experience the festival with not so much as a wristband, we enlisted chief assumer (and former Austinite) Andy Beta to give us the outsider's perspective. In his second dispatch, he gets a glimpse inside the Fader's downtown marketing complex.
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If there's one thing that's true about South By Southwest, it's that much of it is based on access—the combinations of badges, wristbands, hand-stamps, and nods that get people into and behind the scenes of shows can be downright dizzying. To figure out what, exactly, it's like to experience the festival with not so much as a wristband, we enlisted chief assumer (and former Austinite) Andy Beta to give us the outsider's perspective. In his first dispatch, he notices some swarms and storms, as well as a few Swedish horsemen.
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