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Photo of Guitar Hero at SXSW 2008 courtesy of Cassie Wright

Original post by hugh

Posted: August 26th, 2008 under Interactive News.
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• Music video is reinvented on the web
  Story from AP.
• A flexible definition of roots music
  Review from NY Times. (site reg req’d)
• Howard Wolfson - political operative/music blogger
  Post from LA Times.
• MP3 players for pirates
  Reviews from CNET.
• Canadian arts funding cuts could be disastrous
  Story from Winnipeg Sun.
• CrowdFire debuts at Outside Lands
  Story from AFP.
• Artists to watch
  Feature from Rolling Stone.

Original post by jill

Posted: August 26th, 2008 under Daily Chord.
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Not sure what SXSW is all about? Check out the video below for a glimpse of what you’re in for at SXSW 2009. Thanks to the folks at Super! Alright! and our sponsor, Dell Lounge for putting it together and making it happen.

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} else {
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‘width’, ‘480′,
‘height’, ‘310′,
’src’, ‘http://video.sxsw.com/2008/flash/dell08_sxsw_experience2′,
‘quality’, ‘high’,
‘pluginspage’, ‘http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer’,
‘align’, ‘middle’,
‘play’, ‘false’,
‘loop’, ‘false’,
’scale’, ’showall’,
‘wmode’, ‘window’,
‘devicefont’, ‘false’,
‘id’, ‘dell08_sxsw_experience2′,
‘bgcolor’, ‘#e5e5e5′,
‘name’, ‘dell08_sxsw_experience2′,
‘menu’, ‘true’,
‘allowFullScreen’, ‘true’,
‘allowScriptAccess’,’sameDomain’,
‘movie’, ‘http://video.sxsw.com/2008/flash/dell08_sxsw_experience2′,
’salign’, ”
); //end AC code
}

Original post by melissa

Posted: August 26th, 2008 under SXSW News.
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