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Austin is actually above us here in South Texas so I won’t be headed, south for South by

Southwest. I’ll be spending three long, and more than likely, tir-ing days amongst musicians, filmmakers and techies from all over the world come March. And though there’s a slight hint of trepidation creeping around in the back of my skull, I’m looking forward to it.I’ve started a workout regimen,

got a sleeping bag (the sleeping

conditions are....unique), am try-ing to quit smoking (can’t smoke anywhere in Austin anymore), created a list of bands I want to see, and I’m shopping for a backpack to lug all my equipment around.I’ve been to SXSW once before

but just for about a day and didn’t really get to do anything but gawk at the thousands of fans that descend on Austin during the week-long festival. From all the accounts I’ve collected, it’s going to be pretty nuts.

So when you hear from me next, I’m sure to be a broken, battered and deaf shadow of my former self, but hey, it’s all in a day’s work. If you happen to attend the festival, feel free to tag your Instagram photos with #stxscene or Tweet @stxscene and maybe we’ll print them in our humble publication.Until we meet again, live long

and perspire. March is usually hot in Texas after all.

-Paul Gonzales

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SXSW Film

he SXSW film portion of the fes-tival has grown to be one of the go-to fests to premiere some of

Hollywood’s more modestly budget-ed feature films. Now on the crowded streets of Austin you can not only run into your favorite musicians, but your favorite movie stars as well. With over 100 feature and short films, there’s a lot to wade through. Here’s a short list of films that peaked my interest.

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A documentary about fonts? Yes, please!

Together Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias

Frere-Jones run the most successful and well respected type design studio in the world, making fonts used by the Wall Street Journal to the President.

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The guy who brought you “The Blair Witch Project” is back, and this time he brought Bigfoot out to play.

When brothers Brian and Matt Tover secret-ly sneak out to their Uncle’s abandoned cabin they find them-selves stalked by the legendary Sasquatch.The first film by

Spanish actor turned director Diego Luna has my butt in the seat.

“Cesar Chávez” chronicles the birth of a modern American movement led by famed civil rights leader and labor organizer, Cesar Chavez.

Torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commit-ment to bringing digni-ty and justice to others, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in

his struggle for the rights of farm workers.

Probably the only movie on this list with any real star power, but that’s not why it’s on this list. Sure, everyone loves Jason Bateman (“Identity Thief”) but it’s the fact that this is his directorial debut that has me interested.

In the movie, he stars as Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition.

Contest officials, out-

raged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match

for Guy, who zealously plays to win the prize money at stake, outpac-ing the pre-teen field in match after match.

While reporter Jenny Widgeon (Kathryn Hahn of “We’re the Millers”) attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year-old Chaitanya Chopra (Rohan Chand of “Homeland”), who is completely unfazed by Guy’s take-no-prisoners approach to life.

This is a documen-tary about middle aged band members who are collectively known as Tennis Pro who get the opportunity to take their act on the road to Japan where the allure of a second chance at

recognition awaits them.

On their Tokyo musical odyssey, the guys experience the thrills and setbacks of taking their music into unknown territory and in the process learn a thing or two about themselves.

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Shattered Sun hails from Alice and will once again be tearing up the

stage at SXSW 2014. But this time it’s a little dif-ferent for the small town guys as they have a new team supporting them on the road now.

A few weeks before the insanity that is SXSW, lead vocalist Marcos Leal took some time out to answer a few questions about Shattered Sun.

STXscene: So, you guys have been at it for quite a while. When did Shattered Sun begin and why?

Marcos Leal: Shattered Sun has been togeth-er since ’06, founded by our guitarist Daniel. We worked our way through the Texas scene for a while, but it wasn’t until 2011 that we met our produc-er, Robert Beltran, and formed a line up that was dedicated enough to take things to the next level.

STX: Did you guys find it hard going out and get-ting respect being from the small town of Alice?

ML: No, not at all; the fact that we are from a small town and a great community has always pushed us to work harder...

We wanted our music to speak for itself, and the fact that we get to repre-sent the Alice/Corpus area is something we take great pride in.

STX: What were some of the more memorable moments in being in the band?

ML: We have been very blessed to be a part of so many great shows and share the stage with some of our favorite bands.

Everything, from our video premiers in our hometown to Mayhem Fest to signing with Industry Legends as our manage-ment, all of them are spe-cial in their own way and

are moments that we will forever cherish.

It has all been a dream come true for us small town guys.

STX: What were some of your biggest shows?

ML: Mayhem Fest was amazing. We got to see the inner workings of our favorite summer festival and how hard working and dedicated the people are that put it together for all us metal fans.

We also love our city of Corpus and have had many unforgettable shows with some of the best bands in Texas.

STX: Is this your first time playing SXSW?

ML: SXSW has always been special for us. This will be our third year play-ing, but this year is particu-larly special for us because this is our first show of the year with all new music, all management, all new everything for us. This is our first step into the scene with the new and improved Shattered Sun.

It starts the push for our new album, so its defiantly been a date we have been looking forwarded to for a while.

STX: What are you look-ing forward to the most about SXSW?

ML: I’m sure the guys are excited to see several groups during SXSW, but I can say I’m most excited

to see all the bands and friends on the Come and Take it Metal Showcase we are apart of. Anthony Stevenson (owner of Come and Take It Productions) has put on this show for Austin and has done a great job. He always gets the best bands in Texas.

STX: What’s next for Shattered Sun?

ML: We just signed with “Breaking Bands” Management with industry Legends Jon and Marsha Zazula, Maria Ferrero and

Chuck Billy.

It’s been a dream come true to be a part of such an amazing team. Our priority is finishing and nationally releasing our new album Hope Within Hatred.

STX: When can we expect the new record?

ML: We are hoping before summer of this year, but at the moment we are unsure.

We would like to take

this time to thank our fans friends and family for being so patient with us while we finish this up. It’s definitely the best product we have ever put together.

Shattered Sun will be at the Dirty Dog Bar Sunday, March 16 at SXSW in Austin. Get more info on the band including songs and videos at www.face-book.com/shatteredsun1 and @Shatteredsun on Twitter.

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SIGNED AND SHATTERED The band with Breaking Bands, LLC after signing their names on the dotted line.

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Back in July 1986, organizers of the New York City music festival New Music Seminar reached out to Roland

Swenson—who at the time was a staffer at the alternative weekly magazine The Austin Chronicle—to see about branching the festival out to Austin.

The plans eventually deteriorated, but the seed was planted.

Swenson decided to instead co-orga-nize a music festival with The Austin Chronicle editor and co-founder Louis Black, publisher Nick Barbaro and booking agent/musician Louis Meyers.

According to Austinchronicle.com, Swenson recalled in 2001, “After many hours of everyone trying out differ-ent names, Louis Black, lying on his back on the floor, spoke the South by Southwest name for the first time, and

we all seized upon it.”

And South by Southwest was born. The organizers figured it to be a region-al event and were only expected around 150 attendees to show up. More than 700 fans showed up, and, according to Black, “it was national almost imme-diately.” That 700 has grown to more than 12,000 over the years just for the music portion of the festival.

In 1994, they added the film and multimedia portions of the festival, which bring about 15,000 to 20,000 registrants every March.

In 2013, SXSW brought $218.2 mil-lion into the city of Austin and is considered the biggest film, music and interactive festival in the world.

Get more info at SXSW.com.

So what’s the big deal?Check out the stats from SXSW 2013:

SXSW inception

SXSW moves into the Austin Convention

Center

SXSW adds film and

multimedia

Film and Multimedia Conference

splits into “SXSW Film” and “SXSW

Multimedia”

SXSW Multimedia is renamed “SXSW

Interactive”

“Screenburn at SXSW,” a component for video games,

is added to SXSW Interactive

The social media platform Twitter gains a

good deal of early buzz at SXSW

Interactive

2,000 bands are officially scheduled to

perform; over 13,000 industry

reps attend

The Interactive festival has

an estimated 12-13,000 attendees

The music portion is expanded to Tuesday.

Lil’ Wayne and Kanye West

make surprise appearances

The screening of the Foo Fighters documentary “Back and Forth”

is followed by a surprise live performance

by the band itself

SXSW Interactive has 30,621 paying attendees, three

times the number from 2008

What is South by Southwest?

BELIEVINGMMM-Break: In 1994, the band Hanson were brought to SXSW by their father in order to perform impromptu auditions for music executives. Among the people who heard them was A&R executive Christopher Sabec, who became their manager and would soon afterward, for better or worse, get them signed to Mercury Records.SXSW is a Wonderland: Singer-songwriter John Mayer played at the 2000 SXSW music festival, which led to him signing with Aware Records, his first record label, soon afterward.Spree for All: The Polyphonic Spree performed at the 2002 SXSW music festival, which helped bring them national attention before they had signed with a major label.Don’t Pass the Blunt: British crooner James Blunt was discovered by producer Linda Perry while playing a small show at the 2004 SXSW music festival. He was signed to Perry’s Custard Records soon thereafter, where he would go on to release all three of his subse-quent albums.

SXSW Timeline

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DON’T STOPHere’s a few artists that got their start at SXSW

MUSIC

• Festival Showcasing Acts: 2,278; International acts: 597 from 55 foreign coun-tries

• Stages: 113

• Acts That Applied: 9,718

• Conference Participants Including Registrants and Artist Wristbands: 25,119(from 64 foreign countries)

• Music Media in Attendance (approx.): 3,036

• Auditorium Shores Stage Attendance over 3 days: 57,000

FILM

• Participants: 16,297(from 58 foreign countries)

• Films Screened: 133 Features; 110 Curated Shorts(from 5,716 Submissions)

• World Premieres: 78; North American Premieres: 13; US Premieres: 9

• Festival Attendance: 74,955

• Film Media in Attendance (approx.): 1,927

INTERACTIVE

• Conference Participants: 30,621(from 57 foreign countries)

• Conference Sessions: 1,034

• Conference Speakers: 1,800

• Interactive Media in Attendance (approx.): 2,939

• Accelerator Competitions: Since its inception, over $490 million in funding awarded to 71 startup companies

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urking in the s h a d o w s , sneaking past guards, risking

detection just to partake in their

pilfering ways... Fiendish r o g u e s a n d

devilishly c h a r m i n g thieves have b e e n l i t t e r i n g

video games for a while now. In honor of the recent reboot and release of “Thief,” I present my top five

stealthy bandits.

These little guys are as frustrating as they are adorable. Thieves appear throughout the entire Spyro series taunt-ing players with “Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah!” A taunt most people will recognize from their elementary school days. Once you get within close proximity of these little kleptomaniacs, the chase

is on. If you planned to just run ahead and stop the bandit while they run along their set path, think again. These mis-chievous thief will change direction, canceling out your perfect plan. To add salt to wound, they will laugh as they zoom in the opposite direction. These mysterious robed figures come in a variety of color from common blue to the ultra fast red ones. So when you see the crea-tures holding precious cargo like dragon eggs or keys, charge in quick-ly. Never forget: Spyro’s flame attack comes in quite handy with these pesks.

Not one to be hindered by the laws of society, Sky, the self-proclaimed “Wandering Spirit,” goes where he pleases and commits robbery for a liv-ing.

After the death of his wife, Sky tries to set-tle down to raise their daughter. But when his precious daughter is sto-

len by slavers and subse-quently killed, Sky goes on a quest for vengeance. While Sky is set on seek-ing revenge for his mur-dered daughter and end-ing slavery, he also exhib-its a lighter side. Sky is often cocky and sarcastic, but he is never mean spir-ited. He instead comes across as light-hearted and quite endearing. This feudal Japanese Robin Hood will capture many hearts with his exploits.

Cat burglar, Selina Kyle, uses cunning stealth, mar-

tial arts, and an abun-dant dose of sex appeal to navigate the danger-ous streets of Gotham City. This sexy siren

steals numerous trea-sures, earning her the moniker of Catwoman, as well as the watchful eye of Batman. Although the two often are on opposite sides of the law, Batman and Catwoman share a flirtatious relation-ship and are often very close allies. Like other vixens in Gotham city, Catwoman is as danger-ous as she is sexy. Just keep your possessions safe and mind your man-ners, and you should be able to walk away with-out a cat scratch.

In an a world inhab-ited by anthropomor-phic animals, the sarcastic raccoon Sly Cooper is a descendent from a long line of mas-ter thieves. After a group of villains kills his family and steals the Thievus Raccoonus, Sly is put into an o r p h a n a g e were he meets his two best friends. Bentley, a computer hack-ing genius, and Murray, a comical powerhouse of strength hippo, help form the

C o o p e r Gang. The trio’s earliest heist

involves retrieving cookies from atop a

refrigerator, but as the gang grows up, their

missions become more c o m p l e x .

Eventually, Sly decides

he want to reclaim the Thievius

Raccoonus, the ancient book that contains the Cooper family’s thieving techniques. Throughout

his exploits he is con-stantly being tracked down by the persistent Inspector Carmelita Fox, and the two share a love/hate relationship. Whether sliding down power lines or pickpock-eting from guards, Sly Cooper, the masked ban-dit, lives up to his name.

In honor of his reboot, Garrett snags the top spot on this list. Garrett is a cynical master thief who prefers solitude and wants nothing to do out-side of stealing until his heart’s content. Orphaned as a child, Garrett spent his youth as a pickpocket and a sneak-thief until he caught the attention of the Keepers. The Keepers are an organization dedicated to maintain-

ing order within the city

through subterfuge and stealth. After his initial training with the Keepers, Garrett decides he pre-fers his thieving lifestyle and stops working for the Keepers. Maybe it’s his sense of survival, sharp sarcasm and self-interest that draw people to his character. Perhaps it is his refusal to take a life, a line that is never canoni-cally crossed by Garrett. Whatever it is, Garrett is an interesting and com-plex character that many people can delight in meeting.

Whether stealing our treasures or our hearts, video game thieves will leave a lasting impres-sion. Next time you play a game, keep your eyes open for the sly thief that lurks in the shadows waiting patiently to steal your precious loot.

Now go forth and game on.

By Daphne Garcia

Video Games

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• Tribal Seeds at the House of Rock: Pat Tribal Seeds will be rock-ing the House of Rock so come on out and start the weekend early. Tickets are just $15 and the doors open at 7 p.m. 511 Starr St. in Corpus Christi.

Fri. March 7• Johnson Grass &

Friends at the Ritz Theatre: The Johnson Grass Band will be joined by a ton of great Texas Country players like Pake Rossi. Tyler McCumber, Jason Maddox and Mikey Rivera Jr. The event’s BYOB and kicks off at 5:30 p.m. 715 North Chaparral Street in Corpus Christi.

• Hed P.E. at Zeros Hard Rock Club: Smile Empty Soul, Sunflower Dead, Killamora and more will be opening up the show with the doors opening up at 8 p.m. 6327 McArdle Road in Corpus Christi.

Sat. March 8• Pat Waters at

Schroeder Hall: Pat Waters & the Chainlink Band return to the hall. Doors open at 8 p.m.; music starts at 9 p.m.

Tickets are $10 at the door. All ages welcome. Oh, and the Schroeder Grill will be open. 12516 FM 622 in Goliad.

• Corpus Christi Writers Meet-Up at Cafe Calypso: Bring whatever kind of writing you have to the work-shop and meet-up to get some feedback from pro-fessional and nonprofes-sional writers from South Texas. Sure to be a fun time. 5425 S.P.I.D. #185 in Corpus Christi.

Sun. March 9• Speedy Ortiz at

the Galvan Ballroom : This looks like one mas-sively good time. Speedy Ortiz (Northhampton, MA), Big Ups (New York, NY), Pile (Boston, MA) and Microphonic (Corpus

Christi) will be jam-ming starting at 9 p.m. The event is BYOB. 1632 Agnes St, Corpus Christi.

• Ghost Town at the House of Rock : Ghost Town returns to jam at the House of Rock for just $12. The doors open at 4 p.m. so show up early and rock your hangover away. 511 Starr St. in Corpus Christi.

Mon. March 10• Chiodos at the

House of Rock : Analog Earth will be sharing the stage with Chiodos and so what if it’s Monday. You can have a great time any day of the week so don’t let the man get you down. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the tickets are just $15. 511 Starr St. in Corpus Christi.

Sat. March 15• March of Dimes

Ride at B.O.B.W.E. Bar: $15 per rider and starts at Bobwe Bar. The check-in is at 10 a.m. The ride starts at 10:30 a.m. The stops are in Goliad, Kenedy, Three Rivers, George West (tentatively) & then back to B.O.B.W.E. for live music, BBQ and a bikini bike wash. 1308 S. St. Mary’s in Beeville.

Sun. March 16• Calabrese at

Boneshakers: Heart Attack, Spanish Reds and Obliterates are some of the bands that will be opening the show for Calabrese and of course there’s never a cover. 4522 Weber Rd. in Corpus Christi.

• WWE Smackdown

at The American Bank Center: The road to Wrestlemania continues to tear through Texas. Come out and see your favorite wrestlers duke it out for supremacy right before your eyes! It’s sure to be an awesome show. 1901 N. Shoreline Blvd. in Corpus Christi.

Fri. March 21• Maverick Music

Festival at Maverick Plaza: The two day music festival kicks off with Phantogram,

Washed Out, The Joy Formidable and more on Friday. The doors open at 5 p.m. There’s more than one stage so show up and check out some of the best indie bands around.. Tickets are $49 to $89. Get your tickets early because they sold out last year. 418 Villita St. in San Antonio.

Sat. March 22• Maverick Music

Festival at Maverick Plaza : Day 2 of the music festival kicks off at 11 a.m. with a ton of awesome bands like The Psychedelic Furs, Twin Shadow, Run the Jewels, Candlebox. Tickets are $49 to $89. 418 Villita St. in San Antonio.

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