Leading Ladies
Seven Shakespearean plays feature cross-dressing as a plot. Don’t tell that to the Lt. Gov. of Texas – he might start banning Shakespeare. Also on the ban list would surely…
Rocky Horror in Austin
Rocky is back! Rocky hit the film theatre in 1975, with Tim Curry in the lead role as Dr. Frank N. Furter, the blond Peter Hinwood as Rocky, Susan Sarandon…
Future of Fashion in the Metaverse
Two industry professionals talked at SXSW about the future of fashion in the metaverse: Cathy Hacki of the Futures Intelligence Group and Marjorie Hernandez, founder of LUKSO, an Ethereum-based blockchain…
Mark Cuban: How not to get fucked in the Multiverse
How can you can make online presentations more interactive? That is the question Mark Cuban and Falon Fatemi have set themselves to address with their new company Fireside. Cuban, one…
Cyber Security for YOU
A session at SXSW dealt with a lot of practical issues about your online security. The poster boy for what a hacker can do was quite a famous person: billionaire…
It Will Help The Ages to Mourn
The title of this article are the words spoken by Antonio Salieri upon seeing Mozart’s last musical manuscript, Requiem. It was left unfinished at Mozart’s death in 1791, age only…
Space and the Evolution of Humanity at SXSW
Many sessions at SXSW dealt with space exploration. Australia House on Rainey Street hosted one where the Webb Space Telescope was featured, along with an Australian astronaut. Let’s get the…
God of Carnage
If a guy says something you don’t like about a person you care for, throw a tantrum. Or better yet, slap him in the face! While the protagonists in the…
Don Toner Passes Baton at Austin Playhouse
While Don Toner is not retiring, there is a big change now underway at Austin Playhouse. The Catastrophist, a play that opened March 25, is Toner’s last under the title…
AUSTRALIA: Down to Earth
The second season of Netflix’s Down to Earth was featured at SXSW. Even though SXSW decided not to include it in the schedule, I found it just for the readers…