Mike Hochanadel
Spiral of Mike: Web Developer, Music Lover, Football Watcher, Musician, & other randomness: comedy, mst3k, PHP, GTD, Pool, Dodgeball, Video, Media, & Wr

It’s that time again. Come on out Tuesday, December 13, 2011, for a year-end gathering with many of the other tech and web meetups from around town. Catch up with old friends, and make a few new ones. Thanks to our awesome sponsors, we’ll have a sizable bar tab for the night.

Admission: At least one canned food item for the Capital Area Food...

bring fun! from 6 to 2 in the a.m.

The Janes- 9pm
Roxy Roca- 10pm
Not In The Face-11pm

So I'm flying in to take the love of my life down with me to Austin. Flight gets in at 5:30 and we aren't leaving til Saturday. So let's hang out! Those of you going to the Cubs game stay sober enough to drive down to Waldo and hang out. The more peeps the merrier, the Hokey is a rare sighting indeed.

This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special and Limited Edition Vinyl and CDs will be released this day. Everything else in the store along with past Record Store Day releases will be on sale!! There will also be many promotional giveaways. Plus the band...

WHOAH! Thanks to Kelly and her Groupon ninja skills, we have a ton of Werner's sausage. Come on over and help us eat it. I'll grab some burgers for the sausaphobic.

This is _kind of_ a thank you to the Brew2Brewers but it's also just getting warm enough to do this stuff outside so don't be bashfu and come on outl. Like I...

OUTSIDE
Baths (5 p.m.)
Sharon Van Etten (4 p.m.)
Wye Oak (3 p.m.)
Ted Leo (solo) (2 p.m.)
Gentlemen Jesse And His Men (1 p.m.)
Small Sins (12 p.m.)

INSIDE
Low (5:15 p.m.)
Chikita Violenta (4:15 p.m.)
Maritime (3:15 p.m.)
An Horse (2:15 p.m.)
Tristen (1:15 p.m.)
No Joy (12:15 p.m.)

Plentiful (and hopefully free) libations and other party favors...

ShowLush's Backyard presents the RAMBLE CREEK DAY SHOW

Please join us FRIDAY, MARCH 19TH from NOON - 7PM for performances by many of Ramble Creek's amazingly talented friends.

LINEUP

The Ashes (Austin, TX) @ 12:15pm
http://www.myspace.com/theashestx
"indie rock infectiousness and soothing, Sunday morning melodies"

One Wolf...

Friday, March 18th @ Headhunters (Back Patio) 12pm - 6pm - (512) 236-9820

This event is free, and wide open to the public...

Line Up:

5pm: The Might Could
4pm: Lo-Pan
3pm: Magnet School
2pm: Tia Carrera
1pm: House Of Broken Promises
12pm: TBA

Join a group of music technology companies including Topspin, MobileRoadie, Songkick, MPX4, Virb, Soundcloud, MusicMatters, and Hypebot for drinks & appetizers at The Belmont during SXSW Music.

The Midgetmen are excited to be hosting our 4th Texas Jumpstart party during SXSW 2011. We've moved to the Hole in the Wall for this year, but The Midgetmen's Texas Jumpstart 4 will still be 100% free with 100% free beer (til it runs out).

Please RSVP on Facebook and spread the word; Having some idea of who is coming will help us work...

The SXSW® Music and Media Conference celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2011. Reaching a quarter of a century of being the biggest and most anticipated convergence of all things music, SXSW is ready to keep the reputation alive by programming the best event yet.
By day, thousands of conference registrants network in the halls of the Austin...

Don't miss this opportunity to network one last time or bid your final farewell at the party to end all parties — the Interactive Closing Party. Media Temple invites you to go out with a big bang.

Hosted by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. Tasty treats. Live music. Big brains. Each is yours for the taking at The Social Saloon, where the most creative minds at SXSW Interactive shake hands, make friends and nosh on handcrafted food and drink. Hot breakout band of the year The Head and the Heart kicks out the jams on this most buzz-worthy of nights....

Free party hosted by Martin Atkins of Public Image Ltd., Killing Joke, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Pigface / Invisible Records / Tour Smart. More info available at http://partysmart.eventbrite.com/

So we're throwing another epic event at SXSW complete with some fabulous music. We'll flesh this page out as more details emerge.

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SO YOU WANNA SEE THE SHOW? READ ON VERY CAREFULLY...

We will be able to accommodate about 1200 guests. During SXSW we will be giving away around 600-700 "Priority" wristbands randomly to those...

Celebrate the official Hubvine launch during SXSW **NO BADGE REQUIRED** Featuring a 20' projection screen with Guitar Hero, live music, food, and a real Laser Tag gun fight in a Texas saloon!

IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE!
We've been working for almost two years to bring Hubvine to the world, so it's damn time we had a big party to...

Hey Austin, gdgt is coming back to town! Join us at 7pm on Monday, March 14th at the PureVolume House for the gdgt live party and meetup! This is event is free and open to the public. You don't want to miss this, especially since we'll have free gdgt t-shirts and cellphone cases for the first few hundred people who show up, plus a bunch...

Join Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, and OpenStack, the fastest growing open source cloud project creating the open standard cloud operating system, for some fun and arcade games! We hope to see you there, free food and drinks for all!

Found Footage Fest and The Onion host a party featuring The Wooden Birds, Black & White Years, best-of found VHS footage, and a midnight showing of the 25th anniversary of the cult classic "Heavy Metal Parking Lot."

A night of exceptional beverages, hot jamz, and fierce competition. Together, we shall raise our pint glasses and plastic cups in revelry to celebrate a great year in web design.

This year, the BeerCamp competition will take form in a flip cup tournament.

The second annual Tech Cocktail SXSW will kick off the third annual SXSW Accelerator program and showcase 30+ early stage startups for an evening of conversation. The event is aimed at better connecting, educating and amplifying the SXSW Interactive community.

Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, innovators,...

Ever wondered what Family Feud with all your favorite tech giants would look like? Well wonder no more. We’ll have some of the largest tech giants on stage competing for the ultimate bragging rights as to who’s the smartest at SXSW.

Not just content with putting them under the spotlight, we’ll have entertainment from master turntablist Cut...

Android and Me (and friends) will be invading downtown Austin on March 13th, during SXSWi, for a full night of Android fun and debauchery. We'll have new phones, an open bar, and all the socializing you can handle!