The SXSW Video Channel and its life partner, SXSW Audio, are both most excellent places to spend your pre-fest time.

SXSW Video offers many fine content options including music videos, film trailers and clips from past performances and featured speakers.

Why, you could hang out and watch FKi featuring Retro Sushi's video for "Stuntin." It takes place in front of a Waffle House and features a bike gang, something we're fond of here at the SXSW. Also, I sort of love that there's someone in the world called Retro Sushi.

Or maybe you want to check out the trailer for I Am Divine. They don't make 'em like her, anymore!

Then there's this clip from last year's The Start-Up of YOU: 21st Century Career Strategy at last year's Interactive conference featuring Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha. #zigging #zagging

Keep up with all the everything at video/music, video/interactive and video/film.

During the festival you'll be able to catch loads of streaming goodness at our Live Channel. Why, we'll be broadcasting EDU Distinguished Speakers, Interactive keynotes, Dave Grohl's Music keynote, and loads of live music from the North Door, the Radio Day Stage and the International Day Stage. Don't be missing or you'll make this guy sad.

In other visual news, SXSW has some groovy Flickr integration via our mobile app. You can post photos directly to the Official SXSW Flickr Group so please share your experiences of the festival! It's handy. It's dandy. Check it, peeps!