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Halo Competition is a Homecoming for Hardcore Gamers

Most casual gamers have watched a multiplayer match of one game or another unfold, whether streaming on Twitch or from a friend’s sofa, but the look of a professional match is something else. In a professional Halo match, the level of play approaches the uncannily timed perfection of an AI…

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July 2018 HCS Competition in New Orleans. Photo by Robb McCormick

Hip-Hop Coachella? Rolling Loud Has Its Own Thing

When most people think of marquee music festivals, the first events that come to mind are Coachella and Bonnaroo, but there's another name that's entering the conversation: Rolling Loud. Now in its fifth year, Rolling Loud is to hip-hop what the Electric Daisy Carnival is to EDM, a multi-day festival…

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Rolling Loud in Miami. Courtesy of Rolling Loud

Brainiac: Beloved Cult Band Celebrated in New Film

“What if this all stops today?” In the SXSW 2019 world premiering documentary, Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero, which traces the short, but impactful life of the ’90s indie rock band, that is the question Brainiac’s bassist Juan Monasterio recalls asking himself in 1997. At the time, the Dayton, Ohio-based quartet,…

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Brainiac (Juan Monasterio, Tyler Trent, Tim Taylor, and John Schmersal) – Photo by Chuck Przybyl

Legal Cannabis Makes Gains But Roadblocks Remain

From long-time marijuana legalization advocates like Willie Nelson to more recent arrivals like former U.S. House Speaker (and SXSW 2019 Convergence Keynote speaker) John Boehner, diverse voices are proclaiming that the time for legal cannabis has arrived. At ballot boxes and statehouses around the country, 2018 was already a bust-out…

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Dr. Sue Sisley. Photo by Erik Verduzco

A Look Back: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

A Look Back: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah During the SXSW Conference’s Media & Journalism Track Featured Session: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on March 9, Noah, along with Daily Show correspondents Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic, Dulce Sloan, Roy Wood Jr., and Jaboukie Young-White joined CNN…

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(L-R) Jake Tapper, Trevor Noah, and Desi Lydic speak onstage at Featured Session: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Photo by Travis P Ball/Getty Images for SXSW

Identity and Tradition Color the Music of Black Belt Eagle Scout

Katherine Paul, who performs under the name Black Belt Eagle Scout, was raised on Puget Sound in the small Swinomish Indian Tribal Community about an hour from the Canadian border in Northwest Washington. Steeped in musical and spiritual heritage from an early age, her family taught her Coast Salish music,…

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Katherine Paul. Photo by Jason Quigley

MICRO Announced as SXSW 2019 Place by Design Winner

MICRO wins first place at the 2019 SXSW Place by Design Competition! Place by Design is SXSW’s public space design competition, celebrating transformative work at the intersection of art, technology, and design that rethinks how we use and interact with our shared spaces. The 2019 Finalists included HARM TO TABLE,…

BY Nicole Cappabianca
MICRO - 2019 Place by Design Winner - Photo Courtesy of MICRO

Leafly: What’s in a Strain Name?

When cannabis prohibition was in full effect across the USA, there was a general, unspoken rule that black-market growers kept track of genetics -- naming new strains with a nod to parentage. Take Lemon Haze, for example. Someone keeping track might deduce that Lemon Haze comes from Lemon and Haze…

BY Chris Backus
Leafly at SXSW
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