The News Review:
- JohnFest to celebrate five years
- Scott Weiland Matt Sorum Fuel Velvet Revolver Breakup Rumors
- Highlights from Photographer Jenny Lens’ New Book ‘Punk Pioneers’
- Free shows abound for music fans at SXSW
JohnFest to celebrate five years
Fairmont Sentinel – Mar 24, 2008
?The most important thing to me is to make it a diverse experience? Saxton said. ?Sometimes we theme our shows around one genre and sometimes we will spread the show over many diverse genres. We have had reggae acoustic world beat rock ska string quartets electronica and punk music. ? And since the bands play the show for free ? playing simply for the cause and the price of merchandise all of the money left after stage and equipment rental goes toward the ultimate goal of opening an art-centric youth center in Fairmont. We also plan to have a used book library and coffee and concessions.
Scott Weiland Matt Sorum Fuel Velvet Revolver Breakup Rumors
Rolling Stone – Mar 24, 2008
Who are you to say what and who belongs where. Of course you all can be the prepubescent girls in rock music and try to say who and what they think these bands are when they have no idea really first hand what it?s like to tour nationally across the U. Most of you should be beat down then Pissed on for being the punks you are… Most of you should be beat down then Pissed on for being the punks you are. Anyone can type in their name as Scott Wieland or Slash or even Matt Sorum.
Highlights from Photographer Jenny Lens’ New Book ‘Punk Pioneers’
Rolling Stone – Mar 24, 2008
Of those times gone. Times when we could be true Bohemians and make art and music on no money no traffic and no stylists no online. Just spirits brought together. And too many are now gone.
Free shows abound for music fans at SXSW
Daily Nebraskan – Mar 24, 2008
The pit measured maybe 40-feet wide and even when a girl on the periphery was randomly tackled by an overzealous fan she jumped back up and held her head for maybe a second before continuing to rock. Because that’s punk. That’s what the music is all about. Crazy thing is the free show at the park which attracted almost 10000 people to see bands as varied as NOFX Black Mountain and Islands wasn’t even a part of SXSW’s official showcases. Instead it banked on the fact that the crowd of more than 50000 that descended on Austin for the festival would include industry professionals eager to sign the next big thing as well as kids with little to no cash to spend on entertainment for the week. The 2008 version of SXSW was perhaps the biggest attracting more than 1600 bands for a week of showcases originally designed to give record executives and bands a way to congregate in one place with hopes of fostering deals that benefit everybody involved. The focus has changed somewhat as is the case with most every successful music festival and these days Austin becomes a mecca for music fans with insatiable appetites for music.