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Doesn't the President speaking at SxSW kind of break the whole indie vibe of the event? Maybe I'm being naive and that was gone a long time ago (I've never bee
by rl3 11y ago
Doesn't the President speaking at SxSW kind of break the whole indie vibe of the event?
Maybe I'm being naive and that was gone a long time ago (I've never been), but typically tech or art-oriented events don't really care for politicians much.
I briefly peeked in on a talk Rick Perry gave at E3 2008 (promoting Texas to game developers), and the room was probably 95% empty. Tumbleweeds. Granted, I'm sure the President draws far bigger crowds, but it still strikes me as odd.
- iamdave 11y agoThere hasn't been an "indie vibe" at sxsw for at years, my friend. Austin is a weird city, and not in that fun weird that made it so great in the 2000's. When Leslie died, he took the "weird" with him.