just for fun.

1. Christine
A deity; the best person to be in your corner; unlimited power and potential; a muse; someone that can change your life. Someone that takes your side even when you're wrong; soulmate; kismet; fortuitous; serendipity
If I only had Christine, I could do anything!

My name as defined by Urban Dictionary.

Spot on, right? hehe

<3

don't know your name...

I neglected to post music last Sunday. Begging your nonexistent forgiveness. SXSW really took it out of me ;)

Above please find 'Heartbeart' by Annie as remixed by MSTRKRFT. Annie always transports me back in time to last summer. She's one of those cotton candy cute pop singers... but she has an edge. And I love it. Totally dig this remix.

While I'm at it, why not throw in a couple more...

Check this. Off 'It's Blitz!' the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album. I prefer the remixed version to the original. This album is good, but I feel like it lacks the raw, crazy sound of their previous stuff. Just me maybe?

And last, but not least!



Only because Shanna was out at Mozart's and mentioned that she heard 'Monster Hospital' and thought of me.

That rounds it out for tonight. MSTRKRFT remixes galore. Maybe not optimal studying music, eh?

mil besitos!

12th cine las americas international film festival.

I'm interning this semester with an AWESOME organization called Cine Las Americas. We're hosting our 12th annual international film festival in just a few short weeks.

Click here to visit the website. Festival passes are available online, but individual screening tickets can be purchased at the door for $7.00.
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Here's a short blurb about us:

"The Cine Las Americas International Film Festival showcases contemporary films from North, Central, South America the Caribbean and Spain. Works made by or about Latinos and native groups of the Americas are invited to participate. The festival screens narrative and documentary feature and short films, as well as experimental, animation and youth films in competitive and non-competitive sections. This event is complemented with repertoire and special screenings, currently bringing an average of 90 films and 40 visiting filmmakers from Texas, the United States, Latin America and the rest of the world.

Since 1998, the annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival has steadily grown to become an internationally recognized event. Each year the festival brings Latino and indigenous films and filmmakers to Austin, creates business opportunities for industry professionals and provides a rich cultural experience for statewide audiences. Four years after its inception in 1997, CLA became a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization."

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I really love being at CLA despite the fact that it's unpaid (although one day it might be). Recently I've been working on promotions/marketing... you've probably already received an invite to the festival from me on Facebook. CLA is really trying to ramp up its online presence. We've recently opened Twitter (oh god no!!), YouTube, and Flickr accounts as well.

I'm really excited about the festival and all the great films it will be bringing to Austin audiences. Hope you come out! Also note, the after parties are supposed to be FABULOUS.
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I'm not exactly head over heels about this year's graphic design (see above), but it's growing on me. LatinWorks (a company I would LOVE to work for one day) does all of our graphic design for free now. Check out these graphics & pics from past festivals below.

11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

Cine @ The Paramount

8th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

10th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

Eugenio Del Bosque (left) - Executive Director - CLA

CLA @ The Drafthouse

7th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

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Oh and check this! Press release from yesterday. CHILE is our spotlighted country this year. It was so meant to be.

AUSTIN, TX (March 23, 2009) - Cine Las Americas is honored to announce the participation of Chile as the invited country for the 12th annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, scheduled for April 22 to 30 in Austin, Texas.

Chile is the first invited nation to participate in a planned annual guest country program that Cine Las Americas started in 2009. The goal of this year's program is to create a space for the screening of films that represent the best and most successful of contemporary Chilean cinema, focusing on films produced in the post-dictatorship period from 1994 to 2004. In addition, the program will feature new titles made both by young directors and established filmmakers from the South American country. The series will also include a few prominent films from the annals of Chilean film history.

The festival will also be honored with the attendance of Chilean filmmakers, who will offer an opportunity for Central Texas audiences to share the best of contemporary Chilean cinema in the presence of some of its creators.

The retrospective titles included in this series are:

CHILEAN CINEMA OF THE POST-DICTATORSHIP ERA:
Amnesia, Dir: Gonzalo Justiniano, 1994.
Historias de fútbol (Soccer Stories), Dir: Andrés Wood, 1997.
Coronación (Coronation), Dir: Silvio Caiozzi, 2000.
Taxi para tres (A Cab For Three), Dir: Orlando Lübbert, 2001.
La fiebre de loco (Loco Fever), Dir: Andrés Wood, 2001.
Sangre eterna (Eternal Blood), Dir: Jorge Holguín, 2002.
Sexo con amor (Sex With Love), Dir: Boris Quercia, 2003.
Promedio Rojo (Below Average), Dir: Nicolás Lopez, 2004.

All Chilean new releases will be announced on April 1st with the rest of the festival program.

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Let's hit up some screenings together :)

un besote
c.

south by madness.

- Treasure Fingers @ Canvas -

- Hot Pink Delorean @ Canvas -

- The Hours @ Dirty Dog -

- Cursive @ Radio Room -

- Late of the Pier @ Cedar Street -

- Designer Drugs @ Beauty Bar -

- Little Boots @ ?? somewhere near 2nd & Guadalupe -

- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ 2nd & Guadalupe -

- Pains, cont'd -

- Kap Bambino @ Elysium -

So there you have it - some of my sucky pictures from SXSW 2009. These represent a smattering of the random shows I was able to see. The festival was, in a word, overwhelming. So much to see and do, and all of it going on at the same time! I loved it :) and the company I was with made it that much better. Designer Drugs was probably my favorite stop along the way. Sweet stuff.

Back to reality.

morning music.

I was reviewing the Levi's/Fader Fort SXSW lineup this morning and saw that Handsome Furs will be playing today. It's been forever since I last listened to them. Wolf Parade/Frog Eyes/Sunset Rubdown - I was digging that sound freshman year. I can't believe how much I've missed it.

To sum it up, Handsome Furs was pretty much the perfect wake-up band for me this morning.

Un beso.
c.

"they're my rock gods."

Click and be endlessly amused.
<3 you, Thom.
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I'll be back in Austin for SXSW possibly tonight, but at the latest tomorrow morning...
Show recaps to come next week!

i'm so lost for you.

Listen and enjoy a moment of nostalgia :)
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I was talking to Shanna via Facebook chat last night, and guess what popped up on my playlist?
I don't think I've heard this song since... middle school? At least sometime before I could really grasp exactly what he's singing about.

It's so innocently sexual. I love it.