http://hightimes.com en-us 0.4 By Mitch Myers   It’s hard to believe that SXSW was actually celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year – but there was a documentary about SXSW at SXSW entitled Outside Industry: SXSW, and they said it’s been twenty-five years so you know that it has to be true. Over this past quarter century SXSW has grown exponentially, adding impressive film and interactive components on top of their original music conference. So now, it’s …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/7038?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:14:25 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/7038?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/6323?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:57:01 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/6323?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers Story by Mitch Myers Photo by Michael Jackson   This past Independence Day, I was fortunate enough to attend the 30th annual Festival de Jazz de Montréal. After clearing customs, checking into my hotel and formalizing my press accreditation, I headed straight down St. Catherine Street and ducked into the first head shop I saw. Buying a nice piece of glass, I told the shopkeeper, “I’m here for the jazz festival and last year you helped me out, could we do …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/5670?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:36:04 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/5670?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers By Mitch Myers So I’m walking down Lavaca Street in Austin, Texas and just as I’m about to turn the corner onto 5th Street, I see a mother and her young son – obviously locals – staring at a smattering of black-garbed people talking on their cell phones in front of Antone’s nightclub. “It’s just the music people, dear,” the woman said to her son, “they’ll only be here for a few more days.” The SXSW Music & Media …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/3977?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:54:04 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/3977?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers By Mitch Myers As in past years, the 2008 SXSW Film Festival showcased all sorts of movies: narrative features, cool documentaries, shorts, music-oriented films, midnight horror flicks, Texas-centric stuff, and a whole lot more. While comedy was the new rock and roll of last year’s fest, this time it was weed that was on everyone’s mind, at least for a little while. Super High Me, the pot-infested documentary by comedian Doug Benson and director Michael Blieden was …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/2709?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:08:18 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/2709?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers By Mitch Myers Once again I found myself faced with a decision: What to do for the 4th of July holiday? After much deliberation, checking my press credentials and my bank balance, I finally decided that the most patriotic thing I could do was go to see Bob Dylan play at the Montreal Jazz Festival on Independence Day. It wasn’t just the Dylan show that I was going to attend. The Montreal Jazz Festival ran from June 28 until July 8 with over 650 performances, almost 400 of them …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/2302?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:13:13 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/2302?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers By Mitch Myers First things first, director Gregg Araki’s highly anticipated Smiley Face is a clever doper flick showcasing a standout performance by Anna Faris as a stoner who (accidentally) consumes her weird roommate’s pot cupcakes - all of them - and then tries to function with predictably outrageous results. Not bad for the first ever female-oriented stoner movie. I thought I was stoned when I caught two movies in a row, The Lookout and …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/1959?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:40:20 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/1959?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers By Mitch Myers After attending the South By Southwest Film Conference + Festival, I have one question in my mind: What would President George W. Bush do if he were compelled to attend SXSW. Austin is the state capitol of Texas, so he’d definitely know his way around town, and being President and all he’d have no trouble getting into the more exclusive screenings. Now, we all know that Bush is notorious for ignoring ideas that don’t compliment his worldview, so what …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/3527?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:00:01 -0500 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/3527?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers By Mitch Myers Like most music festivals, the International Jazz Festival of Montreal is intended to be fun. Unlike some of the other larger musical marathons, the Montreal gig actually succeeds in achieving this goal. Spanning 11 days and nights from June 30 through July 10, Montreal’s 26th annual jazz festival obscured both Canada Day and the Fourth of July and provided worthwhile entertainment—and plenty of other distractions—to approximately two million people. …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/2083?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:14:59 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/2083?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers By Mitch Myers Are we there yet? No, not as far as Woody Harrelson's concerned. Inspired by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters' classic cross-country trek toward higher consciousness, Ron Mann's documentary Go Further follows actor/activist Harrelson and his cronies on a 2001 bus and bike tour from Seattle to Los Angeles. While Kesey's sojourn was a reflection of in-your-face '60s radicalism, Harrelson's organic trip is strictly nonconfrontational. As a result, Go Further …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/141?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:53:44 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/mmyers/141?utm_source=rss_section_Mitch Myers Mitch Myers