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Article: MONSTER WEEK ... and Vampire Weekend; With maybe 3,000 bands, 100,000 fans and untold corporate sponsors, South by Southwest was out of hand. But plenty of acts rose above the crush.(SOURCE)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 18, 2008
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Byline: CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER; STAFF WRITER
Austin, Texas -- It started out 21 years ago as a way to showcase some regional talent and sell some beer and margaritas during a college town's spring break. By the time the South by Southwest Music Conference (SXSW) wound down Sunday morning, after four pandemonium-filled and sun-baked days, it had become a monster out of control -- in good and bad ways.
A picturesque town that prides itself on being green and clean, Austin looked something like the wrecked site of the Woodstock `99 festival by the fourth and final day. Remember: That's the Woodstock that was so overcrowded and trashed that fans eventually ...