Charles Bradley being totally freakin' awesome at ACL last night.
photo by Merrick Ales

Good afternoon into evening! Are you ready for Friday night in Austintown? Peep some refined options of loveliness and discovery cultivated especially for you

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• Tito's Bloody Mary Breakfast. This is a note to save for tomorrow morning: Free Bloody Marys. Free breakfast tacos. All followed by an interview with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis?! This sounds like the kind of classic surreal experience you can only get at SXSW!
  10:30am, Ballroom D, ACC.

Film Events for March 15, 5pm-11:30pm

• Born In Chicago. Not everything is black and white.
  5pm, Alamo Ritz 1.
• Medium Cool: 3 (not so) Shorts. You can really pack a lot of dramz into 40 min or less.
  6:45pm, Rollins Theatre at the Long Center.
• Milius. Do you feel lucky?
  7pm, Vimeo Theater.
• Twenty Feet from Stardom. Backup singers get some spotlight.
  8pm, Paramount Theatre.

Comedy & Music Events for March 15, 8 7:30pm-2am

• SXSW Comedy: The Fogelnest Files Live Podcast Recording. #nerdcute
  6:30pm, Esther's Follies.
• Planet Quebec at Swan Dive. Mac DeMarco, you guys! Plus other goodies like Blue Hawaii and Braids.
  7.30pm, Swan Dive.
• Fielded The new new wave. Go listen to "Arms of Heaven" then tell me you're not rushing to The Iron Bear (where there better be an actual iron bear) for this most excellent free to the public show.
  9pm, The Iron Bear.
• A night of avant excellence at Soho Lounge. When I was younger and dreamt of being cool, those dreams looked something like this showcase including Dream Affair, Bestial Mouths and Boan.
  8pm-2am, Soho Lounge.
• Our Heart Aches for Syria Benefit at Long Center. Join Omar Souleyman and his pals The Black Lips, Deertick and more at this Flaming Lips after show. Good music, good cause.
  9pm, Long Center.
• Eric Burdon. Legendary animal.
  10pm, The Stage on Sixth Patio.