01Slides away!
photo: flickr/dfwdavis

02High fives!
photo: flickr/dfwdavis

03Geared up for the fun.
photo: flickr/dfwdavis

04In motion.
photo: flickr/dfwdavis

05Shina Rae.
photo: flickr/jojopet
facebook: facebook.com/pages/Shina-Rae/88920133714

06Wild Moccasins.
photo: flickr/jojopet
myspace: myspace.com/thewildmoccasins

07Wild Moccasins.
photo: flickr/jojopet
myspace: myspace.com/thewildmoccasins

08Kid Sister.
photo: flickr/jojopet
myspace: myspace.com/kidsister

09BMX air!
photo: flickr/jojopet

10Crowd at the slide.
photo: flickr/dfwdavis)

11What to bring: swimwear!
photo: flickr/dfwdavis

12The landing zone.
photo: flickr/dfwdavis

13Mud Slide!
photo: flickr/morsefu

14The Flaming Lips.
photo: flickr/wclifton1
official site: flaminglips.com

15Nice hiding spot from the rain.
photo: flickr/morsefu)

02will.i.am does a cameo on the David Guetta set. (flickr/adamjackson)

03The control booth—managing lasers, sound, and lights at the UMF Main Stage. (flickr/adamjackson)

04Inside the Drum and Bass Dome at UMF 2010. (flickr/adamjackson)

05The UMF 2010 Bay Front Stage. (flickr/adamjackson)

06Partiers wait for LMFAO to take the stage. (flickr/adamjackson)

07Inside the Drum and Bass Dome at UMF 2010. (flickr/adamjackson)

08On Saturday, Deadmau5 costumes take over! (flickr/adamjackson)

09The crowds at the UMF Main Stage. (flickr/adamjackson)

10Gareth Emery at UMF 2010. (flickr/matthouse)

11Faithless Sound System at UMF 2010. (flickr/matthouse)

12Sander Van Doorn at UMF 2010. (flickr/matthouse)

13The UMF Main Stage on Friday, March 26. (flickr/adamjackson)

14Swedish House Mafia at UMF 2010. (flickr/matthouse)

15Space Ibiza balloons at the Carl Cox Tent. (flickr/adamjackson)

16Psychedelic hula hoop action. (flickr/adamjackson)

17No sleep ’till bathroom!” (flickr/adamjackson)

18Inside the Drum and Bass Dome at UMF 2010. (flickr/adamjackson)

19Outside the Drum and Bass Dome at UMF 2010. (flickr/adamjackson)

20Hanging out in a tree. (flickr/adamjackson)

21Blowing bubbles. (flickr/adamjackson)

22The UMF Main Stage. (flickr/adamjackson)

23Tearing down after a long day. (flickr/adamjackson)

24Friends. Far right: photographer Adam Jackson. (flickr/adamjackson)

25Honk if you love techno! (flickr/adamjackson)

02The Flaming Lips pyschadelic-rocker frontman Wayne Coyne gravitates on glitter towards the front row of the jam-packed Austin Music Hall for the opening night of SXSW 2010. (flickr/tomzinn)
iTunes mp3 pick: "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
Flickr set: The Flaming Lips SXSW 2010 by Tom Zinn

03Canadian electronica band Holy Fuck performs at the Pumps and a Bump event hosted by MOKB at The Rumbler Lounge at Peckerheads on March 19. (flickr/electro_blossom)
iTunes mp3 pick: "Milkshake"
myspace.com/holyfuck

04A crowd waits in line to get inside Mowhak for the Forbidden Frontier! bash hosted by The Barbarian Group and StumpleUpon on March 14. (flickr/kxan)

05Drummer Toto Miranda of Austin-local experimental indietronica noise-rockers The Octopus Project plays with dynamite energy at the Forbidden Frontier! bash at Mohawk on March 14. (flickr/kxan)
iTunes mp3 pick: "Exit Counselor"
theoctopusproject.com

06Fans hold up a crowdsurfer at House of Guys during a set by NYC rock band The Beets on March 16. (flickr/themightytrent)
myspace.com/thebeetsbeat

07San Francisco psychedelic garage-rock band Thee Oh Sees rocks amidst fans at 21st Street Co-op on March 16. (flickr/themightytrent)
myspace.com/ohsees

08Aerial view of the Forbidden Frontier! party with The Octopus Project at Mowhak on March 14. (flickr/Life at StumbleUpon)

09Looking for a reaction from the crowd at the Happy Cog’aoke karaoke party on March 13. (flickr/alexharris)

10Dallas-area shoegaze garage rock trio Fungi Girls perform at House of Guys on March 16. (flickr/themightytrent)
myspace.com/fungigirls

11Los Angeles-based dream-pop band Pearl Harbor plays an outdoor set on March 20. (flickr/Crumbs, Chief!)
myspace.com/pearlescentharbour

12Japanese hardcore punk trio Red Bacteria Vacuum rock the Japan Nite Preview show at Typewriter Museum on March 18. (flickr/Crumbs, Chief!)
iTunes mp3 pick: "Envy"
myspace.com/redbacteria
youtube.com/watch?v=vHRTOXTgDm

13A line of fans waits on the lawn outside Fader Fort on March 18. (flickr/joshc)

14Montreal indie-pop band The Lovely Feathers performs at the Soundcheck Magazine 4th Birthday Party at Emo’s Annex on March 17. (flickr/joshc)
myspace.com/thelovelyfeathers

15NYC-based singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten (my cousin!) performs at the March 18th Lawn Party at the French Legation Museum. (flickr/willsnider)
iTunes mp3 pick: "Much More Than That"
myspace.com/sharonvanetten
youtube.com/watch?v=vsjM25eSkEY

16London dream-pop band The XX perform at the Village Voice Day Party at La Zona Rosa on March 19. (flickr/joshc)
myspace.com/thexx

17Malawian-born London-based singer Esau Mwamwaya of electronic tropical fusion group The Very Best performs at the Pitchfork-hosted official SXSW Music Closing Party at Scoot Inn on March 20. (flickr/joshc)
iTunes mp3 pick: "Warm Heart of Africa"

18Mac McCaughan, singer-guitarist of North Carolina indie-rock band Superchunk, performs at the Village Voice Day Party at La Zona Rosa on March 19 (flickr/joshc)
myspace.com/superchunkmusic

19Brian King, guitarist of Vancouver garage-rock noise-pop duo Japandroids, performs at the Death+Taxes party at Red Fez on March 18. (flickr/joshc)
myspace.com/japandroids

20David Prowse, drummer of Vancouver garage-rock noise-pop duo Japandroids, performs at the Death+Taxes party at Red Fez on March 18. (flickr/joshc)
japandroids.com

21Damian Abraham, seminude lead vocalist for Toronto hardcore punk band Fucked Up, sings into the front-row audience at the MWTX party on March 20. (flickr/joshc)
myspace.com/epicsinminutes

22Alexis Krauss, high-energy singer of NYC heavy-beat electronic punk dance-pop duo Sleigh Bells, performs at the Pitchfork-hosted official SXSW Music Closing Party at Scoot Inn. (flickr/joshc)
myspace.com/sleighbellsmusic
youtube.com/watch?v=mQrxpKK09xo

23The Very Best performs with Marina And The Diamonds on March 19. (flickr/athousandgrams)
myspace.com/theverybestmyspace
myspace.com/marinaandthediamonds

24NYC-based Japanese action-comic-punk band Peelander-Z drummer, Akihiko Naruse, crowdsurfs at Typewriter Museum on March 19. (flickr/560)
myspace.com/peelanderz
noisedamage.com/2010/03/23/sxsw-2010-peelander-z/

25Los Angeles alternative-pop rock band Dum Dum Girls performs at the March 18th Lawn Party at the French Legation Museum. (flickr/manisnotabird)
myspace.com/dumdumgirls

26Los Angeles indie-pop singer-songwriter Meiko performs at the Purevolume House event on March 17. (flickr/maryrehak)
iTunes mp3 pick: "Piano Song"
myspace.com/meiko

27The stage floor at Emo’s Annex on March 19. (flickr/ashleepryor)

02Happy dancing music notes brighten a dark wall in Manchester, England. Music thrives in Manchester, known for its Madchester scene in the late 80s–mid 90s which blended ecstasy use with bouncing clubs whose music meshed indie rock, psychedelic rock, and dance. (Wikipedia and flickr/nualabugeye)

03A man and woman dance powerfully on a warm cracking urban wall in Seville, Spain. The bodies seem joined by the dance—balanced by the language of the soul—as they blur into one. (flickr/pixelhut)

04Yin yang of the heart? A heart-split man dances with a woman in opposing sea colors in Adelaide, Australia. Our hearts are positioned in the middle of our chests but often thought to be on our left side—this couple is either facing away from each other or the woman’s heart is broken inside the man. (flickr/badjonni)

05“I am dance” stencil near the University of Sheffield (map). The city of Sheffield, England has delivered dance music for decades—especially synthpop, electronic, and techno. (Wikipedia and flickr/hippie)

06A businessman dances as he burns his briefcase in Lisbon, Portugal. He’s either liberating himself from the corporate world or possesions Fight Club-style or he’s a madman—it’s your call—does the orange fire reflect the man’s energetic rage, changing times, or the heat of the bright Lisbon sun? (flickr/discofiasko)

07A couple dances the Tango in Fitzroy—a suburb of Melbourne, Australia known for its music venues and street art. With both Spanish and African influences, this dramatic Argentine dance connects couples chest-to-chest, hip-to-hip, or thigh-to-thigh depending on the global variations. (Wikipedia and flickr/peterjohnchen)

08A Flamenco dancer in Valencia, Spain. Flamenco is a colorful, social art that portrays intense emotions. A spontaneous energy can be sparked and the dance is said to take on life of its own inside the dancer—a concept known as duende. Flamenco originated in the Gypsy culture of southern Spain’s Andalusia region and is performed in both informal and formal settings. (Wikipedia and flickr/semerssuaq)

09Josephine Baker was a creative, iconic, American-born French entertainer and activist. Here—wearing her banana skirt—she performs the Danse Banane that contributed to her rise to fame in Paris during the 20s. Baker pushed for civil rights, and by refusing to perform for segregated audiences she accelerated racial integration. She is also famous for aiding the French Resistance during WWII, and for being the first Black American to star in a major motion picture. (Wikipedia and flickr/megpi)

10Dancing Star—a dancer “moves it” on Hosier Lane, a city lane in Melbourne, Australia renowned for its vibrant ever-changing legal street art. The city shook up its art culture in 2006 by launching an assault on graffiti before the Commonwealth Games, and again by introducing strict anti-graffiti laws in 2008. The city’s current stance is Do Art Not Tags. Legal street art yes. Illegal graffiti and tagging no. (Wikipedia, Lifelounge, DBTC, Matador Network, Upstart, The Guardian, City of Melbourne, flickr/runnerone)

11Located in New York’s East Village (map) and painted in 2008, this mural is a tribute to Keith Haring—a New York City-based artist in the 70s and 80s famous for creating vivid public art that portrayed life and unity. In his later years Haring used art to “generate activism and awareness about AIDS”, the disease that stole his life at age 31. (Wikipedia and flickr/katiecowden)

12B-boying (breaking or breakdancing) and graffiti are both cultural elements of hip hop and its strong beats and breaks. B-boying involves expressive standing moves (toprock) and gymnast-like floor moves (footwork and power moves). Other trademark moves are freezes and suicides, where the b-boy or b-girl freezes in a stylish, inverted, or painful pose. NYC crews popularized breaking during the 70s—this head-spinning mural by Ewok is in Williamsburg (map), Brooklyn, New York. (Wikipedia, oM, flickr/wallyg)

13The blue silhouette of a ballet dancer floats on the this mountain-textured wall in Trondheim, Norway. Through airy movements, practiced ballet dancers can hold positions in the air and appear to defy gravity—an ability called ballon. Ballet is a highly technical dance form that developed mainly in France, Italy, England, and Russia—it is now popular on all seven continents. (Wikipedia and flickr/irdaones_pix)

14Michael Jackson RIP graffiti in Times Square, Manhattan, New York. Jackson’s death crushed hearts around the world in June, 2009. Dubbed The King of Pop, Jackson was a master performer and a paramount inspiration to dance—he popularized the moonwalk, and evolved music videos by using them as movie-like, choreographed, storytelling tools. (flickr/joeppo)