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AUSTIN, Tx—South by Southwest was in year six when I first made the trip to the Texas capital in 1993 for what’s become the biggest gathering of the music world in the United States.

Also: Fight for a baby's life, John Belushi revisited, Emily Postmodern and who's hacked now

Harmony Korine's latest film about teen sex and partying raises the question: when does onscreen nudity cross the line from artistic to uncalled for? 

Sussing out exactly what’s going on with the Portage Theater never has been an easy task: Witness the long and tangled tale of its aborted sale last year to the Tabernacle Church.

The author of 'The Love Song of Jonny Valentine' on the relationship fans have with their pop idols.

Far too many fans of the current surge of knob-twirling, laptop-tapping EDM artists—as well as some of those electronic-dance superstars themselves—seem to think this stuff was invented circa 2005.

Unlike many cancelations yesterday, snow wasn’t to blame for the second Chicago Liquor Control Commission hearing on the troubled Congress Theater being rescheduled to March 26.Controversial venue owner Erineo “Eddie” Carranza has switched lawyers for the second time in seven month