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NXNE daily dispatch

June 17, 2010June 17, 2010 Doug Groves Mudhoney, NXNE, NXNE 2010, This Movie Is Broken, X1 Comment

There’s so much to see at NXNE that it’s hard to pick and choose, so here’s a daily look at what’s happening. Starting with the free stuff, NXPO is a free-to-the-public music-lifestyle exposition which includes a daystage, vendors, and a bar, the latter not free, is open the 17th and 18th from noon to 8pm at the Hyatt Regency Toronto – 370 King St. W. The free Yonge-Dundas Square shows start at 6pm today, and include headliners Mudhoney at 9pm, and So-Cal punk legends X at 10pm.

NXNE – fairly interactive

June 16, 2010June 16, 2010 Doug Groves Evan Ratliff, Interaxon, Kickstarter, NXNE, NXNE 2010, NXNEi, Perry Chen, Vanished, Ze Frank, zefrank5 Comments

As the inaugural year for NXNE interactive (NXNEi), the annual festival played it fairly small, with the focus being on a number of panels and conferences leading into the much larger music and film component. With a number of fascinating panels, from brain-computer-interfaces by Interaxon to established internet artists such as zefrank and a presentation from Kickstarter, which crowd sources funding for art projects across many disciplines, NXNEi was definitely about establishing online connections, not just in the business sense, but on a more personal and human level. Sometimes it…

NXNE 2010 kicks into gear

June 15, 2010 Doug Groves Film, Iggy And The Stooges, interactive, Music, North By Northwest, NXNE, NXNE 2010, NXNEi, Toronto2 Comments

It was a different world when Toronto’s NXNE (North By Northwest don’t you know) started out in 1994 as a music festival, based on the model by sister event SXSW (South By Southwest, natch). Even in the early days, NXNE was an ambitious affair with dozens of venues and enough bands, and music lovers, to fill them up. Since then the festival has grown and evolved, adding the film component in 2001, and most recently introducing NXNE interactive. Although nothing so big is expected here, it was at SXSW interactive…