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Margaret Moser from The Austin Chronicle and The Next Up Music Series stopped in the studio this morning. Check out the clips below to hear the interview.

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Since we are in the back end of the Austin Film Festival, we have decided to invite several filmmakers on the show. Our first guest is Nevina D’Adamo-Sattia who is one of the directors of the narrative feature The Tree of Ghibet. The film will be playing today at 5:15 at the Ragal Arbor Cinema. Nevina describes this movie as an African version of Oliver Twist, and has used the term “drama therapy”, which is a way of using theater as an educational tool to work with abandoned children all over the world. She has used the term “Free Trade Cinema” which is defined as a way to re-think the economy of cinema in underdeveloped countries: they bring cameras, involve local actors and artists and help them to develop a fair and substainable economy for the arts. Check out the clips below.

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Our second guest is director Andrew van Baal and veteran musician David Garza. Andrew has directed the concert film Largo, which is about a Hollywood club and the performers that have come on over the year. The film showcases several performances from Fiona Apple, Zach Galafanakis, Colin Hay, Andrew Bird, and of course David Garza. This will be playing Monday at 7:00 at Alamo Lake Creek. Check it out below.

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David Garza – Summer Love Jam (The Special Chillville Version)

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Our last guest is the legendary writer/director, Shane Black. Shane is one of the most acclaimed screenwriters and his credits include Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

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Lang, Bradley, and Sonny from local band Sounds Under Radio visited Chillville this morning, and even performed two acoustic tracks. They are set to release the long awaited album entitled Cinematica, which will be available this Tuesday. Listen to the clips below to hear the long road they went down in order to be known as one of Austin’s premiere band’s.

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“Portrait of a Summer Thief”

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Shearwater was with us in studio this morning, talking about dressing-room food in Europe, the joys of an album re-release – “there were some things about it that we wanted to change, and we realized we actually had a chance to go back in time and fix it”, and the can’t-believe-it’s-not-photoshopped cover art for Rook and the artists who created it. Jonathan spoke vehemently about the term ‘side project’: “It’s awful, it’s the kiss of death; it’s like, you know, ‘it’s like this band you like, but not as good’”, and how comparisons between Shearwater and Okkervil River frustrate him.

There was the obligatory new music discussion (“already got plans for a new EP in the first part of next year, and then a new album sometime in the not-too-distant future”), and then, as usual in conversations with the ornithologist, the discussion turned to his bird watching endeavors in Austin and around the world (including Rook promo films of him in the Falkland Islands).

Click the clips below for the interview.

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4. “Rooks” live in studio – we were having some issues with the mike, so check out our YouTube video of their performance here for better audio quality

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Here is what RayDog meant about not only downloading Natlie’s mp3’s, but also her jpeg’s. Seriously, go to her website to hear more music of her latest album.

Filmmaker Joe Swanberg called in to Chillville this morning. Unfortunately, his phone was not wanting to cooperate with us at all. Listen below to hear Joe calling in before his cell dies, and when he called us back (cell phone dies again). I guess it wasn’t meant to be.

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The Dallas based band, Shock of Pleasure, came by the studio this morning and even played a few tracks of their album. Check out the clips below to hear what they had to say.

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