Jason Cohen Author

Peter Blackstock served as archivist for SXSW from 1989 to 1997. He cofounded the roots music magazine No Depression in 1995 and served as its copublisher and coeditor until its closure in 2008.

Jason Cohen's first SXSW was in 1990. He has written regularly for The Austin Chronicle, Austin American-Statesman, Texas Monthly, Rolling Stone, and SPIN, and is the author of the books Zamboni Rodeo and Generation Ecch!

Andy Smith has been editor of SXSWORLD magazine since its inception in 2006. Prior to that, he was associate editor of Pop Culture Press magazine and once taught high school journalism. He has lived in Austin off and on since 1991, not coincidentally the same year he first attended SXSW.