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HIP VIDEO PROMO TOUR 2007 PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS PART 2

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An unruly Austin audience becomes totally immersed in Valient Thorr's toe curling brand of no holds barred hard rock - 3/16 Valient Thorr guitarist Eidan Thorr whips the crowd into a frenzy during their set at Red 7, a big highlight of HIP's SXSW experience - 3/16 Valient Himself ventures out into the crowd! Though looking quite menacing, he's really a super cool, ultra smart guy - 3/16
Using a Volcom skateboard as a makeshift musical instrument, Valient Himself works the crowd up into an
out of control frenzy at SXSW - 3/16 		WOW! Valient Himself cuts loose at the Volcom showcase! These guys are unbelievable - 3/16 Andy with the one and only David Mihail from Channel M during a rare quiet moment within the many SXSW festivities - 3/16
Andy at Red 7 during the Polyvinyl Records showcase with Polyvinyl's own all around great guy and indie rock lover Seth Hubbard - 3/16 Rob and Andy from HIP with their pal Mark Gracious from Custard Records hanging out on Sixth Street in Austin - 3/17 William Pederson and Mark Gracious from Custard Records after a lovely lunch in Austin at the legendary Iron Cactus - 3/17
HIP's old pal Christian Taylor from UMG gives a loving hug to Music Plus TV's Jen Meola at Buffalo Billiards - 3/17 New York Noise's programming guru Shirley Braha with her boyfriend Hartley Goldstein after a great meal in Austin - 3/17 Andy along with his dear friend Shirley Braha from New York Noise in between shows in Austin at SXSW - 3/17

Bloodshot Records' Deadstring Brothers are amazing! Here is pedal steel player Spencer Cullum strutting his stuff at SXSW - 3/17

Deadstring Brothers keyboardist Ross Westerbur performs a flawless and well attended set at Red Eyed Fly during SXSW - 3/17 Deadstring Brothers guitarist Kurt Marschke impresses the SXSW faithful with his band's tuneful musical aesthetic - 3/17
Deadstring Brothers musical leaders Kurt Marschke and Masha Marjieh
work their "feel good" magic on an excited Austin audience - 3/17 		Deadstring Brothers bassist Philip Skarich and drummer E. Travis Harrett rock the house at Red Eyed Fly in Austin - 3/17 Deadstring Brothers phenomenal singer Masha Marjieh is one of the many reasons this band is so well loved - 3/17
Andy from HIP gets to hang with Glen Schwartz from Orange Peal Records after an electrifying Transit War performance - 3/17 Absolutely Kosher's latest sensation Chris Garneau makes us NYC based folks proud during his mesmerizing performance at Habana Calle 6 - 3/17 Chris Garneau's talented and ultra versatile band strike a stoic pose during their set at Habana Calle 6 at SXSW - 3/17
Be on the lookout for Marie Stern, Kill Rock Stars' latest musical sensation. Here she floors the crowd at Emo's - 3/17 Two Ton Boa's Sherry Fraser cranks out the band's big hit "Cash Machine" during their set at Emo's in Austin - 3/17 Sherry Fraser and Two Ton Boa electrify a packed house during the Kill Rock Stars showcase at Emo's at SXSW - 3/17
Two Ton Boa is one of the most intriguing bands you will ever see live. Here, keyboardist Scott Seckington adds to their mind numbing musical magic.- 3/17 Self Against City's charismatic lead singer Jonathan Michael belts out their hit "Becoming A Monster" during their showcase at SXSW - 3/17 Self Against City brings their sexy, youthful audience to their feet during their performance at The Rio - 3/17

Talented and hard hitting Justin Barnes from Drive Thru Records'
latest buzz band Self Against City at SXSW - 3/17

Keeping the inspiring, well crafted pop/punk flowing with reckless abandon, Self Against City guitarist Jack Matranga rocks hard!- 3/17 Self Against City's lead singer Jonathan Michael and bassist Blake Abbey take the intensity level up a notch at The Rio in Austin - 3/17
Mando Diao's Bjorn Dixgard still on his feet at his band's thirteenth and final SXSW performance at the Austin Convention Center - 3/17 Mando Diao's hard working and hard rocking bassist C.J. Fogelklau during their live video taping at the Austin Convention Center - 3/17 Absolutely Kosher is in the house! Plus Minus singer/guitarist Patrick Ramos rips it up during his band's showcase at SXSW - 3/17
The last night of SXSW, Megan Albert from HIP enjoys a rock and roll moment with The Transit War and Self Against City's Jack Matranga in Austin, TX - 3/17 Megan Albert from HIP receives a well deserved smooch from Orange Peal's Glen Schwartz for all her help with The Transit War - 3/17 Drink to Orange Peal, Drive Thru, and HIP Video Promo...perfect together - 3/17
+/- (Plus Minus) ripping it up at their showcase at Habana Calle 6 .- 3/17 One of Plus Minus' biggest assets is the nuanced and focused beatkeeping of talented drummer Chris Deaner - 3/17 Plus Minus guitarist James Balyut displays why he is such a big part of the Plus Minus musical chemistry - 3/17

Plus Minus singer/guitarist Patrick Ramos keeps it real and wins over a packed crowd at Habana Calle 6 during SXSW - 3/17

St. Patrick's Day at 2 AM on Sixth Street in downtown Austin, Texas! Another SXSW is in the books! - 3/17 Reality kicks in! "The day after" at Andy's Motel 6 in Austin, moments before his trip to California - 3/18
Arriving at the West Coast, Andy's first visit is to MTV West! Here is the headquarters of the mighty MTV in Santa Monica - 3/20 Los Angeles rocks! Andy gets to
spend some time with IMF's head honcho Dennis Boerner during his
visit to their headquarters - 3/21 		Enjoying IMF's (International Music Feed) 16th floor digs on Wilshire Boulevard, Andy and head programmer Brandon Reick get to hang - 3/21
If you think the gas prices are high in your neck of the woods, check out the prices in Southern California! - 3/22 Andy gets to enjoy a fabulous lunch with former Video Bank head programmer Annie Rakel in Burbank - 3/22 Andy visits Music Plus TV Headquarters on Alvarado St. and hangs with Jen Meola on the "Rock This!" set - 3/22
Vagrant Records' Alexisonfire perform on Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit", a daily show featuring live performances taped in Los Angeles - 3/22 Andy gets to chill with the masterminds behind the Fuel TV magic: Daryl Berg and Johnny Katsovich - at their LA studios - 3/22 Andy makes it to the fabulous bay area just in time to hang with San Francisco's favorite video programmers - Catherine Lee, Lee Evans, and Rodwin Pabello - 3/24
Catherine Lee from Bay Area's Video Vision and Lee Evans from Video Hive hang with Andy in downtown San Francisco - 3/24 Tristan Wright and Erin Fein  from Polyvinyl's latest buzz band Headlights rock out at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle - 3/27 Headlights' charming & dynamic lead singer/keyboardist Erin Fein wows an appreciative Seattle audience - 3/27
Andy has a lovely meal with DMX's programming decision makers, Shawn Kirk and Summer Staples in Seattle - 3/28 On the same bill with Headlights, Suicide Squeeze buzz band Page France performs for a packed house
at The Crocodile Cafe - 3/27 		Page France lead singer Michael Nau pours his heart out during his band's performance in Seattle - 3/27
Andy enjoys his time together with Screenplay's Kelsey Horne and dear friend Leslie Beattie in Seattle - 3/28 The crowning jewel of the Pacific Northwest! Seattle in all of its majestic glory - 3/29 Once again Andy meets up with Channel M's David Mihail! This time it's not Texas but David's hometown of Seattle! - 3/29
The HIP Video Promo Tour goes international! Crossing the Canadian border as the tour heads toward Vancouver - 3/29 Andy enjoys his time immensely during his visit to Vancouver with the fun loving crew from Mint Records - 3/29 Andy showcases the only item he returned from Canada to the US with:
a Vancouver parking ticket - 3/29

This is as good as it gets in Butte, Montana! The fabulous Magic Diamond Casino right next to McDonalds.... 3-30

Snow quickly covers the "Big Sky" mountains of Montana as Andy fights his way east - 3/31 Andy takes a breather in Menomonie, Wisconsin after a visit with Don Watson of The Review in Minneapolis - 3/31
Five years in a row! No annual tour is complete without a visit to see Jerry Bryant, the mastermind behind JBTV
in Chicago - 4/2 		Majestically towering over Chicago, the Windy City's tallest building: The Sears Tower - 4/2 HIP's good pal Harry Awdey from Playing At A Theater Near You giving a talk to high schoolers in the suburbs of Ann Arbor, MI- 4/3
Andy from HIP gets to share with high schoolers his insight into the state of the music industry in 2007 - 4/3 What a tag team combination! Harry Awdey the video programmer and
Andy Gesner the video promoter trade anecdotes - 4/3		 What a great bunch of kids in Miss Mishka's class - a true "Rock n Roll High School"!- 4/3
The kids in Miss Mischa's high school Journalism and Mass Media class feel the Harry Awdey love! - 4/3

Andy with teacher Evelyn Mischa and the irrepressible Harry Awdey after an excellent discussion of the Rock and Roll World, circa 2007 - 4/3 Back at HIP HQ, Crackerjack in hand, HIPsters Megan Albert and superstar newcomer Andrea Manalese kick out the vids at an alarming rate! - 4/7