Josie Little wins the Big Blue Button award for the second year in a row edging out Uncle Leon’s “Beer Train” by almost 150 votes proving that talent, tenacity, savvy marketing, a great personality, and a well chosen camera angle … Continue reading
In our never-ending quest to make fun of Foursquare, which was started at the lesser-known festival in Austin, we would like to crown a “Mayor” of Couch by Couchwest. Not only did this person help us recruit dozens of bands … Continue reading
One of the best parts of CXCW is interacting with everyone through twitter, be it artists, fans, enthusiasts, jokers, and other weirdos. This year one twitterer stood out from the rest with gems like this: “aw, man! i was totally … Continue reading
Okay, so three years in may be a little early for a Lifetime Achievement Award, but hey, did anyone really think we’d last this long when we started that tumblr account oh so long ago? This award goes to someone … Continue reading
Last year, this award ended up going to the town of San Luis Obispo because of all the great bands that submitted videos from there. This year, we noticed an influx of videos from the great state of Alabama. We … Continue reading
None of our other videos can beat Dan Stuart‘s view and description of his home in Oaxaca, Mexico. Runners Up: Doc Feldman gave us a great location with this deserted distillery in Kentucky and Peter Simon shows us the streets … Continue reading
We loved everything about this video – that it was filmed on the New York City subway, that random people kept on shouting “beer train,” that the chick with the book kept giving snide looks… That’s why Uncle Leon has … Continue reading
We pretty much knew who was going to win this award the minute we watched this video in its entirety. Mark Piper and friends embodies the CXCW attitude on drinking, especially when the girl on the right falls over and … Continue reading
Grainne Hunt from Ireland won the difficult category of Best Cover with her version of Tom Waits’ “I Hope I Don’t Fall In Love With You.” Runner Ups: James Scott Bullard and Have Gun Will Travel were two other covers … Continue reading
We’ve never seen an eight-year-old sing quite like Emi Sunshine, much less write songs at that age. Plus, how cool is it that she has a pet rooster? All of our younger performers were impressive this year, so be sure … Continue reading