Philip Nelson

Article: San Antonio Business Journal – NewTek exec croons on album benefiting Japan

The lone San Antonio musician featured on a live album from South By Southwest to benefit Japan is not George Strait or Flaco Jiménez. In fact, you likely never have heard of singer Philip Nelson, an executive at NewTek, which is based in the Alamo City. Read the full article HERE

SXSW4JAPAN Live Webcast & Album to Support Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Effort

sxsw4japan on livestream.com. Powered by NewTek TriCaster In response to the devastation of the 9.0 earthquake on March 11th, which has left countless dead and homeless across Japan and the Pacific region, SXSW, NewTek, Livestream and HANSON are working together to rally support from the music industry for disaster relief. The flagship event, a 12-hour […]

U.S. consumers face “serious” inflation in the months ahead

USA Today posted an article that should serve as a WAKUP CALL to Americans. U.S. consumers face “serious” inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart’s U.S. operations warned Wednesday. The world’s largest retailer is working with suppliers to minimize the effect of cost increases and believes its […]

What can girls do to help Japan?

SXSW Artists Come Together in Austin to Support Victims of Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami

A Livestream telethon spearheaded by HANSON and in partnership with SXSW has been organized by world class musicians gathered in Austin for the event. The hosted telethon was drawn together in a short 24 hour period through tremendous efforts from all involved, with the aim of offering assistance and support to victims of the magnitude […]

SXSW Shirt-A-Pult experiment

SXSW is full of interesting people, antics and other madness. Most of the streets around the convention center are line with spring loaded “Street closed” signs.. Free T-Shirts, Spring loaded signs and an obsession with catapults = interesting video..

Philip Nelson on the Adam Carolla show

Adam Carolla has created his own network, ACE Broadcasting and has become the fastest growing pay-per-view live webcast on uStream. During a recent visit to LA, they invited me to come on the show to talk a little TriCaster!  Good times! Special thanks to my awesome pals Maddy and Don for making this happen! You […]

Texas takes aim at getting rid of naked scanners

I’m filing this one under the “Don’t Mess with Texas” category! Kudos to Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) for filing HB 1938, with the goal of making it a civil penalty for anyone working in a locally owned airport to install or operate whole-body imaging equipment — “including a device that uses backscatter x-rays or millimeter […]

CBS reporter appears to have stroke during live Grammy coverage

This is horrible.. CBS reporter, Serene Branson appears to have a stroke live on the air during last nights Grammy coverage. I hope she is ok! UPDATE: Serene Branson talks to CBS News about the event and tells why it happened!

Ultimate Parenting Guide

With so many of my friends having children, I wanted to share this ultimate guide to parenting with you.. I’ll go ahead and warn you, some of this may be controversial and disturbing.