Gallery: Photos: Crowd Surfing, Fire Juggling and Boozy Excess at SXSW

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    Odd Future

    *Tyler the Creator from [Odd Future](http://oddfuture.com/) crowd-surfs Friday afternoon at the Fader Fort. Shortly after this photo was taken, the Los Angeles hip-hop group launched a massive water bottle fight with the crowd, prompting Texas Rangers to move in and do crowd control. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.*
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    Downtown

    *A view of Austin's capitol building and downtown neighborhood seen from South Congress. Photo: Keith Axline/Wired.com*
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    Sound Lunch

    *Sound engineers at SXSW are so busy, many of them must eat on the job. Photo: Keith Axline/Wired.com.*
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    Girl on Bike

    *A girl grabs tightly to a motorcycle rider as they prepare to take off from Austin's South Congress neighborhood Friday night.*
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    Trail of Dead

    *... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead experienced two amp failures and a broken vocal mic during their set at Guero's Friday night. And this was before they started intentionally smashing things. One last encore was foiled by a broken kick drum pedal. Photo: Keith Axline/Wired.com.*
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    Convention Center

    *As packed as the Austin Convention Center is during the day for SXSW, it's eerily quiet at night when all the shows have ended. Photo: Keith Axline/Wired.com.*
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    Pains of Being Pure at Heart

    *The Pains of Being Pure at Heart bring retro indie rock to Buffalo Billiards on Friday night. Photo: Keith Axline/Wired.com.*
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    Downtown

    *A view of Austin's capitol building and downtown neighborhood seen from South Congress. Photo: Keith Axline/Wired.com*
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    -U3C9861

    *A girl grabs tightly to a motorcycle rider as they prepare to take off from Austin's South Congress neighborhood Friday night.*
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    Fire Juggler

    *A fire-juggling comedian entertains a gathering crowd in Austin's South Congress neighborhood on Friday night. Photo: Keith Axline/Wired.com.*
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    Trail of Dead

    *... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead experienced two amp failures and a broken vocal mic during their set at Guero's Friday night. And this was before they started intentionally smashing things. One last encore was foiled by a broken kick drum pedal. Photo: Keith Axline/Wired.com.*
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    Lower Dens

    *Jana Hunter, lead singer for Baltimore's [Lower Dens](http://lowerdens.com/), lays down echoing melancholy during her band's performance at Klub Krucial on Friday night. Photo: Keith Axline/Wired.com.*
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