Intrepid photographer Matt Cohen went to the Grand National Rodeo over the past week and took these amazing action photo of the event. Posted are some of the best. If you want to see the whole collection, check out his Flickr stream.......

South by Southwest! We never get to go. But if you're heading out to Austin, you're cordially invited to our sister -ists' after-party next Wednesday at the Red Bull House from midnight to 6 a.m., after Ghostland Observatory closes the Austinist+Gothamist+Alarm Magazine Day Party over at Red 7. (More info on the before-party is forthcoming from Austinist.) Austin and Gotham have a sweet lineup set: performances by Grand National, The Cloud Room, Forward Russia, and Gogol Bordello, along with Austin-locals Car Stereo and Learning Secrets. Plus, they're giving out gift bags (don't forget to report those to the IRS), and there's a super secret surprise. We can't tell you who it is -- our lips are sealed. So go and find out! Best part? It's free if you RSVP. But RSVP sooner rather than later; they're closing the list once they hit capacity. (We were warned that the list might already be closed for today, but they should be reopening it later, so keep hitting refresh.) ...

SFist went to the rodeo yesterday. Yeehaw! This year was the 60th Grand National Rodeo at the Cow Palace and boy howdy, was it fun. The rodeo, livestock show and other related events lasted the whole week, but we showed up at the end for the event finals. We don't know much about the rodeo -- everything we know we learned watching 8 Seconds -- but we've always wanted to go, and it was as......