Just a quick retrospective on South By Southwest 2010: Even with a badge, I found it was hard to get into some of the bigger shows if you didn’t get there early enough. I would say that this year there were a few big name bands, and a zillion unsigned bands/bands on small indie labels. … SXSW Redux
Saturday afternoon, after grabbing a turkey burger from Johnny Rockets at Fashion Square in Scottsdale, I cruised over to Tempe to distribute promotional materials and stumbled into the gigantic arts and crafts festival on Mill ave…which reminded me of South By Southwest except with less hipsters and more old folks. Still, I love going to … Never a lightning rod salesman around when you need one
So I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an advanced copy of Jonathan Sakas‘(pronounced like “say kuss”) debut album “Albatross.”He had previously released an EP “Death of the Iceman.” Jonathan has been around in the Phoenix music scene for years, and I recall seeing one of his bands play at Plaid in late … Gold Man Sakas
So on Saturday I saw The Like (who were great) and Minus the Bear then Casio Kids and a few other bands. Nothing too eventful…spent quite a bit of time at the Beauty Bar late in the evening, mostly just standing around looking creepy since I didn’t know anyone…although I did run into Elisa and … The Lost Boy in Austin
So I got to see Neon Indian last night, which was great. It was crowded though and smokey so I left after a few songs. Man. people in Austin LOVE to smoke cigs. They are all so oblivious about it too. They are just like “hey I’m Texas! Fuck y’all. Eat my smoke!” It’s annoying … in like flynn
So internet access has been super sparse….but I promise an extensive recap of this entire trip when I get back on Monday. I’m going to see metric tonight, neon indian and the crystal antlers…a band that I only remember because they posted an craigslist a couple years ago that their van had been stolen with … one little two little three little indians
Paul Mitchell has a booth here and they are giving hand massages for $2. You know that I bought one…I would have paid 20 for it
I’m updating this from the SXSW convention center, because the hotel I was put it up was sort of ghetto and didn’t even have internet. Also the shower has like no water pressure, which means i’ll be coming back with a few extra layers of dead skin cells. Downtown Austin is pretty fun. I stayed … 3 hours sleep
I don’t know how I managed to wake up at 6 a.m. and catch my plane this morning, as I went to Casey Moore’s last night, got drunk off red wine and stayed until close. Hung out with Jonathan Sakas, Bree, Kelly(not the lifeguard kelly different one) and company…where we discussed the most popular tacky … not quite the opposite of north by northwest
For some reason, I have had the Tears For Fears song “Head Over Heels” in my head for a couple days, which reminds me of the hallway scene from Donnie Darko, a movie which I remember when it was being filmed. I knew it would become sort of a cult classic, and I went ad … I’m lost in admiration could I need you this much?
