im going to say my prayers
climb into my own bed
turn off my phone
and sleep past noon.
im now about to do something i havent done in a long time
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ive been here eight days
im exhausted. i just realized my super exclusiveo video interviewo with the grates had a smear on the lens. and i didnt have a backup memory card so i couldnt ask more questions.
i really dont wanna write about metallica or dinosaur jr. or this horrible japanese act i just saw.
but i have to. this is where the rubber meets the road. this is where they separate the men from the boys. but boy am tired.
i just wanna take a long hot shower, sleep in my own bed. eat my favorite foods. and watch my own tv.
if theres one thing thats grossing me out these days its remote controls in hotel rooms. do maids even clean those? and where are peoples hands when theyre in hotel rooms? whats going on there? then they touch the remote?
ive learned a lot of things on this trip. ive seen a lot of people fighting and crying. couples mostly. people who should be in love while theyre out here but instead theyre yelling and arguing.
i learned that relationships are like shoes.
i have these super cool converse one stars. theyre low top, they look good, they feel good. for very short distances. like if i was going to drive to a show and park and walk a block and stand at the show and walk around the place a few times, then drive home, theyre perfect.
i also have these dg basketball shoes. they dont look cool. theyre high tops, theyre dirty, they slip on they slip off. i got them with my first paycheck from Look Look.
what i realized on this trip is there are some girls that are fine for short periods. they look hot or cute but, no fault of their own, they are not long time investments.
then there are those who are way better in the long run.
maybe i had just the right amount of vodka in my red bull last night but when miss austin was holding my hand as we past one crying couple after another i whispered their problem is they talk to each other.
but it was too loud she couldnt hear me.
so i esped.
lets not talk till we say bye at the airport.
she said you took the words right outta my head.
yes i saw janes addiction
last night in an abandoned Safeway off the freeway at the Playboy party
yes i still love you. yes i will have more pics up later.
yes i saw dinosaur jr. right before jane’s and yes i also saw the Ancestors at room 710.
yes i will be interviewing Metallica on video for yr ass.
yes i will probably also get to interview The Grates on video.
no i cant believe any of this.
yes im starting to get tired. but its a good tired.
yes i have my pick of good free shows today over at pop n hiss.
They include:
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — 2 p.m., Emo’s Jr.
Great Northern — 2:20 p.m., Red Eye Fly
Those Darlins — 3 p.m., the Tap Room at Six Lounge
Razorlight — 4 p.m., Cedar Street Courtyard
Tia Carrera — 4 p.m., Room 710
M. Ward — 4:15 p.m., La Zona Rosa
Arc Angels — 4:30 p.m., Antone’s
Echo and the Bunnymen — 5 p.m., Stubb’s
Earthless w/ special guest J Mascis — 5 p.m., Habana Calle 6 Annex
Dixie Witch — 6 p.m., Room 710
Hypernova (from Tehran) — 6:30 p.m., Agave
Now my dilema is see Those Darlins and then Razorlight or write my Jane’s Addiction thing? If i dont do it now i wont do it, so write it is. thanks for the help!
was a little side tracked this afternoon
but once that situation was resolved i saw juliette and the new romantiques who were pretty good. then i saw quiet company giving hugs. and i took pics of people on the street.
but the second best part of the first part of the day was walking past Daniel Johnston. i introduced myself, shook his hand, and told him how great he is.
before that i reviewed last nights show.
i found myself in a causecast march for the invisible children, and then i had a hard time using my iPhone so i went back to the room,
which was a great thing because i realized im seeing Jane’s Addiction tonight.
can you believe i almost forgot that?
i enjoy devil music.
a lot. so when i heard something evil wrap around the corner i followed it like a fat kid smelling brownies cooling on a windowsill
the band was valiant thor. i was in immediately. i didnt wanna leave. i didnt leave.
i wanted to see the Circle Jerks but then i thought, why? these dudes are kicking my ass like five times a second
then i saw a line forming across the way. the grates were going to play so i went in.
but first i saw a cool all girl folkie band out in the street
then i went back to the radio room. while waiting, there was another band in a tent in the back. a crazy guy singing. never heard of What Laura Said but they were into it and they were fun to photograph
somewhere in there i ducked out and saw the Von Bondies then ducked back
but then i ran back to see The Grates, who were amazing. of course. as always
Patience is now a blonde, and wore something from Raymi’s closet.
i doubt tonight will be as fun. how could it be? although on my short list of bands to see tonight are Juliette, Tori Amos, Lil Jon, The Ancestors, Hank IV, and Marching Band.
i made a sxsw music day one photo essay for you
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
lemme introduce you to the most worthless soda machine in texas
hi this is the pepsi machine outside my hotel room.
why is it so useless?
because everything in it is $2 and it takes quarters only!
no dollars, no debit cards, no credit cards.
therefore no one ever ever ever ever uses it.
ok, now let me show you the longest lines in texas.
i even have video.
its all waiting for you over at the LAT music blog, Pop n Hiss, for ur bottoms
one of the gods of blogging is the mighty doc searls
one of the nice things about this festival is you run into legends and doc is a sxsw veteran, but when i saw that he was speaking last week i didnt expect to see him last night.
hope your flight today back to harvard was fun!
right now im in a panel called Annoying Things Bands Do. music panels dont pack them in at panles the way interactive does. and there’s fewer panels. maybe the music industry is shrinking? maybe dot com people like to go to panels to learn all the different aspects of creating, building, marketing, and selling their stuff.
club owner on the panel: “i hire sweet, socially awesome people.”
fellow club owner: “and they’re sober.”
original club owner: “mostly sober.”
later:
“the opening band always gets screwed”
very funny and frank discussion. and theyre naming names
my short list is going to be on pop and hiss in a few minutes. but heres my super short list:
Tokyo Sex Destruction – 1pm – The Parish
Whispertown2000 – 1:20pm – Red Eye Fly
DD/MM/YYYY – 2pm – Day Stage Cafe
Yelle – 2:50pm – Maggie Mae’s
Quiet Company – 3pm – Taylor Acoustic
We Should Be Dead – 3:45 – The Parish
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – 4:35 – Red 7
Von Bondies – 5:20pm – Red Eye Fly
Matt the Electrician – 730pm – Gueros Taco Bar
M Ward – 9pm – central presbyterian church
Circle Jerks – 10pm – Emo’s
The Grates – 11pm – Radio Room
Juliette & The New Romantiques – 11:30pm – Emo’s
Carolyn Wonderland – midnight – Antone’s
The Bronx – 1am – Red 7 Patio
update: full shortlist up now.
the rock has landed in austin
crazy how fast it happened.
surviving scandal live blog
with guest star Irene from the Real World
medium sized room at the hilton half way filled.
rule 1. dont panic. “no matter how bad you think it is on valleywag, it’s probably not that bad.”
theyre now trying to define what is a scandal. “something that you dont want out there” “damaging” “damaging to reputation”
one company that was in a scandal bought up a lot of google keywords so they could explain their side and diffuse the problem or at least have a voice in the conversation.
now a british woman is talking about her british sex scandal.
blah blah blah i space out. they introduce a woman (pictured, in green shirt) who was in the Real World. she was the one who got slapped in the Seattle season.
“it kind of makes all the top reality show moments.” she says.
at the end of the day it’s a woman being assaulted.
“if you dont give them stuff, they cant make a story out of it.”
“the people who are going to love you will love you, the other people will believe what they want to believe.”
she regrets going on E! True Hollywood Story.