Belated NAP SXSW Blog or Fun Fun Fun

Oh SXSW! Where else can I start the evening listening to the majestic music of Jandek and close with the happy happy joy joy pop of Matt and Kim?

Here is the deal. My band gets to play an official showcase and we accept fully expecting to play to near nobody (we were playing far off the beaten track). Sure enough that's what happens and nobody shows up but, to my surprise - aside from jokes about it sucking - nobody is really and honestly bitching in the band. Everyone seems to be just having fun, working hard, playing hard, and enjoying SXSW for what it is. We are all grateful for being offered the opportunity do to something as foolish as hauling your equipment to play to "a few bartenders." We were all honestly happy to be there playing. Man, it's SXSW and it's a huge party so, if you sit back and enjoy it for what it is and hook up with some awesome-sauce friends, you've got a recipe for a great time.

I'm sure it's easy to find things to complain about with SXSX. I know someone who did just that - making fun of hipsters, 20 year olds, and SXSW endlessly. Now that's great if that's yr party but me? No! Fuck that negativity shit. That's for pussies. You go sell that wristband. If I want to be jaded I can always turn to the presidential race on TV but I am here to have fun - see ya! So I mercifully went my way and proceeded to have a blast with people who were uncool enough to just have fun and enjoy the experience.

You can read my blogs on SXSW on the Free Press Blog (see the blog links below this one). All I want to say here is sure all I had for sustenance was beer and whiskey for three days*, sure at one point as I looked for a place to shower and shave I stunk like ass for half a day, sure I had no idea where I would end-up crashing on any particular evening, and sure Saturday I had such a raging hangover that my blog for the Free Press was honestly weaksauce, but when all was said and done I really really really really had fun and was sad to see it end.

So I'm going to leave you with a video from Matt and Kim (who was the last band I saw at SXSW) whose happy bounciness pretty much sums up my SXSW experience. Yeah Yea!




*I'm not shitting you. Ok, well, except that I did have a biscotti and a coffee at Bookpeople Cafe every morning as I blogged for the Free Press. Beyond that, nothing.


Photo taken by Flip Osman on his IPhone.