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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Firebutt McGee on February 25, 2008, 08:01:00 pm
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Who's headed to Austin?
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ME!
And I'm so excited!
And if anyone out there can hook me up with invites (2-4) for parties thrown by Spin, Q or Blender, I'll take you to see Wilco on Wednesday for free!
I'M DONE BEING OVER-EXUBERANT NOW :)
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People who have $$$
But seriously, most of the bands I want to see have already played here or will play here soon.
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i spent $5 last year for music at sxsw. the best shows might be at the lamar street bridge at 2am. don't tell anyone.
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Originally posted by MyraEllen:
ME!
And I'm so excited!
And if anyone out there can hook me up with invites (2-4) for parties thrown by Spin, Q or Blender, I'll take you to see Wilco on Wednesday for free!
I'M DONE BEING OVER-EXUBERANT NOW :)
Keep an eye on THIS:
http://www.showlistaustin.com/ (http://www.showlistaustin.com/)
Annnnnnnnnnnd, check your PM's.
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already bookmarked that! Now I have to stop paying so much attention to side parties and figure out which showcases I'm going to try to get to. ack. Maybe when I'm on the plane I'll figure it all out.
just responded to your message, too.
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One of these years...
I must do either this or CMJ
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We'll be there, too!!
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I'll be there as well. I'm racked with agony over which dayparties to attend. This website, SXSW Schedule (http://sched.org/), is very helpful.
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Originally posted by azaghal1981:
One of these years...
I must do either this or CMJ
SXSW kicks CMJ's butt. Everything is just more central in Austin and it's like a big party in the streets and every bar. I've done CMJ 5 times (mostly as a volunteer to get a free badge) and SXSW only once before. SXSW is more expensive coming from here though b.c of airfare, hotel, badge, etc. If you have a friend in Austin it helps because then you can get accommodations and a wristband instead of a badge. CMJ is cheaper, but not as awesome! :)
As for the day parties, just start early, hit up as many as you can. If one gets boring, just hop to another one. Don't stress. Always have a plan B, plan C, plan D and plan E. Give into the fact that you won't get to see everyone you want to see, won't get to go to every showcase or party you want to go to, and you'll be a lot happier and have more fun.
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I agree. Wish I were going, but it's costly...I will miss the good food as well. :p If I were going again, I'd act as if I were on vacation vice running around with a schedule (hit the day parties and a select few shows at night)
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let us know how the rachael ray party (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1582742/20080304/id_0.jhtml) goes?
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
let us know how the rachael ray party (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1582742/20080304/id_0.jhtml) goes?
Wonky Eye.
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Why bother with the showcases until you're there? The couple weeks leading up to SxSW should be all about RSVPing to day parties!!!
Good luck
I'm passing this year (just sold my badge, along with my very primo hotel reservation at the Hilton right across from the Convention Center). Just too much going on. Plus, a year off may inspire more excitement for next year...
I'm in for Lolla, though.
Originally posted by MyraEllen:
already bookmarked that! Now I have to stop paying so much attention to side parties and figure out which showcases I'm going to try to get to. ack. Maybe when I'm on the plane I'll figure it all out.
just responded to your message, too.
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Originally posted by MyraEllen:
CMJ is cheaper, but not as awesome! :)
Man, but for NYC to be affordable for a whole week you need a friend who doesn't mind letting you stay in their 400 sq foot apartment that long. Hotels in NYC are double Austin. Even the Marriott in Brooklyn is $365/night.
(It's true, though -- airfares have become insane. In DECEMBER the direct Dulles - Austin flight on United was either $600 or $800.)
I love SxSW because most things are in a 10 block area -- if you can't get into a showcase, it matters less because there are 40 otehrs within a few blocks, not taxi-cab rides away (which also cost you precious time to get in line). Also, I love the Sixth Street is closed to traffic. It's like getting a festival with the benefit of seeing shows in small clubs, which is the best way to see bands in my opinion!
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You can find NYC hotels for much cheaper if you stay in New Jersey.
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by MyraEllen:
CMJ is cheaper, but not as awesome! :)
Man, but for NYC to be affordable for a whole week you need a friend who doesn't mind letting you stay in their 400 sq foot apartment that long. Hotels in NYC are double Austin. Even the Marriott in Brooklyn is $365/night.
(It's true, though -- airfares have become insane. In DECEMBER the direct Dulles - Austin flight on United was either $600 or $800.)
I love SxSW because most things are in a 10 block area -- if you can't get into a showcase, it matters less because there are 40 otehrs within a few blocks, not taxi-cab rides away (which also cost you precious time to get in line). Also, I love the Sixth Street is closed to traffic. It's like getting a festival with the benefit of seeing shows in small clubs, which is the best way to see bands in my opinion! [/b]
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There actually are inexpensive hotels in NYC. it just takes a bit of looking. there are also lots of boutique hotels throughout the city. i used to stay in one in union sq that was quite reasonable. also LIC had some inexpensive hotels. i dont know if prices have gone up that significantly in the past few years. kurosawa and i used to get amazing deals on priceline and stayed at some pretty swanky hotels.
or else Jersey is the option if theres no friends. my place is taken every year at CMJ but i could probably be bribed with loads of cash :D
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Have you looked at the prices of NYC hotels LATELY? From what I could tell when I was looking on priceline and hotwire last year, they seem to have skyrocketed in the last two years or so. I recently read an article somewhere that basically confirmed my findings.
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
There actually are inexpensive hotels in NYC. it just takes a bit of looking. there are also lots of boutique hotels throughout the city. i used to stay in one in union sq that was quite reasonable. also LIC had some inexpensive hotels. i dont know if prices have gone up that significantly in the past few years. kurosawa and i used to get amazing deals on priceline and stayed at some pretty swanky hotels.
or else Jersey is the option if theres no friends. my place is taken every year at CMJ but i could probably be bribed with loads of cash :D
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Whoo! This week!!!
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say hi to my friend aaron for me. I would go to see the night marchers, but they're playing baltimore on may 10, so i'll opt for that.
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Just a heads up for any SXSW lovers not attending, they are showing the fest 8 hours a day for 3 days on DIRECTV.
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and for those who can't be by a tv, NPR will be streaming various shows (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7729350):
(All Times ET/CT and Subject to Change)
Wed., March 12 (Stubbs)
9:00/8:00 p.m.: Johnathan Rice
10:00/9:00 p.m.: Summerbirds in the Cellar
11:00/10:00 p.m.: Papercranes
12:00 a.m./11:00 p.m.: Dead Confederate
1:00/12:00 a.m.: R.E.M.
Thurs., March 13 (Parish)
1:30/12:30 p.m.: Shout Out Louds
2:15/1:15 p.m.: Jens Lekman
3:00/2:00 p.m.: A.A. Bondy
3:30/2:30 p.m.: Yeasayer
4:15/3:15 p.m.: Bon Iver
5:00/4:00 p.m.: Vampire Weekend
Thurs., March 13 (Austin Music Hall)
9:15/8:15 p.m.: The Whigs
10:30/9:30 p.m.: Yo La Tengo
12:00 a.m./11:00 p.m.: My Morning Jacket
Fri., March 14 (Volume)
2:00/1:00 p.m.: The Weakerthans
3:00/2:00 p.m.: Kaki King
4:00/3:00 p.m.: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
5:00/4:00 p.m.: Liam Finn
6:00/5:00 p.m.: The Whigs
plenty more streams available here (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19282735) - including the Raveonettes, Sons & Daughters, DeVotchka, Daniel Lanois, The Duke Spirit, The Breeders, Holy Fuck, Tokyo Police Club, Tapes 'N Tapes, etc etc etc...
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have great fun all.
there's nothing quite like jetting out of the northeast this time of year - & getting dropped into rock n roll nirvana.
head to Gueros & grab a shiner
gueros (http://www.guerostacobar.com/)
across from Continental Club
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by MyraEllen:
CMJ is cheaper, but not as awesome! :)
Man, but for NYC to be affordable for a whole week you need a friend who doesn't mind letting you stay in their 400 sq foot apartment that long. Hotels in NYC are double Austin. Even the Marriott in Brooklyn is $365/night.
(It's true, though -- airfares have become insane. In DECEMBER the direct Dulles - Austin flight on United was either $600 or $800.)
I love SxSW because most things are in a 10 block area -- if you can't get into a showcase, it matters less because there are 40 otehrs within a few blocks, not taxi-cab rides away (which also cost you precious time to get in line). Also, I love the Sixth Street is closed to traffic. It's like getting a festival with the benefit of seeing shows in small clubs, which is the best way to see bands in my opinion! [/b]
Since I'm from NYC, I never think of this as a problem - just crash on a friend's couch. I have no friends in Austin to crash with, and volunteering for CMJ is easy. Volunteering for SXSW is not. So I'll stick with thinking CMJ is cheaper :)
Off in 14.5 hours!
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Originally posted by i'm her slave:
have great fun all.
there's nothing quite like jetting out of the northeast this time of year - & getting dropped into rock n roll nirvana.
head to Gueros & grab a shiner
gueros (http://www.guerostacobar.com/)
across from Continental Club
mmm...Guero's.
Try the Tacos Al Pastor while you are there too!
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FYI...The lineup for the Tripwire/Fader/Levi's Fort was announced Here (http://thetripwire.com/news/2008/3/10/schedule-for-the-levis-fader-fort-in-austin-announced)
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woxy is also streaming shows
http://woxy.lala.com/austin08/ (http://woxy.lala.com/austin08/)
Tuesday, March 11th
Noon Moonlight Towers
2:00p Zykos
4:00p The Kills
Wednesday, March 12th
10:00a Ed Harcourt
Noon The Whip
2:00p Lightspeed Champion
4:00p Birdmonster
6:00p Peter Moren
Thursday, March 13th
10:00a The Answering Machine
10:30a James Yuill
Noon Project Jenny, Project Jan
2:00p Dead Confederate
4:00p Frightened Rabbit
6:00p Wye Oak
Friday, March 14th
10:00a LoveLikeFire
Noon Sons & Daughters
2:00p A Place To Bury Strangers
4:00p Shout Out Louds
6:00p Film School
Saturday, March 15th
10:00a These New Puritans
Noon Working For A Nuclear Free City
2:00p Earlimart
4:00p The Helio Sequence
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Been listening to this on npr. good to hear the insight from Carrie Brownstein in addition to the two npr fanboys.
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That was a nice Jens set.
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from the front page of the WSJ:
Heavy Meddle: Music Festival Limits the Party (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120546500941535975.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone)
Once Rock's Rebels, South by Southwest Becomes 'The Man'
AUSTIN, Texas -- At the storied South by Southwest music festival, a new group has been cast in the role of rock 'n' roll rebels: the suits.
Late Wednesday, on opening night of this year's event, Ticketmaster and four of its subsidiaries sponsored a party hosted by Moby. The DJ and musician spun classic Rolling Stones tunes inside a white clapboard house here, sending the packed dance floor into a frenzy. Projected on the front of the house was Ticketmaster's logo -- the company is renting the home as a place industry executives can find "round-the-clock VIP treatment" throughout the festival.
Music fans have long been conditioned to cringe at such corporate displays and admire the free-spirited folks who organize music festivals. But at the 22-year-old SXSW, as this event is known, the tables have turned. The festival folks, not Big Business, are looking like the heavies. The reason: Parties like the one Wednesday night aren't sanctioned by SXSW, which has increasingly gone to great lengths to discourage or shut them down. They're calling in complaints to fire marshals and taking party promoters to court.
continued... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120546500941535975.html)
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
You can find NYC hotels for much cheaper if you stay in New Jersey.
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by MyraEllen:
CMJ is cheaper, but not as awesome! :)
Man, but for NYC to be affordable for a whole week you need a friend who doesn't mind letting you stay in their 400 sq foot apartment that long. Hotels in NYC are double Austin. Even the Marriott in Brooklyn is $365/night.
(It's true, though -- airfares have become insane. In DECEMBER the direct Dulles - Austin flight on United was either $600 or $800.)
I love SxSW because most things are in a 10 block area -- if you can't get into a showcase, it matters less because there are 40 otehrs within a few blocks, not taxi-cab rides away (which also cost you precious time to get in line). Also, I love the Sixth Street is closed to traffic. It's like getting a festival with the benefit of seeing shows in small clubs, which is the best way to see bands in my opinion! [/b]
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yes, and the place to stay is always Fort Lee. close, cheap, and distinctly less gross...
but i'm moving to new york in like three months, and you all can feel free to crash on my couch any time ;)
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Originally posted by you be betty:
but i'm moving to new york in like three months, and you all can feel free to crash on my couch any time ;)
Aren't you underage? I can envision the police busting down the door at 3am and dragging some poor, male boardie off to the clink.
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So? Who were your faves? who was the worst? What other awesomeness happened? I'll answer my own questions later :)
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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postrock/ (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postrock/)
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http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/56134/music-days-1-2/ (http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/56134/music-days-1-2/)
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/56159/music-days-3-41/ (http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/56159/music-days-3-41/)
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I managed to catch 60+ bands, beating my own record of 40+ last year, but 12 of those were at one of the most amazing shows at the Festival (and one that I will talk about for the next 35 years), the Lou Reed tribute at the Levi's/Fader Fort on Thursday. I don't even remember the names of at least 5 of the bands or artists that I saw, and I saw many bands for only a song or two, which was more than enough.
The best for me were:
1. The aforementioned Lou Reed tribute. Moby, Thurston Moore, My Morning Jacket, Yo La Tengo, Joseph Arthur, Mark Kozelek, and more, all singing Lou Reed songs while Mr. Reed took photos of the bands from the side of the stage. He came out for the finale. It was phenomenal.
2. N.E.R.D. at Stubb's, who, despite taking 45 minutes to set up, blew more than 1,500 artists at the festival out of the water in under 35 minutes.
3. Simian Mobile Disco at La Roza Rosa, Shout Out Louds at the Mohawk, Billy Bragg at the Utne party, Nada Surf acoustic at the Paste party, Noisettes at the Good party, The Stills at the Levi's/Fader Fort, DeVotchKa at the Filter party
Lowlights: Evangelicals sucked big time at the Mohawk. Duffy does not live up to the hype, I don't care what anyone says. And Eldar isn't a person, he's like the child of David Helfgott and Gandalf.
All in all it was live music heaven and I can't wait for next year :)
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i thought the lou reed thing was kind of lame. long set changes when they played disco music. the best part was thurston moore and band doing a vu cover of a song like "what goes on". tm dove into the crowd with his guitar and had his glasses broken. motorhead, black angels, breeders, naked raygun, meatmen at trophy's, slits and dicks at elysium, black keys+cribs at zona rosa, punk rock on the lamar street pedestrian bridge with a massive crowd at 2am, place to bury strangers many shows, psychedelic garage bands at jaimes, x at stubbs. sxsw is amazing.