Saturday, March 17, 2007

Wrapping things up

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Rufus and me - we're beat, we went back home but the rest of the crew is still out there will the thousands of others wandering the streets of downtown Austin with every bar (it seems) having live music. There are bands playing on street corners, in empty lots, parking lots, alleys - any place they can set up the city is just full of music.

We're all done - SXSW wore us down and it wins, we have been beaten. I think our crazy schedule on Friday just did it for us and sapped our strength.


The day started with The Palm School Choir at an outdoor festival. The kids only did a couple of songs but they did cover The Who's "Pinball Wizard" which was pretty cool.

In the afternoon we had The Watson Twins come over and we had cake for their birthday! We also taped an interview with Rufus - of course - and then some karaoke!

After dropping them off at their hotel a couple of us hit Congress Street for some wandering and shopping. Gorgeous sunny day, it was great for walking around town. We found some cool little shops up by The Continental Club that the Dansettes played at our first night and picked up a couple of presents to take home. Then we had some Very Fine Food at Hut's Hamburgers.

This evening we brought all the gear (we could carry) downtown and interviewed The Detroit Cobras, and a member of The Mekons that was playing SXSW with her new band. (I had to go find parking so I missed the beginning of the interview so I can't tell you her name. Those clubs are LOUD so even if somebody tried to tell me I probably wouldn't have heard it properly.)

(Note to self: ear plugs = wise investment)

Then we headed with Rufus to the Light Club where Northern State was performing - and Rufus got on stage for one last freestyle battle with the gals. They are a lot of fun. I don't know how the tape looks but if the sound and the lighting worked out it is going to be really funny stuff.

Ace, The Joker and G weren't ready to call it quits but I'm suffering from sensory overload, I need some quiet! So Rufus and I got a bike ride back to our van (cause I can't carry all that gear by myself! I mean, I'd try but that would be sorta cruel) and then sat in traffic for a decent amount of time to get out of downtown. We're trying to get OUT and everyone else is trying to get IN!

SXSW has been great - we met a lot of new bands and had a lot of fun with the interviews and karaoke, I hope the videos get online soon cause some of the stuff is absolutely hilarious. But I'm tired, and I'm ready to go home now. It's one thing to come to a festival for pleasure but we've been in work mode for most of the time (this afternoon was a nice break) and that wears you out pretty quick. Well, it wears me out anyway :)

Thanks again to all the bands that allowed up to tape their performances and who came by for interviews - and for all the bands we missed we're really sorry, hopefully we can meet up when you come to Washington DC.

And so - from Austin, Texas at the South By SouthWest Music Festival this is Tracy signing OUT!

- t

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