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March 24, 2004

Overboard and Down and Strung Out Twice

Best things about South by Southwest: seeing Jim Jarmusch’s “Cigarettes and Coffee” sneakily at the Alamo, seeing Mark Mothersbaugh’s weirdo “Beautiful Mutants” photographs at the Escapist Bookstore, seeing the Lost Sounds for free at the Church of the Friendly Ghost, having free-toe pie with Tecate in the middle of the day at Beerland, watching a nice Minnesotan eat his first Frito Pie, the Super Secret and Mortville records showcase at the same Beerland (which is really the sort of thing that SXSW should be all about), going to a house show, organized by roller derby queen, Sherry, that made me remember the Austin of the good old days, getting drunk in a tiny, dark room with some maniac band clanging away, skipping work in the middle of the week, hating on wearers of too-new cowboy hats (usually paired with tennis shoes or, heaven forfend! sandals), seeing old friends back in town, running around for days, fueled on fumes, fortified with tacos and cheap beer and springtime in Texas with everything around me in a rainy bloom, and finally, hiding away on Sunday with my boyfriend, and not seeing any badges or bands, just reading the paper and drinking coffee and quietly recovering.

And, as a favor to you, I’ll graciously omit talking about all of the worst things of the week, if I can be spared any more talk of the whole silly thing for another year.

Posted by pogo at March 24, 2004 12:32 PM