Monday, March 20, 2006
 sxsw. austin texas the end. rock kicked my ass and i kicked back.
ten straight days and nights of partying and drinking and rocking out to some of the finest music in the world does take its toll which is probably why the skies opened up tonight here in austin with thunder and lightening and sheets of rain so as to wash the sins from the streets.
never made it to the roller derby because my wife miss amerikill let her cousin be her plus one even though she promised it to me last night. ah women.
so instead i took in three local punk bands at room 710: castle siege, the fuckemos, and finally punk. apparently the fuckemos got so big at one time that they started playing at emos. the reunited this year and played some shows at sxsw.
the fuckemos singer is actually in several bands including the uss friendship and castle siege who opened the night's lineup with a cross section of metal punk and marriachi. led by a guy who really cant sing very well. and hes quite fat. and when hes fronting the fuckemos he pulls out a trombone on one of the numbers.
finally punk is an all girl teenage punk band whos singer leapt offstage to slamdance with the boy she was singing about while singing. the kids are alright.
because that wasnt enough i went back to emos as the rain started coming down to enjoy the neil diamond tribute band the diamond smugglers.
a very nice cleansing of the pallet. especially while walking home in a weak drizzle as the band played daydream believer to a crowd who sang along to every word.
its 230am my rooms a mess, i havent packed and i have to be out of my room by 9am i figure. so im setting my alarm for 8. i can do this.
austin is a beautiful town where the birds scream in the trees and the bands scream wherever theres a stage.
i blame most of my debauchery to two entities, the red bull house and the texas roller derby girls. for if either of them werent around i would never have stayed up so late and drank and drank and drank.
i blame the rest of my fun to all the people who came up wanting to smoke weed with me, and whats so interesting is just as many offered the miracle herb during the interactive days as during the music days.
and yes i did see Lifetime before the my chemical romance show. not bad but i dont get the hype.
i will be back next year and i will plan out my day much better now that i know whats going on. and unlike the masses who fled town tonight, next year i will stay on the sunday night of sxsw just like tonight because the local bands are well worth the attention.
one picture i forgot to take: austin has a saying "keep austin weird", well in a stall in the mensroom of room 710 i saw a sticker that said "keep san antonio lame" and whaddya know, it... they... whoever has a myspace page.
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