If anything expresses the ethos of South By Southwest, this sign is it.
Read Gumshoe’s SINtillating (sic on purpose) coverage of SXSW 2011 HERE
Just got back from South by Southwest 2011 in Austin, Texas, earlier this week and boy, are my lungs tired! And my feet. And my back, neck, legs, heart, head, ears, eyes, nose, balls, armpits (don’t make me explain this; just accept it), feelings, disposition, sense of clarity, etc. …
So yes: I’m tired and have been working like a damn OX at my newspaper job, but somehow I still found the time — dead spirit or no — to write a snappy-yet-longish feature on my experiences.
You won’t want to miss this, even if you tend to visit this blog and leave when you see I haven’t mentioned Wiz Khalifa or Broken Penis Orchestra today.
But just to make it that much more tempting to click the link above, I’ll list the bands/happenings you’ll be missing:
- The Fresh & Onlys
- a guy with a V Is For Vendetta mask holding a sign that says “Don’t pay your taxes!”
- Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda, Greg Saunier (of Deerhoof!), Nels Cline (of Wilco!), Petra Haden (of That Dog; Charlie’s daughter, too) and Yoko Ono
- A large leaf with “Beach” carved/scratched into it
- Austra and Little Scream
- A crazy-lookin’ chick with a shirt that says, “I like it bloody”
- Ariel Pink and JEFF The Brotherhood
- pizza slices for miles and miles
- gothwave folks with black lipstick
- a dude playing a guitar with a gasmask on
And SO MUCH MORE! So click the link above and LIVE A LITTLE!
