Fucking SXSW
March 16th, 2006Well, it’s South by Southwest time again, that annual clusterfuck when the town swells with tourists and even more bands than usually plague our streets. I swear, I actually overheard, on Sixth Street, someone say “So this is Sixth Street, huh?” Parking becomes extinct. Traffic grinds to a halt. Tourists everywhere. Gaaaah. Just getting a drink with friends becomes a battle of wills with ignorant masses. And the place becomes infested with hipster-doofus celebrities. A shitfaced Andy Dick sat down at our table at the Side Bar last Saturday and flirted with pretty much everyone, myself included. Then he went off to try to score some coke. Hope he found some.
I hate this time of year. It would be mitigated a little if I actually had it in my means to partake of some damn music, but $130 for a wristband? The hell with that.
So fuck SXSW.
March 16th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
All I can say is “so true”. About the only time I hate living in Austin, and of course you have to kill someone to get one of those $100-$200 wristbands
March 16th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
wow - damn that’s expensive. Still we got nothin’ like SXSW where I live…
March 17th, 2006 at 8:33 am
Well atleast in miami Ultra is a little cheaper its only like $70-$140.
March 23rd, 2006 at 2:46 am
sometimes i miss living in austin. but i DON’T miss SXSW.
the Austin City Limits Music Festival, maybe…
March 23rd, 2006 at 8:00 am
ACL Fest is great, except for the fact that it always seems to be 110° and there isn’t any shade.
April 1st, 2006 at 2:02 pm
HAhahaha! I’m the one that sent Andy over to the Side Bar from DeVille. He was being an ass. Sorry!
April 1st, 2006 at 2:56 pm
Ha! Oddly, my friends were at DeVille first, only migrating to the Side Bar because there wasn’t enough room. I figured he followed them.