SXSW day one
we had our first stop at paradise, saw Aimee Allen. we were actually offered free drinks to enjoy the show. it was a win-win situation as aimee put on a good effort, nice performance.
6th street is blocked off and already filling up with people at 1pm.
then we made our way to the beauty bar. they had bands from the bay area all day. I also got a great salmon and tapioca spring roll from koriente right next door. we caught Sholi, The Union Trade and The Morning Benders
the dude had a beauty bar PBR
this is quaff, another crazy japanese band. they get the official sigue sigue sputnik award from the AMH SXSW correspondent team.
kat likes tap dancers
a highlight of any trip to 6th street for kat is finding the best wurst cart. I can agree, that is the best wurst I ever had!
we landed at the chuggin monkey, another red gorilla stage event (no sxsw wrist band required)
breaking laces from brooklyn put on a good show.
I love how the drummer is looking out the window while a passing pedestrian is peeping in and chowing down on street food.
rachel sierra sang like she had came half way across the country to do so, which she did; from LA.
we ended day one at 6-ish. it was just a sampling. the amount of music offered is mind boggling. over 1900 bands are here to play and many of those bands will play four or more shows while they are here. we had hoped to catch the pains of being pure of heart but the line was down the street, partly because daniel johnston was scheduled to play after them. they (pains of being pure at heart) are playing nine shows for sxsw so I may still have a slim chance to stumble upon them. it was strage to see some big stages with NOBODY attending the show going on. yes, a band would be up there playing to nobody. this is why some venues have taken to offering free beer. even mediocre bands sound better with beer. so far, we haven't suffered a bit.