final day of SXSW 2013, Saturday. let's make it count.
started the day back at Urban Outfitters to see Pure X
the wife had worked hard and long hours all week. her sxsw pace was not up to our speed, and we were slowing down to her speed after the three previous days. so we saw one band, and went and enjoyed a fancy brunch (and bloody marys) at haddington's. some friends were near so they stopped in and we were a mobile party. but it's also harder to get into places when your group is larger and nobody RSVP'd to the day parties. so we went back to swan dive for the quebec party
Karim Ouellet was a good show!
we go back 25-30 years....
stepped next door to barbarella...
KID CONGO AND THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS WERE AWESOME! I had to dig and pry to find out who they were. never once did he say "we are blah blah from there and here" turns out the guy played guitar for the cramps and nick cave. this was a real surprise. we really enjoyed this show, and just about had the band to ourselves.
side story: the next day I was checking kid congo out on my ipad, found an interesting video (NSFW video linked below). my 4 yo son comes over to watch with me and I ended up closing the case.... he asked real nicely if he could finish watching. I gave in, I was guessing what had made it so interesting to me, probably wasn't to him. so we watched it together. I asked him WHY he found it so interesting. and here is what he said "I think they should CLOSE THAT RESTAURANT! they serve POISONOUS SALAD!" so funny I just about fell over. I agreed, there must've been something bad about the salad.
we were walking near red river when we noticed a crowd outside the virgin house. then a tall-boy lonestar comes FLYING out, probably 20 feet up in the air and lands in a group of people (somebody nearly got brained by it). for some reason, this made us want to get closer and see what the commotion was about. security guy said prince's crew/band had been there all day and the place was going crazy. I don't know about all that. we had plans so we kept hiking across town to our next party.
arrived at the scottish rites in time for check-in wristband. stopped for some asian food at lavaca tepan. it was good.
holy crap! open bar with free deep eddy vodka with rio red grapefruit. yes bartender, I did say give me SIX.
PHOX, yes, this was the third time I saw them this sxsw. but my wife was working too hard during the week to attend and she wanted to see them as well. it was worth it.
sheepodgs were also good.
if you like dirty southern rock from canadians.... they worked hard to play us some hard rock.
HEARTLESS BASTARDS!
what a treat it was to see the Heartless Bastards close out sxsw 2013!
I said goodbye to my new friend monica. she noted that I was yelling at people. my wife had just told me the same thing so I knew it was true. it's what happens to me when I've seen 20+ bands in just a few days, all with free vodka and beer... I was excited. bye bye sxsw 2013... except we already had plans for another sxsw after party for sunday... peelander z family jamboree!