Saturday March 15th, SXSW 2014- music Gary Numan, Wilderness of Manitoba, Bright Light Social Hour
I managed to wake up and get out of bed, again. OMG how can SXSW NOT be over? I was in a bit of a fog, literally, it was foggy out.
I had aches all over my body. I managed to pull myself together, again.
I may have offended my friends, but Kat still loved me.
We had a fantastic brunch at the Snack Bar, restorative properties were ingested and applied right away. Our friends arrived, I said I was sorry for the night before, and we watched other friends perform their set for SXSW 2014
Then we took off, on foot. We'd managed a free parking spot near the Continental Club. Figured it'd be easier to walk a few miles to our next show than to try and find parking closer (not easy to find and likely costs $25)
We crossed the Congress Street bridge.
That was enough walking. We stopped for brunch #2.
drinking lots of water when we can find it.
Stopped by Canada House and caught The Wilderness of Manitoba. They closed their set with a real burst of energy!
Saturday had lots of free swag (earplugs and such) at the Canada House, but no more free drinks (probably a good thing at this point). We DID find this laying on the bar at the Canada House...
The SXSWFROMAGE party was an unexpected treat. Kat said it was her favorite part of SXSW 2014! (more pics on separate post)
We ducked into the Jackelope to catch Urge Overkill, but we opted to find seats where we couldn't actually SEE the show. It was plenty loud enough from where we were. We were starting to drag a bit.
GARY NUMAN!
We stood in line to see Bright Light Social Hour. Many young people from out of town brought many tobacco smokers to town. Kat started to feel ill as we waited in line from the second hand smoke. Siner's Saloon was PACKED and BRSH had the whole house jumping along. but we were at the end of our day... had a few miles to walk back. This was the end of our (official) SXSW 2014
Weather was nice, we dropped the top and drove to meet my mom and the kids for dinner, as I usually try to do for sxsw. We posted this pic to FB and some people wrongly assumed we'd been drinking all day, shouldn't be driving, and some people assumed we were hung over the next morning... the truth was, that over a period of over 7 hours, I think Kat had maybe two drinks? and us boys had a few beers throughout the day, but long before driving and that way before walking several miles back to where we parked in south austin.
next year, I won't try to do as much. I'll try to balance more time with my family and not attempt two days in a row or trying to do a night and day together. Instead of trying to see as many bands as possible, I'll concentrate on a few.
a few lessons were learned: #sharetoomuchonsocialmedia #peopleassumetoomuch #donttellyourfriendstofuckoff #whatisfunnytomemaynotbefunnytoyou #postlessbeerpicsonfb