'Shindig'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I skipped Jandek on Corwood so I could hang out with Jon B. Last night's SXSW roundup: Che Arthur, The Narrators, a bit of Subset, and Minmae. I was planning to kick back at a Li'l Cap'n Travis show before hitting MF Doom and Atombombpocketknife, but the club was packed out, and I was tired and near my car, so I just came home.
Oh, also, I was offered and accepted a new job this morning with the Legislative Budget Board of Texas, so I'll be superbusy this time next year.
Congratulations.
On a successful SXSW day, of course, though the job sounds pretty cool too ;-).
Big Congratulations hayden! Does that mean no more trips up this way?
Thanks, y'all! Yeah, Heather, I don't know what sort of conferences the new job will send me to, if any. But the Dallas conference was moved to Austin this year, anyway (it was last week).
Pthththththbb.
I din't wanna buy you a beer anyway.
No really, congratulations LBB is pretty cool.
I went out to see a local singer/songwriter I like Heather Eatman . One of her tracks is on my mix.
and then stayed and heard Angela McClusky who BLEW ME AWAY! I'm buying her album today. There are some tracks up on that link. There some Marianne Faithful in her voice, nice band backing her. According to the site, she'll be at SXSW on Friday.
I din't wanna buy you a beer anyway.
Heck, I'll buy you one next time you make it down this-a-way.
Hey, Msbelle! We just had some pictures developed on an old camera & there's one of me & you that I'll have to send you.
woohoo! BTW - my friend with the film at SXSW forgot to tell me he was already there and it screened and whatnot, so obviously I can't now let you know about it. He has been chastized.
Hey all. Just a quick driveby before I head out for another evening of music. Hayden missed who I thought were the best band last night -- IQU (pronounced eye-koo) from Seattle. A duo -- a guy playing samplers, keyboards, guitar and theremin (sometimes all at the same time) and a woman who played keyboards, guitar and sometimes sang. Some of their stuff was reall dancey-new-wave while other stuff was more out there. The highlight was a theremin version of "loving you" ("it's easy 'cause you're beautiful" ... you know the one?). The theremin was perfect for that high note at the end of the chorus; I was embarrassed that I never thought to do that song!
This afternoon, I went to a BBQ in a residential neighborhood with lots of bands playing. The highlight was the guy from the Long Winters (forgot his name) playing solo acoustic. Hayden was there as well, and I also got to meet the elusive Julie Beth!
OK, off to dinner and more rock.
The theremin was perfect for that high note at the end of the chorus; I was embarrassed that I never thought to do that song!
Did a cow explode?