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PEELANDER Z: SXSW Anarchy in the Street
Holy wow, I drank a lot of Lone Star this week. I got to that point
where I needed three or four drinks to get back to normal. On Saturday
afternoon I entered this very strange headspace, where fun was
awkwardly co-mingling with absolute physical and psychological
exhaustion.
My inner monologue: “Bands! Yay! More alcohol! Yay! I want to blow my brains out?! Yay?!”
But,
yeah, my idea to do a perspective piece/video blog thingy went out the
window pretty much immediately, as did my ability to do anything that
could pass for meaningful written reporting. I also spent way too much
money, my cell phone got fucked ‘cause of something I don’t remember, I
probably have (more) brain damage, and I just spent 40 hours in a
rent-a-van with seven other people.
So, of course, I really want to go next year. Wouldn’t bother trying to
get a band or press pass next time around, either. All the shows I went
to were no badge/no cover. Anyway, in case anyone’s interested, here’s a recap of my clusterfuck in Austin.
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For the sake of striking up a much-needed conversation, let’s imagine that a team of big dick swinging promoters was exploring the possibility of hosting a major South by Southwest-esque music festival in Boston. For the sake of second references, let’s speculatively call it North by Northeast (NXNE) – even though that’s corny and should never be repeated outside the context of this article (and because, as my homeboy Trees notes below, because it already exists in Toronto). While we’re thinking happy thoughts, let’s also imagine that it would be a massive week-long donkey punch designed to consume Boston the way that only sports and liberalism do now (and that no current music fest comes even close to).
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Faraone, Brodeur, and Thompson are just now plowing through SXSW's final night -- but we're just getting started with the weekend wrap up. We've got new videos going up hourly, Faraone is still Twittering his face off (and we don't expect him to shut up anytime soon), and there are some epic blog updates coming tomorrow morning. In the meantime, we bring you some of what's been going up on the site over the last 24 hours. First up, THE MAE SHI get it done under a parachute. Make sure you join us AFTER THE JUMP for Japanese punks PEELANDER-Z risking life, limb, and traffic accidents by setting up their instruments (and crazy-ass alien costumes) in the middle of a busy Austin street; Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek performing as REFLECTION ETERNAL; the first performance by Fugees producer JOHN FORTE since his release from prison; and a bone-rattling assault by the DEATH SET. That's just the beginning -- there's already more video up live at thephoenix.com/sxsw.
