SXSW 2007 - Day 4 - Saturday
Somehow though I had decided to stop with the party action early on Friday, I was still too spent to get out of bed until around 1pm on Saturday. I treated myself to one of the finest meals I have missed in the ten months I've been living in New York - Taco Bell. There are no Taco Vells anywhere near me so instead I suffer. But I made it all up with one delicious combo meal. Oh mexican pizza, how I've missed you!
When I finally got downtown everything was packed, the line for Red7 went around the corner to Emo's and the line for Emo's was just as bad. I decided to go to the ny2lon show, which was the first show I RSVPed for that I actually went to. They had free Heineken, so I definitely had to take advantage even if the only band I had heard of (the Fratellis) had already played.
The next band happened to be Malajube, whose name I didn't remember, but they are constantly played on KEXP, so I'm familiar with their music. They were great, even if they are French Canadian and sing entirely in French. Really, I can't understand a damn thing they say but I still like it. Le rock!
Brian finally made it over and we stayed around for a while to catch a couple more free beers and saw Johnossi, who I thought were alright, but entirely too loud to be playing inside.
Our last day show was going to be the Annuals at the Pure Volume tent, but the whole venue had been shut down by the fire marshal. No problem, we just went back to Mugshots and had more drinks.
At 8:15 we tried to see Asobi Seksou, but they were running so late we decided to hit My Latest Novel at buffalo billiards. They were alright, seemed fitting for St Patrick's Day, but nothing special.
Now at 9pm I was starting to get anxious about getting in to Elysium to see Girl Talk at 1am (yes, I am that paranoid - and rightfully so), so I headed over to Elysium and parked it there for the rest of the night. It was alright though because the lineup at Elysium was good and even if it wasn't I really like the bar so I would be able to entertain myself for hours with their pinball machines. Incidentally, I didn't take many notes because I spent all of my free time playing pinball when I wasn't watching a show.
The first show was The Berg Sans Nipple (yeah, that name doesn't make sense to me either – give them a break, I think they’re French). They were alright, but they were no competition for the Dracula pinball machine.
Next was the Octopus Project with Black Moth Super Rainbow. Their show was really incredible, like a regular Octopus Project show, but better. I sadly missed part of the show because my pinball game wasn't over. Yeah, really I like pinball that much.
The next two acts, Bang Gang and 65daysofstatic sounded really similar. They were alright, but I think Brian put it best when he came in to the last song from 65daysofstatic and said “they sound exactly like the band that was playing when I left.” Too true.
Once 65daysofstatic ended everybody started crowding the stage. I’m talking no movement people pushing as hard as they could kind of crowding. When Brian finally got over to me, we were about 3 people from the stage. When Girl Talk finally started, everyone went crazy. Full-on mosh pit action, complete with a lot of pushing and even some crowd-surfing from both Girl Talk and people from the crowd. Eventually Girl Talk let a ton of people onto the stage to dance, which was nice for me because it meant we finally had a little breathing room in the front of the stage. I danced my ass off for the entire set, which eventually ended with the SXSW stage manager having to get on the stage and tell Girl Talk that he couldn’t have any more time. I was really hoping that Elysium would pull one of their 3am nights and just keep him playing for an extra hour, but that would have just been too much.
Girl Talk rocks the hoodie
During this show was the best fly-on-the-wall moments I had the entire week. As it is well known that indie kids don’t know how to dance, a couple was dancing in front of me. Just as the girl was leaning in to say something to the guy he swung his arm in such a way that his elbow connected perfectly with her nose, shoving her glasses into her face to add insult to injury. These are the moments I live for. I am a terrible person.
It was an absolutely crazy ending to SXSW. When it was over I was completely drenched in sweat and exhausted from the week of drinking and staying out late. It felt good.
When I finally got downtown everything was packed, the line for Red7 went around the corner to Emo's and the line for Emo's was just as bad. I decided to go to the ny2lon show, which was the first show I RSVPed for that I actually went to. They had free Heineken, so I definitely had to take advantage even if the only band I had heard of (the Fratellis) had already played.
The next band happened to be Malajube, whose name I didn't remember, but they are constantly played on KEXP, so I'm familiar with their music. They were great, even if they are French Canadian and sing entirely in French. Really, I can't understand a damn thing they say but I still like it. Le rock!
Brian finally made it over and we stayed around for a while to catch a couple more free beers and saw Johnossi, who I thought were alright, but entirely too loud to be playing inside.
Our last day show was going to be the Annuals at the Pure Volume tent, but the whole venue had been shut down by the fire marshal. No problem, we just went back to Mugshots and had more drinks.
At 8:15 we tried to see Asobi Seksou, but they were running so late we decided to hit My Latest Novel at buffalo billiards. They were alright, seemed fitting for St Patrick's Day, but nothing special.
Now at 9pm I was starting to get anxious about getting in to Elysium to see Girl Talk at 1am (yes, I am that paranoid - and rightfully so), so I headed over to Elysium and parked it there for the rest of the night. It was alright though because the lineup at Elysium was good and even if it wasn't I really like the bar so I would be able to entertain myself for hours with their pinball machines. Incidentally, I didn't take many notes because I spent all of my free time playing pinball when I wasn't watching a show.
The first show was The Berg Sans Nipple (yeah, that name doesn't make sense to me either – give them a break, I think they’re French). They were alright, but they were no competition for the Dracula pinball machine.
Next was the Octopus Project with Black Moth Super Rainbow. Their show was really incredible, like a regular Octopus Project show, but better. I sadly missed part of the show because my pinball game wasn't over. Yeah, really I like pinball that much.
The next two acts, Bang Gang and 65daysofstatic sounded really similar. They were alright, but I think Brian put it best when he came in to the last song from 65daysofstatic and said “they sound exactly like the band that was playing when I left.” Too true.
Once 65daysofstatic ended everybody started crowding the stage. I’m talking no movement people pushing as hard as they could kind of crowding. When Brian finally got over to me, we were about 3 people from the stage. When Girl Talk finally started, everyone went crazy. Full-on mosh pit action, complete with a lot of pushing and even some crowd-surfing from both Girl Talk and people from the crowd. Eventually Girl Talk let a ton of people onto the stage to dance, which was nice for me because it meant we finally had a little breathing room in the front of the stage. I danced my ass off for the entire set, which eventually ended with the SXSW stage manager having to get on the stage and tell Girl Talk that he couldn’t have any more time. I was really hoping that Elysium would pull one of their 3am nights and just keep him playing for an extra hour, but that would have just been too much.
Girl Talk rocks the hoodie
During this show was the best fly-on-the-wall moments I had the entire week. As it is well known that indie kids don’t know how to dance, a couple was dancing in front of me. Just as the girl was leaning in to say something to the guy he swung his arm in such a way that his elbow connected perfectly with her nose, shoving her glasses into her face to add insult to injury. These are the moments I live for. I am a terrible person.
It was an absolutely crazy ending to SXSW. When it was over I was completely drenched in sweat and exhausted from the week of drinking and staying out late. It felt good.
posted by gus away from the metroplaza at
4/08/2007 10:59:00 PM
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