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March 17, 2004
SXSW 2004 - Day 5
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
My photos and commentary on SXSW 2004 Days 1 -4 can be found over at Black Phoebe : Ms. Jen.
Starting today (Day 5) through Saturday (Day 8), I will post photos and commentary from the Music portion of the conference here at Barflies.net.
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Wed. March 17, 2004
Today I took the Armadillo free trolley to Whole Foods for provisions. Then back up to the hotel to do client work and catch up. Julie Wanda arrive around 3:30pm and Alex at 5:15 pm or so.
After badges were procured, we went to Guerro�s for tacos and margaritas. Alex and I walked down Congress Ave to have a look see at the famed Continental, a stop at Amy�s for Mexican Vanilla ice cream with crushed strawberries before heading back downtown.
First stop of the evening was the Dead Teenager Records showcase at the Red Eyed Fly. We were a bit late and I only caught the last song of The [Angry] Amputees, who were very good punk bordering on hard rock. The Amputees are what the Distillers would be if Brody could sing a wee bit better.
Second up was LA�s Dengue Fever at Emo�s Annex. I have heard a lot of buzz about Dengue Fever, an electro-jazzy rock outfit with an amazing Cambodian singer. The band is a quirky, good, fun romp between Southeast Asia and America.
Back to the Red Eyed Fly for the Players Club, a metal band from New York. The band delivers, nay, pounds lo-fi-low-bass-end metal-core that pulses through one�s body. Not to shabby.
As Alex and I continued on the �ADD Music Tour� by popping over to Stubbs for The (International) Noise Conspiracy. T(I)NC were in full fiery, political mod form, but have sadly replaced the rockin� girl guitarist with some unremarkable fellow.
During the break between T(I)NC and Joan Jett, we ran down to Emo�s Jr. for the first few songs of The Bronx�s set. Mostly Alex wanted to give the Bronx�s singer Matt a rash of shit by rough housing him everytime Matt jumped into the pit.
12:30am found us back at Stubb�s for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Let no one tell you that rock�n�roll is only for folks under 30, cause if they do, take �em to a Joan Jett show. At 44, Ms. Jett and her Blackhearts can kick any rocker or hiphopper�s butt from here to three tomorrows from now.
Whether Ms. Jett played old favorites like �Bad Reputation,� �Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!),� and the Runaways� �Cherry Bomb,� or the new songs that she debuted at this evening, the crowd was transported into rock heaven and sang along with gusto. Music so catchy that I found myself singing �Oh Yeah� at my 5am bathroom break.
Posted by Ms. Jen at March 17, 2004 12:13 PM |
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