WTF is up with SXSW?

[ItsAllSticky]

I know the rest of you will be living it up at Radio City, but since we apparently live in a world absent of a loving and just god, I can't afford it. So, was thinking of catching the boys in Austin again for South by Southwest, but from what I can gather, they only sell badges for the week, which are crazy expensive.  Plus, from the look of the lineup, I'll have to buy all new "vintage" ultra-skinny, ultra-tapered jeans for the event ; )  

Anyone planning to go? Anyone know if there's another way to get individual tickets?  I just want to see the Jacket again. It's been almost 5 months now and I think I'm having withdrawals (you know what I mean, dead baby crawling on the ceiling, that kind of thing).  Oh well, i guess it just gives me more time to save up so I can follow them when the full tour is announced. Better get ready. Let's see, list of supplies:

-Super-heady hippie poncho
-A pitbull so I can say "hey man i need money to feed my dog"
-All necessary grilled-cheese accoutrement
-personal hygiene products...nah, who needs em
Oh yeah, I'm ready.

-Ian

[BH]

 ;D Hey Sticky!  I missed those posts.

I think Jim is playing solo in a church somewhere, so maybe you can just attend the service on the Sunday before and then hide in the belfry and survive on wine and flat bread.

[BH]

Here ya go.

You only have to make it from Friday at 5:30 to Saturday night.

http://stdave.org/site/worship/cat/worship_schedule/

[ItsAllSticky]

Mr. Highway!!!!

A pleasure as always sir.  I actually think this is an ingenious plan. I was raised catholic so I think I could handle just wine and unleavened bread for a couple days (not to mention years of guilt).  After all...



"I've made bongs with less!"

[fitzcarraldo]

maybe you can just attend the service on the Sunday before and then hide in the belfry and survive on wine and flat bread.

Classic!

[JohnnyRage]

Go see them in Houston instead.

The Jim James solo show might be doable w/o a badge. Just depends on how crowded an event is. Persons with different levels of passes get preference over those with none.

SXSW is less of a festival and more of an music industry jerkoff/orgy.

[ItsAllSticky]

Rage, I actually just looked into the Houston show two seconds before I read your post.  That's only a ~6 hour drive from where I live so I think we're gonna hit that up. Tickets are only 30 bucks and i really want to catch a legitimate MMJ show and not a 45 minute festival set.  the last places I've seen them were Langerado and ACL. Both were awesome, but I need more! And it's also during spring break, which is nice, and only 2 days after Les Claypool in New Orleans, w00t!!!!

[Cameron]

only austin residents can buy the $139 wristbands.  it's another perk of living in the ATX!

[Dorothy_Mantooth]

the only SXSW shows i've made it into have required following seedy people back into a seedier ally where a magical bouncer lets us in the back entrance. oh, and i've watched flaming lips through a chain link fence. neat.

but it can be fun, i think.

[kyjed48]

Not sure if this has already been posted, but here's a link to the Thursday night broadcast:  

http://www.wfpk.org/CMS/?page_id=16901

I can't wait to hear this!

[getinthevan]

According to Pitchfork's SXSW guide, Jim's solo show includes M. Ward.  I'm not sure if anyone had said that on here before but I don't recall seeing anything about M. playing.

[BH]

According to Pitchfork's SXSW guide, Jim's solo show includes M. Ward.  I'm not sure if anyone had said that on here before but I don't recall seeing anything about M. playing.

M. has his own show there earlier in the evening, so I wouldn't be surprised to see either one of them in each others set.  Get their early!!!

Who's taping this one!  I want to hear solo acoustic versions of the new tracks.  Tiny little fetus versions wiating to grow.