Daily Archives: March 12, 2007

SXSW – who do I want to see


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Girl Talk – easily my most anticipated show. I am a sucker for remix/sample artists, and this guy is the best I’ve heard in a long time. I’m sold the moment he mixes Hum with M.I.A., I’m sold.
Fujiya & Miyagi – I’ve really been digging their album.

Most of the others I have seen before
The Saturday Knights – Their show is a sure thing. Go to the KEXP blog and download their single. Unless you think it’s bad to listen to other kinds of music.
Land of Talk – female singer/lead guitar player rocks out with a Les Paul SG. It’s crazy, I hate AC/DC, but I love the SG. I must warn you though, they are Canadian.
Tokyo Police Club – these guys look like all the hipsters I hate, but they bring the rock like there’s no tomorrow. They are also Canadian.
+/- – these guys have the best name because it accurately describes how I feel about them. They can go from awesome to terrible, sometimes even in the same song. Eternally frustrating, but I can’t say they didn’t warn me. I love half of their latest album; guess what I think of the other half.
120 days – I’m still trying to figure out if these guys are too douchebagish to really enjoy live. i’ll give them one more shot, but if they cry about their ridiculously complicated setup not working, they will be dead to me – even though their sound reminds me of the lamda lamda lamda’s carnival performance in Revenge of the Nerds.
Junior Senior - “Move Your Feet” still makes me smile.

Shows that will be too crowded to go to, but i’d like to see them anyway
Lily Allen – she’s playing at stubbs, so I could probably get in, but stubbs is one of my least favorite venues during sxsw.
Amon Tobin – he’s playing Elysium, which is always too crowded for non-badge holders.


It’s like ‘haha’ funny


Posted by avoque

For those of you that weren’t aware, Kat and I took a standup comedy class through Manhattan Comedy School, which ended with a graduation performance at Carolines (though in the middle of the afternoon). It was an amazing experience. Some of my classmates had a lot of friends so the house was totally packed (somewhere around 300-400 people). To make it even better, some of my co-workers came out too. I was nervous as fuck, but I think I held my own well enough. I will eventually get a dvd copy of the performance, so the few of you that are actually interested in seeing it will get the opportunity to heckle me from the comfort of your own home. Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope, a blank dvd, and $49.95 and you can have this stellar performance before it’s on the shelves!