what i learned at sxsw - day 3

okay, I promise to finish the rest of the sxsw vacation

friday – we spent most of the day with dan and vanessa. brian and I headed out to the fader fort party to pick-up wristbands. we walked across the train tracks to a rad bookstore called, domy books. behind the bookstore was a large tent setup for music, here we saw mirah and another nw(?) band called weird weeds. brian really dug weird weeds…something like sonic youth I feel is what he said. there was a cute little diy setup with free beer and vegan whatever food. you know…


brian and I headed back to fader fort party for women and the pains of being pure at heart. this party was by far the best thing we hit up other than free bloody marys at little radio day party. free beer, liquor, water, and sunscreen. awesome! the days before seeing pains kept coming out to being a bust because the band kept rescheduling or canceling shows. I think brian said they had something like 12 sets to play during the 4 day period. that’s pretty intense. seeing both bands was worth the wait. pains of being pure at heart was ultimately the best set I saw at sxsw. the summer weather reminded me of driving around corpus christi in my car with the windows rolled down…I could blast this music on any warm day. it felt young and fresh.

the pains of being pure at heart & women

after that we headed to french ligation for the garden party. there wasn’t a band we wanted to check out in particular so we just followed libby and derrick over there and took small naps in the grass for relaxation.