I don't think we talked about Hollerado enough, so here's another photo.
Episode 23 of our podcast is our SXSW Reunion episode, where we discuss what we were too tired to talk about in Austin, and also recap some of our favorite things we saw. Join Gordon, Dakin, DP, Marie and Caroline for this exciting trip down recent memory lane. Click on the giant button on the left to subscribe or listen below. [read the whole post]
Yes, the fine people of Quebec understand metal.
So, this was my 4th day of alcohol & barbecue sauce fueled and sleep deprived musical madness known as SXSW. After spending the early hours of Saturday morning chasing a secret 3 am Andrew WK show, I finally gave up and passed out around I have no idea o’clock only to wake up bright and early and hop around to the Saturday parties in 37 degree weather.
The most painful moment was freezing outside the Perez Hilton party waiting in the proper line, only to find that the only people that got in were folks that stormed the check in booth. It was chaos, but not fun chaos. Everything else was fun chaos. Here’s my highlights:
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What the devil is happening here? I have no idea...
Tired. So very tired. It’s raining today. That sucks. I’m tired… Want to know why I’m so tired? Read on…
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Or The Whale.
Day two. Very tired. Big day yesterday. Giddy day. My vocabulary isn’t wide enough to express my joy. Seriously, it starts with Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, and gets better as the day went on.
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He killed it.
The Spinning Platters crew was way too tired to do a podcast on Wednesday night/Thursday morning but we did one anyway because we’re troopers. This one gets a little snippy as we disagree about the pronunciation of a few things, and we argue over the use of the phrase “killed it.” You can subscribe by clicking the button to the left or you can listen below.
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Basia Bulat at noon. Things started getting fuzzy after that, like the picture taken with an iPhone.
I’m sitting in a hotel room as my colleagues are getting ready for the day. As for yesterday, well, I saw a lot of great music, and a few bits of really boring music. I won’t talk about the boring stuff much, because I don’t remember it. Here was a few words about the great things I enjoyed yesterday, not including the wonderful BBQ chicken from the amazingly polite people at the Canadian Blast BBQ. (Seriously need to give respect to those folks: not only do they book a great bill and are insanely polite, just like the stereotype)
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