Author Archives: universalchampion

-took a shower-did the dishes-admired how lily allen rhymes-wrote-imagined music videos/film soundtracks-stared at laundry word count: 478

9PM to 10PM – wrote emails-drafted article for TStS-danced to telepathe-tried to teach myself html code-browsed craigslist’s missed connections word count: 435

1.) I keep picking up blogs like others’ pick up diseases. this can’t be productive. how many blog hosts/blog names/blog ideas can you have before you just explode? 2.) accountability: (n) responsibility to someone or for some activity I need some of this. 3.) word counts: if I post every night my word count ofContinue reading “spring cleaning”

My freelance piece for Too Shy To Stop on SXSW.

The first and only show that I got my hopes up about (and crossed my fingers that I would be able to find a way in) was the Perez Hilton party. The friend who I was staying with had gotten invites through someone and told me about it my first day of SXSW. Little Boots,Continue reading “I have always depended on the kindness of twitter”

This wristband and badge business at SXSW was becoming less and less believable to me. Keen on seeing Mirah play at Antone’s, I showed up to the venue about two hours before her set. For my non-badge/band self, cover was eight bucks. And there wasn’t a line at all. Bingo. Getting to a show earlyContinue reading “new love, old love”

My freshman year of college, in that awkward late teenage time when your music tastes are finally being carved into something worthwhile, I was lucky enough to stumble upon a friend’s copy of PJ Harvey and John Parish’s collaboration album, Dance Hall at Louse Point. While I knew PJ Harvey from her rough and sultryContinue reading “radio saves the day”

It’s not so bad, doing sxsw sans wristband and/or badge. I had thought about throwing down the $180 or so for a band, which gets you second priority to all the official shows. Going band-less though can still guarantee you a good time, if you don’t mind day time shows (unofficial, and almost always free),Continue reading “life without a wristband”

I’m told that sxsw comes with some magic–a higher proportion of coincidence and synchronisity than other places and times on earth. This came true my first night, when, once separated from my friend who wanted to go to see Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, I didn’t know where to go. All my schedules wereContinue reading “sxsw synchronisity”

greetings from the monday after sxsw. this is a note to say you have not been forgotten. i have a whole new respect for bloggers who can do this while partying/going/biking/seeing the whole week. today marks the official end of sxsw, emptying the streets and clearing the city of all the portapotties. i promise thatContinue reading “dear blog, i owe you”