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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”

sunshine + endless music + tacos + free + good people = my first day in austin i keep alternating between exclamations of ‘i can’t get over how beautiful it is outside!’ and ‘i can’t believe how much music is going on!’. downtown austin is like a big, sunny theme park of indy music forContinue reading “the pains of loney fol chen family”

laguardia airport, at 4:50 in the effing morning. being a) paranoid and b) a novice traveler, i left brooklyn at the ungodly hour of 4am for my 7:15am flight. some sleep was to be had after finagling a twisted-yet-comfortable position on the hard seats for a bit. traveling to a singular destination with most ofContinue reading “flight magic”

this is my suitcase, in the process of being packed for my trip to austin for sxsw. i rarely travel. and i don’t post comics as frequently as i’d like to. so i decided to try something different, and take my comic with me on my trip. i’ve never been to austin, never been toContinue reading “if i could illustrate sxsw, i would”