I'm in Austin!!

We just played with The Spinto Band who i'm convinced are the best band in the world...seriously.

We played a tv studio, the one where Austin City Limits is! So many amazing acts have played there and the walls are littered with all the greats!

I hate some mexican food... and now i'm spitting blood in the hotel room, but as I said to Mike.. the only sensible thing to do at this point and time of the night, is to ignore it.. so I shall.

Now here are my TOP 3 sentences of the last week..

Although to be fair 1 of them was last night at a bar after the New York show...and 2 of them were at the show in Austin tonight..my first taste of SXSW... alot of adults, wearing alot of laminates around their necks.....

Ok, so here it goes.. Top 3 Sentances overheard in the past 2 days!

1. (Middle aged man to a roughly thirty year old woman)

"Hey.... I know you, we're facebook friends right?"


2. (Tall french man to me after the show in Austin tonight)

"Hey....maybe I will write about you on my blog.." (said whilst he ate free mexican food, walked off, and in a tone that implied.. hey maybe I can get these kids some cred! )


3. (Overweight drunk girl in bar... too a gay male friend)

"Man... I don't usually dig these faggot clubs."


Ain't life grand !!!

Oh man... I'd been in quite a great mood through this jaunt across the states.. but now, being in Austin, well.. I love the city, it's not that, but it's the whole sxsw thing.. I don't know, this is hard to explain, it's just, real people don't go? or do they?
Because I always thought people only go that get given free tickets, and those people work in the music industry OR magazine or fashion industry, and no one really cares about you unless you're already hyped up, and or have 20 plus people in your band, a good beat, or ironic rap, which isn;t ironice because you have a "black" guy in your group.. but it's ok for a and r to like it, because he's wearing skinny jeans.. and yes i'm aware of the irony of me typing this.. but the point i'm making is, the argument people always come back to me with is that "new talent is found, and the next big thing" and then I say " well i'm prettyu sure the next big thing can't actually afford a ticket from Hull or wherever to go to austin and then somehow get on some fashion magazines party showcase... and pack out the room with a + r...

ANYWAY..

it'll be fun, so i'm told.. it's only about 13 shows in a week...gulp.

To turn this post on it's head, i'm going to talk about a free gift we got today at the show, it was a magic eightball... something to do with getting your people to vote.. but obviously I used it to answer questions regarding current and non-existent love situations.... even the eightball knows the truth!

Now back to my eroding bleeding stomach....fuck.