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sxsw and hippies

SXSW went well. Of course it�s an enormous blur but that�s what I�ve come to expect. I played 6 shows and attended about a dozen. I�ve come to the conclusion that most people between the ages of 25 and 35 are either hippies or norms. There are various types of these hippies running around.
-biker hippie
-war vet hippie
-washed up athlete hippie
-70�s rocker hippie
-countrified hippie
-farm worker hippie
-auto mechanic hippie
-stripper hippie
-70�s Chicano hippie
-punk hippie
Etc.
It�s all the various types of youth fashion made prominent between 1962 and 1982. The height of fashion. And everybody now has simply �hippified� everything with their long hair and beards and feathers and bandannas and vests and bracelets. I guess I don�t really have anything to complain about since I just described myself.
Here is the list of (hippie) bands that I saw last week:

Shapes have fangs- saw them twice. It�s that good. Seeds + Beatles
Fishboy- also saw them twice. Denton hyperpop
Jam engine- Austin freak out
The blow- saw a couple of songs. 1000 drunk people packed into a club is no way to see her perform
Faux fox- Denton synth a la Gary Neumann
The Archibald�s- they did a stellar cover of Mott the Hooples �sucker�
The hunnies- Austin indie
Ponytail- fucking awesome
The minnetta- NYC art groove
Folklore- all the members of elf powers sans lead singer (who was sitting on the couch next to them while they played)
Corn mo- badass Denton magician/musician. Sounds like Queen
Crack pipes- righteous Austin garage soul
Black moth super rainbow- this was one of my highlights. The effects on the vocals give it the extra mood. Almost as good as Air.
Toko-ri get high- Austin rock, stones + Santana
Howlin rain- the guitar player from comets on fires new band. They suck.
Monotonix- Tel Aviv band destroyed the venue. Literally. Look it up.
The sword- best Austin metal band ever
Sssspectre- I wasn�t paying that much attention by this point
Hello lovers- the most refreshing thing I saw all week. Cello, violin, piano, male vocalist with no microphone sings like an old-time jazz singer
Sweet lee morrow- Clinic + Lynyrd Skynyrd, maybe not
Poor people- played after sssspectre
It lives- super drunk NYC psychedelic. The bass player was so fucked up he couldn�t stand up. They got into a fist fight with each other before the set was thru and made-up 5 minutes later
Big black smoke- another groovy Austin psyche-soul band
The high strung- complex Detroit garage rock. The singer has a really high voice.

6:16 p.m. - 2008-03-17

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