To all my friends, family, fighters, freedom writers and revolutionaries – I wont really be available over the next few days. With South By Southwest in town, officially referred to by SXSW from here on out, I have much shit going on.

The weekend started last night when after work I went to a poker tourney, got drunk and got home late. Went to work this morning, left there and went downtown for a SXSW pre party (caught a really good performance by Ume in the process). An old friend from Carbondale, Sara, is in town for the fest, so I’m trying to kick it with her as much as possible as well.

I have been lucky enough to have met some really cool peeps since I’ve moved to ATX and I have made some awesome friends, one of which who was kind enough to hook me up with a pass for the music fest. Tomorrow I work then go to shows at night, I’m taking Thursday off to go to day and night shows, and I’ll go into work a little bit Friday morning so Ill be able to go to day and night shows then, and Saturday is wide open as usual.

To those who care, will be in the area, or who may want to grace me with their presence, enjoy some music with me, or simply do shots of tequila and drink beer with me, here is a complete list of where Ill be (those who know me well enough wont be shock that A.) I made a spreadsheet of what bands I want to see, where and what times they are playing and that B.) Ill stick to this list pretty fucking closely once all is said and done, with the obvious exceptions of shows too close together and geographically too spaced out.

WEDNESDAY:

08 pm  - Maps & Atlases @ Emos

09:15 – Future of the Left (ex-members of Mclusky) @ Emos

10:00 – White Denim @ Blender Bar

11:00 – Mountain Goats @ Emos

12:45 – Blonde Redhead @ Emos OR

01am – Blue Van @ Blender Bar

THURSDAY:

12:40 pm - Panthers @ Stubbs

1:20 pm – Pelican @ Stubbs

2:00 pm – Boris (from Japan) @ Stubbs

3:05 pm – Melvins @ Stubbs

4:00 pm – The Ponys @ Waterloo

5:00 pm – This Moment in Black History @ Sound on Sound

6:00 pm – Bad Wizard @ Barcelona

09:30 pm – Daughters @ Emos

10:30 pm – Big Business @ Emos

12:30 am – Pelican @ Emos

01:00 am -  The Ponys @ Emos

FRIDAY:

02:00 pm - ? (from ? and the mysterians) @ Antones OR

2:00 pm - Qui (David Yow’s new band) @ Longbranch

04:00 pm – Turbonegro @ Longbranch

06:00 pm – The Stooges @ Waterloo

07:00 pm – The Saints @ Dog and Duck Pub

08:00 pm – Public Enemy @ Town Lake

10:15 pm – Clorox Girls @ Emos

12:45 am – Green Milk From the Planet Orange @ Flamingo Cantina

 Lamar Pedestrian Bridge show late night afterwards

SATURDAY:

12:30 pm – White Denim @ Mohawk

2:00 pm – The Ponys @ Mohawk

4:00 pm – Green Milk From the Planet Orange @ Mrs. Beas

6:00 pm - Riverboat Gamblers @ Town Lake

8:00 pm – Mastadon @ Town Lake OR

8:00 pm Buzzcocks @ Emos

9:00 pm – Meat Puppets @ Emos

11:00 pm – Bad Wizard @ Emos

1:00 am – Turbonegro @ Emos OR

1:00 am – Qui (w/ David Yow) @ Emos

That’s all the big shit Ill be catching. I’m Ill be catching other shit in between and after hours, but for now that’s what I got slotted. By the end of this all, I am going be exhausted from no sleep and my liver is going hell in the process. That is of course assuming that my liver already isn’t shot.