January 2004 Archive

A Birthday ode to Ms. Jane P as I will likely be too shy to perform such awful rhyme in public to my dear friend.

A Delightful Day for Ms. Jane Miyuki
Who is a magical creature, not unlike the Tanuki

Another year older, my lovely and amazing friend
Thank goodness this awful poem is now at an end.

And damn it, I’m only there for the v. beginning and gotta bounce back to the bay for the bulk of the mischief.

Hope I get to catch some of it at least:

Press Release

For Immediate Release
For more information, contact
Elizabeth Derczo 512/467-7979, ext. 209

South by Southwest Music and Media Conference 2004 Announces Two SXSW
Interviews and Initial Band List

Austin, TX – January 13, 2004 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music
Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday, March 17 -
21, 2004 in Austin, Texas, is pleased to announce two SXSW Interviews
with notable artists Ani DiFranco and Wayne Coyne along with a partial
list of bands.

The SXSW Conference will host everyone’s favorite psychedelic punk
rocker from Oklahoma, Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, will be the subject of
a SXSW Interview on Friday, March 19. The Flaming Lips’ past two albums,
“The Soft Bulletin” and “Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots” weave
together whimsy, fantasy and sometimes tragic realism into a singular experience which is heightened at their surreal live shows. After two straight
years of touring behind “Yoshimi,” the Lips are currently working on their
long promised film “Christmas On Mars.” The interview with Coyne, to be
conducted by writer Jason Cohen, will be a can’t-miss event at SXSW
2004.

Ani DiFranco exemplifies the independent musician in her creative and
business endeavors. Building an audience with tireless touring,
DiFranco energized the folk circuit when she emerged in the early nineties. Her
audience grew beyond genre boundaries with her galvanizing live show
and series of self-released recordings. Her songs are marked by an
uncommonly frank voice and a singular musicality. The Righteous Babe label has grown to include a roster which reflects the adventurous tastes of its
founder. A new album due on January 20, “Educated Guess,” marks the first time that DiFranco has handled every aspect of the recording and mixing. This
departure will certainly be one of the topics covered in this SXSW
Interview scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 20.

Many more speakers, panelists and session topics will be announced in
the near future.

With only a fraction of the bands selected so far out of 6700
applications, SXSW Music Festival is pleased to announce a few
highlights. Acts scheduled to appear include: Alkaline Trio (Chicago
IL), The B-52′s (Athens GA), Cory Branan (Memphis TN), Cartel de Santa
(Monterrey MEXICO), The Church (Sydney AUSTRALIA), Carmen Consoli
(Catania ITALY), David Cross (Atlanta GA), The Crystal Method (Las
Vegas NV), Matthew Dear (Detroit MI), The Decemberists (Portland WA), The
FieryFurnaces (New York NY), The Holmes Brothers (New York NY), Junior
Senior (Copenhagen DENMARK), Jimmy LaFave (Austin TX), Bernie Leadon Band
(Nashville TN), Los Lonely Boys (San Angelo TX), Mission Of Burma
(Boston MA), Modest Mouse (Issaquah WA), N.E.R.D. (Virginia Beach VA), NOFX
(Los Angeles CA), Ozomatli (Los Angeles CA), Papa Roach (Sacramento CA),
Pedro the Lion (Seattle WA), Liz Phair (Los Angeles CA), Pretty Girls Make
Graves (Seattle WA), The Sleepy Jackson (Perth AUSTRALIA), The Stills
(Montreal QC), Telefon Tel Aviv (New Orleans LA), Tendril (Dallas TX),
The Flatlanders (Lubbock TX), Sharde Thomas and The Rising Star Fife
And Drum Band (Senatobia MS), The Thrills (Dublin IRELAND), Tv On The Radio
(New York NY), Uzbegim Taronasi (Tashkent UZBEKISTAN), The Walkmen (New
York NY) This list is, of course, subject to change. [A more complete
list is below. Please keep in mind this is only a portion of the bands
that will be playing at the SXSW Music Festival.*]

To register for a productive, educational, enlightening, and
overwhelmingly musical week quickly and securely, go to
www.sxsw.com/attend. For the latest information as it is updated,
access SXSW at www.sxsw.com or e-mail us at sxsw@sxsw.com.

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Not to be missed during the interactive portion of the conference, my friend Scott will be putting together a panel that includes my friend Chris (a SXSW virgin. Be gentle.). I nudged Scott to submit the idea to the conference powers that be last year. I expect a burp from the man in tribute to my support for him.

I wonder how plans for FrayDay Austin & 20×2 are coming along.

Also, Bday Props to Mr. Tom Cosgrave and Ms. Jane “Pop Princess” Pinckard

I’m planning ahead and have booked my SXSW plane tickets.
Woot!

I will be there: 3/10 – 3/17 which gives me a little time to catch up with friends, get over jetlag, and putter around before the general shenanigans.
It also gives me an extra day there to check out some of the bands during the music portion.

I’m trying to cut costs on my attendance where I can this year, ergo shacking up with the delightful Ms. H. and not at the Omni as last year. Most of my hotel buddy peeps (Ernie)are apparently not going but ya know me, I’m all hard core. I’m still going.

I’m renting a car from 3/10-3/17.
If you’d like me to be your chauffeur/biyatch for airport pickups/dropoffs in this interim and want to trade sex the chaufeuring duties for cash or Shiners, then I’m down. Let me know.

Wooot!

The 2004 Bloggies are here.
Nominations!

And in spite of last year’s drama around this awards, I’m still down and all for it.
The more variety in nominees, the better the selection and likelihood of really being able to discover and promote the sites you love.

So go! Forth! And Nominate!

And psst.. the fact that I’ve yet to *win* one yet, though I’ve been nominated once or twice, doesn’t mean I’m being a shameless ho.

Or maybe I am.

Tagline: Just another dork with a keyboard

or
Essay (see earlier entry this week)

or
GLBT (still a fag hag!)

Or whatever!