Brooklyn hater recap, day 1
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I'm walking the streets of Austin, and thinking to myself: "I'm surrounded by human trash." Some of these pieces of trash are my colleagues, others are "tastemakers", and some are simply music fans, thrill seekers, or people with a ton of money to blow on an all-access pass. I'm walking the streets of Austin, thinking these things, then I realize I'm pretty fucking drunk, and maybe I should stop being so salty.
- I had a few conversations of note. One was with a skinny guy that smelled like peanut butter. He's from Kentucky. I told him I live in Brooklyn. He told me: "Oh man, the two bands I'm excited to see are The Beets and Golden Triangle." I buy him a (free) drink.
- Myspace and Toyota have started a "cassette label". They are stuffing cassettes with dollar bills. I'd love to know how much money Toyota paid some shitbag to immerse himself in Brooklyn for a few months and "soak up" the "culture" to find out that cassettes are "in". This sort of thing makes me sick, but I also think it's brilliant. It's like a David Cronenberg film.
- People are really hyped about Total Slacker. I find that awesome.
- People are also already burnt out on Free Energy. I can't really say I'm not. I liked them (while drunk) at CMJ, now I'm sorta thinking I could care less.
- I've spotted the following people: Billy Bragg, Nas, Stephen Elliott.
- I've seen about thirty dudes who look like Chuck Klosterman, and all of them are wearing Spoon shirts.
- Tried to peak my head into the Roky Erickson/Okkervil River: no luck.
- A crust punk asked me for money. He was wearing a homemade Death in June shirt; I gave him five bucks. He told me, "Come back soon".
Posted on March 18, 2010. More on: sxsw, myspace, toyota, the beets, golden triangle, total slacker, rocky erickson
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