white williams: new violence dude, you guys, the weather can SUCK IT today. it’s FREEZING and gray and dreary and GAAAH. mother nature is a total meanie, cos just this weekend i decided to take down my snowman door sign and put up my apron w/ flowers sign, and *everyone* knows that this change signifies the OFFICIAL END of winter. are you paying attention, mother nature? MY SPRING SIGN IS UP. HELLO.sigh.i’m consoling myself with the fact that, in one week, i will be rocking my pants off at sxsw. thus, today was the perfect opportunity for me to put together my sxsw schedule!whenever i’m scrolling through band after band after band after band after band after eyes glazing over band, i’m always surprised by a few of the musical choices. i mean, when you think sxsw, you think indie rock and japanese punk and some hip hop and maybe some “austin” music. you don’t think… hanson?HANSON IS COMING TO SXSW?!!!!ZZZOMGGGG MMBOP!
WHOAH. they’re like… older now. and totally full of ANGST. and BLACK AND WHITE.yeah i won’t be seeing them.i mean, if you don’t got the ole mmbop in you anymore, i’m not interested.i also noticed that moby is performing? uh, what decade is this, seriously? oh wait, the lemonheads are playing too?
ok, well i guess i was wrong to think the 90s were over. my bad! tell the gin blossoms i want them here IMMEDIATELY.also, why do the old 97s always headline a stubb’s show? don’t get me wrong, i like the old 97s, and rhett miller is super hot.
Re: Airborne.
DUH.
When you said “posh” I totally thought for a moment that you were getting your own show. She was majorly smiling last night on Project Runway. Too bad you don’t have Bravo!
Yeah sxsw!
By the way, thanks for reading my blog. You totally inspire me to be a better blogger, especially since I know you might be dropping in.
Also, I hope this means Emergen-C is not a fraud either because I love that stuff.
Dude.
Today’s weather is Ireland, nine months out of the year.
I basically plan to tag along disgracefully the whole week. Though i might fob off at some point Friday night to see Cathy Davey.
you should totally check out Hearts of Palm if you get the chance… mostly because it’s super fun stuff. They’re at SXSW for the first time this year. (and yeah, they’re friends, but I wouldn’t pimp them if they weren’t really cool.
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http://www.myspace.com/heartsofpalmband
hope the blah weather goes away.
i recommend cut copy for a day show. this is the first year i am making a plan for day shows, so i would love to see your day show schedule on tomorrow’s blog! hint. also, i rsvped for a day thing at the beauty bar just to do it and expand options. it sounded kinda fun. ragan will be in town.
when the airborne story broke a few years ago, the news said it wasn’t even made by a teacher, which is totally their selling point now that they can’t say that they’ve proven it works.
I really hope you don’t have to work on Thursday or Friday. Get some sleep and a LOT of coffee!!
Don’t forget about Wheatus. Because Wheatus is playing too. Wheatus, people. Crazy Town was busy what with rehab, i guess.
I feel betrayed by Airborne! I’m totally going to get a piece of that settlement action. But I always thought it was weird that they advertised that it was invented by a teacher. Like, why would that matter? Teachers aren’t doctors or scientists. They’re teachers. They teach other people how to invent stuff.
Okay, EVERYBODY, GO TO THIS SITE. It will creep you out. Hanson fans are loony tunes. Erin showed it to me a couple months before they found out Hanson would be at SXSW, and now I want her to go just so she can report back on the complete insanity of Hanson fans.
http://community.livejournal.com/hansonsecrets
Oh man, after posting that link, I went back to the website, and it was so much better before they banned comments bashing the Hanson wives and children. That was the best part, the crazed fans would post a picture of one of Hanson’s wives and write over it, like, “I HOPE SHE GETS ASS CANCER” or something. Or they’d post a picture of one of their kids, and say, “HE IS SO UGLY I WANT TO PUNCH HIM.” Heeee!
One said that A Hanson (please don’t ask me to figure out which one is which)’s marriage to A Wife made the fan cut herself. And one about some Hanson-offspring falling down at a concert and no one helping the poor kid up because they hate that Hanson is married. Or something. I really want to find a member of Hanson and ask them about all of this. I actually would go to their show for the laughs but Robots in Disguise is playing opposite them, and anything regarding The Mighty Boosh will always and forever trump ironic attendance of showcases of former bubblegum pop performers.
Unless Mandy Moore were going. Then my ass would be front and center.
Don’t forget Presidents of The United States of America, Sarah. I have dug out all my old flannel and battered doc martins in anticipation of this retro blast from my high school years.
And if you’re interested, I think Joseph Arthur’s playing around 5 pm at donewaiting’s day party on Wednesday. That might be a better venue to catch him at.
HansonSecrets is not a good representation of what Hanson fans are like. I’ve been to at least half a dozen Hanson concerts; they were all quite good. Every non-fan I’ve taken to a Hanson show ended up being very pleasantly surprised by their live show. You might be too, if you gave them a chance.