_Heeb_ at SXSW (People Watching)
Other than music and Tex-Mex, people watching is probably the most enjoyable pastime at SXSW. Our friends at "Smith Magazine":http://smithmag.net/2007/03/18/geek-shirts-a-sxswi-photo-essay/ have posted a hyster...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Saturday Showcase with JDub Records)
In full disclosure, I probably was a little too trashed to fully appreciate the showcase. I do have a somewhat hazy mixture of recollections that include getting trapped inside a port-o-potty, texting with Jame...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Times New Viking)
While "Lily Allen":http://www.lilyallenmusic.com/, " Amy Winehouse":http://www.amywinehouse.co.uk/ and "The Good, The Bad & The Queen":http://www.thegoodthebadandthequeen.com/ generated the largest crowds and t...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Going to Church)
The next few hours are kind of a drunken whirlwind: "Sloan":http://www.sloanmusic.com/ at the "Dollhouse":http://www.dollhouse.com/-sponsored _Jane_ Party ("_Jane_ Magazine":http://www.janemag.com/ had the best...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Meditations on Daniel Johnston)
I take off and head over to the Convention Center. I narrowly miss a performance by Daniel Johnston. Drats. In my mind, experiencing Daniel Johnston in Austin is akin to experiencing Van Gogh in Arles. Two geni...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Insound Showcase)
The _Heeb_ crew wakes up around noon and grabs brunch at a pretty mediocre Tex-Mex joint. "Michael Showalter":http://www.michaelshowalter.net/, "Eugene Mirman":http://www.eugenemirman.com/ and "Aziz Ansari":htt...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Night One)
"The Dears":http://www.thedears.org/ and "Bloc Party":http://www.blocparty.com/ play at Stubb's. I'm drinking my eleventh or so Shiner Bock when I spot former human "Dennis Miller":http://www.foxnews.com/story/...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Arrival)
We land in Austin on at around 2 p.m. and take a cab to the Hilton to drop off our shit off at the JDub crib. What a fucking madhouse. Sixth Street is like a gigantic L train to Lorimer. We walk past Wayne Coyn...
_Heeb_ at SXSW (Departure)
Off to "SXSW for our showcase at the Habana Calle Annex":http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/club/Habana%20Calle%206%20Annex.html on Saturday night. After fortuitously being bumped to first class (LeTigre was ...
Who Needs Borat?
We've long suspected that Ann Coulter was less the "Second Coming of Charles Manson":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxgVuB3TyaU than a brilliant political satirist. Now we know for sure we were right. "Just wa...
It All Starts With A Good Guitar
This morning, Steve Beeber, author of the Jewcore tome "_The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's_":http://www.amazon.com/Heebie-Jeebies-CBGBs-Secret-History-Jewish/dp/155652613X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3951992-6023233?ie=UTF8...
Captaining Kirkland
Last you heard, Levi Okunov was helping us "hijack the mitzvah tank.":http://blogs.papermag.com/2006/12/26/hanukah-joy-ride/ Now, he's causing havoc out west dressing "Sally Kirkland":http://perezhilton.com/top...
