IN TEXAS WE ATE MEAT

David Bowie's Package representatives Baconshark and PJ Rhymeswithsausage had a spiffy time in Austin. We went for SXSW and the Flatstock Poster Art Show. Baconshark has been making rock show posters under the name Large Mammal Print since 2003. His brother also makes rock show posters as Mercer Rock. While they attended the convention and sold posters, PJ Rhymeswithsausage drank a lot of beer and saw a lot of shows.

We arrived on Wednesday 3/18 and ate meat. Mmmmmm, BBQ....

Along with meat, we enjoyed rock and roll. We saw Annihilation Time and Young Widows play, and they were good. (Young Widows was pretty great, actually.) Much later that night, after many beers, we saw Left Lane Cruiser (plays a mean washboard) and the superfantastic Black Diamond Heavies (just plain mean).

Thursday was set-up for the convention. The local ABC station interviewed Baconshark for the news. You can see the piece here (the video won't embed, and you might have to sit through a commercial. But the payoff is Baconshark! So hit the link already.) This is what it looked like when they interviewed him:

Thursday's shows were Rolo Tomassi, Attack! Attack! UK, The Bronx (who are actually from LA), Cold War Kids, Night Horse, Ancestors, another round of Annihilation Time, and Earthless.

Friday = more fun with posters & music. But more importantly, this guy was the bouncer at one of the clubs:

Awesome.

The shows: Handsome Furs (good!), American Analog Set (boring!), The Thermals (fun!), The Hold Steady (great!), and later in the night was Year Long Disaster and Dixie Witch.

Saturday brought out the gorilla suit. People tried really really hard to avoid seeing the gorilla suit. Silly people.



"Nice gorilla."

-"What gorilla?"

Saturday shows (viewed while wearing the gorilla suit): The Poison Arrows (good stuff) and another round of awesomegoodtimeband Young Widows. Later in the day we could hear Echo and the Bunnymen playing next door in the convention center. It was just like being at the show, only we couldn't see the band or understand what they were playing.

Sunday had no shows, but Flatstock was still going strong. Also, more beer!

And that was it. Back to the room on Sunday night, then on to the airport Monday 3/23. We got on our plane and were about to taxi out when the pilot told us "The plane is leaking a little too much fuel for our liking, and we don't really like where the fuel is leaking from. So we're going to see if we can fix it before taking off." Awesome! Eventually we all got off the plane and waited for a new one that "actually works" according to the airline crew. The rest of the trip was safe and uneventful. And now it's a month later, so enjoy the update!