SXSWi

Went for a wander around Austin at the SXSWi photowalk. Just a few hundred photographers swarming the streets. I managed to sneak away and find some shots without photographers in them.

sunspot

One of the bands I enjoyed the most at my brief time at SxSW was Sunspot. From Madison, WI, they were obviously enjoying the warmer Texan weather this weekend. I listened to several of their songs at Agave and picked up a CD which has been playing for most of the week in my car. They are self-described as arena rock for geeks and their music reminds me a lot of They Might be Giants or Weezer. Catchy, funny lyrics and good tunes. You can listen to them at the link above. In particular the homage to Quantum leap, Scott Bakula, is a fine track, with the lyric 'Scott Bakula never smoked crackula, he played quarterbackula in 'Necessary Roughness'. Worth checking out.

sharpie

Every year Austin stages the South by Southwest music conference. The place gets invaded by thousands of bands, music reps, journalists and photographers. Sixth street turns into a zoo. Good place for pictures! I never did find out why they'd given themselves sharpie moustaches...