As PJ mentioned in the Sunday Shuffle, he’s not making it down to SXSW for the third year in a row. That is no longer the case. While he continues to collect his thoughts and thank yous (and I retract any comments that I made about him being lame), I’ll let you know about the one and only place where you’re guaranteed to find me during the week, and that’s the second annual DC Does TX Party. We’re at Friends Bar on Wednesday the 18th and I’m basically going to copy the top ten reasons from our Facebook events page on why you should go. Other than to say hi to me (and PJ for as long as he decides to stay at that particular event.)
1) Because now that you’ve seen their claymation alter egos, you’ll know what Middle Distance Runner looks like in person. At 2:50pm.[Tripwire]
2) Friends Bar is right on 6th Street..we’re not making you cab out towards the University this year and your drunk ass can stumble nicely to the other parties once we’re through pwning you.[Friends Bar]
3) Because we already got a mention in the Washington Post.[Washington Post]
4) Because Carol Bui does percussion…with her body. No seriously, she puts on a large clinky belt and belly dances when she’s not playing the guitar and it looks and sounds awesome (so come see it, already.)
5) Because we have two Pitchfork high scorers playing back to back. Deleted Scenes (8.0,[Pitchfork]) at 1:20pm and Carol Bui (7.8,[Pitchfork]) at 2:00pm.
6) Because we love These United States more than Pitchfork does, anyway. So do Daytrotter, NPR, and the bazillion artists who played with them on their tour last year. And they’re closing the show at 4:30pm. [Daytrotter]
7) Because even though Laura Burhenn had to cancel on us at the last minute, we’ve got a special guest to open the show. You’ll have to come out to see who it is! (It’s a guy named Jamieson Clem, by the way.)
8 ) Val just might be drunk as a skunk before US Royalty even takes the stage at 3:40pm. But the rest of you will enjoy them. Spin did. [Spin]
9) Because you all know that Aaron Leitko is a damn fine writer. Did you also know that he’s playing bass with Carol Bui? (FYI, Aaron Leitko is one of my favorite local/Pitchfork writers. He makes my output look like crap.)
10) Because the rest of the country needs the occasional reminder that DC still breeds good bands in an era of post-Dischord dominance.
12: 30pm – Jamieson Clem
1:20pm – Deleted Scenes :: “Ithaca”
2:00pm – Carol Bui :: “Modern Dance”
2:50pm – Middle Distance Runner :: “The Unbeliever”
3:40pm – US Royalty :: “Every Summer”
4:30pm – These United States :: “West Won”
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