SXSW: I implore you - heeeeelp!

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Originally Posted by Livia

I just woke up after stumbling in at 6 AM this morning...I saw everyone I really wanted to see - and then some! I'll post some pics and more reviews when I get a chance (after coffee and a long, hot soak in the tub - the soles of my feet are still pissed off at me)...some standouts - Pretenders!!!

Juliette Lewis and the Licks were surprisingly fantastic! She surfed the crowd, was WILD onstage - kinda had this Hedwig (and the Angry Inch) stage presence about her.

Arctic Monkeys were fun - I met and had a pic taken with David Fricke from Rolling Stone, after we talked about Roky Erickson for awhile... Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet were good (I went to their meet and greet at the trade show, got autographs and a pic w/ Susanna). I'm in love with a 19-year-old hot, lead singer from Sign, they're from Iceland.

Andy Dick cancelled - they could have told me that at the door before I bought a drink. Oh well...sounds like Andy had plenty to drink while in town.

Other celeb sightings: On Wednesday, Paul _______ (?), the bald, gap-toothed comedian from Best Week Ever walked past me while I was waiting to get into the Canadian BBQ party. I saw him again last night, they were filming on 6th St. REALLY cool dude, and so was his crew. They offered to take a pic of us w/ my camera, I didn't even ask, so that was cool.

I said a quick hello to Pamela Des Barres while she was rushing out of the Whisky to her car. We did a "fingertip" handshake, she was sweet. No pic, dammit...her thing was just people reading excerpts from her books, which were hilarious!

Elijah Wood was at the Wolfmother show (loved them!) - at the Pretenders, Lance Armstrong and Bob Schneider. And Norah Jones was standing 3 people over to my left - we were under the outside bar.

John Popper and Martin Chambers (drummer from the Pretenders) were both at the after-hours party I went to last night.

My biggest complaint during this year's SXSW was overcrowding at the clubs. The AMH was WAY too crowded for Morrissey...and the shot bars on 6th St. that are not normally live music venues should never be allowed to have live music during SXSW (Soho Lounge, Exodus). sh*tty sound, poor sight-lines. Just sh*tty...

I'm sorry I missed you on Saturday night, but since Dungen played so fecking long Witch didn't even go on until 3:00 a.m. So after that we went home, we were beat! I bet the after parties were a wing-ding , you can p.m. me with the deets if you want to.