So this weekend was pretty rad. I worked almost all day Friday, but got off in time to head to SXSW and see a few bands. I got to see Before...There Was Rosalyn, a Christian hardcore band from Houston. I played a few shows with them back in LJ, and now they're signed to a major label. It's crazy awesome. Then after them this band Shapes Stars Make played. They're a really chill shoegaze band from Dallas. My friend Anna knows them and showed them to me once, and I'm glad I got to see them. After that I met up with good ole A, who was already in Austin at another show, and we went to another place and saw a band called Still Life Still, but we didn't stay long. They were good, we were just both getting tired and we planned on getting up early the next day.
When we got back we looked at a list of all the bands we wanted to see, then mapped out our day. We went to bed around two or three, then left at 10.30am. Our friends J and G came with us (which is why we left at 10.30am and not 10am, because you girls take forever to get ready). We thought the first band we were going to see played at noon, but they didn't play until 1pm, and the line was abnormally long. It went all the way around Emo's and further. But luckily I know the band, so if we didn't get in they said they could get us in somehow. Oh yeah, the band is Zlam Dunk, and they are really fun guys. Unfortunately two of the bands we wanted to see (La Dispute and Cymbals Eat Guitars) played across the street at the same time, when we thought they were playing on the same stage. Oh well, maybe another time.
After that we went to Cozzoli's Pizza for lunch and then went to see Dosh, which was quite an experience. Dosh is two guys (originally just Martin Dosh, but now someone else plays with him) and they just have lots of loops. Martin plays drums and keys and the other guy plays bass and sax and keys. It was really cool, except they had a short set, so they only played three songs, and between the second and third song one of his chords got messed up, so they didn't even finish the last song. Did I mention it was really cold and windy? We were outside for most of the bands we saw.
Next we saw This Will Destroy You, another band from here. We had planned on going to see another band at this time, but a friend was texting me and informed me there was not an RSVP list like we had read. They're an instrumental band, which as you know I love. They made a lot of static-y noise between songs though, and that was kind of annoying. As soon as they finished we tried to get to Dominican Joe (a coffee shop) to see Tyler Jordan, whom you might remember from LJ, but we got there as soon as he finished. It was sad. I was trying to surprise him, which I guess I still did. There were some neat bands that played after him too. We stayed for a bit because it was warm. There was a band that played a sort of metal music, but it was violin, upright bass, and drums. Then there was an old southern Gospel type band, but they were all really young. I enjoyed them. Then there was a girl named Bearkat who plays guitar and ukulele and has a beautiful voice.
Around sevenish we made the long, cold trek to Mellow Johnny's (Lance Armstrong's bike shop) to see our last show of the day. Thing is, the band we wanted to see (Minus the Bear) didn't play till midnight, and we went early to ensure we got in. There were some good bands there too. One AM Radio was neat, and there was also a band from Scotland called Codeine Velvet Club. Good stuff. Minus the Bear was really good too. I wish I could have actually seen them though; there was a big speaker in my way. Anyway, when that was over we of course went home. I don't think I was up very long before I passed out.
While we were waiting for MTB, I was texting a friend asking if she was going to come to the show, and I was considering asking L too. I know she has them on her iPod, so I thought she might be interested. But I decided I didn't really want to see her...but accidentally sent it anyway. I told her I didn't mean to send it to her, which is technically the truth. When she texted me back, well, I don't know why, but I decided to strike up conversation. I'd been sort of avoiding her, and I just wanted to see how she was. It was a good short conversation, but I really couldn't tell if she was just talking to me because it was the nice thing to do or what, because it's hard to tell those kinds of things through text. Then the last thing she sent me included a smiley face, which was all I needed.
See, when I think of L smiling, I will always think of this time when we were at Jones. It was after we broke up, and I had made her upset and so she decided to just leave. I really didn't want that so I ran to her and hugged her and apologized and asked her to stay. It seemed like that's what she really wanted, because she was smiling so big for the longest time after that. It's bittersweet really. I think that's the happiest I ever made her, and also the happiest I can ever make her. Just thinking of her smiling is enough sometimes; enough to make me happy, enough to make me sad. I hope that soon I'll get over her, but I really don't want to ever forget that moment, the moment I finally did something right.
Can you believe Amy and Phil are getting married next weekend? I keep forgetting I have to drive down there Saturday. Wow. Looking forward to it though, except I have no idea what to wear.
Let's get ice cream soon.
From Mother Teresa:
"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."
sincerely,
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I just saw this! :)
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