Thursday, December 5, 2024

Tweets from SXSW 1989

TWEETS FROM SXSW 1989

  1. “The registration line was insane. That’s 20 minutes of my life I won’t get back.”
  2. “Do you know where Saturday’s day party is?”
  3. “Austin learned it’s lesson from the Armadillo. No way are they gonna tear down Liberty Lunch for an office building.”
  4. “I’m in such a hurry I’m gonna have to grab lunch from a food trailer. Where’s the nearest construction site?”
  5. “We can either see Mojo Nixon tonight for free or pay $50 to see him next year at the Erwin Center.
  1. “Let’s just take a cab to Salt Lick. How much could it be?”
  2. “So, besides the Austin Music Awards, what else are you excited about this week?”
  3. “They used to be a punk band, but now they play roots music. With punk energy.”
  4. “Listen, I paid $20 for this wristband and I WILL get in to see Scruffy the Cat.”
  5. “I’m not sure, but I think the Spin party is either in room 1703 or 1307.
  6. “Holy crap, that’s Peter Zaremba!”
  7. “SXSW is a good idea, but they’re going to need to rely on the revenue from the Austin Chronicle to survive.”
  8. “One day this thing might be bigger than Aquafest. OK, I’m wasted.”
  9. “If you’re cool you call it ‘Southby’.”
  10. “I heard they were going to have a hip-hop act this year, but couldn’t find a corporate sponsor.
  11. “They need to get someone hip, with an opinion, to keynote.  Someone like Michelle Shocked.”
  12.  ”Wow, I just gave my business card to music industry bigwig Jim Fouratt!”
  13. “OK, we’ve got this cool party space on SoCo. What should we do in the storefront? A gallery for outsider art? Really?”
  14. “Let’s share a room at the San Jose. Not to save money, but to take turns standing guard.”
  15. “Some guy just handed me a cassette. Hasn’t he heard of CDs?”

 

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