[bomp] sxsw '07 redux

[Joe Emery <jemery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

whew!  my liver hurts!  another sxsw come and gone.  i didn't get to see a
lot of new stuff this time around -- practicing and playing prevented me
from seeing the hoodoo gurus, saints, stooges and countless others
unfortunately.  to add insult to injury my friends made a point of text
messaging me with set list updates for each of the hoodoo gurus friday
shows.  bastards.

still, i did get to see the woggles THREE times in as many days.  awesome as
always.  what a great band.  and we made them promise to get back here more
often -- let's hope they make good on that.

paul collins beat was really, really great.  he sounds every bit as good as
the old records.  he lives in madrid now and has some spanish kids playing
with him that are really great.  during his sxsw showcase you would have
thought it was 1980 all over again -- all these kids -- young kids -- in
powerpop bands there hanging on his every word.  really great.  next night
at antone's records was even better.  after playing a killer set peter case
showed up and joined paul and band for hangin on the telephone, walking out
on love, and workin' too hard.  you'd think those guys have been singing
together every day for the last 30 years -- harmonies were dead on and not a
single clam.  (paul's a really terrific guy as well.)

local heroes amplified heat blew the doors off Red 7 Club at their showcase
-- it was beautiful to see.  full on blue cheer meets motorhead madness.
david fricke from rolling stone was there and actually bought their cds --
who knows maybe they'll end up on the cover.  god knows they deserve it.

another huge thrill for me was getting to play with the cynics -- great as
ever and we got to do 2 separate sets on friday.  holy crap i just got to
play two sets w/ the cynics -- and even got to write the set list!  girl,
you're on my mind, baby what's wrong, hand in hand, i live alone, on the
run, yeah, close to me, way it's gonna be, blue train station, and several
others.  for the showcase we closed with she lives in a time of her own --
always great to play a roky tune in austin.  i'm probably not telling anyone
anything new here, but if you don't own the Cynics "Rock n Roll" record you
need it -- it's one of the greatest records of all time.

Bob?  Frank?  others?  let's hear what everyone saw.  Bob should definitely
be chiming in w/ a buzzcocks and stooges review...  (and Bob, I promise not
to tell anyone how drunk you were Friday as long as you don't tell anyone
how drunk I was Saturday.)

joe

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