SXSW 2011: Day One

Yes I'm definitely late on posting this, however, as I have already stated, life is flying by at an intangible rate and hey, better late than never. SXSW took place in late March. For those who aren't in the know, it is South By SouthWest, an Texas Music, Film and generally badass festival and media experience that has been going on since the 80s. The film screenings, concerts, and events take place in downtown Austin and stretch over the course of several days, and there is free food and booze pretty much everywhere you turn.


This year I was stoked to go, since last year's SXSW was ruined due to the unusual and extremely cold Texas spring. All I had packed was shorts and hot weather clothes, and being the total pussy that I am when it comes to cold weather, I couldn't handle standing in the cold with just my boyfriend's hoodie pulled tightly over my short shorts to shield me from the bitter cold. Even though I had to miss out on seeing Holy F*!k, Gwar, and Yelawolf to name a few, it was not worth freezing my arse off. So I spent the next 4 hours freezing in the slightly warmer comfort of my car and hearing the sounds of the concert beckoning me to come outside and play... it made me sick.

Anyway, I was determined to make this year count for something. And wow did it ever kick ass. The first day my boyfriend and I spent there was March 18th, a Friday. We left town late on account of the fact that Daniel and I both worked all day, and traffic was miserable, but a little after 11pm, we finally arrived. Our first stop was the "Past Yo Bedtime" Afterparty at Austin's abandoned Highland Mall. After waiting in line an hour, we were in. Free Red Stripe and Jeremiah Weed, lights, smoke machines, all kinds of crazy techno awesomeness. Found this vid of the very party we attended, check out the badassery: (Video courtesy of iHeartComix Records on Vimeo).



Yeah, we didn't make it home til a wee bit after 5 am. It was awesome.
More pics from the iheartcomix.com blog to recap the evening:












I look a hot mess, but hey, if you were drinking and dancing and partying to some savage live DJ beats, you'd look about the same. This is the only picture I managed to score of us that night, cameras weren't allowed and its thanks to my lucky stars and our friend Kiser that I even got this one.


If you want the full lineup they are all listed below:


It was considered a "Secret Party". Pretty badass.


Day two post coming soon, PROMISE!
-savage V.