SXSW: More Matt Haeck

Since I still haven't had the chance to label and post all of my SXSW videos, I thought I'd post the set that Matt Haeck did at Bar 96 on Friday. That was such a fun day...I ran around from Matt's to the Zona Rosa for Steve Poltz and White Sea, then to Rusty Spurs for Dynamite Walls and AM, then to Bar 96 where I caught Matt, Grampa Drew, The Romany Rye, Robotanists, and a few others. That's also when I met Billy and Seth from Breaking Laces. And that was all before 8pm. Click the right and left arrows to see all eight videos. I will try and get labels and titles up soon. Where is that intern I ordered??

SXSW: Matt Haeck

When I found out that I qualified for a press badge to SXSW, I hadn't made any real arrangements. I had an idea how I was getting there and back, but I knew that a hotel just wasn't in my budget. So when I tweeted about it and got a response from Matt Haeck, I was surprised that he'd moved to Austin in the first place (since I thought he was still in Nashville) and thrilled that I'd get to see him.

We met briefly when he was still in San Diego and I was quickly a fan of his music, but mostly we've kept in touch via twitter and facebook. He was incredibly kind and gracious to not just host me, but my two travel companions as well, and we had a great time in Austin in large part because Matt showed us the ropes. One late night, after drunkenly stumbling home and still not wanting to sleep, I convinced Matt to bust out his guitar to play a little session for me in the quad of his apartment complex. It was nearly 4 am and so the video is really dark, but personally I just think it was the perfect capture of a perfect night. Click the right or left arrows to click to the next video.

True Blood Fans, Get Ready For Jace Everett!

It feels like a lot of people have been asking me what shows I'm looking forward to. The truth is, I have pretty narrow vision. Posting about Dr. Dog & Frightened Rabbit presales are all fine and dandy, but it only happened because I'm making a more concerted effort to stay on top of my inbox. Sometimes that doesn't happen. Most of the time I have no idea what I'm doing in 3 days, let alone next week or next month.

I will however say that I've been looking forward to the Jace Everett show for some time. If you watch True Blood, you know Jace Everett. He penned the song "Bad Things" that is now the theme song of the show. He'll be at the Casbah on Tuesday, July 20, the day before Comic-Con begins. Tickets are only $10. Shawn Rohlf & The 7th Day Buskers and Matt Haeck open. I'm especially excited to see Matt since he relocated to Nashvile and is only back in SD for about a week.

I invite any fangbangers, furbangers, fans, friends, and cast members to make an appearance. Maybe I can talk Ben into modifying the cranhammer into a True Blood like beverage. Hm. I'll work on that. See you all Tuesday.