please allow me to congratulate all the 2011 hopefuls that made it back to their homes from SXSW – undoubtedly everyone has seen or heard the reports and now ill give you all my final word – to sum it up SXSW sucks a bag of dicks – not just one but a bunch at one time – a big bag of diseased dicks – NEVER and i mean NEVER has a festival, industry jack off or whatever the fuck you call it done less for bands than the sham of SXSW – “hey everybody!! lets pile up in our van with our rock and roll dreams and go to texas!!! well blog about our experiences – tweet our dates – keep everyone informed on facebook about how its going!! itll be a blast!! anything could happen!!”
heres whats gonna happen douche wads:
1. youll spend more money than you have or will make
2. youll want to shoot yourself in the face for having drove 15 hours for nothing
3. youll meet plenty of people who tell you everything you want to hear but can do nothing for you
4. when you leave gas will be cheaper than when you return
5. youll finally be on “tour”
6. when you return home EVERYTHING WILL BE THE SAME AS YOU LEFT!!
dont fool yourself indie kids – nobody cares about your shitty music – if they do it will only be short lived – youll play some shows at workplay – record another cd (this one WAY better than the last) – call all those people you met in texas – a year later, REUNION SHOW!!!! yeah i said all that shit – your band sucks – so does mine – I dont even want to hear my shit – i think its great that every year bands get fired up to go out to texas – every year someone asks me with enthusiasm “ARE YOU GOING TO SXSW JUSTIN????” – i dont even fucking answer – then of course the look on my face shatters them and they come back with this, “seems like it would be a good opportunity for you and your music!” – no, person who has no idea what they are talking about, its not – i go to texas all the time – i dont need a festival to go – heres a news flash: I PLAY MUSIC FOR A LIVING – always have – i did what i set out to do!! i dont need some douchelord college boy telling me hes gonna make my dreams come true – my dreams came true now i gotta live with them…
the music biz sucks an even bigger bag of dicks than SXSW – there is no ORDER – its a free for all – usually the people that have money to do something know less than the folks that dont – i certainly have respect for anyone who piles up and goes out to pursue their dreams – i hope for all our sakes that SXSW has, have or will benefit somebody – never benefited me personally or any band ive been in – it was much cooler to play a “non-sanctioned” gig than a “sanctioned” gig – either way it was a gig which is what i would have been doing anyway – honestly i hate being so bitter and jaded….no i take that back – fuck it – if i wasnt i wouldnt know anything….i love music -