Ah, Austin. So many celebrities in such a short time! Mischa Barton checking out Muse, Verne Troyer  (Mini Me) spotted at at Gruv, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Robert Duvall at the premiere of Get Low at the Paramount, Ryan Phillippe power smoking 2 packs of smokes on the deck at the Four Seasons……And of course,

Girl Power!

Fresh off their NYC premiere Kristen Stewart , Dakota Fanning, and Cherie Currie were in town to promote The Runaways, the movie based on the first all girls rock group. Kristen portrays Joan Jett and Dakota plays bombshell vocalist Cherie Currie.  Sadly Joan Jett was not here due to “exhaustion.”

 And I am very excited I got to meet David Garza! I have loved his music for so long. So many great albums, especially This Euphoria featuring one of my favorite songs of his “Discoball World.” David attended the University of Texas here in Austin and has had a very long and successful career. In 1999 he came in second behind only Stevie Ray Vaughan as “Austin Musician of the Decade” (Austin Chronicle). Oh, and we have the same dentist so I  think that’s pretty cool too

I was  FAR less excited about the FOUR FREAKING HOURS I shivered in line waiting to get in to the Perez Hilton party! And we STILL hadn’t gotten in so I had enough and bounced. That was ridiculous. Thanks for the pneumonia-fest Perez. I am still shaking from the cold. He tweeted an apology and promised a bigger venue next year……..but how about some security and a check-in process and some extra staff at the door?? Madness. That little #$%&*@

Happy Spring fever! Already excited for SXSW 2011!!

I just wanted to make everyone jealous by showcasing all the shows I went to go and see during the SXSW festival.  This is my fourth year having a wristband, and it was still just as awesome as ever -  MINUS the part of not being able use my feet by Saturday night.

Wednesday:

Hey Negrita ( London)
Winter Gloves (Quebec)
Lindi Ortega (Toronto)
Rod Thomas (London)
Aqualung (Uk)
Hymns (Brooklyn)

Thursday:

Von Bondies (Detroit)
Oak Ridge Boys (Tennessee)
Airborne Toxic Event (Los Angeles)
Guggenheim Grotto (Ireland)
Stars Go Dim (Tulsa)
SleeperCar (El Paso)
Val Emmich (New York)

Friday:

Supersonic (Hungary)
Josh Charles (Brooklyn)
The Felice Brothers (New York)
Jason Isbell and the 400 unit (Alabama)
White Denim (Austin)
Can’t remember after that…bit of a blur.

Saturday:

Colin Moore (Montreal)
The Details (Winnipeg)
Tinted Windows (New York)
Immaculate Machine (Victoria)
Autum (Austin)
Youth Group (Australia)
Bedouin Soundclash (Toronto)

Also, I wanted to let it be known that I did get an invite to Perez Hilton’s One Night in Austin party, but I decided not to go because I wasn’t that overly interested in the acts he had lined up.  I know, I know, being a celebrity blogger I should have been there, but I couldn’t justify staying in one place all night, after I had purchased a wristband.  There is always next year….

Band Camp Ladies we met