Normally I hate posting chats, but we covered so much ground in this one, it seemed a waste to just let it go. So I prettied it up with links where appropriate, stripped out the “brb”s and present to you now. Also, check out the Austinist list of parties and day shows - it’s one hell of a list!
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Gus: 
gearing up for sxsw?
do you like Hole?
April: i did at the time
Gus: did you like celebrity skin?
April: yes
Gus: Melissa Auf der Maur
is playing sxsw
April: and yes, i am gearing up for SXSW. this dude uses the “i’m a loner” line in his song and i love it for that
oo, she’s Canadian.
you know how i love the Canuks
Gus: I’ve liked what I’ve heard so far
it’s clear that she and billy corigan wrote that entire album
April: it’s pretty good
i like the song on the sxsw page
Gus: oh and the other band that I think might be good is An Horse
April: i think they made the cut last night
Gus: and I listen to way to much girl music
April: i’m on the J’s right now
HA
Gus: oh and amanda palmer
I’m still on the b’s
April: i got through A-C last night, then brought in the rest of part 1 of the torrent to work with me.
Gus: I should consider doing that
an horse I think will be good
like an australian rainer maria
and they don’t even have a cd out yet
April: nice comparison
Gus: any other bands you’ve found so far?
April: Dead Confederate
liked them
Gus: i’ve heard that name somewhere
April: i thought i had too
Gus: listening to the random stuff on the player now
Perseph One
houston hiphop
April: interesting
speaking of which
check out this party
friend of mine runs the charity
Gus: hiphoppedity
April: i’ll need to stop by at least
Gus: oh and Joe Jack Talcum
ha!
April: …seriously?
Gus: yes
April: mmmk
Gus: heartsrevolution
April: interesting sound
me likey
Gus: me too
oh dude and we need to go see the oak ridge boys
April: HAHAHA
ironically, right?
Gus: i know all the oak ridge boys hits
elvira? my heart’s on fire.
hell yes
April: they play at Stubbs right?
i will need 6 Texas Teas
Gus: I’m not sure where they’re playing, but it’s probably too much of a pain in the ass to go
but I think it would be hilarious to go
April: i’m pretty sure it’s Stubbs
and um, i doubt it’ll be a big crowd…
Gus: one of the few memories I have of nebraska is my dad’s oak ridge boys 8-track
oh and I also like electro too much
from Mexico!
April: are they going to ask to borrow your cell phone?
Gus: haha
I almost forgot about that one
where were we?
April: like in the middle of Red River
Gus: it was a valid question
April: true
but it was the delivery that made it
Mexican electo, huh?
i dig it
but they need new shirts
look kinda gay in their pic
Gus: and that’s not cool in mexico
so they must be really cool
April: you know, the two of us have excellent taste in music
we should totally start a blog
Gus: ha
oh and stillwater oklahoma
this dude listens to ok computer every day. I promise
April: not in love with that one so much
Gus: it sounds like an interpretation of ok computer
not as good, but it’s stillwater
April: it’s not like they’re from Mustang
Gus: oklahoma is a small state
nerdcore hiphop!
April: sounds like Andy Samberg
change the lyrics around to be about dicks in boxes and it’s totally a Lonely Island song
Gus: he does actually
April: Kill The Noise
Gus: Gordon Gano is playing tooo?
April: wha?
Gus: he just came up in the player
April: huh
Gus: its not doing much for me
kill the noise or gordon gano
April: agreed on gano
Gus: dude, there’s a lot of mexican bands
or the player just really likes them
April: could be you got a racist player
i’m sad i didn’t like Kittens Ablaze more
cause that name is awesome
Gus: maybe it’s racial profiling
I knew I should have used a fake name
April: totally
ooh, maybe you could sue!
Gus: all tiny creatures might as well be the octopus project
April: which is gonna be awkward, b/c i think octopus project is on the list
Gus: haha
i’ve seen them somewhere around 10 times
I’ll give all tiny creatures a shot
April: i don’t like their little bio section
pretentious
Gus: haha
pretentious indie rock bands
don’t be ridiculous
April: i know, it’s so rare
but it does happen!
Gus: fuck yeah third eye blind
April: NO GUS
Gus: ha
-fin-
Uggh. All Tiny Creatures’ bio is ridiculous. “they do it LOUD”… total cheese.
Hi guys. Thomas Wincek from All Tiny Creatures here. So I have this google alerts thing set for the band name, and since we are new and relatively unknown, we don’t get a large number of write-ups… Anyway, I read your blog entry, even though it’s not technically a “write-up”, as I was curious. Sorry you thought the bio was bad, (and in one case “ridiculous”) I’m no writer, and I guess it shows. I didn’t think I was being pretentious though, oh well. Any suggestions?
Also, thanks for mentioning Octopus Project. I’ve never heard of them, and I’ll check them out. Although I’m unsure why “we might as well be (them)”. Oh well again… Anyway, I’d like to invite you to check out our music, I’m pretty proud of it, and get the feeling you may actually like it…
Best,
—Tom
To Tom (I have a feeling you won’t see this, but I’m posting it anyway),
Did you change your bio on the SXSW site? The cheesy lines that I remember are gone. If you haven’t changed it, than I apologize for my comment. I must have been looking at another band’s bio. If you did modify the bio, then I think this new one is a vast improvement.
As far as the Octopus Project comment, Gus said that because the song you submitted sounds EXACTLY like them (minus the theremin). Which isn’t a bad thing. They’ve sold quite a few records.
I hope you have fun at SXSW, and maybe I’ll see you there.