SXSW 08

For the last few years, the good folks at South by Southwest have been nice enough to grant me a press pass. In the past, I've conducted interviews with Hella, Oxes, The Arcade Fire, the Constantines, Matt and Kim, The National, High Places and many more...

This year, I captured a good amount of audio at the festival, but went light on the band interviews. Sure, we met with the band MAHJONNGG and chatted with Matt and Kim again, and also met up with our old friends from Parts and Labor. We got some good material, but I think our audience might be getting bored with the "so, who influenced your sound?" and "how's touring been?" answers from bands played between their music.

This year, we've decided to produce a radio show that delves into what it's really like to be an attendee, member-of-the-media and in the audience at SXSW. The sketches will exclusively employ sound captured at SXSW. The show will then feature these sketches, mixed with bands playing SXSW '09.

Here are a few sample sketches - the show will air sometime in early March.

1. "Gotta Go"
-I think this scenario has happened to just about everybody who has had to stand in those horrendously long lines outside a venue - waiting for that "extra-special" showcase.
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2. "Bouncer part 1"
-Who doesn't love those friendly bouncers and list-holders at exclusive after parties!
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2. "Bouncer part 2"
-Same sketch, part 2...a song would roll between these segments.
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