SXSW: What local Tweeters say about the festival so far
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Aerial view of SXSW at Auditorium Shores in Austin
On Monday we posted quotes from some Minnesota musicians involved in the SXSW music blowout going on this week down in Austin. Well, we’ve heard more since posting. At least, sort of—we’ve been eavesdropping on Twitter. Over the past few days, festival-goers have been squawking like excitable children at an oversized suburban playground, probably because they’re intoxicated and happy. And warm. In fact, they’re probably going through some kind of thaw. Let’s live vicariously.
Here are some of the best Tweets so far.
“Screwdrivers with oj from concentrate are inferior. #mnsxsw” (@tbtduluth, 3/16/11)
Spyder Baybie Raw Dog
“Just got to austin just took two pts o’ molly just lost 40 phecking dollars.” (@spyderbaybie, 3/15/11)
“Um…I took it to the limit last nite. Rug burn on my lyfestile.” (@spyderbaybie, 3/16/11)
“Oh Snap. The Huffington Post just said skip Kanya and see Doomtree at SXSW. tinyurl.com/6jha7hx” (@dessadarling, 3/14/11)
“Man, tour vehicles are self-trashing. Looks like we been living here for a year.” (@dessadarling, 3/14/11)
The Rockford Mules:
“Hey @the4onthefloor got room on that bus for some wayfaring strangers thursday night? We will bring the whiskey #mnsxsw” (@rockfordmules, 3/16/11)
City Pages’ Gimme Noise Blog :
“I’ve been downtown Austin for 10 minutes and have already run into 5 people from Minneapolis. #mnsxsw” (@gimme_noise, 3/15/11)
“What if I hook up 10000 poppers cans to our van intake. Do you think we’d get to Austin faster?” (@slappingpurses, 3/6/11)
“I still can’t decide if ‘ya’ll’ is a linguistic monument to human utility, or the death of language itself.” (@jmessersmith, 3/15/11)
“A quick bout of invisible jump rope at the rest stop and we should be over the Texas border soon. #sxsw” (@jmessersmith, 3/15/11)
