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| From | Bill Silvers <wsilvers@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: SXSW News/Rumors |
| Date | Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:43:46 -0500 (EST) |
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Jennifer Leduc clipped:
>From the Austinist.com :
>
>Last week, the Austin Chronicle reported that officials at SXSW are delaying
>the release of their huge band list. The rationale is that a late release
>will cut down on the rampant day party scene from last year since party
>planners won't know who is playing until late in the game. Given the
>unbridled love we have for day parties, we have our doubts about the
>effectiveness of these tactics, but that still doesn't get you a band list,
>does it?
Wow, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, given how fan-unfriendly the organizers have done their best to make SXSW in the past few years, but this is just so stupid. Sure, I'll feel terrible in March as the event arrives and the "I'm not going" remorse sets in, but for average fan-types, SXSW is done. They've made wristbands illogically expensive (and inaccessible for out-of-towners) to tamp down the non-business types, and now they're peeing on the day parties. May they drown in their CSRF* mammon.
b.s., '99, '00, '01, '05 and '06 attendee
* "Corporate-Sponsored Rat Fu$k"
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