shawn avery

obviously with 1200 bands and thousands upon thousands of musicians, i'm gonna see some stuff NOT on this list. and i couldn't really expect to see everyone on this list... but i've perused the bazillion options and this looks pretty good. not sure if i'm staying for saturday or not. i'd love to see midlake and the stooges and all of the conference personalities... but whatev'. so... Wednesday, 14 March 2007 06:30PM Keynote Conversation: Pete Townshend (Hilton Ballroom) 08:00PM Donovan (Central Presbyterian Church) 10:00PM Through The Sparks (Habana Annex 6) 12:00AM The Broken West (Antone's) Thursday, 15 March 2007 08:00PM Lords (UK) (Bourbon Rocks) 09:00PM Thomas Dolby (Elysium) 11:00PM MuteMath (Dirty Dog Bar) 11:30PM JESU (Emo's Annex) 12:00AM Deerhunter (Soho Lounge) 12:00AM Bloc Party (Stubb's) 01:00AM Albert Hammond, Jr. (Blender Bar at the Ritz) Friday, 16 March 2007 11:00AM SXSW Interview: Rickie Lee Jones (18ABC) 12:30PM Studio DOs and DON...

so... i think i'm the new musical director for this . and these people are finally going to compile some recordings for a record. i'm one of these people. the weather lately is amazing. more rehearsal with through the sparks tonight. great musicians. it was very nice of them to ask me to play with them at such an important gathering . apparently, al.com has asked through the sparks to write a through the sparks blog on their site , chronicling the sxsw experience. i'm missing yoga tonight. i hope i can make it thursday.