SXSW bloggery

Just arrived in Austin for the SXSW festival, which means that something like 1,200 more than 1,700 bands will all be playing at the same time, taunting people like me with the laws of physics that prevent us from seeing any more than, say, 30.

I will be writing for the Times’s ArtsBeat blog, along with Jon Pareles and Melena Ryzik. Not sure how often, but I’m going to shoot for three or so posts a day, and I’ve already filed one. And now I’m going to go reward myself with some barbecue and bands with names like Holy Fuck, Genghis Tron and Future Virgins.