My Week in Austin is over, I'm back in Los Angeles. There were things that didn't make it into my posts, however, and since I want you to feel like you, too, were there in the heat with me, I bring you, Texas Listmania:
You Know You're in Austin When
- Walking from East Austin to downtown with a friend, a gentleman shouts "hey ladies!" When you turned around, you realize it's Black Lips' Jared Swiley, hanging half way out the passenger side window of his band van.
- You're having a conversation and Ariel Pink interjects, admitting that he's been eavesdropping, and proceeds to talk tons of shit while eating pizza, and then walks away.
- You're eating dinner at a place with a slightly offensive name (more on this later) and a snake powered by ten hippies pedaling bikes slithers past.
Gnarliest Street Food
- Dessert Empanadas (think McDonald's apple pie)
- Waffle Tacos (Belgian waffle, bacon, swiss, Cholula, syrup, gross)
- Hot dogs covered in a pound of toppings, with a pretzel as a bun (actually delicious, but lose points for the fact that you'll not only be eating it, but will also be wearing it)
Please Don't Kill Me For Saying This
- Austin taco trucks are way better than the one's in Los Angeles
Rock 'N' Roll Lady Crushes
- Las Robertas' Mercedes and Mons, who give EVERYONE a run for their money, both in talent and in dirty, sexy, cool.
- Austra's Katie Stelmanis who has that freaky Kate Bush moon lady thing going in the best way.
- Colleen Green, a relative newcomer on the Southern California scene, who makes dirty, girly crush-rock so convincing you believe she probably keeps her sunglasses on in bed.
- 'Kickball' Katy Goodman, La Sera front-woman and Vivian Girls bassist is the reigning crush of grungy rock. Whenever she's around you can see other girls getting shifty-eyed at their drooling boyfriends. Seriously.
Best Ways for a Band to Thank Someone for Letting them Crash on their Floor
- Bottle of wine
- Sweet Note
- A pile of scratch-off Lotto Tickets
"Witty" Food Truck Names
- Me So Hungry (Asian Fusion--I couldn't even bring myself to eat here when it was free)
- G'rag Mahal (Indian food in a garage, OBVIOUSLY)
- Be More Pacific (Filipino American. I love a good bad grammar joke as much as the next writer, gotta say this one made me giggle)
Best Celeb Sightings
- Rainn Wilson on my flight
- Donald Glover at Das Racist's performance at the Youtube party
- Apparently Jon Hamm was wandering around Austin but despite my efforts I couldn't find him (and convince him to marry me)
- J Mascis asleep at gate 21 at the Austin airport
Best Surprise Guest Rumors
- Radiohead at Pitchfork Interactive party
- Radiohead on 6th Street
- Radiohead in my motel room
- Lady Gaga at Kanye Power Plant show
- Foo Fighters at Interactive Opening party which had no bands playing it
- Radiohead
Way More Important Things that Happened Last Week that Hardly Anybody Talked About in Austin
- Japanese tsunami, earthquake, nuclear disaster
- Air strikes in Libya
- Syrian protests
- Radiation in West Coast Water
Back to real life, everyone!! See you next year!
