Monday with Miss Li and SXSW 2008

An email from the Swedish embassy got me thinking about my own SXSW experiences in 2008. The email was an invite to a concert featuring Swedish singer Miss Li taking place tommorrow. I went to her myspace page and have been bumping her tunes for the past three days. Miss Li is currently performing at this years festival in Austin which I'm now calling the Sundance of Music which could be taken as both positive and negative. The landscape and definition of "indie" has certainly changed. Anywho I did recognize one of Miss Li's song's "Bourgeois Shangri-La" from an Ipod Nano commercial. I really can't wait to check her out live.

I'm not sad I missed SXSW this year. It has however made me reminsce over my 2008 Austin Adventures which included

-chatting with lead singer of Yeasayer in my hotel's elevator
-witnessing Lykke Li for the first time
-watching lito connect Lykke Li and B.O.B.

-purchasing my orange high top pumas

-ice cream, hipster city and Santi at the Texas Garage

-hollaring at Perry Farrell on the street

-free bloody marys

-just hanging with my best homie Lito

-getting up close and personal with Sir David Banner at Fader Fort

i shot this and had mr banners sweat and spit on me...lovely huh