wrapping my brain around SXSW.

I just made an embarrassingly large amount of spaghetti and then I ate it all.
Also, my cat keeps on peeing on my roommates' towels and blankets. Why! Lol.
anddd, I am drinking champagne vodka right now and it is y-u-m-m-y.

There's been tons of talk for SXSW lately. Both of my places of employment are hosting events so I'm quite excited. :)

Here are some of the things I am super excited for:


American Apparel Flea Market:
3/19-3/21 11am - 8pm
American Youthworks Building, 4th & San Jacinto

Expect merchandise starting at $1, unique samples, and vintage pieces, yay! You just might
see me there ringing you up so be sure to say hi. Also, live DJ sets, music by Viva Radio, and ICE CREAM!!! sweet.




IFC Crossroads Party: The Decemberists and Gomez
Details on the flyer.
It's FREE and it's OPEN BAR, but you have to get your ticket at Waterloo.
I love both these bands so I really want to go, fo sho!

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Blackberry SXSW Showcase
Cedar Street, 208 W. 4th St.
Wristbands required or forking up a small dime and standing in line. :]

Thursday 3/19

8:30 Arkelis

9:30 Sam Roberts

10:30 Delta Spirit

11:30 Black Lips

12:30 Primal Scream

Friday 3/20

7:45 Pete and the Pirates

8:45 Beach House

9:45 Bedouin Soundclash

10:45 Peter Bjorn and John

11:45 Grizzly Bear

12:45 Dinosaur Jr.

I'm super super super excited about Friday's line-up.

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Rose's Mojito & Rachel Ray's "the B Side"
3/21, 12 - 5 pm
Maggie Mae's, 6th St.
First come, first serve.

The Hold Steady
New York Dolls
The Airborne Toxic Event
Ra Ra Riot
Bob Schneider
The Cringe
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Semi Precious Weapons
The Thermals
John Pringle

um, do we get free food?

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Village Voice Free SXSW Day Show
3/20, 12-5 pm
La Zona Rosa, 4th St.

M. Ward
Cursive
Gomez
Bear Hands
Crystal Antlers

omg... Cursive? no way.

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Andrew Bird, Ben Harper, Gomez & Katy Perry
3/19, 7 - 2am
Stubb's

OMG ANDREW BIRDDDDDDDDD

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SOUNDEXCHANGE/MusicFirst present:
3/20, 6 - 2am
Stubb's

Electric Touch
Parachute
White Lies
Razorlight
PJ Harvey
The Indigo Girls
Third Eye Blind

3eb!!!!!!! omg.

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that's all I can wrap my head around for now. There are so may bands I want to see that my head wants to explode. Gravy Train!!! w/ MSTRKRFT @ Radio Room, Dead Prez @ Austin Music Hall, Yelle @ Emo's, Japan Nite, White Shoes & The Couples Company @ Submerged... my brain!!!

sigh.

x,

Frances

Black Condoms, Viet Sandwiches and NEW Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

My roommate has a great internship. She comes home with surprises like these! LOL!



Black Joe Lewis has a new marketing scheme. Teehehee...

"Just... Want.. to get it open!!!" - Charlie dirty-wanna-be-black-cat Lin.

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So I drove this baby up to Bee Caves when I was at work the other day to get an estimate. Yeah, no rear-view mirror. Plush seats. I looked pretty smooth, might I add. Not to mention someone's mix cd was left in there that included the likes of Britney Spears, Ghostland Observatory, and Cupid's "The Cupid Shuffle"... yup.

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So I've been promising you vietnamese sandwiches for a long time. We finally went to LuLu B's on South Lamar across from Bird's Barbershop! We'd been missing it because they had a family death and also they are open at annoyingly inconvenient hours, but whatever! It was yummy. I got the Lemongrass Pork sandwich garnished with daikon, carrot, cucumber, cilantro, and chili. It was pretty filling for just $4.50 and with some Sriracha sauce, it was muy sabroso. Definitely check it out if you're in the South Lamar area. There's another vietnamese sandwich place up on North Lamar at Chinatown... that I want to try as well. Yum Yum!

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Finally,
new Yeah Yeah Yeah's has leaked.
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Heads Will Roll

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Pictures from this weekend will be up later. Tootles.

x,

Franny

Circle One: Yes or No

yes or no?!



Should Blake and Dov be BFF?
Circle One: Yes or No

Okay maybe not. Since the founder of TOMS (Blake ... not "tom") is probably ... well he IS 1000x more ethical than American Apparel. But on the topic of company comparisons, both companies make a point to publicize how their employees receive more than a fair wage. And I would say their target markets are pretty much the same crowd. Both Blake and Dov have curly hair and live in or near LA. He he? Not to mention the shirt I'm wearing is Tri-Blend American Apparel. Anyway, it was a fun time Saturday... working at the Clinton Global Initiative and giving away hundreds of free shoes for a good cause. Besides the fact that my car got towed and cost me near $200 and being late to my roommate's 21st birthday dinner. SUCKKK.



Andrew Bird, will you marry me?
Circle one: Yes or No.

Maybe one of the best artists to traipse across my path. His whistling melted my heart until it was no longer a heart but an empty place that wanted to be filled. Is that what his music does to you? Make you ache? I guess that's why I like it. I am okay with having Andrew Bird be the reason of my heartache.




Does P.Terry's give you a heart attack whilst being pooped on by birds?
Circle One: Yes or No

Well, I know the answer actually. It's YES. Except I wasn't pooped on by birds. I fully enjoyed my cheaper-than-mcdonalds hamburger while my friends were pooped on by birds, hehe.



Would you use my cat to kill the ubiquitous gecko running around your house?
Circle One: Yes or No

Well I didn't even know there was such an ubiquitous gecko running around my house. I actually stumbled upon my cat playing with this gecko, who I'm guessing (and hoping) he killed ... what a beast. I'm not saying I don't like lizards. I love lizards. I wanted one for a really long time. But I'm really proud of my cat seeing how he is the biggest scared-y cat ever. I pretty much decided he has downs syndrome this past weekend. Sad story. :[

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My song: The Kinks - Strangers
hmm. :[


x,

frances

Move. Get out of here.

This entry is in sequences.

So,



Yeah.

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Fish tacos, Wahoo's on 6th.
I like mini corn tortillas. Cabbage instead of lettuce was an interesting choice. The rice was refreshing and different. Preettty good.


Dessert selection, Mandola's at The Triangle.
I tried the gelato on the first row in the middle. It was coffee-flavored with something. Damn good.

Also went to the Loxsly, Oh No Oh My! show at Emo's on Thursday.
The most memorable thing was Loxsly's visuals. They were pretty awesome.
I commend whoever did them... I think it might have been a band member?
My favorite were the walking tweezers... or whatever.

Fashion Freakout! at Mohawk last night, as well.
We've started selling tie-dye tights and I hate them.
Well. Laced with Romance seems to think they were cool.
I still don't think they are.
There were a couple nip slips and butt cheeks hanging out, but overall I enjoyed the show.
I loved New Bohemia's elephant necklace. ohh my goddd, how do I get that?!

Sigh.

I'm done.

x,

Frances

Explosive. POW!

My lobster is going nuts.


Anyway, I've been purchasing quite a few necklaces. Here are a couple that I have picked up recently at Le Garage Sale and the vintage blog sale I talked about in an earlier post. I can't say which one is my favorite. The koi is pretty sweet. I remember my sister had a keychain of that when I was little. And it was ME that had the keychain collection, so you can imagine how badly I wanted to steal it... yeah.


Oh hey!!! I put up my keyboard, yay! :) I finally got rid of my ugly red futon and put up a much more useful object in its place! Fun fact: I used to be really damn fucking good at piano! Haha! Anyhow, if you want me to join your band, let me know. I also own a tambourine. YUP. :) P.S. aren't my decorations awesome? Rhetorical question.

I thought I would post this on here... because after evaluating myself today ... this is an honest representation of me... I think I do this a lot. Why?! I can't explain myself. I am simply an enigma. Mmm.

Finally, I leave you with this visual explosion.



I intend to return next entry with new fisheyes and a vietnamese sandwich review. The end.

Ace of Base - The Sign

x,

Frances

ALPACA!

I've been making my coffeeshop rounds since the weather's been nice.

Hibiscus Lemonade, Quack's on 43rd.

Mmm... so beautifully unhealthy, i love it.

Goodbye Little Man, hello Alpaca.

I rode my bike to Epoch yesterday for my first real bike ride. I nearly passed out ... someone's completely out of shape. I have a lot of work to do before SXSW. There might have been some other contributing factors, but overall ... yeah, a lot of work to do. I'm just so scared to ride around a lot of traffic. I need to find a safe way to practice ha... man, my legs were so wobbly.

Anyway, the Broken Social Scene concert at Bass on Saturday was amazing. Even though I only knew a couple songs, I was very impressed. One of the members' side project, The Happiness Project ... which is an exploration of the tones and rhythm in how we talk ... was kind of like the coolest thing ever. Imagine a saxophone imitating the way you talk... perfectly.

Sigh.

And then I finally watched The Breakfast Club last night... shut up. I'm telling you I have a lot to catch up on. Anyway, for those of you who didn't know... Emilio Estevez is Charlie Sheen's brother and Martin Sheen's son. He just didn't sell out to a white-people name. Although, I think Sheen is a pretty cool last name. And Emilio is a pretty sweet first one. Emilio Sheen. Ha... no. I learned all this in Spanish 508K... yup.

By the way,

THE MOPAC SANDWICH AT WHOLE FOODS = OMG!?!?!!?!

who's with me.

x,

Frances

The Art of Watercolor.

So I'm not sure if this artist, Ben Tour, that I just found on ffffound! is using watercolor, but he's very skilled in his shading and outlining, nonetheless.





So I have been trying to get back into doing more art since break started. Basically, just watercolor and sharpie. I've cranked out two and I have another on the way... here's one of them.



The picture is kind of low-res but it's of me and dani baby. Yay for art.

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It's fucking cold!

Also, HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TARI! loves. :)


Animal Collective - My Girls

x,

Frances

very strange. very you.

whatttt? you.

jeremy jay - heavenly creatures

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i got a bike today.

x,

frances

Bye Dani

Back to Virginia, my little Dani baby went.

Mmm, Food Heads.

I ordered the Chicken Special which is an explosion of grilled chicken breast on toasted ciabatta with lettuce, tomato, avocado, feta cheese and tarragon mayonnaise. mmm. Plus, it was maybe the nicest day ever outside.

Elliott and I

I went to the Ringo Deathstarr concert last Friday. They were pretty good. I think after awhile people started to disperse because their ear drums couldn't take the noise any longer, ha ha. They really do remind me so much of Yo La Tengo.

Devorlando

I attempted sleevefacing with my friend Orlando. Prettttty fun.

:(

We had a going away get-together for Dani the night before she left. :[ It was sad times. She gave me a kick-ass postcard. And Smirnoff Ice. Hahaha. Don't know how long it's been since I've drank that. We went to the Omelettry the morning after. It was really good! I wish they had more meat options. And more spicy omelettes. I just really like spicy things.

More pictures are on my Flickr.

I'll leave you with an awesome Missed Connection my friend Charlene sent my way.

We kissed, you farted. - m4w - 32 (emo's)

You said "this always happens when I get nervous." Then turned around and ran out the door. It must have been the cutest thing I've ever seen.
How about we get you some Alka-Seltzer and give it another shot!

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P.S. I'm so glad Slumdog Millionaire won like every award last night on the Golden Globes. Definitely deserved it. Yay!

I found this site with all this old dance music. The kind you wish every dance party played. Hahaha. Dude, it's awesome. It has everything from Michael Jackson to Diana Ross to Salt N' Pepa. I think it's just someone's compilation of the 100 best dance songs... anyway, they did a good job. You can download all of them here. Amazing?!

Awesome.

x,

Frances

OBAMICON and Clementine's

Why I love Paste Magazine:


Do yourself here !

Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor dance!!

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UPDATE:

I'm at Clementine's right now on Manor Rd. Funny enough, I brought clementines to eat HAHA. Anyway, so I'm checking Missed Connections on Craigslist... and today's post of the day is:

that girl was pissed at the clementines boy - w4m (manor rd.)

but i went in there recently for the first time in a long time and was blown away by all the adorable sweet boys working there. i approve.

RE:
Pretty sure that was a guy, posting about a guy. I was there last night too, all the guys working are really sweet. The whole place was full of hipsters, not just the staff - "hipster" is just a style, anyway. Didn't get any snobbery from anyone there, it was probably just shyness, or they were busy.

RE:
Hey! I was there last night too, and I'm not a hipster.

And I totally agree that the guys who work there are really nice. (And cute.) Incidentally, so are the girls. Way to go, whoever hires over there. Maybe the original poster was in a bad mood and had it reflected back on him, but that's hardly their fault.

What I think:
I'm here right now... and there is a cute boy working!!! yummy.
missed connections = awesome.

ANOTHER thing, That Austin Girl also updated about Clementine's happenings this week. Apparently, this is the place to be! I agree.

x,

Frances

EXCLUSIVE: ANDREW BIRD

OMGOAMGOJALKJDGLOANFOA!!!!

NPR has Andrew Bird's new CD, Noble Beast, here for you to listen to.



Some of his songs have been floating around the internet, due to a leak, but the mp3 police have gotten to those websites pretty quick. Anyway, now you can stream every song on NPR's website. My favorite so far is Anonanimal... a very Andrew Bird-ish name for a song. Although there is not very much whistling, his violin is very beautiful. God, I love him.

Someone PLEASE buy me a ticket to his concert at the Paramount, please!!!

*dies*

x,

Frances

Yumminess in my tumminess. UPDATE!

The holiday season calls for yummy treats. :) Yes, I made these.

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
The recipe is here

Gingerbread Cupcakes with a sugar glaze

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Karinne very cold, but very happy!

Short-lived snow, but magical none-the-less. :)

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So, Facebook has ads that I'm guessing... "cater" to your interests. And this is what I saw while looking at my awesome new profile picture. It reads:

Pornography
Find out how porn may be affecting your relationships.

I'm sad. Who does Facebook think I am?

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Finally two of my very talented co-workers have fun shows this weekend.
One is Ringo Deathstarr tonight at Emo's for the 101x Independent Workforce Xmas... they'll be performing inside. The Ting Tings and the Black Kids will be outside. Ooo!

And then Plus Move will be making their Austin debut on Saturday at the Compound.

UPDATE:
MATT&KIM "Secret Show" at Mohawk on Saturday!
It costs $2 or you can bring 2 cans of food.
Doors at 8pm!

Sounds funnn..

Anyway good luck on your exams if you're not already done. I have 2 tomorrow. Gross.

The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year

x,

Frances

BRITNEY and LOST.

Britney.
Dallas.
March 31, 2009.


Got my ticket already.

I am so... EXCITED.

O M G

Yeah.

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And here is the sneak preview for Season 5 of Lost. ALKAJLKA!!!!



x,
Frances

Broken Social Scene @ UT 1/31/08

Broken Social Scene will grace the Bass Performance Hall at UT on January 31 next year. Tickets are only $10 for students... and $22.50/27.50 for non-students. They're already half-gone I believe and they just went on sale a couple days ago. Drop that phone, park that car, buy your ticket. No, Feist will not be there. Haha.

x,
Frances

The Go! Team

So I stumbled across this today.
The Go! Team has a site with free stuff including songs, remixes, etc.



You can access it here.

If I had the choice to be in a band, it would most definitely be this one!!!
I saw them in Paris this past summer, and it was so amazing.

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Anyhow, Diplo on Friday was awesome.
We got to dance on stage with a hot dog and a pizza, then hang out with them afterward.
It was a pretty crazy night that consisted of mysterious afterparties, boys in Ghostface Killah hats, and bringing Red Bull to a band I saw open for Oasis a few years ago at 3:30 in the morning.

I ended up not going to see The National yesterday. It just wasn't fit for my state of mind. I don't know if that makes any sense to you, but hopefully the next time they come, I'll have someone to go with so it won't be so depressing...

Lastly, I'm debating to go see Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! tonight... does requesting off of work include mandatory nights of inventory...?

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I stumbled across this on Austin360.com, lol. Me, Karinne, and Lindsay enjoying some free Ben&Jerry's on Election Day. Cherry Garcia!!!

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Ok, and then today I was making a survey with my roommate for my marketing research class. We were on the question of specifying your ethnicity... and then I was like ... why do minorities in America only have that tag-line after their ethnicity. Like... African-American... and Asian-American? I know people say it because we should all be American. But what if you're from like the UK or Australia.. or idk. Zimbabwe. What if you are Asian-Zimbabwian... what are you?

Just a thought.

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Finally, if you want amazing deals on amazing shoes, you should go to Feathers Boutique on South Congress... because it's unhealthy, and that's a good thing!

x,
Frances