New York I Love You (But You're Expensive)

I'm off to New York tomorrow. Before I get to that everyone watch this right now:



As for New York, I am going to CMJ all expenses paid by UT with my good friends Tim and Cody. We are representing KVRX 91.7fm, UT's radio station that I work for. We leave tomorrow at 2:30 and have to fly out of Dallas, which sucks. WTF Austin "Intl."? Anyways, I have friends who live up there who are graciously letting me stay with them in Brooklyn in the ole' Williamsburg, a place which I have been told by many non-Williamsburg New Yorkers to not in fact be the center of the world.

CMJ as I have come to learn through word of mouth is a lot like SXSW: bands, panels, films, drinking. Only thing is you can get much drunker because you don't have to drive anywhere ever. Also the weather doesn't make one want to change ones shirt every 3 hours. That said, it's all pretty silly when you really think about what we are actually being sent to do though --- talk to distributors. We talk to them on the phone all the time. What's a little face time going to change? Plus, we already know full-well what each distro. offers: Pirate kinda sucks; Terrorbird (perfectly named after a Mae Shi record) has a never ending supply of awesome, glitchy, poppy stuff; AAM specializes in big name and fringe big name bands such as, hmm, Weezer; Syndicate is pretty good most of the time; Planetary is kind of faceless. So a little hand shaking and chit chatting and free boozing (although appreciated) won't really change the way we do things. Am I really going to more readily tear open a certain package because of a week long jaunt in NY? I guess that's what "business" is all about however ---- throwing money at things. Yet who am I to complain ---- it really is all going to be pretty amazing. I already have a neat little list of parties to go to, bands to see. Some of the best include: Crystal Castles, Crystal Stilts (sadly I am not sure if Crystal Antlers will be attending), Jay Reatard, A Place to Bury Strangers; plus a George Clinton AND also a RZA Panel. Insane.

I am not sure what's better: getting most drunk during the DAY or at night. I'll let you know what I find out.