SXSW '06
Sights, sounds and observations from Austin, Texas -- March 17
* Judy Collins concluded her interview with radio personality Pete Fornatale by singing a moving version of "Amazing Grace."
* Chrissie Hynde took issue with the oversized, animal-hide covered chair she was provided for her interview with Bill Flanagan, at one point sitting on the floor before she parked herself in a cloth-and-metal chair like those available for the audience.
* Teddy Thompson was in fine form on KGSR-FM (107.1), performing "I Should Get Up" in advance of his evening set at Eternal.
* Street marketing at its most effective: Nearly, if not all, of the streetlight posts along Sixth Street had red posters pushing The Back Room, the new Editors album, due March 21.
* "This is set for Dave." -- Rodney Crowell, after stopping his first song at Parish to raise the microphone stand. Crowell had been introduced by writer Dave Marsh.
-- By Chris M. Junior