SXSW '06
Sights, sounds and observations from Austin, Texas -- March 15
* Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets fame performed an awful version of "Lake of Fire" on KLBJ-FM (93.7), his off-key voice as bad as his cheap-sounding guitar.
* Albie Monterrosa, Soto and James Guerrero of the New Jersey band deSol looked and sounded animated in the convention center during the afternoon despite a long drive to Austin that ended around 6 a.m. that morning.
* "I think peer-to-peer [file distribution] is great -- it's great for everyone . . . but it has to be monetized. Monitizing [peer-to-peer] is what we have to do." -- Martin Mills of Beggars Group during the panel Billboard's Indie Label White Paper.
* The notorious Beatle Bob looked foolish as always as he did something that resembled dancing combined with air drumming while next to the Mother Egan's stage during a set by The Silos.
-- By Chris M. Junior