Entries Tagged With: overheard

Overheard: Flatstock at SXSW

By Chelsea Mueller At 09:41pm Mar 15, 2008

“I never thought I'd want a Broken Social Scene poster, but shit. That's insane.”

“Why does the coloring on this one look weird?”
“It's letterpress.”
“Oh. ... Interesting.”

“You spent $100 on a poster? You can get those for free all over the place.”

And just about every artist was telling people: “That one is my favorite, too.”
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SXSW Overheard

By Chelsea Mueller At 04:19pm Mar 15, 2008

A young girl in a tutu trying to convince me to go to some day party:
"It's fun! It's free!"

Two skinny hipster guys, one holding his left eye, walking down Fourth Street in the afternoon:
"Look, I said I was sorry."
"Yeah, well, you should. You hit me in eye."

Two 20-somethings inside Emo's Jr.:
"Do you think they enforce that (a no profanity sign)?"
"Fuck no."

Watershed talking to someone in the crowd as they took the stage at Wave:
"When have you ever seen us use a playlist?"
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Overheard at SxSW

At 10:23am Mar 15, 2008

By Niki D'Andrea

"That girl weighs like, 60 pounds. I'm serious."

"White belts are okay, as long as you wear them with irony."

"There are so many bald guys here. How am I supposed to tell Michael Stipe from Moby from some random dude?"

"Bark back at that damn dog! Little yippie bitch."

"Hang on, I'm not sure if the number is in my iPhone, my Blackberry, or my Razer phone."

"Who wants to ride in the ambulance?"

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Overheard: SXSW Thursday Afternoon

By Chelsea Mueller At 08:53pm Mar 13, 2008

Woman asking for directions:
"You know, that one fuckin' venue all the way down there?"


A couple guys waiting outside Stubb's:
"Those windows are already broken. You should break the other two."
"Well, I'm tall enough. I've got enough scars on my hands, though."
"You can't have too many. Bare fist it, dude."


Someone passing the verrry long line for Motorhead:
"Who's playing?"
"Motorhead."
"No, seriously. .... Whoa. You're shitting me! Motorhead?"


A couple searching for food:
"I won't touch that pizza. I hear it's heinous."
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Overheard: SXSW Wednesday Evening

By Chelsea Mueller At 10:33pm Mar 12, 2008

While filling the time between the daytime shows and the nighttime showcases, I wandered near the clubs. Here's what I heard:

"They give you a lot of drink tickets, but the music sucks!"

"We kind of forgot to get a stage manager. But maybe you can just go around back."

"Yeah, I'm in a band. ... We're playing around corner." (This was uttered by a random guy trying to get a girl's number. Unconfirmed if he actually is in a band.)

"Y'all ain't go no soul."


Just imagine what people will be saying once they down a few more beers. -- Chelsea Ide
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