I fly away from the city
to another relevant city
to a relevant conference
filled with relevant people
and positive ideas
that will help me take my personal existence
and my web business’ existence
to such great heights
The conference will be informative and inspiring
the local cuisine will be amazing
the music with be live and authentic
and the people will facilitate meaningful and relevant conversations
and I will do my best to let every one know
that I am at this utopia [via twitter]
The people one the sidelines of the internet
will be ‘jealous and sad’ that they are not at SXSW
hanging with industry insiders
and people who glorify their careers where they kinda ‘just chill on the internet too much.’
For every 1 influential web visionary at this conference
there will be 100 ‘people who read a bunch of blogs and constructed a sillie sense of reality’
and think that one day they will invent a revolutionary web service
or start an influencial web media network
The conference is a place for dreams.
The city will be filled with hope.
We will drink free alcohol
provided by sponsors looking to reach web-savvy alternative markets
and for this 1 week
we will be brothers (I.R.L.)
and follow one another for the rest of our lives’
I will introduce myself to people who are my internet role models
because they are relevant, important, and have built a relative fortune off their web ideas
and they will be ‘kinda annoyed’ because I am one of many
users of their product who ‘tried 2 give them my URL/resume’
and connect with them on an authentic level
because I ‘get’ their product like no other user on the planet
U wish u were here
hanging out with me
and being surrounded by beautiful ideas
buzzed conversations about dreams of ‘making millions’
from a simple idea that catches on
and improves the online lives’ of millions of people
but more importantly ‘makes me a lot of money’
I never want 2 go home
I never want 2 return 2 my desk job
I want to feel important
I want to feel talented
I want to contribute 2 society by building technology
But also appreciate artsy things like film and music
This will be the most meaningful week of my middle-aged life.
I spent the last week RSVPing to over 400 events
I will dine on SXSWestern Egg rolls.
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26 Comments
PREMIERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I came to New York, b/c I heard it was more authentic, but right now I miss my home in ATX. H8 u expensive airfares. H8 u real world job that doesn’t pay me to go home and liveblog about the “underground” parties. H8 u gawker for h8ing on SXSW. Still hazily remember High on Fire in the Emo’s tent. Miss u live music capitol of the world.
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//////////Reply by xavier
//////////Posted March 15th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
@CogInSystem,
ATX>NYC
seriously
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//////////Reply by cha-ching
//////////Posted March 16th, 2009 at 12:44 am
@xavier, only during sxsw. when ny invades austin.
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//////////Reply by heroin
//////////Posted March 16th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
@cha-ching,
Miss U CMW
//////////Reply by heroin
//////////Posted March 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
@cha-ching,
H8 U CMW
h8 u carles 4 makin me feel “insecure/insignificant’
h8 bein so vulnerable
dont want 2 end up “just another guy in the burbs with 2.5 shitty kids and shitty wife “
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meet me in montauk
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There are 6000 bands waiting to be blogged about,, this is gonna be their big break, i can feeel it!
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sadly this is real to me
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i’m really sorry i didn’t know
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this is not even a real picture of ATX
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live an hour away from austin. it’s the shit.
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im an austinite yall. met iggy last yrrr during southby
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will take a 2megapix pic of Austin BBBQ* restaurant
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lived in austin p much whole life,
moved to san diego last year,
coming home 4 sxsw!!!!!!
hope 2 meet the infamous crls.
were will u b? were will i b?
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That was brilliant, Carlesy. It was the poem that should’ve been read at the Obama Inauguration.
Off the top of my dome I also threw down some spoken word about Austin…
http://www.vizardofthevestside.com/2009/03/johnny-kashk.html
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I <3 u 4 this.
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fk u took my music fest = mecca theory.
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Yo diplo and lil jon live on twitter video chat right now!!!
http://www.kyte.tv/ch/171890-liljontvyeahhhh
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just got back from a show
so tired
god it’s late
i have work in the morning
!@#$%^&*()_+
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relevant to what? bmore specific
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supposed to go to SXSW but my radio station pulled the plug on it at the last second. trust me, being executive staff @ a college radio isnt as authentic as it used to be.
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h8 myself.
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ewww queens
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see you when you get here, I’ll be the one wearing the “western shirt with pearl snaps”
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I thought he was talking about the WMC. Hm. Miamian, y’all!
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come to Europe it’s almost the same distance
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Playing at sxsw soon. h8 flying. I am going to play in a church. It sounds like a pretty authentic space. Just want 2 express my personal brand [via acoustic guitar, via indie pop]. I hope our set is meaningful and ppl think we are bloggable/tweetable/tuggable
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//////////Reply by heroin
//////////Posted March 16th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
@steve,
Bloggers do not get press passes for most ‘Festivals’ or in Canada ‘Weeks’
Gotta be a .com playa for those. Blurksters. Get ur own .com
Miss U CMW
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<3 ur insight carles – so spot on as usual
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thought you were poeming TED/CMJ Music Marathon/Tech Crunch 40.
SXSW’s just some kids.
Coachella ella ella aye aye ayyyee aye aye ella ella ayye
c u @ p4k fest CRLS?
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