You know you can't avoid it. For better or for worse, SXSW 2008 is here. The shitstorm of music cocksuckery you've been dreading since ACL has invaded our beloved Austin.
For our part, we'll be out on the streets pounding talls and giving out back issues and other shit to anyone who might care. Look for us scraping a big of pieces of metal together with Lou Reed, getting R.E.M. tattoos on our faces and getting punched by Hessians at the Motorhead show. Misprint staffers will also be blogging the festival live. Check it out, it's like Misprint without the cock jokes:
Also, be sure to support the locals. I know you only listen to what Pitchfork tells you to, but Austin bands are bringing the best new rock anywhere. Period. Check this shit out now.
The 2nd Annual Beard and Moustache Contest was a huge success. Thanks to everyone who made it possible: Matt Bearden, our amazing judges Housheng, Bryan, and Beth, Club Deville, Andy the Mouth, Horse + Donkey and all the competitors. We will see everyone back next year. Start growing your beards now!
If you have any photos or beard tales, we would love to hear them. Email us at
Entertainment by Horse + Donkey and DJ Andy (the Mouth)
This is it. If you're among Austin's legions of hirsute lifestylers, tonight is your night. Come see Austin's finest facial hair enthusiasts in a circus of lambchops, chinstraps, horse-whisperers, cavedwellers, lady-ticklers, flea-flickers, rollies and chin brooms. Gentlemen, prepare to be astonished by feats of beard previously only dreamt of. Ladies, be astounded by a profane and unholy display of masculinity not seen since the wild west. Portraits! Games! Activities for the kids! Prizes from Birds Barbershop, Maine Root, Coldtowne Theater and more!
Categories:
Best Groomed
Fiercest Chops
Ladies!
Freestyle Facial Hair
Sweetest Moustache
Gnarliest Beard
Festivities begin at 9 PM. Register to compete by 10. Three dollar cover. Cheap, like it should be. Be there.
