SXSW Day #1
First full day of the conference means wishing I had gone to bed before 3 AM on the first half-day. Special forces operatives are better rested than this.
Maybe 12 of us ended up at the Omni bar after Break Bread with Brad and karaoke singings at Polyesters. I did a repeat of “With or Without You.” There are picftures somewhere. Please ignore them.
Dave took off for the day to catch a Jonathan Demme panel and to see Adam Goldberg and Christina Ricci in person introduction their film “I Love Your Work.” I passed them both on the escalator. Adam wore 1970’s highway patrolmen shades and a three day bird. He still looked cool.
I managed to get over to Kickball in time to bat three times and play my usual first base (heavy action-light running position). My team won this year which really shouldn’t mean anything. Why does it then?
I’m in the panelist’s lounge now, trying to get some notes together before the 3:30 panel on Small Media. Dan Gilmour, who’s on the panel is sitting next to me and pretended to recognize me when I said hey.