(Yes, Im gonna keep saying howdy.

Im from Texas and can do whatever I want.)

I am happy for two reasons: First, it is air-conditioned.

Emmylou_l

(The sun has come out with a vengeance, making all the hoodied hipsters quite sweaty.)

Again, Im not being tasteless.

I met the Dirty boys at SXSW last year, and wait.

Also, somewhere outside Denton, Texas, the wheels on DoPs van started literally falling off.

Andthenwe made it to Austin, where we bonded on 6th Street.

If you like My Bloody Valentine, you will enjoy this band, I promise you.

This was Tally Hall, and they looked like a junior high A/V club.

This was that exact same feeling.

Maybe Im a lunatic, but I think these guys are way fun.

Its the soundtrack to the barroom in my head.

And on that note, its time to go liberate a free cocktail from Emmylou.

This means I have to miss Bloc Party.

Maybe a beer will help.