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Andrew W.K. Overcomes Tough Times at SXSW
- Posted on Mar 23rd 2010 11:33AM by Dean Carrell
Andrew W.K. faced tough times during SXSW. At two separate shows, one stage broke, and a crowd almost crunched his equipment. Later, he showed up in short sleeves to perform head-on into a freezing wind.At least that show had a moat of bouncers. Hours earlier, at a 4AM show, the surging crowd of drunk college students drunks constantly threatened to
overwhelm the thin barrier of nervous students protecting the foot-tall, cramped stage at a run-down housing co-op.
Even before SXSW ended, Andrew W.K. headed for Monterrey, Mexico, to play Todd P's MtyMX Festival, where bands and fans faced a tough time crossing the border.
All his real-life close-calls ironically emulate the title of his new album, 'Close Calls With Brick Walls,'' that appears March 23 in the U.S.
Dean Carrell is a contributor from Seed.com.
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Steve Carrell
Dean, use your own AOL account to post your own opinions about such weighty matters. Personally, I think "rundown" is fine. I'm surprised the co-op hasn't been run down by bulldozers clearing the land for condos. It will take bulldozers to do it. With that big crowd shaking the 2nd-story floor at Andrew W.K.'s show, the place is still standing so it must be sturdy. -- Steve C.
March 26 2010 at 4:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Steve Carrell
"Decrepit" is a great word. You can be decrepit and still have class. And the 21st Co-op has old-style Austin class. (There was a lot more around before the condo onslaught.) I just couldn't associate a word so slow and elderly with all the young, manic energy pulsing in the buildings that night. -- Dean Carrell
March 26 2010 at 4:14 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Rachel
I've lived there a bunch as well! I'm so proud to have partied so hard so many times, and I made the best friends in all the world from around the world!
March 24 2010 at 12:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Gatlin
I live at this "run down" housing co-op and I'll have you know that you've got it all wrong, mister -- it's "decrepit," and I'll thank you to get it right next time.
March 23 2010 at 10:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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