SXSW music in a nutshell.

Seeing live music sucks when you're strung out, exhausted, and your feet hurt like the dickens because you've been wearing cowboy boots for the past 72 hours. I saw Jens Lekman once. He is my first true love. He played by himself, which is lovely, but when he has a full band, yowza! I went to the Dim Mak showcase by accident. But it was aiight. They invited me to their DJ party at the Elks Lodge the next night. There was no one there, but it was an amazing dance party. I highly enjoyed DJ Mom Jeans (aka Danny Masterson) opening with Muscles. And Steve Aoki got the party pumping with the requisite Daft Punk songs. Very LA scenester. You can only do so much of that. I'm upset I never saw Kevin Barnes DJ, because I'm pretty sure he would be a fantastic starter husband, even though he is already married. MGMT, while playing great music, was extremely boring and had no personality. I think my favorite show was seeing Sia at Stubb's. They dimmed the stage, passed out day-glo bands, and she bounced on wearing a blacklight mask. I almost cried it was so effing badass! Then N.E.R.D. came on. They had a lot of energy, but I did not. I did enjoy waving my hands in the air like I just don't care, but then I realized I was so tired my hair hurt and the moment passed. I also saw a ton of shitty bands, but they were so shitty I'm not going to mention them. This was an extremely boring synopsis. I apologize.