{"id":2973,"date":"2024-03-30T13:59:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2024-03-31T12:29:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T17:29:16","slug":"still-right-here-with-you-8-shows-with-the-pink-stones-at-sxsw-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/still-right-here-with-you-8-shows-with-the-pink-stones-at-sxsw-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Right Here With You: 8 Shows with The Pink Stones at SXSW 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m known to engage in some unreasonable live music fandom from time to time. Following 311 on summer tours in high school and college on the MA-RI-CT-NY-NJ circuit in various orders. Flying to London for the \u201clast ever\u201d Carter USM show&#8230;twice (2007 &amp; 2014). All four nights of the epic July <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=948\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"948\">2010 Benji Hughes residency at Largo<\/a>. The legendary 2013 \u201cno repeat<sup data-fn=\"e128f642-83f7-4f8d-b27e-2759b34ce538\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#e128f642-83f7-4f8d-b27e-2759b34ce538\" id=\"e128f642-83f7-4f8d-b27e-2759b34ce538-link\">1<\/a><\/sup>\u201d quartet of Jeff Tweedy solo shows, also at Largo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4GVh9zripP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4GVh9zripP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by The Pink Stones (@thepinkstoners)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Since moving to Austin, SXSW upped this to new heights whenever the ides of March roll around. Most years I adopt a band I like and try to see them as many times as possible over a magical week. <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/25ylCAVAfORYteORKr4lFk?si=qxv7zBzEQV2-W2qG3utxjw\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/25ylCAVAfORYteORKr4lFk?si=qxv7zBzEQV2-W2qG3utxjw\">Smooth Hound Smith<\/a> in 2016 (4 times). <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7JXpTFuH0HmK6ZIVMX6gBS?si=jPzszHMYTdioHOybOXscpQ\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7JXpTFuH0HmK6ZIVMX6gBS?si=jPzszHMYTdioHOybOXscpQ\">Spiral Stairs<\/a> in 2017 (3). <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/06W84OT2eFUNVwG85UsxJw?si=rVxoIaRDRdiY3b_1pEG9JA\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/06W84OT2eFUNVwG85UsxJw?si=rVxoIaRDRdiY3b_1pEG9JA\">Caroline Rose<\/a> in 2018 (4). <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6UWifcscEdbjPgmbevBxZV?si=_AwMGe4aT8-H46yum2E0-w\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6UWifcscEdbjPgmbevBxZV?si=_AwMGe4aT8-H46yum2E0-w\">Hayes Carll<\/a> in 2019 (4). <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5BxtbtwwHXC3HA5kAn06sK?si=k4NEZzJqQoahCfogxYo0Lw\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5BxtbtwwHXC3HA5kAn06sK?si=k4NEZzJqQoahCfogxYo0Lw\">The Nude Party<\/a> in 2023 (5).<sup data-fn=\"9b88d7c1-3d9a-48d9-aa41-c7cff8b98102\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#9b88d7c1-3d9a-48d9-aa41-c7cff8b98102\" id=\"9b88d7c1-3d9a-48d9-aa41-c7cff8b98102-link\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2024 brought a record that will likely never be broken: I saw all eight sets The Pink Stones played, including four in a 27-hour whirlwind.<sup data-fn=\"527ebda8-4143-4d5a-8f3e-d11798f952b8\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#527ebda8-4143-4d5a-8f3e-d11798f952b8\" id=\"527ebda8-4143-4d5a-8f3e-d11798f952b8-link\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinkstones.com\/about\">The Pink Stones<\/a> besides the best live band you\u2019ve never heard of? A cosmic country \/ power pop hybrid from Athens, Georgia. Their debut album <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1Im2FVdf3nfhza5reJBLR6?si=K1z45w1UTbuC06HJJ57lSQ\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1Im2FVdf3nfhza5reJBLR6?si=K1z45w1UTbuC06HJJ57lSQ\"><em>Introducing\u2026<\/em> <em>The Pink Stones<\/em><\/a> (in my <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=2690\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2690\">2021 top 10<\/a>) sounds like a trippier version of <em>A.M.<\/em> era Wilco, while 2023 sophomore album <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3K5MV60YpbWJCzuPvAmXV2?si=JSyOngPaTLaQPFCE7km2vg\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3K5MV60YpbWJCzuPvAmXV2?si=JSyOngPaTLaQPFCE7km2vg\">You Know Who<\/a><\/em> (in my <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=2933\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2933\">top 6 last year<\/a>) is simultaneously more and less country in ways best explained via a Pink Stones lyric as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2tx2K4NZOcJCFr6o1hDqvT?si=4390985ac8484700\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2tx2K4NZOcJCFr6o1hDqvT?si=4390985ac8484700\">something I found, and I can\u2019t describe it.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lineup has changed between records \/ between tours. SXSW 2024 featured core members Hunter Pinkston (Pinkston = Pink Stone, get it?) on vocals &amp; guitar, Adam Wayton on bass, drummer Gideon Johnston and Neil Golden on keys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I like dancing about architecture, read on for show by show reminiscing with rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>First Show:<\/strong> <strong>Weds, 3\/13\/24<\/strong> &#8212; <strong>Colton House Hotel, 2:30pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;Now I&#8217;m out on my own and I&#8217;m free, having my fun&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Opening day of SXSW is one of my favorites of the year. It\u2019s early spring and I take a full or a half day off work to dip a toe in the matinee live music pool before the undertow grabs hold for a draining binge of bands in rapid succession. Fitting I kicked it off with The Pink Stones at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meanwhileinmusic.com\">Meanwhile in Music<\/a> event on the back porch of the Colton House Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set was just shy of an hour, a mix of new songs, covers and <em>You Know Who<\/em> tracks. (Last year was also mostly <em>You Know Who<\/em> but a month or so <strong>before<\/strong> release day, so this was my first experience hearing these as songs I knew.)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2134-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2134.jpeg?resize=640%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2982\" style=\"width:363px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2134-scaled.jpeg?resize=907%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 907w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2134-scaled.jpeg?resize=266%2C300&amp;ssl=1 266w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2134-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C867&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2134-scaled.jpeg?resize=1361%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1361w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2134-scaled.jpeg?resize=1814%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1814w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2134-scaled.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2134-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>An Adam Boyle quote<sup data-fn=\"ac438b47-a278-4d68-b395-ff6ee0d121b0\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#ac438b47-a278-4d68-b395-ff6ee0d121b0\" id=\"ac438b47-a278-4d68-b395-ff6ee0d121b0-link\">4<\/a><\/sup> goes here.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlight was hearing my favorite track \u201cTime\u2019s Standing Still\u201d for the first of 6 times over the week. I think Hunter noticed my visible excitement when the riff started, and it singlehandedly justified my &#8220;no haircut until after SXSW&#8221; rule. After the set Hunter found me in the crowd of ~60 and thanked me for coming. As a bonus, The Pink Stones were also the backing band for a solo set by <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1CUUaD4QTSHjEfrLohLaW6?si=885vlDj8SSqfs2n-QM0oCQ\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1CUUaD4QTSHjEfrLohLaW6?si=885vlDj8SSqfs2n-QM0oCQ\">Riley Downing<\/a> from The Deslondes immediately after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rank:<\/strong> <strong>#3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Second Show:<\/strong> <strong>Thurs, 3\/14\/24 &#8212; The White Horse, 10pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;Let&#8217;s move it along, let&#8217;s keep on rolling&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oddly my first time at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewhitehorseaustin.com\">The White Horse<\/a> over my decade in Austin. Almost went so many times before but didn\u2019t, closest call being a late night secret <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7nSYcucRT6IGiMepEmiZgT?si=W0gg-pdbRMmpmGHZAkg3aA\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7nSYcucRT6IGiMepEmiZgT?si=W0gg-pdbRMmpmGHZAkg3aA\">American Aquarium<\/a> show I regret skipping.<sup data-fn=\"8c47e18e-37f5-43a9-87a2-8fda011008a2\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#8c47e18e-37f5-43a9-87a2-8fda011008a2\" id=\"8c47e18e-37f5-43a9-87a2-8fda011008a2-link\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight it was packed, with The Pink Stones opening for <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0k72s0eVcw3D2PRgZXdT94?si=oSiwocyzR7WDIdjIkZtiMw\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0k72s0eVcw3D2PRgZXdT94?si=oSiwocyzR7WDIdjIkZtiMw\">The Deslondes<\/a> and both bands getting rare for SXSW full sets just shy of two hours each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ran into Hunter upon entering the venue. He said he wasn\u2019t sure how they\u2019d fill the lengthy time allotted. I humbly put in a request for \u201cThe Ballad of Jimmy Meadows\u201d from their 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6P32dSJT5jGY0vx5hrEuQO?si=V_b42VnQQM6xBFlQ24Q3gw\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6P32dSJT5jGY0vx5hrEuQO?si=V_b42VnQQM6xBFlQ24Q3gw\">Jimmy &amp; Jesus<\/a> single<sup data-fn=\"295c87ed-2ced-4361-8a94-de01f02047ae\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#295c87ed-2ced-4361-8a94-de01f02047ae\" id=\"295c87ed-2ced-4361-8a94-de01f02047ae-link\">6<\/a><\/sup>.  He said this version of the band didn\u2019t know it, but they might do the b-side \u201cJesus &amp; Peterbilt.\u201d Fine by me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus didn\u2019t make the cut, but he had a cameo when birthday boy keyboardist Neil Golden quipped \u201cIt\u2019s my 33rd birthday. I\u2019ve lived longer than Jesus, but I\u2019m not saying how much longer.\u201d (Minor spoiler: he\u2019s not 33&#8230;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Toughest part about The White Horse is navigating the dance floor, standing just close enough to see\/hear the band without getting crashed into by two-steppers while politely declining invitations to join in. Think I navigated it well enough mostly standing like a statue on the fringes while singing along to make it clear it\u2019s hard to get around <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/40PXGuXIItfXM3gMY9rYY1?si=2b52b1136b244303\">someone you can\u2019t move<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2148.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2148.jpeg?resize=640%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2148.jpeg?resize=1024%2C653&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2148.jpeg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2148.jpeg?resize=768%2C489&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2148.jpeg?resize=1536%2C979&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2148.jpeg?w=1963&amp;ssl=1 1963w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2148.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/widgets\/setlist-image-v1?id=1baa6124&amp;fg=000000&amp;border=cccccc&amp;bg=859155\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:415px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/the-pink-stones\/2024\/the-white-horse-austin-tx-1baa6124.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>The expanded 22-song set added a few more Texas themed covers (including a great \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/4LIaeIMxM9D56QzZhn5t4D?si=611cf9b52e91483f\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/4LIaeIMxM9D56QzZhn5t4D?si=611cf9b52e91483f\">Little Ole Wine Drinker Me<\/a>\u201d by Merle Haggard), my two other favorite tracks off <em>Introducing\u2026<\/em> (\u201cMiss Wind Turbine\u201d &amp; \u201cBlueberry Dream\u201d), nine of the eleven <em>You Know Who<\/em> tracks plus a few new ones &#8212; one of which I\u2019m advocating for a title of \u201cD-R-A-G (Cigarettes &amp; Wine)\u201d so I called it that on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/the-pink-stones\/2024\/the-white-horse-austin-tx-1baa6124.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/the-pink-stones\/2024\/the-white-horse-austin-tx-1baa6124.html\">Setlist.fm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sound was fantastic, crowd was into it, and I overheard at least three independent conversations along the lines of <em>&#8220;Do you know this band? \/ &#8220;No, but they&#8217;re awesome!&#8221;<\/em> Maybe it&#8217;s cheating to call the longest set the best one, but it is what it is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rank: #1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Third Show: Friday, 3\/15\/24 &#8212; Draught House, 3pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;This life ain&#8217;t easy. It&#8217;s a D-R-A-G&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> <sup data-fn=\"ad48c13b-6977-4cb7-bff9-ead29a34f33d\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#ad48c13b-6977-4cb7-bff9-ead29a34f33d\" id=\"ad48c13b-6977-4cb7-bff9-ead29a34f33d-link\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A classic South by Southwest setup of a tent in a parking lot becoming an impromptu venue and a day show after a late night<sup data-fn=\"1099340b-ab6c-4b64-8cd4-b3c529423a56\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#1099340b-ab6c-4b64-8cd4-b3c529423a56\" id=\"1099340b-ab6c-4b64-8cd4-b3c529423a56-link\">8<\/a><\/sup> (I accidentally on purpose stayed for almost the whole Deslondes set at The White Horse) requiring some hair of the dog to get through. Good thing it was at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.draughthouse.com\/about\">a beer bar<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular has-rounded-corners-5\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.55837%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2154.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2154.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=629&#038;ssl=1 629w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"507\" data-id=\"2985\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2985\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2154.jpeg\" data-width=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2154.jpeg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:49.44163%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2156-1024x844.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2156-1024x844.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2156-1024x844.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2156-1024x844.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=1218&#038;ssl=1 1218w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1004\" data-id=\"2986\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2986\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2156-1024x844.jpeg\" data-width=\"1218\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2156-1024x844.jpeg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I went solo for the first two shows, but finally had a six person entourage today including my college roommate \/ unofficial editor Nate and his family<sup data-fn=\"13150118-bb72-4fcc-856b-23fe3caf5800\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#13150118-bb72-4fcc-856b-23fe3caf5800\" id=\"13150118-bb72-4fcc-856b-23fe3caf5800-link\">9<\/a><\/sup> (in town from Houston for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppatour.com\/tournament\/ppa-tour-austin-tx\/\"> Professional Pickleball Association event<\/a>) and local friends Liz &amp; Hunter. (Hunter is from Georgia and introduced me to The Pink Stones, not to be confused with the Hunter from Georgia who is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span><\/em> The Pink Stones.) Also in tow was a paperback copy of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=2083\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2083\">L Extreme<\/a><\/em> as a gift for Pink Stones Hunter<sup data-fn=\"28480e7d-2aa5-4bb9-b95a-ad2dc955b7ec\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#28480e7d-2aa5-4bb9-b95a-ad2dc955b7ec\" id=\"28480e7d-2aa5-4bb9-b95a-ad2dc955b7ec-link\">10<\/a><\/sup> after he expressed interest when it came up in our post show chat on how they hooked up with Riley Downing (via the record label) and how I discovered Riley Downing (an old bio compared his style to Benji Hughes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PinkStonesDFRA.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PinkStonesDFRA.jpg?resize=640%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PinkStonesDFRA.jpg?w=918&amp;ssl=1 918w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PinkStonesDFRA.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PinkStonesDFRA.jpg?resize=768%2C456&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>High praise being compared to the legendary Local Boy. Respect the greats<\/em>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Highlights here were a rollicking \u201cWho\u2019s Laughing Now?\u201d that got all of us dancing and a nifty take on George Jones\u2019s \u201cHer Name Is\u2026\u201d (also played at The White Horse) with some funky grooves on the ellipses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was my least favorite of the gigs, but by no means bad. More circumstances of odd venue, so-so sound system, early(ish) timeslot after a late night, distractedly chatting with friends, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rank: #8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fourth Show: Friday, 3\/15\/24 &#8212; Still Austin, 7pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been seeing you around. I guess this is your side of town&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After popping over to the ABGB with Hunter &amp; Liz for local legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobschneider.com\">Bob Schneider<\/a> and some grub, I was back to being solo for my 2nd Pink Stones show of the day \/ 3rd in 21 hours at local distillery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stillaustin.com\">Still Austin<\/a>. Another outdoor stage (but with a better sound system) hosted a crisp &amp; brisk 35 minute set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The band mixed things up by opening with \u201cTime\u2019s Standing Still\u201d (yes!) before going into a new song played at every show. Here it finally dawned on me it was titled \u201cToo Busy\u201d based on how it was yelled out as the next impromptu number. (Later I\u2019d learn all of the setlists are impromptu vs planned, with some brief discussion in the van on the way to each venue.). \u201cToo Busy\u201d is a sweet country love story with a \u201cYou Are My Sunshine\u201d style melody and some lyrical treats like <em>\u201cBar is closing. Time to get going. What\u2019s the motion: Your place or mine? Now it\u2019s morning. We\u2019re drinking coffee<\/em>&#8230;&#8221; Feels like a single&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2157-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2157.jpeg?resize=640%2C606&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2157-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C969&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2157-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2157-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C726&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2157-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1453&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2157-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1937&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2157-scaled.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2157-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5ZSOR0Jr5SxevGVj01RVnY?si=1Jn65H4_TpWhcIWhaiMsog\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5ZSOR0Jr5SxevGVj01RVnY?si=1Jn65H4_TpWhcIWhaiMsog\">Baby, I&#8217;m Still (Austin) Right Here (With You)<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I dashed off a quick \u201csee you in a bit\u201d goodbye to the band that got a laugh, planning to take a nap before keeping my streak alive for the dreaded 1am (!!!) slot at Antone\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rank: #7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fifth Show: Friday, 3\/15\/24 &#8212; Antone\u2019s, 1am<\/span><\/strong> <em><sub><sup>(technically Saturday&#8230;)<\/sup><\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;And I just can&#8217;t leave the barroom, when it&#8217;s over&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did take a nap, and was pleasantly surprised when I woke up to find my friend Hunter cashed in his annual &#8220;late show with JLC at SXSW\u201d spousal approval credit to join me.<sup data-fn=\"c7376eb3-f863-430c-b2e1-8b6f07da4039\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#c7376eb3-f863-430c-b2e1-8b6f07da4039\" id=\"c7376eb3-f863-430c-b2e1-8b6f07da4039-link\">11<\/a><\/sup> We both made it downtown in time for The Deslondes at 11pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:49.39018%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2160-1024x539.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2160-1024x539.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 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1200w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2159-768x1024.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=1274&#038;ssl=1 1274w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1699\" data-id=\"2995\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2995\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2159-768x1024.jpeg\" data-width=\"1274\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2159-768x1024.jpeg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Antone\u2019s was comfortably full at 11, a little less so for <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/63BuZ8jcRTEc8SLZdGlXQy?si=b09aEt5OT8mkOz9LmoJqcQ\">Emily Nenni<\/a>\u2019s midnight set. When The Pink Stones started it was dwindling, and a ghost town by the time they finished. Empty room aside it was still my favorite set of the day<sup data-fn=\"97c26573-85fd-4e8a-bb01-2964229b1275\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#97c26573-85fd-4e8a-bb01-2964229b1275\" id=\"97c26573-85fd-4e8a-bb01-2964229b1275-link\">12<\/a><\/sup>, perhaps magnified in my sleep-deprived mind as having earned it by pulling off the trifecta. (They oughta give me <a href=\"https:\/\/theinfluences.com\/the-pink-stones\/\">the Wurlitzer Prize<\/a>&#8230;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I may or may not have recorded this show on my phone<sup data-fn=\"e0795fde-1477-4729-ba41-0a921f4238bb\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#e0795fde-1477-4729-ba41-0a921f4238bb\" id=\"e0795fde-1477-4729-ba41-0a921f4238bb-link\">13<\/a><\/sup>. You may or may not hear me lecturing friend Hunter when he almost left early but didn\u2019t. You can definitely hear me joke \u201cThis has never been more true\u201d when (Late Night) \u201cBarroom Blues\u201d kicks in\u2014 and then Neil makes the same joke after the song ends! (Great minds&#8230;) You can also tell it\u2019s been a long day with my sorry excuse for a singalong ruining the latter half of the recording<sup data-fn=\"3c3c0271-ec90-4dd2-82e9-d86b24d10400\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#3c3c0271-ec90-4dd2-82e9-d86b24d10400\" id=\"3c3c0271-ec90-4dd2-82e9-d86b24d10400-link\">14<\/a><\/sup>. Let&#8217;s call it proof a good time was had by all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlight: Closing trifecta of &#8220;Time\u2019s Standing Still&#8221; \/ &#8220;Barroom Blues&#8221; \/ &#8220;Baby I\u2019m Still Right Here&#8221; sending us home. (And the fact I lived to tell the tale&#8230;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rank: #5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Sixth Show: Saturday, 3\/16\/24 &#8212; Sagebrush, <s>9pm<\/s> 11pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;Then you say &#8216;darling, we should get going.&#8217; And I reply, &#8216;let&#8217;s take our time&#8230;'&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrived at 8:45 for what I thought was a 9pm start (actually made my wife leave dinner early to drop me off and prolong the consecutive show streak), only to find it got swapped to 11pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band apologized even though it wasn\u2019t their fault. Stuff like this happens at South By all the time. Got to hang out with them a bit at the bar before the show, learning of Adam\u2019s other punk band <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7GSGMwejNf3ZIWEnMBAkJn?si=8u2wNRInS6yHx6XsDTRUJw\">Telemarket<\/a> and how Gideon was introduced to the group by <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/50as9VMbiduY1sVn0d7z2T?si=o1Br9ZiyTUuifEqTRnRSZA\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/50as9VMbiduY1sVn0d7z2T?si=o1Br9ZiyTUuifEqTRnRSZA\">his brother Elijah<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also ended up chatting with a guy in the audience I\u2019d seen at most of the other shows. When I heard he worked for New West I might\u2019ve told him a little too strongly they shouldn\u2019t have dropped Benji Hughes or rejected his legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiotechnology.com\/features\/bill-bottrell-method-in-the-madness\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.audiotechnology.com\/features\/bill-bottrell-method-in-the-madness\">Bill Bottrell produced<\/a> solo piano record. Sorry, George! Just defending <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=2088\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2088\">my muse<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2175-1.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2175-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2175-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C686&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2175-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2175-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2175-1.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1029&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2175-1.jpeg?w=1901&amp;ssl=1 1901w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2175-1.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup>&#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2xpDBXq3DSgCzww7a2g0eX?si=fde7ad462d3c464b\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2xpDBXq3DSgCzww7a2g0eX?si=fde7ad462d3c464b\">Your eyes look so much clearer in the photo on my phone<\/a><\/em>&#8221; <\/sup><br><sup><em><sub>(but maybe not after you&#8217;ve been at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samstownpointatx.com\">Sam&#8217;s Town Point<\/a> all day and the Sagebrush show is 2 hours later than expected&#8230;)<\/sub><\/em><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Shortly before The Pink Stones started I asked if I could make a request. Instead of any specific song I just said \u201cThrow me a curveball I haven\u2019t heard this week.\u201d They obliged mid-set with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/51iFGL0LaP9UBIuemiBeFG?si=4ec0e3dddde34b57\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/51iFGL0LaP9UBIuemiBeFG?si=4ec0e3dddde34b57\">Love Me Hardly<\/a>\u201d off <em>Introducing\u2026<\/em>, unknowingly filling my bingo card with 4 of my top 5 favorite songs from that album<sup data-fn=\"f9e0a128-fe3d-4b84-9113-c2c1f3e87ad4\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#f9e0a128-fe3d-4b84-9113-c2c1f3e87ad4\" id=\"f9e0a128-fe3d-4b84-9113-c2c1f3e87ad4-link\">15<\/a><\/sup> over the 6 show run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sound was phenomenal, venue was cool, and the surprise song put it over the top as my second favorite of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rank: #2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seventh Show: Sunday, 3\/17\/24 &#8212;  Sagebrush, 5pm<\/span><\/strong> <sup><em>(St. Patrick&#8217;s Day)<\/em><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;Well I wonder what my daddy did today&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A rare indoor matinee at a proper venue on a weekend allowed my wife to join me for this one. The fact that Johnny Fritz (of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/67gnt0ZeXaBOiH2y8C0O0E?si=6eonRiZmQri63IymVm3x0A\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/67gnt0ZeXaBOiH2y8C0O0E?si=6eonRiZmQri63IymVm3x0A\">Traveller<\/a> supergroup fame) was playing immediately after them helped too. (Random bonus fun fact: It was both St. Patrick&#8217;s Day &amp; my father&#8217;s 74th birthday, or as I&#8217;ve called it for decades: Cinco de Mayo!<sup data-fn=\"cdd582c8-d630-421f-8fa7-6660817472ef\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#cdd582c8-d630-421f-8fa7-6660817472ef\" id=\"cdd582c8-d630-421f-8fa7-6660817472ef-link\">16<\/a><\/sup>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>An especially good slowed down rendition of \u201cYou Know Who\u201d set the tone early on\u2014though interestingly Hunter announced from the stage they were playing faster to fit more songs in so what do I know? Another amusing bit of stage banter was \u201cI know I said we wouldn\u2019t play it today, but we\u2019re gonna play it,\u201d prior to the Waylon Jennings medley of \u201cWurlitzer Prize\u201d into \u201cRainy Day Woman\u201d they played at most shows. Agree it\u2019s too good to skip, especially the rocking latter song and abrupt transition to get there.<sup data-fn=\"aa964ad2-6d4b-49e0-af41-6815a1e46429\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#aa964ad2-6d4b-49e0-af41-6815a1e46429\" id=\"aa964ad2-6d4b-49e0-af41-6815a1e46429-link\">17<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2179.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2179.jpeg?resize=640%2C444&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3003\" style=\"width:469px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2179.jpeg?resize=1024%2C710&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2179.jpeg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2179.jpeg?resize=768%2C532&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2179.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1064&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2179.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1419&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2179.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2179.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Towards the end of the set another rousing \u201cWho\u2019s Laughing Now?\u201d seemed to catch the sound guy off guard. One of the main crowd facing speakers blew and sounded fuzzed out for the rest of the set and a little bit into Johnny Fritz<sup data-fn=\"6ea341d1-b235-44c2-9cc0-e93822c35109\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#6ea341d1-b235-44c2-9cc0-e93822c35109\" id=\"6ea341d1-b235-44c2-9cc0-e93822c35109-link\">18<\/a><\/sup>. (An aside too good to bury in the footnotes: Johnny played \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/05k4IuP8WRifaLlrnEVYLe?si=11cb44c176e14a6b\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/05k4IuP8WRifaLlrnEVYLe?si=11cb44c176e14a6b\">Happy In Hindsight<\/a>\u201d from the Traveller record, which made my wife\u2019s day.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards when saying goodbye I joked with the band I should get a punch card. Gideon laughed and said \u201c10th show\u2019s free!\u201d Hunter trumped in and offered to put me on the guest list for the grand finale at The White Horse Tuesday night in thanks for me running the table of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1ESmMKaASDxFICpa5eyqzo?si=12b88f9907ac4119\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1ESmMKaASDxFICpa5eyqzo?si=12b88f9907ac4119\">all 7<\/a> SXSW shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rank: #6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eighth Show: Tuesday, 3\/19\/24 &#8212; The White Horse, Midnight <\/span><\/strong><em><sup>(once again, technically tomorrow)<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got one more night and I&#8217;m willing to fight&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> <sup data-fn=\"23fddfcb-ceab-48be-9386-975617fd9d0c\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#23fddfcb-ceab-48be-9386-975617fd9d0c\" id=\"23fddfcb-ceab-48be-9386-975617fd9d0c-link\">19<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so we\u2019ve come to the end\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2190.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2190.jpeg?resize=640%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2190.jpeg?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2190.jpeg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2190.jpeg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2190.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1157&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2190.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1542&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2190.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2190.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a band on tour is weird and wonderful on many levels&#8211;even more so when it&#8217;s a tour of your own city. You take pride in supporting live music. You respect the grind of breathing life into the same songs night after night (and\/or day after day) without appearing to phone it in. You learn their quirks and personalities, find commonalities in stage banter and setlist construction, notice the differences between good and great gigs, good and great venues, sound systems, patrons, bars, etc, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>And just when you think you&#8217;ve seen and\/or heard everything, they throw it out the window and open with a Smokey Robinson cover!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there the set followed the familiar pattern, mixing it up with a curveball snippet of &#8220;Iko Iko&#8221; and then again later with a full blown rendition of &#8220;After Midnight&#8221; after 1am.<sup data-fn=\"98eba67b-439c-4fd5-8133-7b43c7842ea3\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#98eba67b-439c-4fd5-8133-7b43c7842ea3\" id=\"98eba67b-439c-4fd5-8133-7b43c7842ea3-link\">20<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought the show was going until 1:45am again, but as the dancers drifted away one by one I got caught a little off guard when the traditional penultimate &#8220;Barroom Blues&#8221; kicked in. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/widgets\/setlist-image-v1?id=3aa61d7&amp;fg=3672ac&amp;border=3672ac&amp;bg=f8fbce\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2196.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2196.jpeg?resize=640%2C964&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3002\" style=\"width:386px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2196.jpeg?resize=680%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2196.jpeg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2196.jpeg?resize=768%2C1156&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2196.jpeg?resize=1020%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1020w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2196.jpeg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Immortalized on Instagram!<\/em><sup data-fn=\"5ee70602-5c37-4b69-9809-db70abf78f38\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#5ee70602-5c37-4b69-9809-db70abf78f38\" id=\"5ee70602-5c37-4b69-9809-db70abf78f38-link\">21<\/a><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Just as Hunter announced there was one song left I rushed to the stage and asked if they could sneak in &#8220;Jesus &amp; Peterbilt&#8221; to take this thing full circle. Sometimes wishes come true if you <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/0S8BhrIVDqr2clsiPF06ML?si=29a32760c34d454a\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/0S8BhrIVDqr2clsiPF06ML?si=29a32760c34d454a\">put your faith in your baby like you&#8217;re supposed to do<\/a>.<sup data-fn=\"d4bfec85-f986-429f-b702-56c30a75be7a\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#d4bfec85-f986-429f-b702-56c30a75be7a\" id=\"d4bfec85-f986-429f-b702-56c30a75be7a-link\">22<\/a><\/sup> Gideon came up to me afterwards and thanked me for making the request, saying he hadn&#8217;t played that song in 2+ years and vowed to do his part to mix things up more if they came this way next year. I told him they mixed it up just enough, but appeciated the sentiment behind the offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t go see a band eight<sup data-fn=\"5b91f0de-74e3-47b0-9501-27691473802d\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#5b91f0de-74e3-47b0-9501-27691473802d\" id=\"5b91f0de-74e3-47b0-9501-27691473802d-link\">23<\/a><\/sup> times in seven days if they&#8217;re just okay. I&#8217;ve been to enough shows in my life to sense when there&#8217;s magic in the air, and it was off the charts here no matter the size of the crowd or the time of the set. Of course I&#8217;d take a different oldie every night to spice things up, but I also wouldn&#8217;t trade the memories of the rockin&#8217; week I had for anything.<sup data-fn=\"dcafbefb-d3d7-4a55-920d-e0a20b4305b3\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#dcafbefb-d3d7-4a55-920d-e0a20b4305b3\" id=\"dcafbefb-d3d7-4a55-920d-e0a20b4305b3-link\">24<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IkoIkoTextMessage-copy.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IkoIkoTextMessage-copy.png?resize=459%2C137&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IkoIkoTextMessage-copy.png?w=459&amp;ssl=1 459w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IkoIkoTextMessage-copy.png?resize=300%2C90&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Friend Hunter&#8217;s morning-after FOMO<\/em> <em>reply to my recap<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As I was saying my final goodbyes &amp; gratitudes, Neil jokingly said &#8220;You mean you&#8217;re not coming to Dallas tomorrow?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My lyrically wired brain responded without thinking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;I hate to break it to you but I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m coming back.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rank: #<\/strong>4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/41qZp5OtMkU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOOTNOTES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"e128f642-83f7-4f8d-b27e-2759b34ce538\">Almost no repeats. 81 out of 86 songs Jeff Tweedy played across 4 shows were unique. <a href=\"#e128f642-83f7-4f8d-b27e-2759b34ce538-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"9b88d7c1-3d9a-48d9-aa41-c7cff8b98102\">SXSW was cancelled in 2020, I laid low in 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=2782\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2782\">Beck gave me COVID<\/a> in 2022. <a href=\"#9b88d7c1-3d9a-48d9-aa41-c7cff8b98102-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 2\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"527ebda8-4143-4d5a-8f3e-d11798f952b8\">The Pink Stones were my SXSW runner-up in 2023, making it 11 shows in 369 days and 10 consecutive in Austin.<code> <\/code> <a href=\"#527ebda8-4143-4d5a-8f3e-d11798f952b8-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 3\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"ac438b47-a278-4d68-b395-ff6ee0d121b0\">&#8220;I don\u2019t care who you are, you will never go to a concert that will make you feel cooler than you felt when you were fourteen and you saw your favorite band at an all-ages show \u2014 sober, in the middle of the day.&#8221; &#8212; Adam Boyle, Nerve.com <a href=\"#ac438b47-a278-4d68-b395-ff6ee0d121b0-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 4\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"8c47e18e-37f5-43a9-87a2-8fda011008a2\">In my defense, I&#8217;d just flown back from a work trip in Denver and barely made it to regular show I had tickets for coming straight from the airport. In the encore BJ Barham changed some lyrics to &#8220;I&#8217;ll see you all at The White Horse tonight.&#8221; I pieced together the secret show clues but was too wiped to make it happen. <a href=\"#8c47e18e-37f5-43a9-87a2-8fda011008a2-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 5\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"295c87ed-2ced-4361-8a94-de01f02047ae\">Yeah, sometimes I&#8217;m the dreaded deep cut guy. But only the good ones! <a href=\"#295c87ed-2ced-4361-8a94-de01f02047ae-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 6\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"ad48c13b-6977-4cb7-bff9-ead29a34f33d\">Still advocating, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1DE2xR3V1D5yHX1fREKwj0?si=qOQDuYTkTBGUh7If2LwWMw&amp;context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3K5MV60YpbWJCzuPvAmXV2\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1DE2xR3V1D5yHX1fREKwj0?si=qOQDuYTkTBGUh7If2LwWMw&amp;context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3K5MV60YpbWJCzuPvAmXV2\">still laughing&#8230;<\/a> <a href=\"#ad48c13b-6977-4cb7-bff9-ead29a34f33d-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 7\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"1099340b-ab6c-4b64-8cd4-b3c529423a56\">There&#8217;s an old baseball adage about the difficulty of playing a day game after a night game. Today was like playing a triple header after a night game. <a href=\"#1099340b-ab6c-4b64-8cd4-b3c529423a56-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 8\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"13150118-bb72-4fcc-856b-23fe3caf5800\">Nate: &#8220;I&#8217;ll be in Austin SXSW weekend. Want to get together?&#8221; Me: &#8220;Yes! Meet me at any or all of these 8 Pink Stones concerts.&#8221; Nate considers this to be normal coming from me by now. <a href=\"#13150118-bb72-4fcc-856b-23fe3caf5800-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 9\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"28480e7d-2aa5-4bb9-b95a-ad2dc955b7ec\">Probably easier to call him Hunter Pinkston, but that feels both too formal and too informal. <a href=\"#28480e7d-2aa5-4bb9-b95a-ad2dc955b7ec-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 10\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"c7376eb3-f863-430c-b2e1-8b6f07da4039\">See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7gMCi9ouTHLfqzJsjL1UVg?si=dGteWO7mShW9WGuy659aBw\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7gMCi9ouTHLfqzJsjL1UVg?si=dGteWO7mShW9WGuy659aBw\">Supersuckers<\/a> playing Continental Club at 1am in 2016. <a href=\"#c7376eb3-f863-430c-b2e1-8b6f07da4039-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 11\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"97c26573-85fd-4e8a-bb01-2964229b1275\">Or favorite set of Friday, not Saturday. <a href=\"#97c26573-85fd-4e8a-bb01-2964229b1275-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 12\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"e0795fde-1477-4729-ba41-0a921f4238bb\">This footnote is neither a confession nor a link to the hypothetical recording, but I made you look! <a href=\"#e0795fde-1477-4729-ba41-0a921f4238bb-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 13\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"3c3c0271-ec90-4dd2-82e9-d86b24d10400\">Even well rested and stone cold sober my voice would still be a sorry excuse for a singalong. <a href=\"#3c3c0271-ec90-4dd2-82e9-d86b24d10400-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 14\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"f9e0a128-fe3d-4b84-9113-c2c1f3e87ad4\">Ranking songs is a fool&#8217;s errand, but taking a stab at the <em>Introducing&#8230; <\/em>tracks: 1. Miss Wind Turbine. 2. Barroom Blues, 3. Blueberry Dream, 4. Let&#8217;s Sit Down, 5. Love Me Hardly. (I&#8217;ll probably change my mind in a month. Friend Hunter&#8217;s favorite is &#8220;Put Me On&#8221;)  <a href=\"#f9e0a128-fe3d-4b84-9113-c2c1f3e87ad4-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 15\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"cdd582c8-d630-421f-8fa7-6660817472ef\">Years ago my friends Gino &amp; Ben were waiting in a long line to get into a packed Irish Pub on St. Patricks Day. It started pouring so they ducked into a completely empty Mexican cantina instead. When Cinco de Mayo rolled around they went back to the Irish Pub &#8212; also empty. When we figured out by coincidence of the calendar St. Pats &amp; Cinco de Mayo always fall on the same day of the week an ongoing traditional holiday swap was born. <a href=\"#cdd582c8-d630-421f-8fa7-6660817472ef-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 16\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"aa964ad2-6d4b-49e0-af41-6815a1e46429\">Also, Texas. <a href=\"#aa964ad2-6d4b-49e0-af41-6815a1e46429-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 17\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"6ea341d1-b235-44c2-9cc0-e93822c35109\">On the fritz for Johnny Fritz is a fitting dad joke for a guy with a record called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7kb79Gb2XBiPBXKWjEimZ1?si=YgU7OyHCQAG-4LxXLvyt7w\">Dad Country<\/a>.<\/em> <a href=\"#6ea341d1-b235-44c2-9cc0-e93822c35109-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 18\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"23fddfcb-ceab-48be-9386-975617fd9d0c\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7kmurvXOSjUrZAIq4LAjXd?si=683fcef01b814bfb\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7kmurvXOSjUrZAIq4LAjXd?si=683fcef01b814bfb\">Josephine, Josephine<\/a> do you know what I mean, when I say our time&#8217;s run out?&#8221; would also work here. <a href=\"#23fddfcb-ceab-48be-9386-975617fd9d0c-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 19\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"98eba67b-439c-4fd5-8133-7b43c7842ea3\">Waaaaay after midnight. <a href=\"#98eba67b-439c-4fd5-8133-7b43c7842ea3-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 20\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"5ee70602-5c37-4b69-9809-db70abf78f38\">Pictured: Me (all 8 shows), Adam Wayton&#8217;s dad (7 shows), Josie from <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7GSGMwejNf3ZIWEnMBAkJn?si=wa58Q7QuSxKp9fyJoLT5GA\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7GSGMwejNf3ZIWEnMBAkJn?si=wa58Q7QuSxKp9fyJoLT5GA\">Telemarket<\/a> (5 or 6 shows; I forget &#8212; sorry!)  <a href=\"#5ee70602-5c37-4b69-9809-db70abf78f38-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 21\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"d4bfec85-f986-429f-b702-56c30a75be7a\">Before the show I saw the band loading in. Hunter mentioned he wasn&#8217;t sure what they had left to play. I advised by my calculation it was Rich Rudy, Stoned + Alone, half of the first record and Jesus &amp; Peterbilt. He said they&#8217;d play Jesus if Adam could remind him of the first line. Adam immediately rattled off &#8220;I put my faith in my baby&#8230;&#8221; before I could.  <a href=\"#d4bfec85-f986-429f-b702-56c30a75be7a-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 22\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"5b91f0de-74e3-47b0-9501-27691473802d\">There are <a href=\"https:\/\/marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com\/wiki\/Infinity_Stones\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com\/wiki\/Infinity_Stones\">6 Infinity Stones<\/a>, but I saw 8 Pink Stones shows. (This bad joke means it&#8217;s time to close this out. It&#8217;s also fishing for Marvel Cinematic Universe search traffic. If it worked, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/77xJf67Cuu7UPJgJoClESG?si=HRWz7rO4Q1iWr-lBJT_YjA\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/77xJf67Cuu7UPJgJoClESG?si=HRWz7rO4Q1iWr-lBJT_YjA\">check out the band<\/a>!) <a href=\"#5b91f0de-74e3-47b0-9501-27691473802d-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 23\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"dcafbefb-d3d7-4a55-920d-e0a20b4305b3\">Two more records in, I might issue a no repeats challenge. Get ready for 2027 \ud83d\ude09  <a href=\"#dcafbefb-d3d7-4a55-920d-e0a20b4305b3-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 24\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m known to engage in some unreasonable live music fandom from time to time. Following 311 on summer tours in high school and college on the MA-RI-CT-NY-NJ circuit in various orders. Flying to London for the \u201clast ever\u201d Carter USM show&#8230;twice (2007 &amp; 2014). All four nights of the epic July 2010 Benji Hughes residency&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"Almost no repeats. 81 out of 86 songs Jeff Tweedy played across 4 shows were unique.\",\"id\":\"e128f642-83f7-4f8d-b27e-2759b34ce538\"},{\"content\":\"SXSW was cancelled in 2020, I laid low in 2021, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=2782\\\" data-type=\\\"post\\\" data-id=\\\"2782\\\">Beck gave me COVID<\/a> in 2022.\",\"id\":\"9b88d7c1-3d9a-48d9-aa41-c7cff8b98102\"},{\"content\":\"The Pink Stones were my SXSW runner-up in 2023, making it 11 shows in 369 days and 10 consecutive in Austin.<code> <\/code>\",\"id\":\"527ebda8-4143-4d5a-8f3e-d11798f952b8\"},{\"content\":\"\\\"I don\u2019t care who you are, you will never go to a concert that will make you feel cooler than you felt when you were fourteen and you saw your favorite band at an all-ages show \u2014 sober, in the middle of the day.\\\" -- Adam Boyle, Nerve.com\",\"id\":\"ac438b47-a278-4d68-b395-ff6ee0d121b0\"},{\"content\":\"In my defense, I'd just flown back from a work trip in Denver and barely made it to regular show I had tickets for coming straight from the airport. In the encore BJ Barham changed some lyrics to \\\"I'll see you all at The White Horse tonight.\\\" I pieced together the secret show clues but was too wiped to make it happen.\",\"id\":\"8c47e18e-37f5-43a9-87a2-8fda011008a2\"},{\"content\":\"Yeah, sometimes I'm the dreaded deep cut guy. But only the good ones!\",\"id\":\"295c87ed-2ced-4361-8a94-de01f02047ae\"},{\"content\":\"Still advocating, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1DE2xR3V1D5yHX1fREKwj0?si=qOQDuYTkTBGUh7If2LwWMw&amp;context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3K5MV60YpbWJCzuPvAmXV2\\\" data-type=\\\"link\\\" data-id=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1DE2xR3V1D5yHX1fREKwj0?si=qOQDuYTkTBGUh7If2LwWMw&amp;context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3K5MV60YpbWJCzuPvAmXV2\\\">still laughing...<\/a>\",\"id\":\"ad48c13b-6977-4cb7-bff9-ead29a34f33d\"},{\"content\":\"There's an old baseball adage about the difficulty of playing a day game after a night game. Today was like playing a triple header after a night game.\",\"id\":\"1099340b-ab6c-4b64-8cd4-b3c529423a56\"},{\"content\":\"Nate: \\\"I'll be in Austin SXSW weekend. Want to get together?\\\" Me: \\\"Yes! Meet me at any or all of these 8 Pink Stones concerts.\\\" Nate considers this to be normal coming from me by now.\",\"id\":\"13150118-bb72-4fcc-856b-23fe3caf5800\"},{\"content\":\"Probably easier to call him Hunter Pinkston, but that feels both too formal and too informal.\",\"id\":\"28480e7d-2aa5-4bb9-b95a-ad2dc955b7ec\"},{\"content\":\"See also: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7gMCi9ouTHLfqzJsjL1UVg?si=dGteWO7mShW9WGuy659aBw\\\" data-type=\\\"link\\\" data-id=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7gMCi9ouTHLfqzJsjL1UVg?si=dGteWO7mShW9WGuy659aBw\\\">Supersuckers<\/a> playing Continental Club at 1am in 2016.\",\"id\":\"c7376eb3-f863-430c-b2e1-8b6f07da4039\"},{\"content\":\"Or favorite set of Friday, not Saturday.\",\"id\":\"97c26573-85fd-4e8a-bb01-2964229b1275\"},{\"content\":\"This footnote is neither a confession nor a link to the hypothetical recording, but I made you look!\",\"id\":\"e0795fde-1477-4729-ba41-0a921f4238bb\"},{\"content\":\"Even well rested and stone cold sober my voice would still be a sorry excuse for a singalong.\",\"id\":\"3c3c0271-ec90-4dd2-82e9-d86b24d10400\"},{\"content\":\"Ranking songs is a fool's errand, but taking a stab at the <em>Introducing... <\/em>tracks: 1. Miss Wind Turbine. 2. Barroom Blues, 3. Blueberry Dream, 4. Let's Sit Down, 5. Love Me Hardly. (I'll probably change my mind in a month. Friend Hunter's favorite is \\\"Put Me On\\\") \",\"id\":\"f9e0a128-fe3d-4b84-9113-c2c1f3e87ad4\"},{\"content\":\"Years ago my friends Gino &amp; Ben were waiting in a long line to get into a packed Irish Pub on St. Patricks Day. It started pouring so they ducked into a completely empty Mexican cantina instead. When Cinco de Mayo rolled around they went back to the Irish Pub -- also empty. When we figured out by coincidence of the calendar St. Pats &amp; Cinco de Mayo always fall on the same day of the week an ongoing traditional holiday swap was born.\",\"id\":\"cdd582c8-d630-421f-8fa7-6660817472ef\"},{\"content\":\"Also, Texas.\",\"id\":\"aa964ad2-6d4b-49e0-af41-6815a1e46429\"},{\"content\":\"On the fritz for Johnny Fritz is a fitting dad joke for a guy with a record called <em><a href=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7kb79Gb2XBiPBXKWjEimZ1?si=YgU7OyHCQAG-4LxXLvyt7w\\\">Dad Country<\/a>.<\/em>\",\"id\":\"6ea341d1-b235-44c2-9cc0-e93822c35109\"},{\"content\":\"\\\"<a href=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7kmurvXOSjUrZAIq4LAjXd?si=683fcef01b814bfb\\\" data-type=\\\"link\\\" data-id=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7kmurvXOSjUrZAIq4LAjXd?si=683fcef01b814bfb\\\">Josephine, Josephine<\/a> do you know what I mean, when I say our time's run out?\\\" would also work here.\",\"id\":\"23fddfcb-ceab-48be-9386-975617fd9d0c\"},{\"content\":\"Waaaaay after midnight.\",\"id\":\"98eba67b-439c-4fd5-8133-7b43c7842ea3\"},{\"content\":\"Pictured: Me (all 8 shows), Adam Wayton's dad (7 shows), Josie from <a href=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7GSGMwejNf3ZIWEnMBAkJn?si=wa58Q7QuSxKp9fyJoLT5GA\\\" data-type=\\\"link\\\" data-id=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7GSGMwejNf3ZIWEnMBAkJn?si=wa58Q7QuSxKp9fyJoLT5GA\\\">Telemarket<\/a> (5 or 6 shows; I forget -- sorry!) \",\"id\":\"5ee70602-5c37-4b69-9809-db70abf78f38\"},{\"content\":\"Before the show I saw the band loading in. Hunter mentioned he wasn't sure what they had left to play. I advised by my calculation it was Rich Rudy, Stoned + Alone, half of the first record and Jesus &amp; Peterbilt. He said they'd play Jesus if Adam could remind him of the first line. Adam immediately rattled off \\\"I put my faith in my baby...\\\" before I could. \",\"id\":\"d4bfec85-f986-429f-b702-56c30a75be7a\"},{\"content\":\"There are <a href=\\\"https:\/\/marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com\/wiki\/Infinity_Stones\\\" data-type=\\\"link\\\" data-id=\\\"https:\/\/marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com\/wiki\/Infinity_Stones\\\">6 Infinity Stones<\/a>, but I saw 8 Pink Stones shows. (This bad joke means it's time to close this out. It's also fishing for Marvel Cinematic Universe search traffic. If it worked, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/77xJf67Cuu7UPJgJoClESG?si=HRWz7rO4Q1iWr-lBJT_YjA\\\" data-type=\\\"link\\\" data-id=\\\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/77xJf67Cuu7UPJgJoClESG?si=HRWz7rO4Q1iWr-lBJT_YjA\\\">check out the band<\/a>!)\",\"id\":\"5b91f0de-74e3-47b0-9501-27691473802d\"},{\"content\":\"Two more records in, I might issue a no repeats challenge. 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