Not at SXSW? Want to get a handle on what the main talking points from the Austin-based festival are?
Well, you're in luck. Having spent a frankly appalling length of time trawling through SXSW-related tweets from the past 24 hours, here are a few of the more interesting* ones we came across.
Best comment on commercial nature of SXSW
Excited for #SXSW! See you at the Taco Bell™ RealPlayer™ Blogger™ Underground™ Super Chill Lounge Fort Showcase Party Tent! ☮♥▲ #KONY2012
— Y ▲ C H T (@yacht) March 15, 2012
Most worrying enthusiasm for partying
South By Southwest!!! Here we go!!! Come party with me!!! Vomit food!!! Vomit blood!!! Vomit puke!!! andrewwk.com/news/andrew-wk…
— ANDREW WK (@AndrewWK) March 15, 2012
Least likely to be found hanging around with Andrew WK
Sipping an echinacea tea #sxsw #ladsontour
— Rebecca Nicholson (@beccanicholson) March 15, 2012
Best illustration of the perils of attending numerous indoors live music events without adequate protection
My ears hurt #sxsw
— Eric Weiner (@thewildhoneypie) March 15, 2012
Hot contender for best/worst band name
Puffy Aureolas at Beerland. #sxsw twitter.com/tim_mcmahan/st…
— tim_mcmahan (@tim_mcmahan) March 14, 2012
Hot contender for best/worst band name that, on Googling, turned out not to be a real band
Anyone at SXSW make sure you check out incredible new buzz band FURIOUS WANK. believe the hype.
— Sam Sparro (@sam_sparro) March 15, 2012
Most concise festival summary
@pbwolf: Trying to figure out what's worse at SXSW. Being drunk or being sober.
— Peanut Butter Wolf (@pbwolf) March 15, 2012
Summing up the thoughts of many
Who needs to go to SXSW when I can read THOUSANDS, literally THOUSANDS, of Tweets about it in my timeline?
— Kyle Burns (@djknucklehead) March 15, 2012
Summing up the thoughts of many others
WTF IS SXSW?
— Kyle/Loopz (@ItsLoopzProd) March 15, 2012
Least enticing proposition
Starting tomorrow, if you're at #sxsw find me, let's get weird. Like "holy shit that was fucked and my insides hurt" weird. Yuh dig?
— Davey Muise (@DaveyMuise) March 15, 2012
Least optimistic portent re. the future of music
Been at SXSW for four days and the best music I've heard was a ska cover of Poison's "Nothing But A Good Time" playing at Chipotle.
— Kyle Kinane (@kylekinane) March 14, 2012
*Comparatively speaking.
