SXSW day 3

So like i said before i tried to get into the spin party and my efforts where good. I hung out in front before the doors opened i made friends with all the security people, they told me all the great bands they saw, when i should come back etc. And since we all got along great they where all trying to get me in or in other words get me a pass. Then it was like 12 and one guy came out to tell them to only let in 21 and over, the bouncers ask me and i had to say no. they pointed me to other great shows we chatted a bit more but then i left. Not a big deal I was expecting not to get in and Kings of Leon are playing may 9th in ATX so I’ll be fine. On my way to other shows I saw flavor flav in front of his hotel, that was strange.I headed to Gueros cause lots of good bands where suppose to be there and Electric Soft parade was playing at 5. The first band i saw was Rademacher, they weren’t anything out of the ordinary, every now and then they would go off key. They where not great just ok. After i headed to Jo's and saw this oldies band that had some strange man dancing on top of a carAt 2 i went back to gueros and saw crawling with kingsThey where great! And the atmosphere added to there show, every now and then a bird would chirp or a drink would be stirred and it only added to there songs. And the hushed whispers gave one of there songs a really great background.And i recognized some of the band members as having been in the band Friends of Lizzy, whom i loved back when ME television was the Austin Music Network. And one of the guys was also a substitute teacher at my high school.i again made my way to Jo's and i saw Chris Masterson and Elenor Whittmen, there sound reminded me of Nickel CreekFinally i went back to Gueros one last time and saw a band called Gosling who i didn’t enjoy at all. Especially the lead singer’s voice it was way too high pitched for my ear.Finally Electric Soft Parade came on. The lead singer had gotten Food poisoning from some bad airport food and this was there first SXSW show. They rocked it, but they only played one song from Hole in the Wall. I really need to get more of there stuff, the guys where silly and talkative, really entertaining, they even made a young girl there mascot. She was adorable dancing all over the place.They had a good set and i was glad that i waited for them to come out. I then headed to the last live taping at the ACL studios. Beirut was playing and i was ready for the crazy instruments. They did not disappoint i got really good pictures and met some cool people. The lead singer looked a little wasted but he had just turned 21 so that was understandable. The band, despite having some slow songs kept the crowds energy high which was much bigger then the Wednesday i had gone. I still managed to be right by the stage and take great pictures I’ll leave you with some of them Tania