We're back from the SXSW Festival in Austin after accumulating nearly 45 hours on the road. (It would've been less but we made a very wrong turn in Arkansas right before dawn on Sunday ... don't ask, we're not sure how it happened ourselves!) At least several of those hours were devoted to Matt's three-disc greatest hits of Elton John, which meant that we got to do the whole band on tour singing along to "Tiny Dancer" while looking wistfully out the windows of the van thing.

Our Saturday afternoon showcase at Momo's was fun and energetic, and we finished right before a beautiful, sudden Texas storm whipped through the open-air patio at the back of the bar. Since we were only there for a day, we didn't get to take advantage of the festival's excesses, but we did stop by the Polyvinyl showcase on Friday to see Saturday Looks Good to Me and Of Montreal. After which John ran into his favorite Seattle disco band, United State of Electronica, on the swarming sidewalk of Sixth Street. That's just how it is down there: crazy! We'll definitely be returning next year. (And a big thanks to Luke and Dawn for letting us crash at their place.)