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Everybody trying to profit on SXSW
I mentioned yesterday how the VICE! party got moved from Blue Genie over to the Elks’ Lodge. Apparently the rockin’ hipsters were a little more than that old building could handle. After Against Me!’s set, part of the balcony (that once offered a beautiful view of downtown Austin) collapsed, causing the party to shut down again.
Of course, anytime you have that many ‘brilliant’ hipsters in one spot, especially from NYC, someone is bound to get a wild enterprising hair. Today, we were alerted by a post on Gawker, that some kid from Brooklyn is actually selling pieces of the broken balcony on Ebay. Wow.
This blog (linked via Gawker) has a run-down of the throwdown. Obviously the poster is from New York or somewhere, as they described the Elks’ Lodge location as being “in a distant part of Austin.” Yea, pretty distant, it’s like a whopping 1.4 miles from 6th and Congress. I guess sitting in a car for the 5 mile drive from Blue Genie must seem like crossing 5 burroughs when you’re stuck in traffic and tripping off of 10 Red Bull and vodkas.
Image taken from the Ebay post.
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By truecraig
March 20, 2007 5:49 PM | Link to this
Against Me! was something to watch. Rather, the eight super sweaty shirtless dudes and their one bearded gnome, who all danced riotously with each other OWNED that joint.