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SXSW scene: The Red Bull Moon Tower
Early Sunday morning — around 2:30 a.m. — the Red Bull Moon Tower on East Cesar Chavez was jam-packed with thirsty souls that (amazingly) didn’t imbibe their maximum amount of alcohol or hear enough music over the previous four days of SXSW.
The raucous late-night party scene was a site: a couple thousand people milling around under the glow of giant plasma televisions, bad bands playing punk rock music (looks like all of the good Austin band played early Saturday morning), an oversized party room created out of a giant erector-set and Red bull-and-alcohol cocktails being poured at little bars at every compass direction of the party. There was even a Facebook Lounge inside an old Quonset Hut where two party-goers could duel each other in Guitar Hero II on a giant projector screen.
By evidence of the Austin/Travis County police in attendance, it appeared Red Bull party organizers had jumped through the proper hoops in order to safely administer a super-loud, late-night party without fear of SXSW officials calling the police.
The New Zealand band the Mint Chicks played a mediocre-yet-polished set of punk rock around 3 a.m.; Austin’s the Octopus Project, Black Joe Lewis, the Lemurs, the Lions, the Black and White Years, Brothers and Sisters and Vehicular rocked the party from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. March 12.
The Moon Tower Party had to cost Red Bull an unbelievable amount of money to produce, but it appeared to fulfill its goal of making people think Red Bull as they reminisce about the “good times” of free music and late night alcohol-fueled hi-jinks from SXSW 2008. According to the Alamo Drafthouse’s Web site, Austin actor Willy Wiggins was part of the inspiration for the Red Bull party.
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By marsbar
March 16, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this
Who the heck is Willy Wiggins? Is he any relation to Wiley Wiggins from Dazed and Confused?
By Maury
March 17, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this
What was the name of the electronica group with three members including their female vocalist with short dark hair and enough energy for a small city??? They got people on the dancefloor - and they were awesome!!!
By dony
March 18, 2008 6:44 PM | Link to this
That would be the Brazilian Girls,seriously bmf’s…
By yen
March 19, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this
crystal castles. also, the girl had broken ribs, she’s incredible.!