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Hello all. If you have been missing my drunken musings about music—because we all know a week without Driveway to Driveway is a bad week—the wait is over. If you didn’t know I had a column (as well as providing you your songs,and doing the colorful Weekly Music Roundups), well I do, and here it is.

This is a fairly short piece just to let you all know next week I’m going to be in Austin, TX for SXSW – or South by South West (and fuck yeah I’m bragging). Even though I have been writing about music for a while, I have never been to SXSW. To document this inaugural trip, I will be posting daily (Saturday and Sunday too) updates from the festival. I will also be on Twitter (@rorawks), so if you are in Austin and want to “send me a Twitpic saying come and get this, LOL : – ),” hit me up. Don’t worry—even though I won’t be in DC, you will still have songs of the day and Roundups.

So as a preview to my probably drunken journey, here are the top three things I want to do at SXSW this year.

1. See these bands: jj, Sleigh Bells, Surf City, Best Coast

I have made no secret of the fact that I adore these bands, and I am very lucky as all four bands are playing multiple times throughout the festival, so it shouldn’t be hard to get this done. Sure I want to see other bands, but these four have been ruling my life for a while, and I’ve never seen them (gasp!).

2. Run into at least three celebrities

Zack isn’t the only star-whore(or fucker if you choose) here at TNG. While I would probably not accost a celebrity for pictures or whatnot, I still would like to be at a show and be like, “damn, isn’t that Natalie Portman?”

3. See all of my friends

I don’t get to see my promoter and writer friends very often, because everyone is so spread out. These music conferences are perfect opportunities to catch up with buddies who unfortunately have become just profiles on Facebook or G-chat buddies.

If you have any recommendations for me, send them my way, otherwise in a week I’ll be off.

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