LIVE UPDATES: SXSW

CNN calls them iReporters. The Chron calls the ChronCommons. Local News calls them Man on the Street reports. Here at The Skyline, their official title is "Most Extreme Party Text Us Field Reporters to The Extreme." Sure, fancy publications like The Press and The Chron can send legions or handfuls or just two highly trained journalists to report on the SXSW goings on - but none of them, sadly, have access to the Scrooge McDuckian pile of money that we do, and are therefore able to field literally dozens of well read and good looking correspondents into the field of newsworthy known as SXSW. Some of them have even sent in reports. Observe:

3/12 9:07 PM - Jana Hunter:
Not playing a [BLEEP!]ing folk show!

3/12 2:00am - Jana Hunter


3/12 10:32 pm - Christopher Walker
Just saw J Mascis. Called him Tommy Iommi. I r dum.

3/13 5:13 pm - Danny Mee (The Jonx)
About to sub in on drums for a twee-prog band outside a barbershop. Opening for us is...Dizzee Rascal?! Crud.

3/14 1:16 am - Mlee Marie (Hearts of Animals)
burning cds at 1am. just saw liam finn. so great. talked to him for
a sec. yay go me. srsly his stage gimmicks are ridiculously tight.
all these loops and playing drums and guitar with loops and the girl
singer was looping her voice too and stuff. brilliant.

sxsw is waaay more exciting than i thought. exhilarating. lots and
lots of people around. though i suspect that this is also the week
when the locals channel their inner rock star and strut around like
musicians that they are not. or is that atx all the time.

dimes were good tonite. ym. the crowd was a bit sparse but everyone
in it was intensely watching and seemed to be really enjoying. the
venue sucked so bad. small as ever and the stage was like, 4 feet off
the ground. ridiculous. i felt like dr. strangelove trying to force
myself not to play air guitar during their set. especially on "the
western".

3/14 1:28 am - Mlee Marie (Hearts of Animals)
carlos (Young Mammals) met thurston moore he said. doesn't everyone meet him
at sxsw? i haven't seen anyone famous walking around yet but have seen a lot of familiar faces.

SO! Are you headed up to Austin today? Do you have a cell phone and a copy of The Skyline Network Rather Helpful Print-and-Go SXSW Guide? WELL - PUT IT TO GOOD USE and send us your own Most Extreme Party Text Us Field Report to the Extreme. The number to use is on the upper right hand corner of our guide. DO IT! We look forward to exploiting you.