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Instead of posting a schedule of Japanese bands playing at SXSW here, I posted it to Keikaku.net instead.

The film and interactive festival starts tonight, and the music festival takes over next Wednesday. I usually write a whole bunch of stuff beforehand, but this year, real life is interfering quite a lot.

I also don’t have my usual channels for a cheap wristband or a comped badge this year. Only one year did I spring for my own badge — back when Web 1.0 was in full swing — but every other year, I’ve gone on someone else’s dime.

Oh, I have a wristband, thanks to the heroic efforts of a friend of mine. (She stood in line for a two hours.) But I don’t feel much anticipation for this year’s festival. I’m not sure why.

I can tell you the Japan Nite line-up this year doesn’t really grab me. And no, I never got into GO!GO!7188. Metalchicks is about the only Japanese band I want to see. Zoobombs were announced previously, but it looks like they’re sticking with a tour of Canada instead.

I was hoping some of the queer musicians I’ve run across in the last year — Dylan Rice, Ari Gold, Ex-Boyfriends (who were in town last year) — would perform. The Gossip, Bob Mould and a hip-hop act called V.I.P. are about the only queer artists on the schedule.

Nonetheless, I have taken time off from work to go to shows, and I’ll be filing reports if I’m not too tired from all the nightly excursions.