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atlanta hope · 03-15-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by austin-steve

I have observed something odd though:

With regard to attire and appearance, and how to you tell the difference between a homeless person and a SXSW attendee? The homeless person has no badge and the SWSW attendee doesn't ask for spare change. Other than that, from a people watching perspective, there isn't much difference. I'm not sure why the sxsw crowd is such a scuffy looking bunch, but they are.

Steve

That's pretty funny. Us design peeps aren't always scruffy but I think it's part of the Austin slacker vibe. Some of the creatives at the agency I work at look like they just rolled out of bed.

TexasGirl@Heart · 03-15-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by austin-steve

With regard to attire and appearance, and how to you tell the difference between a homeless person and a SXSW attendee? The homeless person has no badge and the SWSW attendee doesn't ask for spare change. Other than that, from a people watching perspective, there isn't much difference. I'm not sure why the sxsw crowd is such a scuffy looking bunch, but they are.

Steve

It's probably the "grunge" look!

atxcio · 03-15-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by austin-steve

With regard to attire and appearance, and how to you tell the difference between a homeless person and a SXSW attendee? The homeless person has no badge and the SWSW attendee doesn't ask for spare change. Other than that, from a people watching perspective, there isn't much difference. I'm not sure why the sxsw crowd is such a scuffy looking bunch, but they are.

Ha, no kidding! The film people tend to be the worst (I mean this in the nicest possible way)... the musicians / music fans try to be all hesh, but the film people actually live it. They don't think twice about wearing the same (unwashed) shirt that they've worn for the past 30 days... or substituting a little after shave for a shower. Truly, they are the closest in attire to the homeless... except they tend to carry around a bit more of a gut! Be glad you can't smell a movie set when you are watching a film...

orangetravelerJP · 03-16-2009, 10:19 AM

I agree that it's worth it to walk around during SXSW, even if you're not going into the clubs. I used to work downtown and loved walking around the area during SXSW. There were always tons of people who were excited to be in Austin and you could hear lots of bands playing. The vibe was really fun. It will definitely give your visitor a taste of Austin that they might not normally get to see.

blondeeebuckeye · 03-18-2009, 03:24 PM

does anyone know if i can get in a show at the convention center without a wristband/badge? i really want to see a show at the bat room saturday night at the convention center but its hard to tell whether we might be able to get in or not. ill pay a cover, that's not an issue---but everything i've read seems to only talk about other venues (like stubbs, etc.) any ideas?

Austin97 · 03-14-2010, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jennibc

So we have an out of town visitor coming in this week and she wants to see Sixth Street. Of course, we just realized it's SXSW this week. Is it going to be possible for us to go downtown in the PM if we are not part of that scene? In other words, we don't have badges, we don't want badges, are there any clubs that will be open to regular people? Furthermore, should we expect parking to go from $7-10 in the evenings to $20 or more?

The austin rodeo is going on too. Ive never been to it, but Im sure it has some good events.

absolutely · 03-15-2010, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by austin-steve

We'll be there tonight (wife and I), and were at the same time last year. We don't got no stinking badges either.

Our routine is always the same. Dinner at Roaring Fork. Then walk to the Hideout for coffee and a dessert. Then we stroll up 6th street toward Red River and back. Then we retrieve the car from the RF valet and head home.

It's about a 3 hour night out. We don't drink so we don't actually go into any clubs or anything, but we do enjoy the vibe, hearing the music that spills out of the clubs, and seeing all the interesting people.

I have observed something odd though:

With regard to attire and appearance, how do you tell the difference between a homeless person and a SXSW attendee? The homeless person has no badge and the SWSW attendee doesn't ask for spare change. Other than that, from a people watching perspective, there isn't much difference. I'm not sure why the sxsw crowd is such a scuffy looking bunch, but they are.

Steve

instead of people watching and aimlessly walking about, you should try talking to someone of questionable appearance, instead of judging them from afar.

absolutely · 03-15-2010, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Austin97

The austin rodeo is going on too. Ive never been to it, but Im sure it has some good events.

can't we just keep the rodeo out of austin? i mean seriously...it's texas. wouldn't austin be all the more weird, if a rodeo was actually absent from a texas city.

oh wait, yee-haw.

absolutely · 03-15-2010, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TexasGirl@Heart

It's probably the "grunge" look!

well considering it's 2010....no.

Jennibc · 03-15-2010, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by absolutely

well considering it's 2010....no.

Well, considering this was a 2009 thread and it was when she made this observation....

In case anyone was wondering, when our friend came last year, my husband took her downtown on Friday night of SXSW and the parking gods were on his side. He found free parking and they walked around for a few hours of quality people watching.