Ms. Led Visits Austin, Rocks

I had already written this post but then lost it (ugh), so this will be a reconstruction. Now that I've recovered from Saturday, I can write about it a little...Marshall and I started out the day with laundry (wait! that's the sort of thing you're not supposed to clutter up blogs with, right? Sorry). We stopped by Legs Diamond where Jasper and Leah sold us some rock 'n roll accoutrements so we could look cooler later that night at Emo's (ha!). I finally got a belt with an interchangeable belt buckle so now I can wear my Olympia Beer buckle that I've had forever. It's the small pleasures that make life worth living, you know. A word of advice: by all means check out Leopard Lounge clothing exchange next to Mojo's, but don't go on a Saturday unless you're under about 22 or so. They had live DJs (loud and blocking the belts) and the place was overrun with people talking about what they were wearing to their next formal.

Speaking of Mojo's, Marshall's friend used to own it when it was shabby and comfy but sold it recently (hence the new purple paint job). You know the shared graffiti walls in the back? THere's this nastily written letter posted on them addressed to artists, painters, and writers telling them to take a flying leap and get over themselves because there will be no more graffiti back there. We immediately jumped to the conclusion that the new owners of Mojo's must be fascists. But I have no data to back that up. Those walls are a fantastic piece of Austin culture and it's a really bad move to ban them. I decided to not visit the new Mojo's any time soon.

But I digress. Ms. Led was in town! We met them at Casino to hang out before the show, and talked about pro-choice politics and female rock stars who denounce feminism, among other things. Hardcore Anna showed up despite barely being able to talk. A good time was had, except for the notoriously slow food at Casino made us all get to Emo's a lot later than planned. We did catch the last couple songs from The Fall Collection, a local indie-boy rock trio. They were awfully cute. I'd go see them again. Ms. Led played an amazing set to a full crowd, and I think they sold several CDs to new fans (yay!) who unfortunately don't get to see bands like this around Austin. I hope they come back for SXSW. After saying good-bye to them, we capped off the night with some half-pints over at Lovejoys with Sarah, Scott and Roy. I felt like it had been Christmas and now it's over.