The Jesus Lizard News: SXSW (Wednesday): Austin Music Awards

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The convention center in Austin is a terrifying meat grinder, turning gentle music fans into snotty poseurs and the unifying power of art into the separating power of fashion, of class. I’m referring, of course, to the classification system embedded in this event: wristband vs. badge. The badge holders prance around like dukes and ladies, having total first-tier access to anything and everything, while the wristbanders (like myself, dear reader) slouch and scowl, embarrassed of their economic deficiency.

And this disparity is wrong! As it applies here, as it applies to the world at large. And where do we thinkers and...