The Daily Swarm

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The world’s music food bloggers in Austin, TX.

EARLIER: South By Southwest 2008: Where’s the beef?, Pt. 1

Idolator – Andy Beta:

This morning’s balanced breakfast, courtesy of Rhapsody, includes a plate of stewed chicken and black beans, balanced precariously atop a can of Coors (while courtesy of CVS is some Advil and generic brand allergy medicine). Equally balanced is No Age guitarist Randy Randall atop his stack of amps, his head pressed against the white canvas of the tent as he bludgeons out a riff, while drummer Dean Spunt tattoos the Rhapsody banner behind the stage at the Mohawk.

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Well, in ideal circumstances, there would be a mosh pit. Perhaps the crowd is still too stuffed with Mexican food to move.

Time Out Chicago:

Austin Music Source:

The Food Network’s Rachael Ray may be most well known for her love of things culinary, but she loves music, too. And Ray, who took up drum lessons at 37, and her husband John Cusimano, whose band The Cringe is playing SXSW, both love Austin. So it doesn’t seem so unusual that Ray is hosting the Feedback day party on Saturday, which includes her SXSW Seven-Layer Slider burgers and a band named Holy (expletive).

“We have very eclectic taste. We listen to everything,” Ray said in an interview with the American-Statesman in Austin Friday night. “We are both devout followers of the Foo Fighters. We both love John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, opera and indie rock. That’s what I like about Austin, it’s not just one scene.”

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A lunch menu by Ray will include the aforementioned SXSW seven-layer sliders (burgers based on seven-layer dip), macaroni and cheese suiza and barbecued ribs.

Matablog – Gerard Cosloy:

I’ll quickly summarize just a few of the highlights of SXSW so far :

3) the ruination of one of my most beloved black tees courtesty of lots of curry ketchup and sauerkraut (what, you thought I’d be blogging about REM?)
4) The guy who asked me if the Matablog “was gonna be all about food from now on?” (see above)

Earlier:

To put this as simply as possible, if you’re gonna be in Austin for 4 days, that could well mean 12 visits to Torchy’s Tacos. You might think I’m exaggerating about this establishment’s otherwordliness, but go to Torchy’s once you arrive and then try eating elsewhere. At that point you can lecture me about overrating.

TrashBlanc:

Wired:

When you walk into a place with rib house in the name, you probably ought to try the ribs.

We asked our waitress at Artz Rib House what she recommended, noting that the country-style pork ribs are described as “famous” on the menu.

“They’re all famous,” said our server, Jaime Garring, in a sweet Texas accent. “Artz is famous.”

So we cowboyed up and ordered the mixed barbecue plate (pictured, before and after) with the country-style ribs, baby backs and smoked brisket, even though the ongoing extracurricular meatgasm of the SXSW BBQ Watch had some of us eyeing the grilled vegetable plate.

Idolator – Maura Johnston:

NUMBER OF TACOS CONSUMED: Zero. Insert frowny face here.

TOP “WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN AND WHY ARE WE HERE” MOMENT: I was too hungry to have any major existential-crisis moments, although looking at the pageviews for our other SXSW dispatches hasn’t been all that inspiring, to say the least. But whatever, today’s totally the Rachael Ray showcase! Woooooooo!

ALSO:

South By Southwest 2008: You’re Not There, Pt. 1

South By Southwest 2008: You’re Not There, Pt. 2

South By Southwest 2008: You’re Not There, Pt. 3

South By Southwest 2008: You’re Not There, Pt. 4

South By Southwest 2008: You’re Not There, Pt. 5