SXSW 02 Picks & Sleepers

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SXSW 02 Picks & Sleepers

No, no, it's not what you think. You won't be seeing "Picks & Sleepers" for another 50 weeks or so. This is just an exit poll from our Music staff on what their favorite showcase of SXSW 02 was. Me, my personal fave was the Briefs at the Red Room on Saturday. There. Now, we're done with SXSW. Finally. Now I can go and pass out.

Greg Beets: The Jerry Lee Phantom, Mercury, Friday

Michael Bertin: Petty Booka, Elysium, Saturday

Jim Caligiuri: Drive-By Truckers, Antone's, Thursday

Michael Chamy: Sianspheric, Red Eyed Fly, Saturday

Christopher Coletti: Prefuse 73, La Zona Rosa, Saturday

Melanie Haupt: Lo Fidelity Allstars, La Zona Rosa, Thursday

Raoul Hernandez: South, Element, Saturday

Christopher Hess: Flatlanders, Mercury, Saturday

Andy Langer: Kinky, the Vibe, Friday

David Lynch: Bleach, Elysium, Saturday

Margaret Moser: The Yayhoos, Mother Egan's, Saturday

Jerry Renshaw: The Yayhoos, Mother Egan's, Saturday

Jay Trachtenberg: Waco Brothers, Mother Egan's, Saturday

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