TCB
By Christopher Gray, Fri., March 24, 2006
DANCING WITH THE STARS
Like you and me, celebrities love them some live music. Assorted SXSW sightings, not counting the guy from Real World: Miami working the door at Beauty Bar or VH1's Best Week Ever crew:
BEASTIE BOYS: Played Stubb's Thursday evening as rumored. TCB apologizes to those who e-mailed him for the location and didn't hear back until Monday. The server at the Chronicle's Omni headquarters had some, shall we say, issues.
BEATLE BOB: Spotted at Li'l Cap'n Travis and Moonlight Towers Tuesday at Beerland; Wednesday's Austin Music Awards; the Spin party Friday; and Riverboat Gamblers and Real Heroes Saturday. "I always seem to wind up in your paper," he mused outside Beerland. Wonder why.
DAVID BYRNE: Posed for pictures at Stubb's Saturday night; spotted several places Sunday night, including Emo's, Hole in the Wall, and a nameless club that denied him entry to use the bathroom.
DAVID CROSS: Spied during Superchunk reunion Saturday at Antone's Merge showcase, and later that night at Blue Genie Theater's Vice magazine afterparty with fellow comedian Eugene Mirman.
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON: Sang with Jessi Colter in the van en route to the Austin Music Awards; took being drowned out by Wolfmother at Club de Ville Thursday afternoon in stride.
J. MASCIS: Rocked out (hard!) to Metallagher at Emo's Sunday.
JIM SPENCER: KXAN weather-man spotted in bathroom line at the Blender/VH1 Echo & the Bunnymen party Wednesday. "He's fabulous!" gushed a colleague.
OWEN WILSON: Enjoyed Dale Watson at the Continental Club with Dwight Yoakam last Monday, the Synthetic Pictures day party on South First Street, and hit Stubb's for Lyle Lovett and the Pretenders Saturday. "Wow, his nose really is that weird," remarked a friend.
ELIJAH WOOD: Took in the Austin Music Awards Wednesday and later the Flaming Lips at Fox and Hound. Drank whiskey with Emo's bartenders during Gogol Bordello Thursday.
