… if you want a SXSW wristband and somehow didn’t sign up for their SMS messaging service. Wristbands went on sale at Waterloo Records around noon today, and if previous years are any indication, they will be gone by close of business if not sooner – last year they sold out around 6pm. Though the first round, limited to Austin residents only, is probably gone, you might want to bring a current driver’s license, utility bill, or similar proof of ZIP code, just in case. And some money that folds: That’ll be 160 clams, please.

This article appears in February 23 • 2007.

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