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Posted in comedy | music | tour dates on February 25, 2008
Mess With Texas messes with SXSW
Brian Posehn on strike (cred)
Mess With Texas, an annual party thrown in Austin, in the south by southwestern region of the US, at the same time as a certain other major music festival, has expanded in its second year to a massive, outdoor, FREE, ALL AGES event with three stages and an exclusive Austin performance from headliners The Breeders and NOFX and A-list comedians likeJaneane Garofalo, MTV's Human Giant and Brian Posehn.
MESS WITH TEXAS 2 ANNOUNCES A FULL DAY OFFREE MUSIC AND COMEDY IN AUSTIN, TX AT WATERLOO PARKMess With Texas, an annual party thrown in Austin, in the south by southwestern region of the US, at the same time as a certain other major music festival, has expanded in its second year to a massive, outdoor, FREE, ALL AGES event with three stages and an exclusive Austin performance from headliners The Breeders and NOFX and A-list comedians likeJaneane Garofalo, MTV's Human Giant and Brian Posehn.
The festivities go down on Saturday, March 15 from Noon to 10pm at Waterloo Park, which is in walking distance from 6th St. Last year, the inaugural Mess With Texas took place at Red 7 with David Cross serving as the curator and host. The event's organizers this year includetwenty-two year old Sean Carlson who books the Los Angeles based F*ck Yeah Fest, Adam Hobbs from LA-based music marketing and PR agency The 857 Collective, Austin's Transmission Entertainment,with booking assistance from Comedy Death Ray, Keith Morris of Circle Jerks & Black Flag and Henry Owings of Chunklet Magazine.
Mess With Texas 2
Saturday, March 15th
Waterloo Park
Entrance at 15th and Trinity
Austin, TX
Free / All Ages / Open to the Public
Doors open at Noon
http://www.messwithtexasparty.comMusic:
The Breeders
NOFX
Simian Mobile Disco + Islands + Kimya Dawson + Black Mountain + Yeasayer +F*cked Up + Lucero +Jay Reatard + No Age + Neon Neon +Pissed Jeans + Atlas Sound + Two Gallants + White Denim + Matt & KimMunicipal Waste +The Night Marchers (featuring John Reis) +Howlin' Rain + Dead to Me + Langhorne Slim +Shearwater +Gil Mantera's Party Dream + Grand Ole Party +Darker My Love +Moonrats + Annihilation Time + The Coathangers +Abe Vigoda + +Mellowdrone +Monotonix +Aloha + Selmanaires
Comedy:
Janeane Garofalo
Human Giant
Brian Posehn
Todd Barry + Eugene Mirman + Paul F. Tompkins + Jon Glaser + Jon Benjamin + Earles & Jensen + Leo Allen +Hard n Phirm +Scott Aukerman +BJ Porter + Reggie Watts +Jonah Ray +Matt Brunger
We would like to thank our sponsors who have come on board to keep this event 100% FREE (again) comedy stage presenter SuperDeluxe.com, exclusive media partner Fuel TV, Garnier Fructis who will be setting up a "Style Lounge" at the fest, mobile content providers Mozes, JetBlue Airways, Fox Home Entertainment and Skull Candy who will be handing out headphones to 1000s there. Plus we'll have drinks all day from Tecate, Dos Equis and Function drinks.Sponsors who made this event 100% FREE:
http://www.superdeluxe.com
http://www.fuel.tv
http://www.garnier.com
http://www.foxhome.com
http://www.skullcandy.com
http://www.mozes-inc.com
http://www.jetblue.com
http://www.functiondrinks.com
http://www.dosxx.com
http://www.cervezatecate.com
Posted on February 25, 2008 4:04 PM
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Comments (13)
Janeane Garofalo is an A-list comedian? Really?
Posted by Anonymous | February 25, 2008 4:20 PM
If I lived in Texas, I'd probably attend the free festival, not the $700 festival...
Posted by Eric | February 25, 2008 7:03 PM
I just got back from Austin and saw a great lineup at Emos- The Strange Boys + White Denim + Black Lips- Killer sets and a fun, fun crowd. The Strange Boys seemed Really young but cranked it out with a lot of energy - really good stuff. Black Lips just killed it
Posted by Anonymous | February 25, 2008 7:18 PM
yeah I know, but we've all seen Black Lips too many times already.
Posted by Anonymous | February 26, 2008 8:46 AM
^^^thanks for telling us that...
Posted by Anonymous | February 26, 2008 8:46 AM
Drat, I leave Texas, and stuff starts getting free.
Posted by Anonymous | February 26, 2008 10:48 AM
wow thats the gayest fist pump i've ever seen...
Posted by hipster poseur | February 26, 2008 11:53 AM
NOFX are also playing....
Thursday, March 13th
NOFX (1am), Dead To Me (12am), Teenage Bottlerocket (11PM) and The Flatliners (10pm) @ Red 7 (Myspace presents)
Posted by Anonymous | February 26, 2008 2:09 PM
hmmm free and a pretty decent line up.... im excited for the Simian Mobile Disco. free drinks as well huh. Also found this http://www.messwithtexas.com while looking for the mess with texas party, is this their site too?
Posted by Silvie | February 27, 2008 1:04 PM
set times
MAIN STAGE:
The Breeders: 8:40pm
Islands: 7:45pm
Black Mountain: 6:50pm
Neon Neon: 6:10pm
Atlas Sound: 5:25pm
Two Gallants: 4:45pm
Darker My Love: 4:10pm
Grand Ole Party: 3:35pm
Langhorne Slim: 3:00pm
White Denim: 2:25pm
Shearwater: 1:45pm
Aloha: 1:15pm
Mellowdrone: 12:45pm
SECOND STAGE:
NOFX: 8:50pm
Lucero: 8:05pm
Dead to Me: 7:25pm
Municipal Waste: 6:45pm
F*cked Up + special guest: 5:50pm
Jay Reatard: 5:15pm
Pissed Jeans: 4:40pm
The Night Marchers: 3:55pm
Howlin' Rain: 3:20pm
Wooden Shjips: 2:40pm
Annihilation Time: 2:05pm
Moonrats: 1:30pm
The Selmanaries: 1:00pm
THIRD STAGE (THE SUPERDELUXE.COM COMEDY PLUS MUSIC STAGE):
Simian Mobile Disco: 8:45pm
Matt & Kim: 7:55pm
No Age: 7:10pm
Yeasayer: 6:25pm
Gil Mantera's Party Dream: 5:40pm
Brian Posehn: 5:15pm
Human Giant: 5:00pm
Leo Allen: 4:50pm
Paul F. Tompkins (Host): 4:35pm
Hard N Phirm: 4:20pm
Eugene Mirman: 4:05pm
Jon Benjamin & Jon Glaser: 3:55pm
Reggie Watts: 3:45pm
The Fun Bunch (Hosts): 3:30pm
Kimya Dawson: 3:00pm
Janeane Garofalo: 2:45pm
Jonah Ray: 2:35pm
Earles & Jensen: 2:25pm
Todd Barry: 2:10pm
Matt Braunger (Host): 2:00pm
Panther: 1:30pm
Monotonix: 1:00pm
The Coathangers: 12:25pm
Posted by brooklynvegan | March 6, 2008 9:57 AM
fuck! smd and breeders on at the same time???? sucks.
Posted by Anonymous | March 7, 2008 3:29 PM
"And that’s what’s destroyed Janeane Garofalo’s career. . ."
". . .I detest and hate with a passion, fucking indie rock comedy. . .I’ll give you an example: Aziz Ansari making a short film about the band Tapes ‘n Tapes."
Andrew Earles with his strong opinions on comedy and hipsters @ IMPOSE magazine: http://www.imposemagazine.com/mag/index.php/2008/03/03/andrew-earles-of-earles-jensen/
Posted by Jermaine Jackson | March 8, 2008 1:38 PM
I am looking for some Austin comedians to spearhead my funny Monday's comedy nights at the club. Interested parties can e-mail at garrisonparkharbor@yahoo.com
Posted by Gary | November 25, 2008 9:33 PM