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SXSW 2009 - Day 4 in photos by Jacob

photos by Jacob Blickenstaff

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“What could have been a Texan spectacular for the last night of South By Southwest was a near-debacle instead. It was a double bill at the Auditorium Shores riverside amphitheater with Erykah Badu and the Cannabinoids, her digitally oriented producers from Dallas, and Explosions in the Sky, Austin’s majestic instrumental rock band.

Thousands of people showed up for the free concert. The Cannabinoids started without Ms. Badu, dispensing drumbeats, chords, samples and brief phrases from small digital keyboards. They announced that all the beats were live — good — and that what they were playing was unrehearsed. Not so good. And they went on and on, for about a half hour, cycling through variations on two downtempo chords and asking if the crowd was ready for Ms. Badu. The answer was increasingly obvious by the time the Cannabinoids tapered off and someone announced that Ms. Badu had had “travel incidents.”

The Cannabinoids left the stage while the audience wondered what was going on, then returned, soon to be joined by Ms. Badu, in a gray T-shirt and a white top hat. Their vamp turned into “The Healer/Hip-Hop,” and Ms. Badu sang it with her tangy, playful coo, followed by an older song, “Danger.” Afterward she teased, “Let’s go into hyperspace and blow up the sky,” which did sound promising. But it meant she was ending her set to make way for Explosions in the Sky.” [NY Times]

We already posted the EITS portion of this set, as well as Jacob’s pics from the Frodus show earlier that day (3/21), not to mention what he captured on Friday, Thursday and Wednesday.

Erykah Badu and the Cannabinoids also performed once or twice with Kanye West while in Austin. The rest of Jacob’s Saturday pics, below

Right after Frodus @ Radio Room, came Cursive

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Right before Explosions in the Sky at Auditorium Shores, came Erykah Badu and the Cannabinoids

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Then… Harlan T Bobo @ Red 7…

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In the alley…

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On 6th Street…

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Pelican – Agency Group showcase inside Emo’s…

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Daniel Johnston – Agency Group showcase Emo’s main stage…

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Riverboat Gamblers – Emo’s Annex…

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Riverboat fan from Peelander Z…

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Now check out Jacob’s pics from Friday, Thursday and Wednesday.