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IAMX Austin 13/14.03.2007

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March 15, 2007 07:57 PM PDT

A short diary of the 13th/14th of March in Austin at SXSW.
We had a good flight from London to Austin (10h), trapped at the passport control for more than 2 h, drove from Houston to Austin trough a thunderstorm, and arrived at 11.30 pm at our Hotel, and went straight to bed (a few of us).

On the 14th after soundcheck etc, we had a few interviews, and late at night we walked to our show, cause it was the easiest way.
We played at the Elysium at 1AM. After that we wanted celebrate the great show, but everything was closed..
So we went back to the hotel and had a couple of drinks, and went to bed. Or...?

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