{Are you at SXSW right now? Or are you like me, sadly not rocking out in Austin but eager for updates from the field? Either way, TIG is going to post an "open thread" for each day of SXSW, where show-going fans can post comments, and the rest of us can send suggestions/pleas for updates to those lucky peeps (ahem, LIZ!!) who are hooting it up Texas stylee this week. So please — chime on in the comments section below!}

If I were at SXSW right now, this would be my imaginary schedule for day one, Wednesday, March 12, 2008:

{And yes, I know I've sometimes scheduled myself in more than one place at a time. It is, after all, an imaginary schedule…}

• 8p The Upsidedown, Cedar Door
• 9p Longwave, Emos
• 10p Hopewell, Bourbon Rocks
• 10p Peter Moren, The Parish
  
• 11p Sons and Daughters, Antone's
• 11p Daniel Lanois, Pangaea
• 11p Okkervil River feat. Roky Erickson, Austin Music Hall
• 12a The Kills, Antones
• 12a The Ting Tings, Buffalo Bills
• 1a The Blow, Emos IV

Some Seattle bands playing Day 1 at SXSW include…

• 8p Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden, Wave
• 8:30 Choklate, Molotov Lounge
• 11p The Femurs, Maggie Maes
• 1a Trespassers William, The Hideout

Sigh. I can almost taste the free Jack Daniels…