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Thursday was a busy one that we kicked off with some great lunch Tex-Mex food at Iron Cactus right on Sixth Street in Austin. Anything before lunch I don’t have a picture of because I was in some tired and confused daze apparently. We ate at Hickory Street which was recommended by a girl who worked at the hotel and it was an awesome spot even though they had a special SXSW limited menu and I couldn’t get a Frisco Melt! They even had courtesy squirt guns to spray the pigeons but I failed on photos, sorry! This car was sitting in front of this place called 1886 in downtown Austin and I am still on my classic car kick so I had to snap a photo of it.

We went to the end of the Sixth Street clubs and walked to Volume Night Club which was hosting the Dell Lounge event for the day. Here is a hideous photo I took while upstairs at the Dell Lounge inside Volume. Kettle One Vodka and Fuze Beverage had an ice sculpture upstairs. Apparently I was to excited to take a non blurry photo?

After Volume Night Club we headed over to Townlake Stage to get ready for the big outdoor concerts for the night. As we were doing some filming/setup M1 from Dead Presidents apparently hopped on the stage with no more than 30 people in front of the stage and jammed out. I noticed him when they played “Hip Hop.” That is still a favorite hip-hop song of mine but I had no idea they were still around. The song most recently came back as it’s a playable track on your Sidekick 3 in EA Skate. M1 is actually from Tallahassee, Florida where T-Pain is from who recently has seemed to of taken over hip hop.

Then as the bands kept playing the crowd got bigger and bigger and bigger and eventually I seeked refuge free food backstage and enjoyed the rest of the evening.

We were able to get out for the Spoon concert that PACKED the outdoor venue out! Spoon is local to Austin, Texas but very popular in the Indie Music scene nationwide. It seemed like they played forever and the crowd ate up every minute of it! It was the biggest crowd I witnessed all week for a concert but it also helped that it was the biggest venue. Here is the crowd ready for Spoon to come out.

Spoon jamming out!

We hit up a few other concerts then went back to the hotel to relax for a few until meeting back up with Mike…..

Now remember I showed you that the Fader Fort was essentially across the street from my hotel room two posts ago right? Well I kept my window open to keep fresh air going and all the sudden I heard N.E.R.D playing at the Fader Fort. I couldn’t believe it, I freaked out called Phil and told him to meet me in the elevator. We ran across the street and grabbed the tail end of the concert but were prepared the next day to catch the full deal at Stubb’s BBQ for Friday night. I fail because I didn’t snap photos in our rush operation I think I left my phone behind but it’s alright because Fader Magazine posted an awesome video to show you how crazy the Fader Fort got as N.E.R.D closed out for the night.

N.E.R.D. Live At The Levi’s/Fader Fort from The FADER on Vimeo.