SXSW for people who aren't in Austin

Two brief notes on SXSW for people who either can't go or don't want to brave the crowds...

First, the annual SXSW torrent file is available here. For the uninitiated, the fine folks at SXSW make a zip file available with one mp3 track from each band playing the fest. This years torrent weighs in at 739 bands and 3.1 Gigs. That should be enough music to keep you going for a while...

Second, if you've got DirecTV, you can watch some of the shows live on channel 101. DirectTV will begin showing Thursday night from 4pm until midnight, central time. The music continues Friday and Saturday same bat-time, same bat-channel... Looks like these are special performances for DirecTV -- there's a schedule here.