You know that ridiculously huge Mad Decent party that was supposed to go down in Austin on Friday? Yeah, it got shut down by 5-0 after about 45 minutes. On top of that, Blaqstarr couldn't come because of some legal troubles, the only picture I got before my camera broke was the flick above, and I'm sitting in my apartment right now waiting for American Airlines to find my luggage (and praying the huge, unopened bottle of Maker's Mark in my Lab / Gravis roller bag gets here intact).

This is why I never leave Brooklyn.

The valuable lesson here? Don't make your "unofficial" party more awesome than all the official SXSW shit, or the indie rock fun nazis will get butthurt and rat you out quicker than Bubs from The Wire.

Even with all that, the trip wasn't a total wash. Had time to hit up the NASA party on Thursday, and saw Kid Sis, Bonde Do Role, Flosstradamus and Spank Rock. Friday, we caught Plastic Little at Beauty Bar, and they WRECKED SHOP AT 3PM! (I just kinda assumed those guys didn't wake up 'til the sun was down.) Then, after the no good shenanigans at the IHEARTCOMIX / Mad Decent party Friday night, we ran over to The Rub's outdoor party, where my dude Cosmo Baker did a James Brown tribute that stopped the show (literally).

Anyway, the Mad Decent party getting shut down just gives us an even better excuse to do it extra, extra big in a couple weeks at Studio B, right here in BK. DJ BLAQSTARR just got added to the show (go get that SUPASTARR EP!!) and I hear he's bringin' Rye Rye with him. SHAKE IT TO THE GROUND, MUHFUCKAS.

(Buy tickets online here - it's gonna sell out.)