it's too much heat/let's go to beach/and meet some cheeeick

It's satisfying to know that, no matter where I go in Austin this SXSW week, I will stumble upon great free music and, if I play my cards right, free beer and BBQ.

No matter where I go on the radio dial, too, I'll get live coverage of SXSW music performances. Most of the main radio stations in town are doing this, including the NPR station, KUT.

Tonight I discovered K'Naan, Somali-born hip-hop artist who claims that American hip-hop, despite it's merits, lacks street cred as L.A. streets cannot compare to Mogadishu streets. And the guy learned English listening to American hip-hop.Take a listen to a live set from SXSW.

The NPR site also has the Decemberists performing their new album The Hazards of Love in its entirety.

Overheard on NPR

As long as the United States stays in the air, the danger of getting drawn into another Black Hawk Down is relatively remote.

Addendum: I understand that the point is a less stupid than the phrasing. In other addenda, have I mentioned my paranoid fantasy? Namely, that the Bush Administration is trying to get the United States bogged down in so many theaters that there will be no choice but to institute a draft.