Blog: The Donnybrook Writing Academy

The Bartender brings you everything face-meltingly metal from SXSW 2009. DAY ONE: The first thing Devin said to me as I walked up with my backpack to his and Justin's tour bus was-(looking at my giant backpack)- "Damn, what are you –a girl?" I hadn't even stepped on the bus and I had broken the first rule of being "metal" – bring nothing of comfort. The contents of my backpack were as follows - for a 6 day trip, I brought: 4 pairs of socks, 4 pairs of underwear, 4 shirts, one extra pair of Wranglers, [...]