March 10, 2003
Hot Times At The Mecury Lounge
Sunday night’s set list:
- One Sure Thing
- Brickyard Bend
- A 30-second ditty for Ernie that I mentioned earlier. Just for the record, I offered Ernie his $20 back, but he wouldn’t hear of it.
- A medley of 80’s songs, including:
- Pac-Man Fever, by Buckner and Garcia
- Your Love, by the Outfield
- Hungry Like The Wolf, by Duran Duran
- Jesse’s Girl, by Rick Springfield
- Cum On Feel The Noize, by Quiet Riot er, Slade
- Sledgehammer, by Peter Gabriel
- We’re Not Gonna Take It, by Twisted Sister
- American Thing
…and, by popular request, here’s the lyrics to Ernie’s song:
Sitting in Austin, knockin’ back a Shiner
listenin’ to a guy by the name of Dave Winer
an’ he’s talkin’ ’bout RSS, XML and RPC
talkin’ ’bout things that don’t make no sense to you or me
so tell me now, friends, why ya gotta be a hater?
just because my site doesn’t pass the validator?
but I’m gonna get it right, I’m gonna get it straight
gonna get compliant with Section 508
so welcome to the Fray, I hope you’re having fun
just a few more moments and my song will be done
an’ if you don’t like my song, then I guess you’re outta luck
an’ it doesn’t really matter, ’cause now Ernie’s gonna give me twenty bucks
I guess you had to be there.
DISCLAIMER: this song is a work of fiction. Dave Winer wasn’t at SXSW this year, and I drank far more gin than beer.








