First off, let me be the first to break the news that we'll have some very cool news to announce in the next day or so.

It'll make this fest all the more memorable. And it's obviously just not about movie's here. Erykah Badu's show at the "Before the Music Dies" party was simply off-the-muthu-fucka-hook. With a supergroup band that included Doyle Bramhall II, Wendy and Lisa, and DJ Jazzy Jeff, they all had the Austin Music Hall on fire. It was a super-blues-funked-up burst of juke-joint jammming. I think I could watch that girl sing the phone book and still be mesmerized.

Though I have to say that all the movies, the conferences, then the parties and music shows make a boy pretty tired. I feel like I should be doing business during the day, but all can do is look forward to my next Advil. You think with all these fests I''ve been to I'd have learned to pace myself. But no such luck, it's just too much fun. I'll sleep when I"m dead...

Anyways, stay tuned...