However, the stars have aligned against us residents even further. The planners behind SXSW forgot to coordinate with UT and AISD and schedule this around Spring Break. So downtown will be even more crowded, terrible and best avoided. It’s also the first year in a while in which I really don’t want to deal with the out-of-town-industry assholes to see anything. Steve Earle is playing at Waterloo Records but on a Wednesday night, plus he lives around here. Other things I wish I could pull off? Gritty will be coming. Jordan Peele’s new horror film Us is supposed to have its world premiere. I can wait. Austin is big enough to have enjoyable stuff in the periphery like Pinballz.