This is the press area just outside the festival grounds on Barton Spring Rd. Here, you can enjoy signature cocktails, neck and back massages, and access to a battery of Dell laptops. Makes McCarren Pool's backstage look like a high school cafeteria.
You can also come here to ask stupid questions of all your favorite artists. Like this winning exchange being conducted to my right with Strange Boys' bassist Philip Sambol.
"What animal do you most identify with?"
(Long pause.) "The mongoose. They're really good in tight spaces."
"Do you identify more with the Muppets or the characters on Sesame Street?"
(Longer pause.) "Sesame Street. I always liked Oscar the Grouch."
I'm scheduled to interview Brooklyn- based Langhorne Slim myself here tomorrow afternoon, which I'm suddenly not so worried about.