I went to Austin and came home with my ears ringing, holes in my shoes, Beautiful Losers stickers in my hair and pockets full of dead batteries. Here’s a short rundown of what I saw at SXSW:

Met up with Rob Walker, writer of the Consumed column in the NY Times magazine. He has a book coming out called Buying In, which is sure to be landscape changing. Find out more here.

Snuck into Gonzo, a documentary about Hunter S. Thompson. The film brings you close to the man by weaving together every moment he ever committed to film, photo or tape. Hunter and I and are like family now.

Everyone was talking about Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote, where the audience turned on the interviewer for not knowing how to put together a proper line of questioning.

Then it was on to the Beautiful Losers premiere, which was a huge success.

Saw the Noisettes do an amazing acoustic set at Good Magazine’s BBQ.

Hung out with Soiled Mattress and The Springs, who have the power to silence every guitar in town with one radical sax note.

Tagged along with Jay, Taylor and Otto as they filmed various things… like a very special Dan Deacon video presentation and Ninja Sonik totally embarrassing all the hipsters by playing their song Tight Pants.

On the last night, we experienced some brilliant musical improvisation by Money Mark and an insanely tight performance by Tommy Guerrero at the Beautiful Losers party.

Finally, we headed home with Lemmy (not Lenny) riding shotgun on the plane to L.A.