Lit's head honcho Erik Foss had a bash at The Meatball Shop on Stanton street, a joint that I and everyone else lives for. I left because the crew was moving the party to the Stanton Social as the meatball joint was getting crazy crowded. It’s like that all the time now, lines of people feeding on the phenomena. My man Mike owns the place, and he must be pretty happy with his amazing success but also must heed the words of that great philosopher Yogi Berra, who said this to describe a joint: “That place is so crowded, nobody goes there anymore.” I can’t imagine a VIP section at the meatball joint, but it might be called for.

I told Mark Baker I would join him for his birthday bash at Juliet last night, but alas I'm off to visit prison pal Michael Alig today, and I needed some sleep. I haven’t seen Michael in a bit, not since he last violated and got sent too far away for me to go. I'll tell you tomorrow what happened.

I'd rather be in Austin for SXSW than visiting my old pal in prison, but so it goes. If I had gone to the SXSW festival, I know of two events that I surely wouldn’t have missed. First, the third-annual Perez Hilton party known as "One Night in Austin." Sam Ong from the Strategic Group invited me, but alas I can't. According to Mr. Hilton’s website, Macy Gray will be performing. ”Macy will be taking the stage alongside Snoop, a surprise act, Alphabeat, Marina & The Diamonds, V.V. Brown and more. Perez’s wildly successful '“One Night In ...' series will take place in Austin on Saturday, March 20 at The Whitley, beginning at 7pm. It has been the place to be for the last 2 years, and this year will be no exception.”

Another event of note has my old friend Matt E. Silver at the helm. Matt just did the LNA fashion week party with Patti Smith and Metric at Milk Studios. He has a big event in SXSW “debuting Mick Jagger's son's band, Jimmy Jagger Turbogiest." He also has Zoe Kravitz's band Elevator Fright and is showcasing the Chapman Family, a band that has created a lot of buzz on NME, for their first American show. Matt's party also features Queens' freshest MC, Cody Prophit Verdecias, the Click Clack Boom -- a band managed by Andy Hilfiger -- and the Money Penny girls playing DJ. We Are Scientist are the headliners. The event is this Thursday, March 18 at The Phoenix. The show, Matt promises, is "for the New York and London crew.”