Playboy After Dark: Rockin' The Rabbit At SXSW 2009
I didn't spot Hef or any Girls Next Door, and the proceedings took place inside an old gutted Safeway supermarket on the I-35 highway instead of the Playboy Mansion. But there were Playmates in old-school satin bunny ears at Playboy's 10th annual South By Southwest "Rock The Rabbit" party last night, along with live music by alt-hop MC Kenan Bell, Scottish disco-popster Calvin Harris, underground electronic guru Bassnectar, and "secret" headliner Jane's Addiction.
(Motley Crue were rumored to be the special Rock The Rabbit guests, but the crowd seemed pretty happy when Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro, not Vince Neil and Mick Mars, hit the stage at 1:30am.)
And hey, for any party people who didn't appreciate the live entertainment, there was plenty of, um, reading material lying around. I admit I skimmed the music-themed "Rock The Rabbit" Playboy issue while I was at the party, but in my case I really WAS reading Playboy for the articles.
And of course, I was there for the music, not the Bunnies...but my understandably smiling male friend and I still got our pre-Jane's photo opp:
