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In the Park 2006
Sep. 16th, 2006 09:18 amSo we're in Austin for Austin City Limits Festival 2006. So far the festival has been sunny and hot, but not nearly as hot as it was the last two years. The grass is greener this year, and more lush, and there's more water stations this year, but since the heat is not quite as oppressive, and the breeze is up, we haven't been going through all of our bottles of water. I think it's supposed to be warmer today, so we'll see how it goes.
I don't think I actually saw a band yesterday. Sure, they were there, but generally I was far enough away that they looked pretty small. No big deal, none of our little possies seemed to really mind. Much of the time we seemed content to just listen, gab a bit and to look at the shirtless hotties in the audience.
Bands Chris and I heard yesterday:
Guster
Stars
Gnarls Barkley
Gomez
Thievery Corporation
The Tragically Hip
then we hopped back and forth between John Mayer and Van Morrison both were good, though Van was much more subdued. Both had large crowds, but they really turned out for Van Morrison.
At various times we were surrounded by Jamie (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dwdsevenbelow) and his friend, Mike (austinmike) and David (davidtx), and hotty Jared (geisel). We also ran into Ben (qualitykill), Nakia and Roger over at John Mayer's set. We knew that Scott (xkot) was over at the AT&T stage waiting for Van Morrison, so we never saw him, but he should be at the Magnoila Cafe this morning for our bear brunch.
We flew the Bear Flag all day, attached to my chair, which was having a hard time dealing with my weight. We'll probably throw the chair away at the end of the festival. We got a smaller flag this year, and it flies great and is easily visible. We could hear other people around us on their cell phones trying to explain it so they could meet their friends. Dog Paw? Brown stripes? Still, friends found us, and we attracted several other bears and cubs strolling the park.alphaschnitz's brother and his girlfriend also found us in the crowd.
More today. Now i just have to keep my arm from getting further sunburned than it is now.
I don't think I actually saw a band yesterday. Sure, they were there, but generally I was far enough away that they looked pretty small. No big deal, none of our little possies seemed to really mind. Much of the time we seemed content to just listen, gab a bit and to look at the shirtless hotties in the audience.
Bands Chris and I heard yesterday:
Guster
Stars
Gnarls Barkley
Gomez
Thievery Corporation
The Tragically Hip
then we hopped back and forth between John Mayer and Van Morrison both were good, though Van was much more subdued. Both had large crowds, but they really turned out for Van Morrison.
At various times we were surrounded by Jamie (
dwdsevenbelow) and his friend, Mike (austinmike) and David (davidtx), and hotty Jared (geisel). We also ran into Ben (qualitykill), Nakia and Roger over at John Mayer's set. We knew that Scott (xkot) was over at the AT&T stage waiting for Van Morrison, so we never saw him, but he should be at the Magnoila Cafe this morning for our bear brunch.We flew the Bear Flag all day, attached to my chair, which was having a hard time dealing with my weight. We'll probably throw the chair away at the end of the festival. We got a smaller flag this year, and it flies great and is easily visible. We could hear other people around us on their cell phones trying to explain it so they could meet their friends. Dog Paw? Brown stripes? Still, friends found us, and we attracted several other bears and cubs strolling the park.
alphaschnitz's brother and his girlfriend also found us in the crowd. More today. Now i just have to keep my arm from getting further sunburned than it is now.
