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Leaving the Park
I see that recent Austin City Limits headliner Willie Nelson and member's of his band were arrested for a possession of marijuana. Really, is this news? I remember as we went from Willie's set to Massive Attack's across the field Saturday, we went from the weed section to the ecstasy section. Well, hopefully Willie can pay for the band's fines and Willie won't have to serve time. Not that I'm a legalization guy, but really, in the big picture is this really important? I would suppose Willie makes an easy target.
After Willie and my early Sunday morning allergy attack, we loaded up and checked out of the hotel to spend our last day of the festival. Scott (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xkot) called us and asked us out to brunch, and Peter (texaspenguin) suggested Trudy's which was good. Now I have another place to suggest when we meet new people in Austin.
As we were driving over to Trudy's the downpour began and I was wondering if it was going to be worth to to go out to the park. There were other people waiting for a table who were also unsure about the day. I also was getting calls from Nakia to say that they were probably going to sit out the first acts and wait for the big acts to come on later in the day. Still Nakia and Ben (qualitykill) had been jumping from stage to stage the last two days, including running backstage, so we were lucky when we did see them. Personally, I just can't run around that much in the heat. We're more park and listen people.
Luckily the rain had ended by the time we finished lunch, so Chris (f__k) andI decided to risk it and go see KT Tunstall. Peter gave us a couple of umbrellas just in case. The park condition was decent, with just a few soggy patches, so we took our place and watched.
Once KT finished her pleasing set, David (metacub) and John (gtijohn) came out of the heart of the crowd, finding the bear flag. They had gotten there early to specifically see KT. None of us had plans for a bit, so we hung out together again, which was certainly great. I could go on and on about how good it was to meet our Bay Area visitors, but you get the idea.
So, who did we see on Sunday?
KT Tunstall
Jack Ingram (he was there, we just didn't move)
Matisyahu
Ween
The New Pornographers
Greencard
Jack Ingram was just one of those things where we were parked, and he came on the stage. He wins the prize for worst stage banter as he went on and on about who he is, repeating his name ad nauseam, and telling everyone he plays country music. In contrast The New Pornographer's had good banter, especially when singer Neko Case, complaining that her monitors weren't working sing-songed "I'll give a blow job to anyone who can give me some reverb!"
Of course it was nothing like the banter of the heavily bleeding Ben Kweller the day before, asking and getting a tampon from the crowd to stop the flow from his nose. It was the most talked about event at ACL, even getting the Flaming Lips to to mark the incident with red paint and tampons on stage.
The last set we all saw was the Greencards at the small Austin Ventures stage, while most of the crowd was either listening to Ben Harper or the Flaming Lips. The Greencards is a British bluegrass group that had done the Austin circuit for a few years before moving to Nashville. They played a satisfying set, trying not to be drowned out by Ben Harper. I think all four of us were fine with ending our weekend with a smaller, more intimate performance by some talented musicians.
Since Chris had jury duty on Monday, we had to leave early. David and John joined us for dinner at another Austin institution, Chuy's. As we had dinner a large thunderstorm moved in drenching the town. We knew that Scott and Peter were at the park watching Tom Petty. I saw stories later that Petty had to stop, and much of the crowd ran for the buses, but that eventually he came back and finished his set. By then we were long gone, back up I-35.
I know Chris and I were sad to leave the company of David and John, and hope that they will come back in future years. We were glad to see Scott, but we did miss the other guys who were there the last two years. I hope that for 2007 we can bring in more folks, because the event is just fun, with some incredible acts and a great city. Chris and I plan plan to continue making this an annual tradition.
As Chris and I travelled back home, Sirius was playing several ACL artists on 18- the spectrum and 26 - Left of Center. They did have a person "in the field" so to speak, doing a few reports back, but it wasn't as if they were an event sponsor. I was very glad that for whatever reason someone was allowing me to remember the event in music through the rain, across the state.
After Willie and my early Sunday morning allergy attack, we loaded up and checked out of the hotel to spend our last day of the festival. Scott (
xkot) called us and asked us out to brunch, and Peter (texaspenguin) suggested Trudy's which was good. Now I have another place to suggest when we meet new people in Austin.As we were driving over to Trudy's the downpour began and I was wondering if it was going to be worth to to go out to the park. There were other people waiting for a table who were also unsure about the day. I also was getting calls from Nakia to say that they were probably going to sit out the first acts and wait for the big acts to come on later in the day. Still Nakia and Ben (
qualitykill) had been jumping from stage to stage the last two days, including running backstage, so we were lucky when we did see them. Personally, I just can't run around that much in the heat. We're more park and listen people.Luckily the rain had ended by the time we finished lunch, so Chris (
f__k) andI decided to risk it and go see KT Tunstall. Peter gave us a couple of umbrellas just in case. The park condition was decent, with just a few soggy patches, so we took our place and watched. Once KT finished her pleasing set, David (
metacub) and John (gtijohn) came out of the heart of the crowd, finding the bear flag. They had gotten there early to specifically see KT. None of us had plans for a bit, so we hung out together again, which was certainly great. I could go on and on about how good it was to meet our Bay Area visitors, but you get the idea. So, who did we see on Sunday?
KT Tunstall
Jack Ingram (he was there, we just didn't move)
Matisyahu
Ween
The New Pornographers
Greencard
Jack Ingram was just one of those things where we were parked, and he came on the stage. He wins the prize for worst stage banter as he went on and on about who he is, repeating his name ad nauseam, and telling everyone he plays country music. In contrast The New Pornographer's had good banter, especially when singer Neko Case, complaining that her monitors weren't working sing-songed "I'll give a blow job to anyone who can give me some reverb!"
Of course it was nothing like the banter of the heavily bleeding Ben Kweller the day before, asking and getting a tampon from the crowd to stop the flow from his nose. It was the most talked about event at ACL, even getting the Flaming Lips to to mark the incident with red paint and tampons on stage.
The last set we all saw was the Greencards at the small Austin Ventures stage, while most of the crowd was either listening to Ben Harper or the Flaming Lips. The Greencards is a British bluegrass group that had done the Austin circuit for a few years before moving to Nashville. They played a satisfying set, trying not to be drowned out by Ben Harper. I think all four of us were fine with ending our weekend with a smaller, more intimate performance by some talented musicians.
Since Chris had jury duty on Monday, we had to leave early. David and John joined us for dinner at another Austin institution, Chuy's. As we had dinner a large thunderstorm moved in drenching the town. We knew that Scott and Peter were at the park watching Tom Petty. I saw stories later that Petty had to stop, and much of the crowd ran for the buses, but that eventually he came back and finished his set. By then we were long gone, back up I-35.
I know Chris and I were sad to leave the company of David and John, and hope that they will come back in future years. We were glad to see Scott, but we did miss the other guys who were there the last two years. I hope that for 2007 we can bring in more folks, because the event is just fun, with some incredible acts and a great city. Chris and I plan plan to continue making this an annual tradition.
As Chris and I travelled back home, Sirius was playing several ACL artists on 18- the spectrum and 26 - Left of Center. They did have a person "in the field" so to speak, doing a few reports back, but it wasn't as if they were an event sponsor. I was very glad that for whatever reason someone was allowing me to remember the event in music through the rain, across the state.
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