Post ACL Post at 8:11 PM

Just got home from Austin. Awesome weekend. Started off Friday with Asleep at the Wheel and Blues Traveler. Then saw Black Keys and Spoon. Never really was a big fan of the keys but got to say nice show. Spoon was awesome of course. The Strokes were last that night. Dude had to be drunk or something. Went on about nothing between songs.

Got to the park way early Saturday. Walked around a little stopped by Austin Ventures and caught some of Balmorhea. Not my scene but good music. Saw Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Had no clue who she was but will make a point to check her out. I guess I saw Lucero after her but don't remember at all. Maybe that says something about their show? Broken Bells were great. Not a real active performance but their music makes you drift off. Left them and caught the last half of XX. Never saw someone wale on a cymbal so hard. Managed to get front and center for Deadmau5. Damn! Best show of the year. Hour long set of awesome. Huge Rubix cube on stage, talking mouse head, deadmau5 ghost, glitches in computers, awesome crowd of people to party with. I left right after, I was so tired. Skipped MIA and Muse. Really didn't care enough.

Today, Sunday, was a more chill day. Nobody on the top of my list left to see. Started off with White Rabbit. They were great. Never heard them before but their lead played with Spoon during their set. New fan here. Listened to Foals from the back of the crowd. Then back front with Devendra Banhart. I could take him or leave him. Yeasayer was a great surprise. Nice dance music I've managed to miss. Then Flaming Lips. They aren't my style of music but have a reputation for putting on a great show. Was three people from the front. Held up the space ball :-) and saw a once in a lifetime...event..? It was something. Talking huge naked ladies, cannons with confetti, dancing fans in orange, and a huge gong. Saw a tiny bit of Cage the Elephant but they were terrible on stage. So I left. Again skipped the headliner, like last year. No interest in Eagles. :-/

So I'm home now. Burnt. My clothes smell like weed despite the fact I never touch the stuff. Plan on getting tickets next year, even if I have to go solo again. It's worth it. Besides, managed to see every show I wanted and get within a couple of yards of each one.

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