military has a secret internet called SIPRNet? It's true! Ironically, our friends live in a neighborhood (not technically on the base but very close) and the majority of their neighbors are Iraqi. I'm not sure why they are all clustered right there but he said they are super friendly and supportive of the army people. Anywhosers, in addition to ACL, we got to a lot of fun other stuff.
On the first day, Bill Clinton, who Emily has a presidential crush on, was doing a book signing in downtown Austin and we went to that which ruled. There were secret service people everywhere and when we finally got into the room where Bill was, people were crying and really excited. One lady cried so hard that Bill hugged her and grabbed her ass!! J/K, just a hug. We got our books signed and I told him he got skinny and he laughed. But then, this other guy started going on to him about how Hilary sucks and she's the devil, etc. As like 8 secret service guys (which came out of nowhere, by the way) were tackling him and hauling him off, Bill said in his sympathetic raspy voice, "I'm sorry you're so sick." It was awesome. Next we went to the festival and watched these bands:
Crowded House (hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over)
LCD Soundsystem
Queens of the Stoneage
Kaiser Chiefs
The Killers
Bjork
Everybody was really good, the weather was super hot and humid and we only had one chair. For day 2 we went to REI and picked up some more gear like another chair, a fan, and an umbrella. These items made a big ass difference.
On the second day we saw these bands:
Cold War Kids
Stephen Marley
Andrew Bird
Damien Rice
Indigo Girls
Arcade Fire
Muse
That night we went to this place called the Alamo Draft House where you sit in super comfy chairs and can order really good food throughout the movie and eat on a table in front of you. Oh, and they have like 40 beers on draft which I did not get to sample :( I had an artichoke, garlic, and goat cheese pizza and chocolate ice cream with a shot of espresso poured over it. YUMSERS!
The last day at ACL was definitely the best in terms of comfort.
The weather was nicer, I had my chair adjusted just right, and I had my port-a-potty technique down so I didn't touch nothing. The morning before we went to the fest, we went to the gospel brunch at Stubbs BBQ and that was really fun. I ate the hell out of the buffet and drank way too much coffee but JJ liked it. Then we saw these bands:DeVotchKa (they did the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack)
Lucinda Williams
Amos Lee
The Decemberists
My Morning Jacket (they had hula dancers)
Bob Dylan
Bob was really cool, and we had good seats. They didn't do any close-ups on the screens and he had a hat on so we never actually saw his face but we're 90% sure it was him.
When he sang his older stuff he sounded like Astro from the Jetsons and then a little more normal on his newer stuff. But still, it was Bob Dylan. We heard a lot of the youngsters saying stuff like, "who is this guy? He can't even sing!" I was all, "Whaa? You can't even sing!" Kids. On our walk home that night, James found this statue of Stevie Ray Vaughn.So as you can gather, we had a good time but it was good to come home where there are regular toilets and not everybody wears a bikini top.
Oh, and here is what my belly looks like for all of you sick puppies that like that sort of thing:
4 comments:
yayayayay! i really didn't know 90% of that information. thanks for sharing! what a blessing!
so proud. our little sister is growing up.
My belly still looks like that and I haven't had a baby inside for almost 4 years!!
great post. you guys are lucky astros for getting to see all my favorite bands.
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