austin city limits festival

[eltee]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
  any reports?

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1491207/20040920/pixies.jhtml?headlines=true [/b]

Thanks ggw. Anyone who went, any reports?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Lots of reviews, etc. here: http://www.austin360.com/xl/content/xl/acl2004/index.html
 
 but I don't know anybody who went this year...

[Bartelby]

I was in Austin for the weekend and tried to get in on Sat..but it was sold out.  It is worth noting that there were NO arrests or police actions at ACL over the entire three day period.  Despite what you heard about Ozomatli's experience last year at SXSW, the Austin police are very cool...even in the midst of unruly, drunken crowds...a weekend phenom in Austin with UT football, concerts, 5th and 6th street clubbing, etc...
 
 Of the 210,000 people there, local news aerial footage showed about 200,000 cowboy hats and 10,000 trucker caps...the real kind.  The bands were all over town on Sat. night - where there is NO shortage of bars/tat parlors/dance clubs.  The guys in Cake checked out of my hotel early Mon. a.m. and they were all in REALLY bad moods...and not feeling so goodly either.  I flew out with Jack Johnson's crew on an almost empty flight out of Dulles on Sat. a.m. - they arrived  for the flight feeling poorly after their show at Merriwether on Fri. night  but I heard  they got some sleep/r&r before their show on Sun. afternoon, and put on a great show.  
 
 Next year, I'll buy tickets well in advance of the event.  It's just finished it's third year, but it's gaining momentum - and will probably become as well-know worldwide as SXSW.
 
 Is anyone else going to Voodoo Music Fest in New Orleans, Oct 16/17?

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Originally posted by Suki:
  Next year, I'll buy tickets well in advance of the event.  It's just finished it's third year, but it's gaining momentum - and will probably become as well-know worldwide as SXSW.
 
 Is anyone else going to Voodoo Music Fest in New Orleans, Oct 16/17?

>>> I'll be at the Saturday 10/16 show but am skipping Sunday's lineup.....lot's of boozing and whoring to do on Sunday.....

[saco]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  And although the cowboy-hatted crowd seemed partial to music of the twangin' persuasion, hyped-up hipsters and alternative rockers ruled the day.
 

didnt someone discredit Rob wanting people to count all of the cowboy hats? haha. [/b]

T'was I.   While I may have been incorrect, as a SXSW visitor 4 years running, I stand by the rest of my statement that Austin is more like an east coast or west coast city than it is like Dallas.   I tend to associate cowboy hats more with the likes of Garth Brooks or Kenny Chesney than with Wilco or The Pixies.
 Perhaps its becoming like hipsters wearing trucker hats.  Does Urban Outfitters sell them now?

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Suki:
 
 Is anyone else going to Voodoo Music Fest in New Orleans, Oct 16/17?

me and the miss were extremely excited about attending (since we fell in a bad spot last fall) but when the lineup was announced it was just awful
 
   but i look forward to it being better next year so i can go.  i love New Orleans, its my favourite city in America!

[thegazelle]

Anyone who went, any reports?
 
 This was my first time in Austin (and Texas for that matter) and I've got to say that ACL was the best-organized festival I've been to. Far better than Coachella or any of the Phish Fests. Everything was clean; lines, while sometimes long, moved fast; and there was never a line for a portopotty, and they always had toilet paper in them that nobody pissed on! I was really impressed with the attendees as well. Everybody was more than happy to give a recommendation of a bar to go to or willing to share a cab.
 
 As for music, Sloan, the Roots (great cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"), and Calexico were three of my favorites. The sound quality was great for most shows except during Cake, whose stage was too close to Madeski, Martin, and Wood. People kept shouting "Turn it up" to no avail. Also if you were too far back, sometimes the sound quality would fade because of the wind. Trey Anastasio was the only performer to do 2 sets and he really got the crowd going. Ben Harper closed out the whole festival with some solid tunes, including "With My Own Two Hands > War (Bob Marley) > Own Two Hands". On the weird side of things, Ryan Adams had some very odd drunken ramblings, and also covered the Dead's "Wharf Rat".
 
 Overall there were no musical disappointments. The heat was brutal and there was little shade, but you got used to it after a while. Admittedly, a great part for me was that the whole trip was free (won it from KEXP!), but I'd definitely consider going back either way.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Ah, so you're the lucky DC bastard my Seattle dwelling, KEXP listening brother told me about! Congratulations!
 
 

Originally posted by thegazelle:
  Anyone who went, any reports?
 
 This was my first time in Austin (and Texas for that matter) and I've got to say that ACL was the best-organized festival I've been to. Far better than Coachella or any of the Phish Fests. Everything was clean; lines, while sometimes long, moved fast; and there was never a line for a portopotty, and they always had toilet paper in them that nobody pissed on! I was really impressed with the attendees as well. Everybody was more than happy to give a recommendation of a bar to go to or willing to share a cab.
 
 As for music, Sloan, the Roots (great cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"), and Calexico were three of my favorites. The sound quality was great for most shows except during Cake, whose stage was too close to Madeski, Martin, and Wood. People kept shouting "Turn it up" to no avail. Also if you were too far back, sometimes the sound quality would fade because of the wind. Trey Anastasio was the only performer to do 2 sets and he really got the crowd going. Ben Harper closed out the whole festival with some solid tunes, including "With My Own Two Hands > War (Bob Marley) > Own Two Hands". On the weird side of things, Ryan Adams had some very odd drunken ramblings, and also covered the Dead's "Wharf Rat".
 
 Overall there were no musical disappointments. The heat was brutal and there was little shade, but you got used to it after a while. Admittedly, a great part for me was that the whole trip was free (won it from KEXP!), but I'd definitely consider going back either way.

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Suki:
 
 Is anyone else going to Voodoo Music Fest in New Orleans, Oct 16/17?

me and the miss were extremely excited about attending (since we fell in a bad spot last fall) but when the lineup was announced it was just awful
 
   but i look forward to it being better next year so i can go.  i love New Orleans, its my favourite city in America! [/b]

>>> For day 2 it is pretty bad.....Kid Rock headling day 2......but the first day is stacked and packed!......That's why I'm blowing off day 2 and drinking......

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by The O' Rotten Factor:
   For day 2 it is pretty bad.....Kid Rock headling day 2......but the first day is stacked and packed!......That's why I'm blowing off day 2 and drinking......

well, if i had "comp tickets" then i would be going  

[malkmess]

i'm glad you considered sloan one of your favorites. they're such a great live band, i wish they'd come back here.

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Brand new updated listing for 10/16 at Voodoo.......
 
 
 Saturday October 16, 2004
 
 Ambulance LTD, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Dropping Daylight, Eisley, Gomez, Gooding, Green Day, John Digweed,
 Julliette & the Licks, KillRadio, Lake Trout, Mix Master Mike,
 New Found Glory, Northern State, Paul Van Dyk, Phantom Planet, Pixies, Pleasure Club, Snow Patrol, Sonic Youth, Sugarcult,
 Talib Kweli, The Killers, The Polyphonic Spree, The Thrills

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by The O' Rotten Factor:
  Brand new updated listing for 10/16 at Voodoo.......
 
 
 Saturday October 16, 2004
 
 Ambulance LTD, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Dropping Daylight, Eisley, Gomez, Gooding, Green Day, John Digweed,
 Julliette & the Licks, KillRadio, Lake Trout, Mix Master Mike,
 New Found Glory, Northern State, Paul Van Dyk, Phantom Planet, Pixies, Pleasure Club, Snow Patrol, Sonic Youth, Sugarcult,
 Talib Kweli, The Killers, The Polyphonic Spree, The Thrills

That would be ok, if it was in Baltimore.    
 
   with the exception of Talib Kweli i have seen all the other bands that i like already this year.
 
   last year they had Rabbit In The Moon and what not...what gives. Cypress Hill?
 
  not to sound like Rhett, but thats just horrible!

[thegazelle]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
 [QB] Ah, so you're the lucky DC bastard my Seattle dwelling, KEXP listening brother told me about! Congratulations!
 
  Yes, I'm the guy who won the whole shebang. I actually just beat the deadline by 2 hours (because I didn't know it was open to non-Seattle people). One thing I have to say as well, the concerts are very reasonably priced. A 3-day ticket went for $80 I believe. Not a bad deal any way you cut it.
 
 Your brother is lucky to be able to listen to KEXP all the time, anywhere he wants. What a station.

[thegazelle]

Originally posted by malkmess:
  i'm glad you considered sloan one of your favorites. they're such a great live band, i wish they'd come back here.

Sloan is solid. Having grown up in Buffalo we got our fix of Canadian music. I'm glad they at least come around once in a while down here. At ACL, they did a nice mix of old and new tunes and the crowd was pretty into them, even those who didn't know them.