Well, in my first week of "blogging", I only made it a few days before I went and lost my soul at ACL. Don't let that statement mislead you, it was one of the GREATEST weekends of my life, by far the best Festival! Needless to say, it took me a while to get back in the swing of things... and unfortunately, this "blogging" is not yet on the top of my list. So, here I am. I know my 2 followers, and my mom have been dying to see my latest entry. Ha! (joke)
I will start with continuing my ACL highlights...
Day 1: Began with a freakin BANG! We arrived around 4, after a half-ish day of work, to catch PHOENIX! I'm kind of obsessed with them right now. I had only dabbled in their stuff before ACL, but now have every single song of theirs on my phone. No good pics or anything, but here are some of my faves for tasting: (***mom,here you can click on the songs ;)
If I Ever Feel Better
Lisztomania
1901
Lasso
Thievery Corporation, a little Reckless Kelly, a 5-gallon bag of Kettle Corn, accompanying Ryan on all 500 of her bathroom trips, a little wine, and we were finally at the show that I had gone into ACL wanting to see the most... KINGS OF LEON! I love them, old AND new. I'm sad to say, that I was kinda bummed about their show. I was exhausted, I had a headache, and we could barely hear them! I swear it was the most quiet concert I have ever been to. Such a shame. Glad I got to see them, but kinda wish I would have caught some of the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs because they are spectacular as well.
...and on the way home...
Citizen Cope = Puts the C in Cool = Super Hott = AMAZING music = I got a T-shirt = I met him! Ha! Soooo after the first night, Friday, which would also be the most low-key of all 3, Ryan and I were embarking on our long journey down Barton Springs back to our FAB parking spot at Mandy's apt... run on sentence... and as I walk past the Velaro filling station, I see Citizen Cope standing under the flood light like Jesus right in front of my face. People were not really catching on, but I immediately graB Ryan and guide her toward the light. He was adorb! He wouldn't go for a pic because "flash hurts his eyes", but he did let us snap one from an iPhone. Flood my basement.
Day 2: There really aren't words to describe just how fun it really was. But if I had to pick only a few, MUD would most definitely be one of them! ACL pumped $2.3 million dollars worth of sod into Zilker Park in order to prepare for the festival. As i said earlier, it was Heaven! ...until it poured rain... The beautifully green rolling hills soon became vast wet lands filled with mud, which we have come to find out was "Dillo Dirt". Disgusting. Google it. Saturday had an amazing line-up; Citizen Cope, Dave Matthews Band, and Ghostland Observatory. It was AMAZING!!! Singing, dancing, drinking, etc. in the rain was a blast! Ryan and I were on another level! Saturday, we luckily met up with some of my friends from Texas Tech, and made an anti-seperation-pact from the beginning! After singing my soul away (in the pouring rain, it was like a love story) for Citizen Cope, we pretty much had every intention of planting our feet and waiting for Dave. But it's hard to stay planted in several inches of mud. Sad to say that I missed Flogging Molly during Citizen Cope, I walked (slip-n-slided) over to AMD Stage to pretend like I caught the last of it. This was an amusing time period in our day where Ryan, Thomas, Weston, Turner and I had a great time. With a by-period in our schedule of Shows, we met a CRAZY Ginger-Hippie and chatted him up for a while. We will call him "Carrot-top". (I'm not even gonna go into the abundance of Gingers that were at ACL. Another topic) Anyways... I caught a little Mos Def, which was cool. I used to love watching him on Russell Simmons' Poetry Hour. Ha! Don't lie!
Then there was a period when we were passing by a stage that I never even paid attention to, and the Zac Brown Band was playing! I freaked out for many reasons; 1.I have just recently been OBSESSED with their song, "Whatever It Is". 2.You can surely find it in my Top 25 Most Played, so it was great to hear it in a new light. and 3.I was not expecting to hear any country-radio-hits at ACL. I LOVE Country Music! I can only jam it at my desk, or when I'm in the car alone because most of my friends are not fond of it. BUT, on that day, standing there barefoot in the mud, not a care in the world, and singing every lyric to a cheesy Country love song that all my friends HATE when I play, I had an overwhelming sense of pride for my Country-Music-Loving-Roots. Too much? haha! Click here, listen to the song, it goes pretty hard!
Sound Tribe Sector 9 = Great music, and I'm pretty sure I enjoyed their show....
So anyways, you'll have to understand that Day 2 gets a little hairy from here on out. Being in the rain for 8 straight hours took a toll, and by the time we made our way up towards the front of Dave, we were beat! I stood in awe, sang and did what people do at Dave concerts, and worried about Ryan's where-abouts. Weston and I got antsy, so we went to catch the end of Ghostland = UNREAL show, (we just saw them at the River like 2 months ago, but the lasers were still indescribable)... AND we needed to locate Ryan before leaving for the night.
...and on the way home...
Ryan, Weston and I were journeying back to the car, covered in mud, looking for Ali, buying hippie purses and light sabres, and bracelets when we came across a Laser-Light-Dance-Party behind a Taco Van stationed on the side of Barton Springs. It was freaking awesome. We were in there all alone, dancing our faces off for a good 30 minutes when in walked.....
The BLUE MAN! He was awesome. This picture doesn't really do his outfit justice because of the flash. In the dark, he was a neon blue dancing ball of fire! Loved him! Soon there was atleast 25 people dancing behind the Taco Van. It was pretty ridiculous. When we snapped out of it, and realized that the longer we stayed and danced, the more cars we would wait behind for hours in traffic, we bounced. I made everyone go inside the bathrooms at some burger joint and wash their legs off before they got in my car. Weston was not happy about this leg-lifting activity, so after some arguing, we ended up taking out my floor mats, and diving in. At this point I had no idea that we were all covered in "Dillo Dirt". Still.... a GREAT day!More to come about ACL Day #3... my FAVORITE day :)
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