Had a blast in Austin last weekend.
Friday- Viagra Boys, Stereolab, & Black Lips
As @stc was saying, absurdly packed. We got in the line for a beer with a couple of songs left for Stereolab and finally got a drink just as Black Lips were finishing. Bullshit. Viagra Boys were a blast. I was dressed like a jumbo shrimp and partied with 50 other people dressed as shrimp #shrimptech
Saturday - B52's and DEVO
I had never been out to the racetrack and everybody kept telling me how shitty traffic and parking was. I had no such issues. The rain caused a short delay so we didn't miss anything. B52's opened and I learned really quickly to not look at the screens on the side of the stage. Kate looked like she had been reanimated from the dead and Fred looked like a mannequin stuffed into a sparkly suit with how stiffly he moved. Cindy looked pretty good for a 68 year old. They sounded pretty good. I spent most of the set taking pictures with randos. I had my disco ball power dome and white jumpsuit on. My buddy was also in a white jumpsuit but with a red power dome.
Devo killed it. They are so much fun. I saw them in May at the Cruel World fest in Pasadena and was able to get a lot closer to the stage. I don't like venues as large as this one was. Everywhere felt far away.
Sunday -
Leon Thomas - was invited to go to an ACL taping. Shockingly, I have never been to a taping. It was fun but I wasn't really into his music. The band members kept trading instruments and they were all really talented but then they would play 90's r&b style music. We left after an hour or so and headed to 29th Street Ballroom to see
The Macks. They are my favorite Portland band. Fun as hell. The lead singer ended up hanging upside down from the rafters for the final song. Grabbed some posters for my barage on the way out.