Friday, September 30, 2005

Austin City Limits (ATX) & The New Music Fest (Dallas)

So this past weekend was a hella-good time. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS! I flew into Dallas on Thursday and hung out with the folks for the night… and then went out with a couple friends to the bar. Hollie and I got a chance to catch up.

Friday, Andrew and his friend Gooch came to pick me up and we headed to the ATX for the weekend. We got there and dropped Gooch off and headed to Kirby Lane… and then to the bar … where we stayed from around 6 in the evening until 2 in the morning. Andrew and I hung out with Marco (friend from HS) and some of his friends… and Kayla (one of Shelly’s friends, and roommate in London) came out for a little while. We were in “good” spirits at this point... when we left the bar we went to Alex’s apt… (Shelly’s other roommate from London) where she and Blair were camped out… She is a really cool girl, and I am glad that I got to meet her. We stayed at her place all weekend.

Saturday we went to ACL Fest and saw a handful of different bands. It felt so good to be back @ ACL. It was hella hot, but a great time all-around. That night shelly finally got into town and we all hung out. We didn’t get in bed till really late… or really early… however you want to look at it.

Sunday was the last day of the concert. I had so much fun. Overall my favorite performances were… Coldplay, Oasis, Jet, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Jason Mraz, the Black Keys and Jack Ingram. It was one hell of a weekend.

I got home Monday morning… and slept all day until I flew back to the LBK Monday night.

OVERALL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKEND…
vodka snow cones, bar fights, sticky bras, the mag light, 6th street for 8 hours, waking up to the sound of high pitched squealing and blinking lights, the dust storm, 2-stepping by the porta-potty, group dancing to coldplay, kirby lane, walking home from austin's pizza, 4 dollar lonestar, i want you gringo, snoring like a train, kayla burning the mexi-baby’s ear, andrew making fun of alex’s driving, shelly's conquest to find more facebook friends, blair's turban and dancing, the yellow hand towel... and a whole lot of bad ass music...

This week @ school has been pretty decent. I had a speech to give on Tuesday, as well as a test… and then a paper due Thursday, so I was pretty damned busy. Today Heather and I drove to Dallas to hang out all weekend. This will give me a good chance to hang with the folks and plus Nick is play @ the New Music Festival in Dallas.

Tonight we headed out for the first day of the festival to hang out with Nick and Keith… and to see Hero Factor play (and a few other bands). Then we headed over to Taco C to eat and hang out with a couple people. It was a pretty fun night

Tomorrow I am going with the guys to these industry panels and then to the Clearview VIP room where Nick is playing.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

mmmm kerbey lane.
what did you get?

Anonymous said...

Kirby Lane is quite tasty. My brother took me there when I visited him, and he ordered queso for breakfast. I found that strange...Give me a shoutout sometime, stranger!