Remembering the Encores

Who: Austin City Limits Festival, Day 2 When: October 14, 2012 Where: Zilker Park/ Austin, TX With: Taryn, Tristan, Steph, Darrell, Peter, Mike Of Note: All the emergency ponchos in the world can't stop us from dancing in the rain Day 3 highlights below! Emotional navel gazing about the week-end here Day 1 here Day 2 here Day 3 The Features, Boxer Rebellion, Freelance Whales, Stars, needtobreathe, Civil Wars, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Red Hot Chili Peppers Day 3 began with my melting into an actual puddle of vaguely Jen shaped & scented goo because holy hell, it was hot. It's also worth noting that when I woke up Sunday morning, my entire leg was covered in hives where I had fallen down in the mud the day before. I apparently had an allergic reaction to Texas. The first aid tent assured me that it was not, "some weird Texas thing that was going to kill me." Taryn really wanted to get to the park early to see The Features. I am so, so, so gla...

Who: Austin City Limits Festival, Day 2 When: October 13, 2012 Where: Zilker Park/ Austin, TX With: Taryn, Tristan, Steph, Darrell, Peter, Mike Of Note: All the emergency ponchos in the world can't stop us from dancing in the rain Day 2 highlights below! Emotional navel gazing about the week-end here Day 1 here Day 2 Civil Twilight, Bombay Bicycle Club, Dry the River, Big K.R.I.T., Metric, Band of Skulls, The Roots, Gotye, Neil Young I had seen Civil Twilight the week before in Buffalo; we caught the last couple of songs right as we got to the park. The folks at the water filling tent though I was hilarious because I was dancing around like an idiot while getting my Nalgene filled. Bombay Bicycle Club was a good early day set; Taryn and I noted that there were way more hipster children there on Saturday than there had been on Friday. Thus we dubbed it Austin City Daycare. Towards the end of the set, Taryn made the comment, "Come on guys; it's almost o...