ACL 2008 – done and done.

We had a great time this year. The weather was sunny and hot but not life-threateningly hot. We finally got Marcelo out there, and I dare say he had a pretty good time. Jordan, Neutrono, and Richard rounded out our group this year, and for the most part, we didn’t see too much trash (A note to whoever programmed the exceptions to that statement, Flyleaf and Silversun Pickups, for the love of god do not book stuff like this again).

OTOH, the rest of the acts we caught brought it for the most part, some more than others (I’m talking to you Mr. Beck “no encores” Hansen) That would be:

Yeasayer
Jamie Lidell
David Byrne
Manu Chao
José González
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
John Fogerty
Beck
Gnarls Barkley
Band of Horses

I believe Jordan & Richard also caught some of Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Man Man, Les Freres Guisse, and Richard was off to The Raconteurs and many other bands before 2:00 PM, as he was the most energetic of us all and got up and out there.

All in all, a good festival. Though I have to agree at least partially with the AVClub on this point, it’s the fesitval I don’t have to fly somewhere else for and I get to sleep in my own bed every night. Lollapalooza be damned, we should feel lucky to have one here at all. Besides, though we may not be the schedule packers the way we used to be, at ~ $13 or less per band ( a weird commodity perspective, I’ll admit ) I figure that’s still a helluva deal.