Survived the ACL festival. Yesterday was actually pleasant overall, we were in the shade most of the time and didn't go down until later in the day. Skipped the Roots (sigh) but made up for it with a really really excellent Drive-by Truckers show. They were great. Southern Rock lives! Only it's being written by nerdy kids! Caught some of Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, which I think would be great in less heat. As it was I could only muster a fraction of the enthusiasm they deserved. A little Wilco, who sounded great even from faaaar away, and a little Dirty Dozen Brass Band as they happened to play my favorite Neville song, "Use Me." Yow! Ben Harper was the closing act and he was exactly as polished as you'd think. That was actually a great last act because he has such a varied catalog, everyone seemed to get into it at some point. It was just so nice sitting there in the dark, as the park cooled off...
THEN, after schlepping home last night, I sat down to this upsetting news from Saxony and Brandenburg. Not a surprise, since people have been predicting this all week, but still bad.
Posted by Heather at September 20, 2004 09:13 AM
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