Austin City Limits Music Festival

I really don't know if I can put into words how extremely cool my first ACL experience was! James and I got free tickets in exchange for helping out my friend Liz with her booth.

The first day when I arrived, I was a little overwhelmed by the heat and the massive crowd but I only had about an hour to check it out before my shift at the Bolsa Bonita booth started. While I worked, James saw Arctic Monkeys and Arcade Fire. He loved both shows. I enjoyed hanging out with Liz, people watching and seeing how her booth runs.

The second day I was better prepared! I went down there early with my brother Jeff. We saw Ben Kweller together who was AWESOME! I have a bunch of his songs on my itunes and whenever one of them comes on it always makes me feel happy. He was super energetic on stage despite singing into the sun. He really rocked out his songs. I had forgotten how cool it is to see live music. It's great to just close your eyes and let it envelop you! Afterward Jeff went off to meet his friends so I just walked around and heard different bands and took pictures and ate a burger until my shift started. Later that night James came up and we saw Bob Dylan together. His voice is so rough now but I loved the music and the new arrangements of his old songs. The songs they played made me want to be dancing! They had roots in old country and western, blues, early rock - so great.

Hooray for ACL. I am definitely going next year. It was just such a fun experience for me! I posted some pictures on my flickr account.