Day 3.

OK, I’m writing this later … from a hotel room in San Angelo, Texas, which is not, as has been posited to me by three different people today, the name of the city where Demolition Man was set (that was San ANGELES).

Well, we arrived later in the day yesterday, which was lamentable as it was the first time over the three days of ACL that there was a breeze and a reasonable amount of cloud cover so, even though we did more walking, we actually had a more pleasant experience.

So did this guy:

First up today was Devotchka, the Denver-based band that’s been getting a lot of attention because they did the soundtrack to both Everything is Illuminated and Little Miss Sunshine.

They were actually phenomenal live, and I heard for the first … and possibly only … time in my life a cover of a Siouxsie and the Banshees song by an alterna-klezmer band* What was amusing was the number of total heavy rock dudes hanging out and slamming around to the toots on the accordion like it was the best music they’d ever heard in their lives.

*with tuba

Then we trudged all the way across the park to see Bloc Party, which … sorry guys … really wasn’t that good. Leslie Cochran showed up for part of the set, and so did this guy in tight … dear GOD tight white jeans … black cowboy boots, a Grace Jones-circa 1983 haircut, and a big batman tatoo across his chest. Everyone ignored Leslie (whose legs look awesome, particularly in the bikini he/she was wearing), but everyone was staring openly at Batman dude because–even in a town like Austin–this guy was weird.

What was I on about? Oh, right. Bloc Party. They sucked. The lead singer kept whining about the heat and they ended five minutes early. Bah.

Group photos: me and Hillary:

Hillary and Lee. He’s wearing his bandana on his head to cool down. Notice that the moment Ray grabbed his camera, Lee had to grab Hillary’s hand lest his masculinity be questioned:

And, finally, Wilco. They’re awesome live. What else needs be said?

And so, we draw the curtain on our weekend at ACL 2007. I managed not to get a sunburn, and am going to recommend that they have a waxing booth at next year’s even for all those straight boys who just couldn’t be bothered …

See ya next year!

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