south of the loop

I am too stuffed full of Bluebell and queso to think, much less write, coherently. So for now, a list of how I spent my weekend at Austin City Limits:

• Paolo Nutini (a Scotsman, strangely enough)
• Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
• Stars (best set of Friday)
• Nickel Creek (they covered “Toxic”!!!!)
• Cat Power & The Memphis Rhythm Band
• Gomez
• Ray Lamontagne (zzzzzz)
• Ben Kweller (only half a set; a bloody nose left him unable to play, even after stuffing a tampon up his nose. I have to say, I use tampons on a regular basis, and it would NEVER OCCUR TO ME to stuff one up my nose, even to stop a blood flow.)
• Nada Surf (for their last song, they brought out the two Calexico trumpeters)
• TV on the Radio (bad sound, unfortunately, so I couldn’t really enjoy them)
• CALEXICO (front row center. Martin Wenk, one of the trumpeters, caught my eye and laughed at me during their last song. I’m not sure if it was because I knew all the words to Guero Canelo–basically a list of drugs, not an easy song to learn the lyrics to–or because, by that point, I was covered in dirt and no doubt resembled a farm animal more than a woman)
• What Made Milwaukee Famous
• Iron & Wine
• Willie Nelson (another show with bad sound–made worse by the gargantuan crowd, since I couldn’t get any closer than a half mile away–so I only saw a song or two before heading over to Massive Attack)
• Massive Attack
• The Stills
• Kathleen Edwards
• Sam Roberts
• Lou Ann Barton (one of the best sets of Sunday)
• KT Tunstall
• Jose Gonzalez
• Matisyahu
• Son Volt
• The New Pornographers (they had NEKO with them, who is the only person who could rival my Calexico crush. I met her years ago on my birthday at a tiny, now-defunct venue called the Volcano Room, and I’ve been smitten ever since.)
• The Greencards (great bluegrass, but badly drowned out by Ben Harper)

Posted 17 September 2006

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