Since SXSW I've been jonesing for more music and luckily spring time in Austin brings a lot of opportunity for music.
What I'm missing:
Austin Reggae Fest was today. Zach and I drove by it and saw white folk in droves wearing everything green, black, yellow, and red that they found in their closet. While the festival is cool in theory, and I'm a little tempted to see the one and only Skatalites, it looked a little douchapalooza to me. There seemed to be too many dudes wearing knitted hats.
May 7th: Flight of the Conchords. This broke my heart. Tickets went on sale back in February and I mistakenly waited a whole 10 minutes before trying to buy them. They sold out so fast that people were immediately on craigslist offering to pay $100 and up for two seats.
What I'm hoping to not miss:
Right now my Google calendar shows two events for the next three weeks: Lucero and Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down. These are both bands that I saw at SXSW, but at a festival you only get teased for 25 minutes...theres no encore and theres no leeway for which songs and how long they go. Thao is this Thursday, April 23rd and I'm desperately hoping that I can get myself together enough to go. This song won't leave my head and I'm convinced I'll just have to see it live again before I can rest. Then, a few weeks later is Lucero. After SXSW I bought Zach this documentary called Dreaming in America and it endeared me to Lucero in a whole new way. It's a good movie because it shows how they're successful by most peoples' standards (they've put out half a dozen albums and are able to survive on their music alone) but that with this success comes a back-breaking tour schedule that puts them on the road constantly (about 200 shows a year). Zach and I have talked about seeing this show to celebrate our 8-year anniversary. Yes, my readers, you all are really that old now.
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