ACL 2011

We had such a great time at the Austin City Limits Music Festival this year.  The weather was cooperative and the music was fab as always.  Going to ACL with a toddler is certainly a different experience for us - we were stocked with plenty of diapers, snacks, and baby wipes to get us through the day.  Little Mister had no interest in wearing ear protection as he promptly pulled it off so we stayed safely back from the loud speakers.  We also had to make the difficult decision not go on the last day of the festival since we still had to drive back to San Antonio and Matt and I had to work on Monday.  We didn't want to push Little Mister too far.  It was a good decision and we're still able to check out the highlights of Arcade Fire on YouTube. 

Austin skyline

watching Foster the People

i haven't seen grass this green in ages.  the grounds were beautiful!

i don't know who these guys were, i just thought their signs were funny

Little Mister managed to nap through all the noise

We had a great time with some good friends and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Tickets for next year go on sale NEXT WEEK.  Yes, we'll try our hardest to score early bird tickets.  See you all then!

Michelle Suvunrungsi Stedman - Custom Schedule for ACL 2011

oooh yes

Custom Schedule for ACL 2011

Blue

If you guys haven't figured out by now, Matt and I are really big fans of live music.  We are more selective of the shows we see since it's time spent away from Little Mister but when the opportunity to see Weezer perform the "Blue" album at Stubbs BBQ in Austin came up, I couldn't resist.

Blue

  "If you want to destroy my sweater (ohohwaoh) hold this thread as I walk away (as I walk away!)"

I cannot believe that was 17years ago.  As my good friend David says to me, "We is old."

I had a hard time seeing the show in the crowd (I'm a towering 4'-11 3/4" ... don't be jealous) so I relied on other peoples digital cameras and phones to see what was happening on stage.  And I had my trusty Hipstamtic app to capture the mood of the event. 

Fun times.

Why Can't All Concert Tickets Look Like This?

Look at what came in the mail the other day.

Holy moly, have you ever seen a concert ticket look so cool?  The whole concept of the Railroad Revival Tour is a complete throwback to a different era of music and how it is experienced by not only the concert-goer but the musicians themselves.  These guys are traveling by train and stopping in a few select cities all along the southwest.  We were fortunate to score tickets to the Austin show (although Marfa seemed tempting, I couldn't validate a 7 hour drive versus a 1 hour drive). 

The tickets have an air of authenticity and it really makes me look forward to the event.  My name is even on the tickets - how cool is that?   Matt's secretly jealous.  Little Mister won't be joining us, but don't feel too sorry for him - he has the Austin City Limits Music Festival to look forward to this September. 

On top of that, they released the very limited edition concert poster designed by Luca Zamoc available only to those who purchased the bundled ticket package.  

Man, I wish I shelled out the extra dough to get this print.