westtechsan

I saw her open for Justin Townes Earl at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, TX last year. Beautiful voice. While bouncing between day parties at SXSW, I heard a familiar voice drifting from a club. There she was again. A pleasant surprise.

That show was a religious experience! It could not have been more perfect.

ACL is very affordable compared to other festivals around the country. Charles Jones, Charles Attal, and company try very hard to make it an enjoyable experience. I've been to all the ACL fests and each one is better year after year. Austin's population has doubled every 20 years for the last 100. We've folded in the new folks pretty well over the years. The douchbag quotent has gone up in some areas of the town. But, overall it still a cool place to be. Austin isn't a great place to visit for the outsider. It takes a couple years understand the culture. I mean what other community

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Forgiven transgressions Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy negotiates with Austin audience By Michael Hoinski SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Wednesday, January 24, 2007 Jeff Tweedy can do no wrong. Despite berating chatty concertgoers (see the documentary "Sunken Treasure") and slugging an overzealous fan who jumped onstage for what seemed an innocent hug (see YouTube), the Wilco frontman still sold out Tuesday and Wednesday nights at Hogg Auditorium. Didactic, hostile, off-putting Tweedy? Or goofy, lovable, revered Tweedy? That was the question opening night. The answer? A lot of bot