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September 18, 2006

Austin City Limits: Day Three

Gotta make this short 'cause we're waiting to board our flight. (Congratulations! We have 36 channels of DirecTV programming!)

Got off to a slow start on Sunday. "There's a red eye the size of Laredo heading right at us," some dude outside our hotel warned before extoling the virtues of wet t-shirts. But the storm wasn't as bad as anticipated. We caught up with Ben Kweller, who couldn't walk two feet without having to explain yesterday's bloodbath, and shot some more silly video with him. Seeing Sufjan and then the Raconteurs rock Austin City Limits' studio at the U.T. Communications Building was a trip. Look for that on PBS in November. "Detroit" was dedicated to Jack White, and "Together" to Soof, who was dressed as a bird. The band were butterflies. Part of some 100 album insectia project.

Random shots from out and about:

BEN KWELLER AND TREE

ELVIS PERKINS AND BEN KWELLER'S DAD

HUSKY RESCUE AND ICE CREAM MAN

JOSE GONZALEZ AND MICROPHONE

And mementos from the taping...


See you in March, Austin.

And watch where you're drumming!

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That was the first time that I've laughed at The Simpsons in a while. Well, to be honest, it was a mere chuckle.

Posted by: chloe at 09/18/06 8:38 AM | Reply
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I still can't get over how good Soof and company were at the Paramount Friday night.
Absolutely amazing.

Posted by: wilceaux at 09/18/06 9:30 AM | Reply
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I was at that ACL taping. I wonder where you were at dude.

Anyways Sufjan was spectacular, a friend of mine said it was the best live performance he's ever seen. The Raconteurs were great when they weren't fucking up over... and over again.

Posted by: alvysinger at 09/18/06 9:38 AM | Reply
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To quote the comic master Larry the Cable Guy, "I don't care who you are; that's funny right there."

Posted by: Evan at 09/18/06 10:33 AM | Reply
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Gotta ask: who paid for your trip to ACL?

Posted by: tock at 09/18/06 12:50 PM | Reply
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Does anyone else see the face in the tree over Ben Kweller's face?

Posted by: Carlos at 09/18/06 1:04 PM | Reply
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Um, yeah, Carlos. We kinda do.

Posted by: David at 09/18/06 1:15 PM | Reply
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Yes, there is most definitely a face.

Posted by: dude at 09/18/06 1:15 PM | Reply
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You're a real genius there Carlos, I imagine Ben Kweller noticed the face, since he was imitating it's expression. In fact, you could sort of say that was the whole point of the picture.

Posted by: Santos at 09/18/06 1:30 PM | Reply
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Carlos, you ponce!

Posted by: Ef at 09/18/06 1:41 PM | Reply
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Ben Kweller's dad is awesome.

Posted by: Brian at 09/18/06 3:53 PM | Reply
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hey maybe i missed it but what is the sufjan and raconteurs taping for? A tv show? When will it air??? anyone???

Posted by: Buckeye at 09/18/06 4:25 PM | Reply
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Wow Husky Rescue is better looking than I imagined, sadly the same cannot be said for Jose Gonzales

Posted by: eman at 09/18/06 4:34 PM | Reply
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For, uhmm, *Austin City Limits*... should air in a few months.

Posted by: Beetle Bum at 09/18/06 4:36 PM | Reply
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Yeah, I think the tree is imitating Ben. That chick from husky rescue is even hotter in person.

Posted by: Jack at 09/18/06 4:37 PM | Reply
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That whole episode of the Simpsons was pretty funny last night. A bit trippy as well.

Posted by: maggie at 09/18/06 5:07 PM | Reply
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total face

Posted by: tom at 09/18/06 5:08 PM | Reply
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any idea why jose gonzalez ended his set twenty minutes early?

Posted by: caitlin at 09/18/06 6:52 PM | Reply
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that episode of the simpsons last night was fuckin awesome. i haven't laughed that hard in a looong time.

Posted by: dead_red_eyes at 09/18/06 10:43 PM | Reply
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7am JetBlue, eh? I freaked out a bit when they had to restart the plane. "It's just like restarting your PC."

Posted by: Ryan at 09/20/06 8:56 AM | Reply
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Hey! I know I'm late, but I was at the ACL taping too. That was the highlight of my weekend, for sure. Umm... The Raconteurs were sort of annoying though. Maybe that's just me. Still... I have a crush on old Jack. I have some catching up to do, but maybe you went the Cat Power taping Monday night too? I wish I had VIP tix because I had to practically camp out all day for both shows. Geez. But it was well worth it. Hope you enjoyed Austin. Ok. I'll shut up now.

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