Saturday started with lunch at Joe's Crab Shack, with a crab cake sandwich and a big plate full of fried things from the sea. Then we got to the festival grounds at a little after 2:00, noticing that the festival was much more crowded Saturday than it was Friday around the same time. The first band that we really wanted to see was Ben Kweller, who was playing on one of the main stages. He was supposed to start at 2:30 - and at this festival no one was more than 5 minutes late - and he didn't come out until about 2:45. When he finally did come out, it was with a white towel shoved up to his nose, that was getting covered in blood. The guy had a bloody nose that wouldn't stop, but he's such a rockstar that he played the show anyway. After a couple songs, (with the camera continually highlighting the blood streaks on his guitar) he asked the crowd if anybody had a tampon, which he preceded to shove up his nose and then play another couple songs. After that he told us he had to sit down, so he was going to play a piano song. The nose continued to bleed - getting blood all over the microphone and the piano keys - and after that song he said he couldn't continue. He did play probably about 1/2 an hour though, and thoroughly rocked the stage.
After leaving Ben Kweller, we walked over to a side stage and checked out the end of Galactic and the first half of Nada Surf before heading back to the main stage to see The Shins. Galactic was pretty sweet live, kind of a hip-hop, funk New Orleans style band. Nada Surf was good, but nothing really spectacular. We weren't all that close and neither of us knew too much of their stuff though.
The Shins, however, were a different story. The crowd was completely into it, and the band put on a great set. It's a lot of fun seeing a band that you've recently heard a lot of music from, but never had the chance to see live, or really gotten to know too much about them. Seeing some of my favorite songs in the last couple years performed live was a cool treat as well.
After The Shins, we walked to a side stage to check out Aimee Mann who put on a really laid back, but incredible show. She played a lot of songs from the Magnolia soundtrack as well as some newer stuff that I hadn't heard before. The band was really tight and it was a perfect relaxing show to take in while sitting in the grass under a clear blue sky.
After Aimee Mann we left the festival and went to grab massive amounts of BBQ at Rudy's. It was amazing! You just go in and order different meat by the pound. We got a half rack of ribs, half pound of chicken, half pound of lean beef, half pound of fatty beef, and half pound of turkey. Then they give you a loaf of white bread and you load up on BBQ sauce and you're on your way. If you're ever in Austin, you have to check it out (for you non-vegetarians out there) http://rudysbbq.com/
The rest of the night was spent on the couch watching Nebraska lose to USC, and eating way too much meat. Again, sleep came easy as the excitement for the coming day gave way to the exhaustion from the current one.
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