So, I'm here...got in yesterday afternoon and managed (I am very proud of this) to reach my hotel on public transport. Yes, I got off one bus at the wrong spot, missed the first connection and dropped my purse, briefly, at the bus stop, but eventually everything turned out okay and I am here. And it cost $1.50 instead of $40 like last year.
The music festival hasn't officially started yet, but there was stuff going on last night, so I went first to the Beauty Bar, where Fanatic Promotion was having a party and later (not much later, it was boring) to the Dog and Duck, where I had a really good time. It was, obviously, St. Patrick's Day, so time for green hats and beer and "kiss me I'm Irish buttons", and the Dog and Duck had a big tent set up for all that. The main difference was taht they had some bands, too, good bands in fact, and one fantastic band...
I saw Right or Happy, the current incarnation of mid-1980s Austin pop band the Reivers, often mentioned in the same breath with Swimming Pool Qs, Let's ACtive and such. It is good to see women my age striking the rock star pose, windmills and all, in PTA-mom dresses...I don't know why but it is.
I saw Magic Christian which is kind of an all-star garage pop band, formed around Cyril Jordan, the guitar player from the Flamin' Groovies, plus Eddie Munoz from the Plimsouls and Clem Burke the from Blondie. A much younger singer Paul Kopf more than keeps up with all these heavyweights...in the sort of spastic, tambourine-and-maraca frenzy, part David Johannson, part John Petkovic from Cobra Verde. Anyway, super fun, go see this band if you like anything along the lines of power pop, garage etc. There are a bunch of downloads here.
I also saw a tiny bit of Ian McLagan and the Bump Band -- the piano player from the Faces and Small Faces -- and it seemed very fine, but I was pretty tired and today will be a long day, so I left kind of early. No disrespect to Mr. McLagan who was putting on a really good set.
More later, including photos, if I can find a camera cable somewhere.
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Hey Jennifer. Make sure you go see Turbowolf in about a hundred difrerent venues. They are playing lots, as I'm sure everyone is. They are best band buddies and you will NOT be disappointed. Check 'em! www.myspace.com/turbowolfband
have fun.
MxBx
Oh, man, I was all excited because I thought they were at Beerland today, but that's Turbofruits.
Let me check the sked...I'll give it a shot.
Well, if all the Turbo bands are there you can catch Turbonegro too.
I've heard good stuff about Magic Christian but Flamin Groovies post- Roy Loney never did much for me (well, individual tracks did, I mean, Shake Some Action for chrissake).
So which was the great band? If it's Right or Happy, hell, I'm old enough for PTA mom fantasies, although since I'm married to a PTA mom (not in how she dresses though) I guess I get the reality as well. So life's good, right? Well, that aspect anyway. And I'm listening to Reid Paley while I await yr answer, so you have an album's worth of time. Cheers.
Turbofruits would be awesome too! Beerland. haha.
Magic Christian was the great band. I should have said that.
And I guess I'm okay with having to catch all the Turbo bands, as long as I don't have to do all the Wolf bands, too.
I'll put some photos up after I finish my write-up. I saw 14 bands yesterday. It may take a while.
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