Austinist and the Statesman have got many more feet on the ground and they don’t have kids, so go there for the full coverage. Here’s my bullet point take:
- We brought coozies for the cans this year only to find that they’d done away with cans and switched to cups. Why? I can’t think that they’re better from an environmental sense. It’s aluminum versus plastic. Did they get a better deal on kegs? It was much easier to carry the cans around. Maybe they’re trying to cut down on beer consumption? Anyone?
- Gotan Project seems to be the consensus winner of Friday.
- Queens of the Stone Age were good.
- LCD Soundsystem isn’t my bag generally, but they were good.
- We liked checking out Reverend Horton Heat, but they were drowned out by Kaiser Chiefs and what was up with the cover medley? Play your own stuff.
- Bjork was a good closer. I’d never seen her before. Very orchestral.
- It was damn crowded yesterday. We arrived at 3:30 to a mob trying to enter. That’s the first time that I’ve waited to get in to the festival.
- They should bring back the patrolling festival staff to kick people off the beach who don’t have kids. It was a welcome respite for families in past years and there were a lot of jerks stealing chairs without asking.