ACL 2010 Bullets (10/7/10)

One last set before kick off.

• Just announced on the official ACL website: "Our friends at Slacker have set up the Official Austin City Limits Music Festival Radio, streaming songs from 2010 artists all weekend long." See Tune Into ACL Festival 2010.
• The official site also makes the argument that two wheels are better than four. Why to bike to the festival. And the festival cares about bikers. "If that beloved bike has any problems, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Station has your back: they’ll be on-hand to fix flats, take care of minor repairs, and dole out helpful advice all weekend long."
• The American Statesman's Austin360.com is stepping up the ACL coverage. All sorts of things: who to see, which things to eat (hint: cone), etc. In other words, the same sort of stuff we have here. Except, well, they have lots of resources, so there's lots and lots of content, and a lot of it is worthwhile. One interesting article featured right now is about the numbers for this year's festival, with comments from Amy Corbin, a lead booker for festival organizers C3 Presents.
• The festival hasn't started yet, and here's a story on AustinNews.com about who the author wished was playing. A few interesting thoughts, including one that is consistent with something I've griped about (not enough hip-hop): "Snoop Dogg, Q-Tip, KRS-One, etc. (Give me one iconic Rapper and this festival would be over the top)."
• Don't really know the blog ACLMike.com, but it does have a long list of ACL bands on Twitter. By the way, most of them are obvious, but if you care, it's @SpoonTheBand.
• Brady Smith just put up a nice set of videos and song downloads. His video playlist features 27 artists at this year's festival. Portugal. The Man, Band of Horses, LCD Soundsystem and The Soft Pack are among the featured.
• khmx.com (radio station) presents its list of ten acts to see, with videos. It starts with Flaming Lips, Pat Green and Cage the Elephant, three bands I don't plan to see. Guess this guy think's I'm missing out.
• Here's a little plug for a nice cowboy boot & western wear store on South Congress, Allens Boots. No shit, I've found a lot of nice shirts there that aren't really all that western. This Northeastern would feel like a poser in a bolo tie. They have over 4,000 pairs of boots in stock.
• Austin Bloggy Limits, like yours truly, isn't just thinking about food inside Zilker Park. Here's a list of "ACL Off-Site Noms." Why not watch a video about Kerbey Lane Cafe? Also just like yours truly, I Love Beer has an ACL beer guide.
• One more set of ACL band picks on Republic of Austin. Chris Apollo Lynn sums up what many of us think about Sunday night's schedule pretty well: "Tell your Dad to enjoy the Eagles set but you’ve already seen all the bands that matter in 2010. The National are future legends, catch them now while they are just a great band."
• And because I like to end with a little negativity, why not a list of Bands That Suck Balls? Here's Get off my Lawn Kid's special ACL edition.