austin city limits, longest running music tv show
what a great way to start austin city limits music festival weekend, a live taping at the acl television studio with the sonic youth. acl first aired from studio 6a back in 1976, and next month they will vacate that space to fancier digs downtown austin, change is hard. we were glad to be able to attend one the last shows from historic studio 6a on the UT campus.
sonic youth! they opened with schizophrenia, from their 1987 release sister.
kim gordon applying a file to her guitar strings
so good to see that 50+ yo thurston moore can still rock and kim gordon can still work the mini skirt too. I was slightly disappointed they did not play anything off their goo album. I can so clearly remember the afternoon when I first heard goo. my brit friend darren, powlcat and I were finishing a pitcher of Bass Ale at DC space (e street washington dc) and the bartender was playing something that caught my attention, she explained that the new sonic youth cd was awesome and I did agree. ah 1990....
before the show... I had spent nearly three hours in line to get those tickets, I was well thirsted and hungry. kat walked from work and met me at crave for sushi happy hour (their thai food is better than their sushi but the $2.75 kirin ichiban make up for any shortcomings)
met some friends at the hole in the wall.
earlier in the week, after I was gone all day on a wild goose chase, we regrouped at the grove and I'm gonna say that their cheese plate gives paggi house a run for the $, except that there is no happy hour at the grove so comparing a $15 cheese tray to a $7 (paggi happy hour price) is not really fair. but fun to keep trying.
