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Scene report: Fans prepared for the rain
The perfect day was followed by the imperfect storm. The drizzle hit today just after the gates opened at 11 a.m. and by the sea of raincoats, ponchos and umbrellas pouring down Barton Springs Road, absolutely no one was surprised. “Rain or shine” means the show goes on and nothing’s changed because of the weather except that there’s water in the air.
Where irrigation has been a problem in years past, as 65,000 pairs of feet on the parched fields kicked up dust, the concern today could be drainage, if the predicted three inches of rain fall.
One schedule change tomorrow finds Brett Dennen swapping time slots with State Radio because Dennen has a plane to catch. Brett now plays at 3:30 p.m. on the Austin Ventures stage, with State Radio following at 4:45 p.m.
Gotta go, Deer Tick is covering Townes Van Zandt’s “White Freightliner Blues”!
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By impartial_observer
October 3, 2009 2:28 PM | Link to this
Quite frankly I’m surprised that none of the Lunatic Right Wing Nut Fruit Loops have blamed the weather on either Obama or illegal immigrants yet.
By Matt
October 6, 2009 3:46 PM | Link to this
Anyone know why Brett Dennen had a plane to catch? For what? Trying to decide if we’re mad at him or not. Bad planning on his part, or an emergency? He was the main reason we traveled to Austin from D.C., and then we missed him entirely!!! The ACL app on the iPhone didn’t alert us to the change (an obvious advantage of having a mobile internet-enabled app, one would think). So, we just stood on other side while he played, oblivious to the fact that we were missing him.
By Sharon Chapman
October 6, 2009 4:17 PM | Link to this
Matt, we heard he had to catch a plane last minute to tape a Letterman appearance (with Natalie Merchant) that airs Friday.