Sorry, no photos to share yet. Figured you wouldn't be interested in the photos from the airport. I have learned, however, several things.
1. I'm lousy at Wii bowling. Worse than in real life. (Less than 100? Really. Pah.)
2. Miss Mary Mack is pretty darn good at Wii bowling. Better than me, and much better than in real life.
3. I'm lousy at Wii golf. This, however, closely matches my actual golf skills.
4. Miss Mary Mack is an excellent questioner. She grilled the Official Brother and Sister-In-Law of Zooglobble at dinner. At this point, I figure I'm having her ask all the questions in the interviews tomorrow and after the AKL stage shuts down I'm sending her off to Mississippi just in case.
I just wrote down my list of activities for tomorrow, and I'll be amazed if I don't fall asleep on the shuttle ride back home.
Go ahead, look at the Day 1 schedule... anything I shouldn't miss?
ACL Fest (Austin Kiddie Limits) 2008: Day 0 Report
OK, Miss Mary Mack and I are hanging out at the airport. We've made it through security, Miss Mary Mack's e-mailed her teacher a couple photos, and I've just tweaked my (our) schedule for the whole of Austin City Limits Festival 2008.
Voila!
It is still too crowded -- there's no way I can be at 3 shows at once, and after you throw in interviews and a 2nd grader in the mix, clearly this is half realism, half insanity. But I'm an experienced ACL / Austin Kiddie Limits veteran now, as is Miss Mary Mack, so I think we'll be OK.
I'll try to post throughout the weekend -- we'll see how successful I am in that regard.
I'm obviously bringing the computer with me, though I'll probably only be checking at non-festival hours. If you're there, e-mail me and we'll try to say hello.
And don't forget -- Family Music Meltdown 2. Saturday, 6 PM, Ruta Maya, just $5, free for infants.
Woo. Hoo.
It is still too crowded -- there's no way I can be at 3 shows at once, and after you throw in interviews and a 2nd grader in the mix, clearly this is half realism, half insanity. But I'm an experienced ACL / Austin Kiddie Limits veteran now, as is Miss Mary Mack, so I think we'll be OK.
I'll try to post throughout the weekend -- we'll see how successful I am in that regard.
I'm obviously bringing the computer with me, though I'll probably only be checking at non-festival hours. If you're there, e-mail me and we'll try to say hello.
And don't forget -- Family Music Meltdown 2. Saturday, 6 PM, Ruta Maya, just $5, free for infants.
Woo. Hoo.Seven, Eight, Thyme: Yes, This is The Right Place
Did you hear They Might Be Giants' "Seven," Central Services Board of Education's "Eight is a Number," and the Nields "Wild Mountain Thyme" on NPR's All Things Considered Monday afternoon? Then you've come to the right place, as I was the one talking with Melissa Block. You can find out more about this site and me if you go to this post. And thanks for stopping by.
Family Music Meltdown 2 Preview
I've written a lot about the Austin Kiddie Limits stage at this weekend's Austin City Limits Festival, but I'd be derelict if I didn't mention Family Music Meltdown 2, the show Bill and I are throwing early Saturday night at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse. Five great Austin bands for just five bucks. That's a great band per buck (or for free if you're an infant). Regardless of how you spell it, it will rock.
The set order will be as follows:
Super Pal Universe (acoustic)
Mr. Leebot
Telephone Company
Laura Freeman
Joe McDermott and the Smart Little Creatures
There's no better excuse to keep your kiddos up late than to have 'em dancing 'til 9 PM. Heck, even if you can only stay for an hour or so, it's a heckuva deal. For more details on these fine Austin artists, read on...
Austin Kiddie Limits 2008 Preview: The Rest of the Weekend
Well, if I don't finish this series of previews of the artists who will be playing the Austin Kiddie Limits stage at the 2008 edition of the Austin City Limits Festival soon, I'll never finish. So I'm going to wrap up by briefly mentioning the rest of the artists. (Previous artists: Buck Howdy with BB, Uncle Rock, Jambo, The Jimmies, Big Don, mr.RAY.)
First off, the Q Brothers:
-- Official Website
-- Myspace page
The Q Brothers are the other hip-hop artist(s) to play AKL this year. They performed last year. I didn't see 'em perform on stage, but I did see them teach a whole bunch of kids how to scratch and rap at their booth between sets. They'll be doing that again this year.
The Q Brothers play 12:30 Friday.
The Q Brothers - Promo for "Funk It Up About Nothin'" (a promo for a blend of Shakespeare and hip-hop)
More artists after the jump...
While We're Talking About Grown-Up Bands Making Albums For Kids...
No sooner do I talk to NPR about kids music than word comes down that British alternative rock band Elbow, who just won the Mercury Prize for best British album of the past year, are working on a kids music album and accompanying animated film. "We initially thought that it would be great to make music for children because the lads in the band have got kids and they were saying how little really decent music for children there is," said lead singer Guy Garvey, in a crushing blow to the British kids music genre. (Note: when it comes to kids music in Britain, he's right.)
