ACL!!
Day 1, Thursday night/Friday
Let me preface with a few facts:
I live in Kansas City which happens to be a 13-hour drive from Austin.
I drive a teal ’99 Chevy Cavalier.
She is 3,000 miles overdue for an oil change.
Her name is Teal-a Tequila.
I drove her to Austin.
Before we left KC, we had no idea where we were staying.
This was my first time in Austin.
Alright, time to get started.
3:00PM (Thursday) – The trek begins! My friend Tricia and I load up Teal-a and get situated for the long ass night ahead of us. Luckily, my parents live 3-hours from Kansas City en route to Austin. So of course, we stop there for a free meal then hit the road again around 11.
6:00AM (Friday) – After switching on and off for most of the drive, neither one of us could stay awake for much longer. Time to sleep in a parking lot of a gas station? Yes, please.
8:00AM – Get back on the road!
10:00AM – Woooooo finally! Arrive in Austin! We head straight to downtown to the shuttle pickup. Brushed our teeth, changed and got ready in a parking garage then boarded the shuttle.
Noon – Was supposed to meet Josh to pickup our press credentials. Of course, he didn’t get there until 1. So we waited outside in the shade.
This is where things just sort of run together for me. The first hour or so, we mainly just walked around and figured out where things were. We did manage to catch the middle of the Mountain Goats set. 
2:30PM – Interview with Amos Lee, who is now my newest musical crush. He was seriously great. Check out the PodWreck!
3:00PM – MIIKE SNOW! I love this guy. Unfortunately, I was only able to stay for 3 songs before heading back to the press tent. That’s okay though, because he rocked it. Although, as you’ll see later – most of the dancier sets were during the day. This caused them to lose a sort of charisma that coincides with dance.
3:30PM – PodWreck with Bear in Heaven. They in fact, have seen a bear before.
4:30PM – Done with interviews for the day! Time to listen to some tunes. Saw the last of the Black Keys’ set from afar then watched most of Beach House which had great energy and the crowd loved it.
6:00PM – AMOS! I was lucky enough to see his set. He blew me away. I had heard his stuff before but hadn’t seen him live. Now I know why he’s one of those people that you have to see. Great stage presence and his voice is…. Magical.
8:00PM – We decided to stay for a few songs of the Strokes. Now I can say I’ve seen them live. Even though their live stuff is just as monotonous as their albums, they still put on a good show.
This is the point where we should have been heading to the car to sleep in a parking lot or some random place along those lines. BUT thankfully, our good friend Brandon has a brother that lives in Austin and offered us a place to stay. We couldn’t be happier to find out that he wasn’t crazy.
That night Jason (who we were staying with) took us to an Austin staple: Kerbey Lane. Late night eats that are actually good! We highly suggest the Kerbey Queso.
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