ACL fest 2008
The lineup for this year’s Austin City Limits music festival has been released. Headlining this year are Pearl Jam, Dave Mathews Band, Beastie Boys, and Ben Harper. There will be a total of 130 bands on 8 stages over 3 days in early October. I went two years ago and had an amazing time despite the relentless dust and heat. I hear that they’ve installed irrigation systems and different landscaping to minimize the dust though in recent years. If you have any interest in going, I recommend that you go ahead and buy tickets before they sell out (and they will). If you change your mind you can always sell them on craigslist later. Check out the full lineup and ticket information on the official ACL website.
Quick facts of little value: Last year’s attendance was roughly 43,000 over the course of the weekend. The festival was estimated to have produced 34.5 million in economic impact dollars for Austin.
It seems these days that email or text message is the first means to communicate. Why is that? I’m all for the easy flow of information and those are two great means to move things along. But there are times where a phone call or an actual personal visit are better, much better. As our ability to communicate without personal interaction increases, we need to be ever mindful of our responsibility to communicate in person. Communicating in person will become more valuable in the coming years and we all need to step up our commitment to personal relationships. So next time you have some difficult or complicated news to pass along, pick up the phone and talk like we all did growing up. (BTW, if you need to “communicate” with me, its 512.731.7232.) The inspiration for this post comes from an article from the New York Times, titled