Year in Music 2008

I shot video at most of the shows I went to in 2008, so I thought I'd make a compilation of some highlights. There are three things that I realized by looking at the videos:

1. I have gotten pretty good at finagling decent positioning at most shows
2. Bald guys tend to stand in front of me
3. I LOVE living in Austin. I am so inspired by the talented and creative people that I have seen over the past year, and I am honored that many of them are my friends.

The video is 16 minutes, so if you've got a little time to kill, I'd love it if you'd take a look. Features Wilco, Son Volt, Old 97's, Ben Folds, Fastball, Spoon, Okkervil River, Kanye West, Nick Lowe, Jon Dee Graham, Paul Minor, Mario Matteoli, Andrew Duplantis, Lil Capn Travis, Vampire Weekend, Swell Season, M. Ward, Foo Fighters, Brent Adair, Neal Mehta, Phil Dutra, Carrie Rodriguez, Summer Wardrobe, the Steps, the Mother Truckers, Future Clouds and Radar, Hayes Carll... and more!

Have a Happy New Year!

BTW, the new Texas Music magazine is on sale now with writers' picks for top TX CDs of the year. Here are my picks, all of whom are represented in the video:

Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity
Brent Adair - Ostrich
Hayes Carrl - Trouble in Mind
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
The Steps - The Steps

Video from Friday at ACL

Some videos from Friday:


Vampire Weekend


M. Ward - Poison Cup


M. Ward - Chinese Translation


Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love is Blind


Swell Season - When Your Mind's Made Up


What Made Milwaukee Famous - covering Delta Spirit's Trashcan


David Byrne

Ryan Bingham


Alejandro Escovedo

ACL Friday

Well, the network was down from around 2pm until the end, so I didn't get to tweet or upload pix directly from the Fest as much as I would have liked, but here are the photos from my camera:


If I feel industrious in the morning, I might load a few videos to YouTube. I'll try to get more things posted throughout the day tomorrow. Stay tuned!


Pix I uploaded from my iPhone during the Festival