ACL Fest 2006 – It’s Gonna be Totally Sweat!

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Well, for those of you who wanted organizers to push the ACL Fest back next year in order to hopefully have some less-sweltering conditions, keep dreaming. The festival is actually being moved UP a week and is scheduled to take place September 15-17. Yikes! Get ready to sweat your ass off, Austin. Look, we have been to every ACL Fest since its inception, but we have almost had enough. Organizer Charles Attal claims that due to bands’ touring schedules and UT football, that an October date would be untenable. And that had the fest been moved back this year, we would not have had Coldplay. Travesty. However, Billboard magazine senior editor Ray Waddell, who covers touring, says that ACL has enough cache that bands would fit the festival into their schedules regardless. The biggest farce in his argument is that Attal says October can get quite cold and rainy, and while we don’t necessarily mind rain, cold rain is out of the question. Yea, we see his point; we are always freeeezing on Halloween here. And the first two weeks of October are always quite chilly. Anywho, we are not trying to stir up a hornets’ nest, just passing the info. along to you. Next year we may stay inside till the sun goes down and just revel in the late-night after-parties.

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By matthewodam in Arts & Entertainment on October 27, 2005 10:11 AM 0 Comments

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james

Never mind the heat, the DUST was crippling! It looked like the post-apocalyptic festival out there. It was ridiculous. All I hear about is everyone complaining about the heat. The dust was so bad I felt I needed a respirator to breathe out there. I'm not kidding. They need to spray water over the ground each night or something - I would certainly rather walk in a little mud each day then be gasping for my last breath by the time midnight rolls around. PLEASE...PLEASE...PLEASE, try to do something about the friggin dust!

sean

I hypothesize the following about Charles Attal: His mother didn't love him. He sits down to pee and doesn't wash his hands afterwards. He has an S&M dungeon, but can't seem to keep any subs around because he's so clumsy. He habitually double-parks. He never holds the door. He smells like peanut butter, even though he never eats peanut butter. He once paid a hooker with a personal check from an account he shared with his then-wife. He was always picked last for kickball. He started going bald at the age of 22. His athelete's foot has never gone away completely because he refuses to wear socks, even with dress shoes. He has a disturbingly high tolerance for pepper spray. He kicks puppies. He talks during movies. He's right-handed but always shakes with his left, and does so with a very loose grip. His turn signal is still going. He lets the dishes pile up until the kitchen is infested with fruit flies. He once convinced his pregnant girlfriend that SHE was the one who gave HIM crabs. He's from florida. He takes a stack of expired cupons and a three liter filled with pennies to the supermarket every day. He thinks bob and tom are the best thing to ever happen to radio. He likes to get people to listen to coldplay in 108 degree heat.