Today kicks off the annual Austin City Limits Music Festival — a three-day, eight-stage go-and-groove extravaganza.
Think: Patty Griffin… The Swell Season… Foo Fighters.
Think: Neko Case… Blues Traveler… Erykah Badu.
Think: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.
Think: right down the hill from our house.
We could listen from here.
But why, when the sun’s out and the lemonade is cold?
We’re picking up the kids afterschool and riding our bikes down to enjoy the fact that we live in the midst of all this music.
An uplift.
As is this:
To Music: A Song
By Robert Herrick
Music, thou queen of heaven, care-charming spell,
That strik’st a stillness into hell;
Thou that tam’st tigers, and fierce storms, that rise,
With thy soul-melting lullabies;
Fall down, down, down, from those thy chiming spheres
To charm our souls, as thou enchant’st our ears.
Love the Herrick poem. And lucky you, getting to hear so much good music.
I’m so jealous! Have a fabulous time!
Lucky you, to live so near the music.
Lucky you indeed! Love the Herrick poem, too.
TadMack says: 🙂
The Austin City Limits music shows were always on PBS when I was a kid — and it always seemed like everyone was having so much fun. I’m jealous of your kids, getting to dance with their parents and everyone else in the neighborhood. Awesome.
random commenter
wow, some great acts, sounds like fun!