Weekend in Review

Saturday's football game was pretty awesome, even though we gave it to Mizzou in the second half. (Grr!) It was very exciting though, especially that last field goal they attempted (and MISSED!) before time ran out. Funny to see everyone standing around wondering if it was over, or if they do overtime or what. Yes they do, as was also evidenced later when we watched triple overtime in the Stanford/USC game! I wish Vanderbilt would have beaten Arkansas, although my Aggie comrades weren't as supportive of that. I love to see Arkansas get beaten, especially by underdogs. Alas! 'Twas not to be.

During the second half of our game, and all the way down the ramps and out of the stadium, to the buses and out to our cars at the parking area, we were ALL discussing what the heck happened to our beloved Aggies that day. They should have stopped using Fuller... It was the offensive coaches' fault... If Tannehill were playing better... Where was the Wrecking Crew... It's just the typical second-half issue...

Dude. If only Coach Sherman could have been there to hear all of our valuable suggestions! The fans could fix things right up. Heh. He must get an earful every week!

We went to the David Cook/Gavin Degraw concert last night, and Carolina Liar opened. I had no idea they would be there. They so rocked!!!

I've been waiting to see David for years, and he was amazing. The guy has a stellar voice. We were commenting that the songs from the new album are sort of blah, but his talent really shines through, despite that. He has an awesome band as well.

And of course Gavin was fantastic! I don't like when bands play almost exclusively songs from their new album, which is what Gavin did. There has to be a mix, I think. I like the new stuff a lot, but there's nothing that compares to an old fave popping up now and then during the set. I like a two-to-one new-to-old ratio. He sang about three old songs total. Still it was an awesome show.

The last time we saw him, it was at The Parish. Of course the stage is much larger at ACL. He really got out from behind the piano and showed us some moves! His sound guy and other crew members were always bouncing to the beat and really into the music during his set. LOVE that.

We got to ACL early enough to get barstools overlooking second street and people-watch for a while before the show, too. Happy to report that no glass fell on us from any highrises the entire time we sat there. ;) It was a fabulous evening!

A couple of my clips from David's set...

Cover of Muse's "Stockholm Syndrome"


"Lie"