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Ramsalot

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  1. It certainly wasn't near the best set of his I've seen. No Vampires, Elephant, or Speed Trap Town. Guess he just doesn't play Cover Me Up anymore - didn't play it at all in Austin and hasn't played it since February. I really enjoyed the new songs, and their full band arrangements were great and sounded like they've been playing them together for years. And maybe I'm in the minority here, but Danko/Manuel is soooo boring, especially as a show closer? Yikes. Saw him walking solo up south Congress on Saturday with a STAG shopping bag in hand.
  2. Ticket prices have gone up a lot, but blame the artists and their agents, not Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster exists to take the blame for ticket prices with their "fees". Artists and their agents choose the prices though. I paid $59 per ticket for MMJ this morning for the Houston show, so I can't complain, but I have no idea why they would be so drastically different between markets.
  3. Yep, my brother-in-law in Austin got an email at 6:00am this morning that he was let go. Sucks.
  4. Oh I agree, the vibe of the place was not my taste at all, but the food was excellent. Clancy's food wasn't quite as good, but the overall experience took it over the top for me.
  5. The wife and I just did a couple nights without the kids to celebrate our birthdays. Stayed at Hotel Saint Vincent in the LGD. Pricey, and our room was pretty small, but it was very nice. The weather was amazing and made walking down Magazine from our hotel to shops etc very enjoyable. Eats: Turkey and the Wolf - fried bologna sandwich - very good GW Fins - lobster dumplings, firecracker tuna tacos, scalibut, seared yellowfin tuna, sweet corn spoonbread, salty malty ice cream pie - everything was outstanding and lived up to the hype San Lorenzo, breakfast at the hotel - french omelette, buttermilk pancakes Beignets at Cafe Du Monde - touristy, but whatever, I'd actually never been. Don't need to go back. Mahony's - fried shrimp po-boys(maybe the best I've had), red beans and rice, onion rings - a local friend told me this was his fave for po-boys Clancy's - fried oysters w/ brie, fried eggplant, gumbo, fried gulf fish w/ lump crab meat and meuniere sauce, risotto w/ lobster and wild mushrooms - one of my favorite meals I've had in a very long time. Ate and drank too much and had to go back to the hotel and pass out after we closed down the place. Also went to Preservation Hall, Arnaud's French 75 Bar, Bacchanal, Chapel Club, Jewel of the South Excellent trip and can't wait to go back.
  6. It's fine. Sound is actually pretty good. My 4th time seeing a show there and I've only been on the GA floor section. It's a very rare size venue for being indoors, huge GA floor, not a theater, and 5,000 cap - I was in the way back for Vampire Weekend, couldn't get close to the stage, but got right up close for Isakov/Rateliff, Haim, and Charley Crockett.
  7. I went to the show here in Houston last night. Both acts were fantastic. I was more excited to see Gregory, but Nathaniel, his band, and production were great.
  8. He's got another confession to make. But seriously, it's pretty shocking he didn't have a vasectomy, right?
  9. This just reminded me that I've actually seen them before. Totally forgot about that.
  10. I'm a day late seeing this. I rented a tux yesterday for an event this weekend. $265
  11. No Houston, but 3 nights in Austin, Dallas, and a Lubbock show?!?!
  12. I usually just go with Rittenhouse for making Manhattans and rye cocktails. Good price and easy to find.
  13. Yeah, that was the one festival lineup that I thought was really impressive this year. Plus Dawes, Lord Huron, Avett Brothers, Lucinda, and Bahamas. Probably should've gone to that one.
  14. The wife and I stayed at Les Bains and Hotel Des Grands Boulevards on our honeymoon - I highly recommend both of these hotels.
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