Well Sondra and I and her friend Paula made it through the 3-day ACL Festival. I took off Monday (Vacation day) to recover. We all have varied comments about the crowds, heat and schedule conflicts. But the one common thing that really annoys the three of us was that it seemed everyone was just standing around either talking on their cell phone or talking to each other in groups. Now these were mostly college age persons.

Now I don’t really want to sound like an old fart. But when did this become a social occasion instead of about the music? I mean, as the band played on the crowd just collectively got louder and louder.

So on the third day we decided just to not try and get close to the stage but hang out and people watch. Still we were able to hear the music. Just didn’t have to worry about trying to listen among crowd. Then when that set was over and it was time to move t a new stage for the next artist we didn’t have to fight the crowd.