The Great Molini

I caught The Shins on Austin City Limits while flipping through the hi-definition channels the other day and was so amazed by the picture that I took a bunch of pictures. My favorites were the ones like this one that caught part of two images during a cross-fade. I love The Shins and their perfect songs sounded impeccible. I was a bit dissapointed with James Mercer’s stage presence, though. He almost never wavered from a furrowed brow, singing out of the side of his mouth. But he writes amazing songs with incredible range and pulled off all the high notes with only a bit of straining.

I went out on to So. Congress to play for all the Hot Rod people who have rumbled in to Austin this weekend. Made $18 in an hour or so! Above is a picture of my view of the street from where I was playing (in front of Ten Thousand Villiages) when a firetruck pulled up behind the yellow hot rod.
Below is the smoke cloud left by a burnout to my right, down past the Continental Club.

Hod Rod, originally uploaded by everyday j.

Grass at Ruta Maya, originally uploaded by everyday j.

Here’s another pic of Mo (on the right), this time with Grass. They played Ruta Maya a couple months ago and I snapped these pics. Click on the pic above to see more at flickr.

Mo with Hill Country Strings, originally uploaded by everyday j.

Here’s Mo (in his J shirt), warming up before the fantastic concert lastnight. The 250 seat hall was packed with people standing in the back!

Rubin with Hill Country Strings, originally uploaded by everyday j.

sub oslo, originally uploaded by everyday j.

I saw Sub Oslo, a dub band from Denton, lastnight. They’re great. It was sold to me as their last show, but I found out half-way through that they are just losing their bass player, and they are going to find a way to go on.