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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I wouldn't mind hearing about some of the festival highlights, either.
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In no particular order, here were my thoughts after some thinking about it, and some of which with RT may(will) disagree:
Arcade Fire: like Lyle Lovette's Large Band playing the Sugarcubes with a touch of Cirque de Soleil and maybe the Mekons. Incredible show, probably would be even better in a more reasonably sized venue.
Robert Randolf: Yeah he's overhyped , but the man can put on a show. At one point he and his drummer traded instruments and he played drums like I've never seen before (the drummer held his own on the steel guitar, too). His set was unfortunately plagued with technical difficulties, which obviously had him flustered by the end of the set, and will probably keep it off the air.
Wilco: To quote the guy jumping through the crowd near us: "If the next song rocks any harder than the last one, it may kill me." He survived, but barely. Seemed to be the single biggest crowd of the show, although we didn't stay for Coldplay (who were playing without an alternate headliner).
Lyle Lovett: The man is becoming something of the BB King of his generation, the consummate showman.
Buddy Guy: He's back. Looking and sounding better than I remember.
Bob Mould: No Husker Du, but he still rocked and was very tight.
Robert Earl Keen: Solid show, but not remarkable.
Rilo Kiley: Should have gone to see Brave Combo instead. It may have just been too hot, but I thought they were very flat. RT liked a lot, though.
John Prine: Unfortunately, his voice sounded like crap, but he's still a great songwriter. Following in Townes Van Zant's footsteps.
Lucinda Williams: Heard some of this set in passing, and she just didn't seem on. We watched Robert Earl Keen instead.
Keane: Sucked. We were passing time until the next set.
Jet: Sucked. Ditto.
Oasis: Heard part of the set as we left. Very not impressed.
Biggest disappointment was the complete lack of an attempt by ACL to control the dust, which was a really huge problem. I'm still coughing up crap. It wouldn't have killed them to spray down the grounds Saturday night.
Edited because I finally figured out how to spell consummate. 
