Monday, May 9th, 2005
This is a long time overdue; however, the story is worth telling.
Even after having a great Day 2, I was still a bit miffed that we had missed Ratatat. After all, they were most of the whole reason I purchased a wristband. Luckily we stumbled across a little gem on the web: http://showlistaustin.com/. What a find! Ratatat was playing a free day show at The Victory Grill. So I immediately took the rest of the day off, headed over there, drank free beer, and even had enough time to watch the ridiculously awful opening act (called something like Cheeseburger?).
The second act was M.I.A., which was an unbelievably pleasant surprise. Definitely worth checking out.
Ratatat took the stage last… well, maybe not last, but we left after they finished. They were very loud. And very awesome.