I saw the Butthole Surfers at Austin at an ACL aftershow, and they were SO GOOD, better than I remember them being when I saw them a few years ago. But that might've been because that's their hometown, and Stubb's let them go way past the time that the normal city noise ordinance goes into effect, and it was the first show after ending their hiatus.

It was a really hard choice. My first thought when I saw that the Surfers were going to be in town was, "Oh, buy tickets!" but then I realized what night it was.

(Sara Bareilles was never really a valid choice for me, but MrIris likes her; he didn't realize when he suggested it what night that show was.)