i had a pretty phenomenal Rilo Kiley experience at Austin City Limits. i ended up getting backstage passes (dont ask how!) for Rilo, and wandered back there to see what I might see before the show began.

good news for me, Jenny was wandering off stage with Blake and we ended up hanging out and chatting for a few minutes. she confirmed some news about the new solo record. its coming out on January, will be credited to Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, will be on team love, will be full band arrangements. I told her I was pretty excited since I'd heard the songs at the Echo show in LA in 2004. She seemed suprised and said that she was so nervous before that show. The plan for next year is that Jenny and the Elected will both tour at the same time in support of their new records, and then back to the studio to record a new Rilo record. Personally im pretty pumped - Jenny solo (oh my god kids, if you havent heard her live performance from the Echo you are seriously missing out) and then a new Rilo record. 2006 is going to be a good time.

Jenny was even lovely enough to take a couple of pics with me. Ive posted one above, but cut myself out of it. You know, im fairly good looking (wink wink) but I looked like sun burnt death by the time I met her. I'd been roasting in the sun for 3 days, and was brown and hurting!

Heres the full show for the fans. As mentioned on a previous post one of my buds also taped the last 25 minutes (with much better mics). When i get a copy ill post it here (probably lossless).

Intro
I Never
Pull Me In Tighter
Its a Hit
Love and War
Does He Love You
Ripchord
With Arms Outstretched
More Adventurous
Intro to...
Execution of All Things
Portions for Foxes
A Better Son Daughter

After the show some girls came up to me and told me they were with Relevant magazine. They'd seen my backstage pass and wanted to know if I would take some questions, go back stage, interview Jenny and bring them the answers.

Never being one to turn down a new challenge, I grabbed their note pad and headed back stage. Jenny was chilling talking to a girl about the yellow balloons that were going to be dropped during coldplay later that evening. Seeing me walk up Jenny turned around and made a comment on the unabashed heat - that playing a gig is a work out in and of itself, but pulling in blazing 102 degree heat was unreal. She then gestured to her skirt and said, at one point there was a little gust of wind and my skirt went WHOA (gesturing to her skirt flying up) and I thought - wrong outfit! wrong outfit! I laughed and told her she had looked perfect. (That and im sure that the thousands of young lads at the show would have been just fine with a "wardrobe malfunction")

I told her about the girls from Relevant and her graciously agreed to be interviewed. I asked her about why she played music, austin, checking out other ACL gigs, the tour with coldplay and whether "Does He Love You?" had personal relevance for you. Ill let the Relevant girls write up the answers to all the other questions, I just have to post her response to the Does He Love you question - because its too perfect.

Q "Does 'Does He Love You' have personal relevance for you?"
A It does, but im no homewrecker! (laughter) Its really about a series of relationships.

Nuff said. Jenny Lewis is no homewrecker!