ACL ’09: !!! Works The Weather To Its Advantage

The rain came down–and came down hard–just after !!! lanched its party-funk sound in the still-early afternoon of Day Two at ACL. But, perhaps because the crowds weren’t yet completely soaked, there was a certain novelty to the precipitation–and !!! frontman Nic Offer used that novelty to great ends on Saturday.
As the crowd danecd through the rain–perhaps as a means to trick themselves into thinking they actually enjoyed being drenched on a cold day–Offer sprinted back-and-forth across the slick stage and into the crowd, teasing audience members by stealing their umbrellas and ponchos and running away with their possessions.