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Scenes from The Hot Wet Mess

September 3, 2012 4:00AM

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See also: Reggie Watts Gives Hair Care Tips, Loves America

The Hot Mess, a summer-ending, in the-heat bash on Saturday, September 1, put on by 35 Denton featured performances by comedian-musician-sound-effects expert Reggie Watts, The Black Lips, No Age, Big Freedia, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Fergus & Geronimo.

Photos by Mike Mezeul

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