National Event Rental Blog

If you are traveling to Austin for the rescheduled UT-Arkansas game on September 27, check our ACL listings to find available housing. Most hotels have been booked for months due to ACL that weekend, but we still have a few private residences available. Please check with the owners to negotiate dates and prices since they were expecting a full 3-5 day weekend from ACL.

Here is a list of some recent movies that have come out with contain songs from artists performing at the 2008 Austin City Limits Festival. This list was harder to come by than I originally thought, and a quick check of moviemusic.com only gave me one song. Please feel free to add any others in the comments.

Movie - Artist - Song

21 - MGMT - Time To Pretend (also premiered at Austin’s SXSW Film Festival)

Catch and Release - Foo Fighters - Razor

Hot Fuzz - The Fratellis - Baby Fratelli

Hot Fuzz - The Fratellis - Solid State Easy Action

Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch lost his battle with cancer today. While I’m sorry to say that I do not have any inspirational personal stories that I can add from my time spent at Carngie Mellon, I do recall the buzz around campus during the early “Building Virtual Worlds” shows. His lecture and teachings have touched many people, and he provided great wisdom and encouragement for anybody looking to fulfill their dreams to the fullest. Information on his lecture, life, and donations can be found at the CMU web site: http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/July/july25_pausch.shtml.

An article appeared today in the Austin American Statesman stating that ACL may need to use private bus companies this year, instead of the public Cap Metro service. The full article can be found here: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/18/0718shuttles.html

We doubt that any changes will be made this year, being this close to the September show. However, if the transportation issue does change in the future, this is all the more reason to seek out alternative lodging through National Event Rental. Many of our listings are within walking distance to Zilker Park, so you would not have to worry about any shuttle changes or cost.

Do you have property in the Daytona area? Take advantage of our new special, the Daytona 3 for 1! Just list your property for Daytona Beach Bike Week 2009, and receive free listings for both Biketoberfest 2008 and the 2009 Daytona 500. See our Specials page for more details.