OT: Sasquatch
Have you seen the lineup for this year's Sasquatch! festival? It's better than Coachella's. It's better than SXSW. It's better than anything.
http://sasquatchfestival.com/2008/main.php?page=lineup
Having REM or the Cure by themselves headlining would have been cool. But it's both. And then you add on artists that are just incredible in their own right, like the Flaming Lips, MIA, Death Cab, the Breeders, Pela, Stephen Malkmus, the Hives, Built to Spill, Beirut, Rogue Wave, Mates of State, New Pornographers, and the National. Then you add in local groups like the Cops, the Blakes, the Cave Singers, Blue Scholars, and Fleet Foxes. Then Flight of the Conchords on top of all that. Incredible. Absolutely incredible.
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Flight of the Conchords?
This might make me rethink
I think you mean Bret.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2008 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, way to judge the dyslexic...
And yes, I meant Bret. Is it peculiar that I always somehow screw up one of their names?
by yourfacemakesmewail on Feb 25, 2008 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
LookoutLanding: Rock Band Night!
I have seen half of those bands
by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Feb 25, 2008 6:44 PM PST reply actions
my breakdown
REM
Cure
Flight Of The Conchords
Spearhead
Breeders
Hives
Tegan & Sara
New Pornos
Pela
The Cops
Blue Scholars
SEE IF YOU ARE INTO THAT SORT OF THING, OTHERWISE SKIP:
Flaming Lips
Rodrigo y Gabriela
The Blakes
Battles
Kinski
Okkervil River
Malkmus/Jicks
Ozomatli
MEH...
Death Cab
Modest Mouse
Built To Spill
The Kooks
The National
Cold War Kids
Sera Cahoone
The Shaky Hands
After reading my "meh" list, John Richards cries and wonders what he did to piss me off. He'll never know.
Whoa whoa whoa!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 7:39 AM PST up reply actions
Seen them before
Yeah, but didn't they put on a fantastic show?
Then again, I saw the Flaming Lips in a small, indoor venue. I have no idea what they're like in a larger, outdoor setting.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
Me neither
I didn't know anything about the Flaming Lips when i went to see them, and after I left I didn't want to know any more. I can see why people like them, they're just not my cup of beets.
They're great
I'm with you
I also like small club shows; I'm not really a festival guy (though Sasquatch is cool).
With all of that said, they were great to see. How can you have a bad time at an event like that?
pdb, I agree with everything you're saying except the conclusion you've drawn. Yes, Wayne can't sing, and yes, they're not great musically, and yes, in general theatrics are used as a crutch by poor musicians... but damn, they're fun to see.
My sister used to date the singer from Shaky Hands
And I see Death Cab as a must see.
by yourfacemakesmewail on Feb 26, 2008 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
Death Cab is a'ight.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
I love Death Cab
Was that festival at the Les Schwab Amp?
by yourfacemakesmewail on Feb 26, 2008 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
Fantastic.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
The Decemberists were my ultimate
Then I met Colin Meloy, and it was a major disappointment.
by yourfacemakesmewail on Feb 26, 2008 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, he's a dick.
I still listen to their music every once in a while, but I don't connect with it the same way anymore.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
Incidentally, I must say
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
Thank you very much
And have you met him? I met him at the Doug Fir in Portland. He wasn't exactly a dick, but he was unfriendly and unappreciative of hearing that we're his biggest fans.
And believe you me, we were.
by yourfacemakesmewail on Feb 26, 2008 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
I haven't met him personally
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
So we aren't supposed to like classic rock and
by Mariner John on Feb 26, 2008 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
No, that's not it at all.
And really, when I say soundtrack music I mean the Braveheart soundtrack, the Apollo 13 soundtrack, and the Star Trek: Generations soundtrack.
I had a very limited palette.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
Quite.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 27, 2008 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Goddamn.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2008 7:19 PM PST reply actions
btw
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2008 7:21 PM PST reply actions
As good a place as any
Meet Alestorm
Listen to it, love it, live it.
Go forth and spread the word.
I want them to make it big
The lineup is amazing, I HAVE to go...
White Rabbits and The Heavenly States? REALLY good live bands.
Interesting...
Even I'M interested in going -- and with my ecclectic taste in music, that's saying something...
BIG FOOT IS REAL!!!
Bigfoot is Real
by chrisisasavage on Feb 26, 2008 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
WTF....
Money.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
Forty freaking bucks a night to camp?
This is where it's annoying getting old
I do hear you there. Being over 30 sucks.
I have also found with age that after watching 3 bands at these festivals the law of diminishing returns sets in and all I want to do is go sit in the shade somewhere.
Absolutely.
And back then, I had no problem seeing music all day and drinking/whatevering all night, but these days I generally need to choose one of the two.
I hear you as well
I dunno, I get real tired after work and sleep 12 hours or so every day during the weekend.
Yeah, listening to music all day, I'd probably just wanna go to sleep and do nothing the next day, not listen to more stuff and party more.
Eh
I give vantage the over 30 seal of approval
It's not so bad if you split it among friends.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
What about Coach Owens?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
We don't condone that sort of thing on this site!
by Graham MacAree on Feb 26, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Isn't this NAMBLA.com?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Hm?
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
by BrettJMiller on Feb 26, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Nope.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I think the logo is kind of cute:
by JI on Feb 26, 2008 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
at least I know if we go camping
So you're not familiar
wikipedia
Canada has mysterious forests? What's confusing about trees?
Better than the 2012 London logo
by Graham MacAree on Feb 26, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Nice lineup
Was Rodrigo Y Gabriela in there or did someone just randomly bring them up? Theyre badass with the guitar. I learned part of Tamacun (forgot about that...).
Flight Of The Conchords are awesome!
Flight of the Conchords...
the NAMbLA meeting?
by JI on Feb 26, 2008 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
I'm Chris Hansen
My screen name is
by JI on Feb 26, 2008 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
well played, sir
by JI on Feb 26, 2008 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
FluteInAMinor
by kentroyals5 on Feb 26, 2008 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
There's somebody over at Field Gulls
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2008 8:34 PM PST up reply actions

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