Not sure anyone else made it up to Philly for Riot fest, but that was easily my favorite festival I've ever attended. Being around a bunch of fellow punk rock music geeks was so much fun, as was seeing people like DJ Bonebrake and Joe Jack Talcum wandering around talking to folks. I've discovered that I cannot stand festivals with more than a couple stages. Focus on one or 2 genres, trim the fat, and keep the attendance size and price manageable. One day in an urban area is perfect. Lollapalooza is for the young 'uns. I realize I'm getting older, but the nonstop assault of bands like the Suicide Machines, Hot Water Music, X, Dead Milkmen and the Descendents made for a truly exceptional evening. Milo brought his kids onstage for "All-o-gistics", which was about one of the most awesome things I've ever seen. Positively adorable. The festival set off fireworks when they went on stage and it was so great to see them going off during "Silly Girl". And nothing sucks about seeing X perform the Los Angeles LP either. And I'm sorry to say this, but Philly has become my favorite city to see live music. Not that the 9:30 Club isn't still amazing, but Philly audiences aren't as jaded.
This week rollcall
So Lollapalooza is for young people, and punk rock is for old geezers?
Bingo!!! :-)
One thing of note is that as you get older, you tend to not want to be around hordes of younger, drunk, sweaty strangers bumping up into you constantly and calling you "bro" or "dude". None of that at Riot Fest. Plenty of room to move around. If you wanted to go into the pit, it was there…but you never felt trapped or that you couldn't go find your own space. And frankly, that's a huge bonus to me. Coachella used to be like that. Not anymore.
I wanted to go to Riot Feat but I've been waiting 15-16 years to see Kyuss so that ruined it for me.
Glad to hear it was every bit as awesome as I expected.
Glad to hear it was every bit as awesome as I expected.
Primus tonight in Richmond
P. Furs/Tom Tom Club on Friday
hutch wrote:
good wilco show.. a treat to finally see nick lowe..
wilco show seemed a bit short..they were done 10:20..anyways i enjoyed it.
Wilco did seem a bit short due to it ending by 10:20, but it also started pretty early at about 8:20, so I think it was about 2 hours, which isn't bad. The new stuff sounds fantastic, great show.
Exciting week coming up with Radiohead on Thrus in NYC than All Tomorrow's Parties in Asbury Park next weekend. I'll be interseted to hear what those of you seeing Jeff Mangum here have to say about it.
Fucked Up Wavves Charlottesville Mon
Radiohead Thurs NYC
Malkamus and Jicks Friday Charlottesville
;D
Radiohead Thurs NYC
Malkamus and Jicks Friday Charlottesville
;D
The 8 new Wilco songs they played last night sounded fantastic. I wish it was a bit shorter actually, like 90 minutes…would have been perfect without the Foxtrot songs. Also, ending with Monday and Outtasite is so predictable. And Nick Lowe was kinda boring.
It was an okay Wilco show. I was disappointed with the setlist (felt like a greatest hits set due to the NPR stream) but the new songs fit in really well, and they played a decent number of older songs.
Still, for a set that seemed to lean towards the kind of crowd a pavilion show will draw in, they rocked it. I feel a bit wrong complaining about hearing songs like A Shot In The Arm or I'm The Man Who Loves You, I'm just comparing last night's setlist to the 2009 Lyric Opera House and 2010 National shows, which had ridiculously deep setlists.
Still, for a set that seemed to lean towards the kind of crowd a pavilion show will draw in, they rocked it. I feel a bit wrong complaining about hearing songs like A Shot In The Arm or I'm The Man Who Loves You, I'm just comparing last night's setlist to the 2009 Lyric Opera House and 2010 National shows, which had ridiculously deep setlists.
I thoroughly enjoyed Wilco. My wife, who is completely unfamiliar with them, thought they were wonderful.
We did the gatecrashers thing, too. It was ok - could potentially be a great thing.
We did the gatecrashers thing, too. It was ok - could potentially be a great thing.
StoneTheCrow wrote:
We did the gatecrashers thing, too. It was ok - could potentially be a great thing.
what is this gatecrashers thing? did you actually jump the fence?!?
X on Wednesday…kind of funny that we'll sit through a 90 minute documentary, THEN the band will come out and play "Los Angeles," but should be good.
screw the birchmere and its high prices.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this weekend
http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/2011/print-at-home/HSB11_Schedule.pdf
http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/2011/print-at-home/HSB11_Schedule.pdf
StoneTheCrow wrote:
I thoroughly enjoyed Wilco. My wife, who is completely unfamiliar with them, thought they were wonderful.
We did the gatecrashers thing, too. It was ok - could potentially be a great thing.
How can you be completely unfamiliar with Wilco? Is she from some other planet?! ;D
hutch wrote:
How can you be completely unfamiliar with Wilco? Is she from some other planet?! ;D
is your head so far up your hipsterism that you don't realize that wilco isn't mainstream? they do not have any top-40 hits, they're not on popular radio. they aren't in any iconic commercials and if they've ever been featured as background music in popular tv show, i've never heard of it. there is little reason why the average person, with average music taste/exposure, would be familiar with wilco.
i'm willing to bet that a random sampling would show that less than a quarter of the US population have ever heard of wilco.
100% my fault, though.
Even tried the Norah Jones connection. Didn't sink in.
Even tried the Norah Jones connection. Didn't sink in.
sweetcell wrote:
what is this gatecrashers thing? did you actually jump the fence?!?
Nah. That would have been fun, though.
Early entrance with a bribe of free food and $4 Bud cans. We had pavilion tix so early entry meant nothing. Just too lazy to bring the tailgate with us and were curious about it.