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"Coachella East"

ggw
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 03:12 PM UTC #
So, there are three east coast festivals this summer – and they are all scheduled for the same weekend?

Fuckin' genius….
sweetcell
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 03:29 PM UTC #
absolutely ridiculous.

vineland was announced as August 8-10, so i guess that's the big weekend.

humid east coast august heat = awesomeness.
azaghal1981
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 03:52 PM UTC #
Oh boy…clusterfuck city!!!!!!!!!! :D
brokensocscene
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 03:58 PM UTC #
isn't Lolla the same weekend as well??
bizou311
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 03:59 PM UTC #
lolla is august 1-3
kosmo
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 04:04 PM UTC #
so a musical festival appears to be a huge headliner slumming it for a cozy paycheck, plus whatever other bands happen to be destroying the ozone layer in their motorcoaches at the time.. that said if vfest were to provide a cost effective way to see Led Zep, i'd strongly consider it…
sweetcell
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 04:15 PM UTC #
Originally posted by kosmo:
so a musical festival appears to be a huge headliner slumming it for a cozy paycheck
you got me wondering: what if these three festivals book the same headliners, so for example radiohead headlines vfest one night and "coachella east" the next? in essence, the festivals would lose their identities and become the three regional manifestations of "east coast super-fest 2008". no need to travel!
elj
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 04:44 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
"east coast super-fest 2008".
I'm printing up bootleg t-shirts for sale now!
Brian_Walalce
Joined: May 16, 2005 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 05:18 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by kosmo:
so a musical festival appears to be a huge headliner slumming it for a cozy paycheck
you got me wondering: what if these three festivals book the same headliners, so for example radiohead headlines vfest one night and "coachella east" the next? in essence, the festivals would lose their identities and become the three regional manifestations of "east coast super-fest 2008". no need to travel!
Well, they sort of do this with the Reading/Leeds festival in England. Like, X band headlines Reading Friday night and Leeds Saturday and Y band does vice versa. That could be arranged couldn't it? Reading/Leeds = Baltimore/NYC?

You know, I've never met the man and couldn't pick him out of a lineup but I always feel sorry for Seth. He works REALLY hard and it seems to me he encounters a lot of headaches.

Brian
Seth Hurwitz
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 06:14 PM UTC #
I do, but I just go into it assuming that's going to be the case

Appreciate the thoughts though
sweetcell
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 06:55 PM UTC #
seth, this means there's an opportunity for you: if you can switch to any other weekend (preferably in september), you'll have the festival-goers to yourself. let coachella east and vineland knock each other out.
Cali
Joined: December 07, 2006 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: "Coachella East" January 17, 2008 at 10:42 PM UTC #
it's really out of control. do we really need another festival? they usually end up haveing the same lineups anyway.
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