Official Virgin Festival Commentary Thread

Gee I wonder how Fiction Plane ended up on the schedule…

Fronted by singer/songwriter Joe Sumner – who is the adult son of pop/rock superstar and former Police vocalist Sting – Fiction Plane is a mostly British alternative pop/rock outfit that started to acquire a U.K. following in the early 2000s.

I recall seeing them with Paul Weller awhile back and thinking they were naught special.

An othewise decent lineup sullied by…Velvet Revolver. Why, God, whyyyy


Still going though :)

Anyone want to swap Incubus for CSS?

Since I'm buying a house this weekend, I cannot go :confused:

Originally posted by K8teebug:
Since I'm buying a house this weekend, I cannot go :confused:

congrats!!! are you buying a house in the city?

Were you part of the retired couple from Maryland that bought Jack White's Detroit house for 590K the other day?

Originally posted by K8teebug:
Since I'm buying a house this weekend, I cannot go :confused:

Anyone that's paying that much for a house in Detroit is a fool.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Were you part of the retired couple from Maryland that bought Jack White's Detroit house for 590K the other day?

Details:

White Stripesâ?? Jack White sells Indian Village house
April 22, 2007

ASSOCIATED PRESS


Garage-rock whiz Jack White cut one of his last ties to the Motor City when he sold his five-bedroom, 5,800-square-foot home in the old-money Indian Village neighborhood.

The Grammy-winning leader of the White Stripes and member of the Raconteurs sold the 93-year-old house to a retired couple from Maryland for $590,000, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

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White, 31, paid $524,000 for the house in 2003, put it on the market last August for $930,000 and later cut the price to $650,000, the Journal said.

The house was designed by C. Howard Crane, best known as a movie palace architect whose works include the lavish Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit. Its oak paneling and damask wallpaper contrasts with the White Stripesâ?? signature red and white color scheme.

White now lives in Nashville with his wife and daughter. He told the Associated Press in a 2006 interview that he had to leave Detroit because he â??couldnâ??t take the negativity anymore.â?

Originally posted by econo:
Anyone that's paying that much for a house in Detroit is a fool.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Were you part of the retired couple from Maryland that bought Jack White's Detroit house for 590K the other day?

its not a bad house!

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You crazy? People are buying TOWNHOMES in our neighborhood for more than that!

Originally posted by econo:
Anyone that's paying that much for a house in Detroit is a fool.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Were you part of the retired couple from Maryland that bought Jack White's Detroit house for 590K the other day?

Indian Village is one of the few areas in Detroit where property is worth that much… it's a nice couple blocks of "historic" homes.

What was all this nonsense about MSTRKRFT!?


Harumph!

and leave to Charlie thread jacker extraordinary to get it off track…

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
What was all this nonsense about MSTRKRFT!?


Harumph!

good call… i wonder.

Well, eating my own words somewhat.. see you on Day 2. Maybe. $110+ per person to just see Interpol seems pretty shitty.

(does this mean we don't get Interpol anywhere else? sonofadlksdjflsdjlfjdsf. damnit.)

Tho I wonder .. for those who have been there before, is it possible to split a 2 day pass? ie: one person uses first day, one person uses second? bleh. I'm moving in the middle of July so I don't think there's any way in hell I can justify that much. sldkjsdljfs.

That's my gripe about V-Fest: taking club shows away from us so that the performer will be exclusively at the festival. Though my compaint is not about Interpol specifically.

Originally posted by -kat-:


(does this mean we don't get Interpol anywhere else? sonofadlksdjflsdjlfjdsf. damnit.)

Great lineup, Seth, and a fair price.

Day two seems a little better then day one, personally.

thanks

I appreciate that

Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
thanks

I appreciate that

No, thank you!

P.S. If you could see to it that IF Chris Cornell has to play the second stage he goes up against 311 or Wu Tang Clan, that'd be super for me.

Originally posted by miss pretentious:

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
What was all this nonsense about MSTRKRFT!?


Harumph!

good call… i wonder.

Take it up with Spin magazine. They reported it in the latest issue.