Bumbershoot 2005

Well, our two day passes finally arrived. Hoping it will be $30 (each) well spent. Anyone else going?

Our music itinerary is:

Thursday:

Devotchka in Vancouver

Sunday (Bumbershoot):
Dolorean
Math and Physics Club
Common
Jesse Sykes
Son Volt
Elvis Costello

Monday (Bumbershoot):

Decemberists
Be Good Tanyas
Ted Leo
Brazilian Girls
Flogging Molly
Iggy and the Stooges

not going but thats a nice lineup

Yes, I was very impressed with the lineup…and the number of good acts that we'll be missing because they overlap with the ones we chose is impressive as well.

…and you guys think I'm picky with music. My brother made the comment that he was "thoroughly unimpressed with the Bumbershoot lineup", and thus wouldn't be attending.

Originally posted by brennser:
not going but thats a nice lineup

I agree with your brother. But have fun anyways.

It should be for that alone. Does anyone know if they're planning a club tour? Seems like all they've been doing is the festival circuit. If the Dolls can do it, why not the Stooges?

And did anyone pick up the reissues of the first two albums? Any worthwhile bonus material?

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
Hoping it will be $30 (each) well spent.

Iggy and the Stooges

maybe this is why I will be missing so many good shows in the few days before I will be in Portland for a week, I get there on the 11th

Wed 09/07/05 Earlimart Crystal Ballroom
Wed 09/07/05 Son Volt Crystal Ballroom

Thu 09/08/05 Brian Jonestown Massacre Dante's
Thu 09/08/05 The High Dials Dante's

Thursday, September 8
MUSICFEST NW (1st of three days)
COLIN MELOY (11pm)
ROBYN HITCHCOCK (10pm)
CROOKED FINGERS (9pm)

MUSICFEST NW (2nd of three days)
QUASI (midnight)
HELIO SEQUENCE (11pm)
MENOMENA (10pm)
INVISIBLE (9pm)

Fri 09/09/05 Bobby Bare Jr. Dante's
Fri 09/09/05 Dolorean Dante's

Yeh man, I don't want to see the Stooges outside. That just feels wrong for some reason.

Of those you list, only Dolorean, Decemberists, Earlimart, and Son Volt are playing Bumbershoot. Hitchcock is playing a Seattle show unrelated to Bumbershoot on Friday.

Originally posted by general grievous:
maybe this is why I will be missing so many good shows in the few days before I will be in Portland for a week, I get there on the 11th

Wed 09/07/05 Earlimart Crystal Ballroom
Wed 09/07/05 Son Volt Crystal Ballroom

Thu 09/08/05 Brian Jonestown Massacre Dante's
Thu 09/08/05 The High Dials Dante's

Thursday, September 8
MUSICFEST NW (1st of three days)
COLIN MELOY (11pm)
ROBYN HITCHCOCK (10pm)
CROOKED FINGERS (9pm)

MUSICFEST NW (2nd of three days)
QUASI (midnight)
HELIO SEQUENCE (11pm)
MENOMENA (10pm)
INVISIBLE (9pm)

Fri 09/09/05 Bobby Bare Jr. Dante's
Fri 09/09/05 Dolorean Dante's

They're playing in a soccer stadium. That counts as inside, no?

Originally posted by econo:
Yeh man, I don't want to see the Stooges outside. That just feels wrong for some reason.

Perhaps the Garbage/NY Dolls/The Donnas mainstage show on Friday would appeal to you.

The the headlining gig from the Phish guy on Saturday would appeal to Redsock.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I agree with your brother. But have fun anyways.

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
They're playing in a soccer stadium. That counts as inside, no?

Let me clarify that, I would want to see The Stooges in a club.

I was tempted…I'll be out that way, sadly I leave the day Iggy plays and that's really the only one I'm dying to see.

im going….actually, our itenary is along the same lines, as sunday and monday are by far the best show nights…we're actually going to the robyn hitchcock club show friday

Well…seeing as how I live here now I imagine I'll probably be there…but not sure…Decibel festival is next month and there's a good handful of artists I'd like to see there as well.

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
Perhaps the Garbage/NY Dolls/The Donnas mainstage show on Friday would appeal to you.

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Drop the NY Dolls and you've got something there. ;)

I'll take what I can get for that price.

I saw Iggy in a small club perhaps 15 years ago, and he was great. Had Steve Jones on guitar.

Originally posted by econo:

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
They're playing in a soccer stadium. That counts as inside, no?

Let me clarify that, I would want to see The Stooges in a club.

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
I saw Iggy in a small club perhaps 15 years ago, and he was great. Had Steve Jones on guitar.

He's got Mike Watt on bass these days.

NKOTB and I saw Iggy at 930 a few years ago and the show was excellent. The man was like an 8 year old who just ate a bag of sugar.

Either way, Bumbershoot looks like a good time this year.

Don't have the time today to write up a long boring review, but here's my ratings of the shows on the Rhettdork (0-10) scale.

Note: Flogging Molly/ Ted Leo double bill was impossible to get into, so we had to replace it with Okkervill River and Keren Ann

Devotchka (in Vancouver) 9.0 Somebody please book this band for DC. Their show is simply sublime.

Bumbershoot:
(Sunday)
Dolorean: 5.0
Math and Physics Club: 3.0
Common: 4.5
Jesse Sykes: 6.0
Son Volt: 7.7 (made the dumb mistake of leaving this show for Elvis Costello)
Elvis (solo): 4.5

Monday:
Decemberists: 8.0
Be Good Tanyas: 6.2
Brazilian Girls: We fled in horror midway into their second song
Okkervil River: 6.2
Keren Ann: 8.0
Iggy and the Stooges: 8.0

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:

Son Volt: 7.7 (made the dumb mistake of leaving this show for Elvis Costello)

what was the setlist like?

new son volt? solo? old son volt? uncle tupelo? or all of the above