Queens vs. Iggy vs. Thievery is just CRUEL.
Vegoose Music Festival Roll Call
Originally posted by sweetcell:Nah. Not even a little bit. I gotta choose between one of the best live acts out today vs. one of the best live acts EVER.
QOTSA vs. iggy isn't cool
The Director is not pleased @ being presented with this musical conundrum. I'm aggy off this shit, fam. Why I hate festivals . . . Seeing as I saw Queens a month ago, & it's been 6 months since Iggy plus the Fun House factor, Iggy by a hair. :mad:
Originally posted by sweetcell:PE vs. Cypress is a tossup. Hung out with 'em both in NY during Rock The Bells, so I'm good either way. B-Real is a hella cool cat, & Flavor Flav is a good dude. Real nice. A character.5, but good people nonetheless. It's a tossup. Seem 'em both more times than I can count.
public enemy vs cypress hill - keepin' the hip hop nation down by dividing it. sweet.
MIA vs the shins… meh.
M.I.A. in a landslide. The Shins are an OK band, I guess - but not worth 1.5 hours of The Director's time. Plus I like the way M.I.A. moves very suggestively on stage. Sexy little thing. While catching her with a certain boardie @ VFest, I think I developed a stage crush on M.I.A.
Well, either that or some wood but they're one & the same in this instance. :eek:
But I digress, fam . . .
Originally posted by callat703:You're a nice guy, so I got some advice for you. Don't miss Iggy. It's some life-altering shit, fam. The Director doesn't operate in hyberbole nor exaggerate. You'll be kicking yourself for the rest of your life.
Battles v Gogol Bordello
Queens v Iggy v Thievery Corporation
Muse v UNKLE
I think I choose Battles, the first hour of Queens, Thievery and Muse…
True story.
Originally posted by TheDirector217:Very possibly, but I just don't care for the Stooges all that much.
Originally posted by callat703:You're a nice guy, so I got some advice for you. Don't miss Iggy. It's some life-altering shit, fam. The Director doesn't operate in hyberbole nor exaggerate. You'll be kicking yourself for the rest of your life.
Battles v Gogol Bordello
Queens v Iggy v Thievery Corporation
Muse v UNKLE
I think I choose Battles, the first hour of Queens, Thievery and Muse…
True story.
Originally posted by sweetcell:this is an excellent point…damn it. I might have to do the same. Maybe catch 30 minutes of TC and then head over to get a spot for Daft Punk. Then maybe the late night HOB show for TC…
thievery are playing friday night at the HOB so i'll catch them there, and won't feel as bad about skipping them at the festie :) i really want a decent spot for daft punk, willing to skip TC to ensure this.
Originally posted by TheDirector217:please stop saying fam, fam.
Originally posted by callat703:You're a nice guy, so I got some advice for you. Don't miss Iggy. It's some life-altering shit, fam. The Director doesn't operate in hyberbole nor exaggerate. You'll be kicking yourself for the rest of your life.
Battles v Gogol Bordello
Queens v Iggy v Thievery Corporation
Muse v UNKLE
I think I choose Battles, the first hour of Queens, Thievery and Muse…
True story.
Originally posted by manimtired:If it bugs you that much, then simply don't read my posts . . .
Originally posted by TheDirector217:please stop saying fam, fam.
Originally posted by callat703:You're a nice guy, so I got some advice for you. Don't miss Iggy. It's some life-altering shit, fam. The Director doesn't operate in hyberbole nor exaggerate. You'll be kicking yourself for the rest of your life.
Battles v Gogol Bordello
Queens v Iggy v Thievery Corporation
Muse v UNKLE
I think I choose Battles, the first hour of Queens, Thievery and Muse…
True story.
Homey.
There. I'm a kind & merciful Director. You happy now? :roll:
Originally posted by manimtired:Bro, You're a God Among Bros
please stop saying fam, fam.
Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:Highlights include:
Originally posted by manimtired:Bro, You're a God Among Bros
please stop saying fam, fam.
Ayatollah Bromeini
Brosemite Sam
Brobi Wan Kenobi
Broseph Stalin
Bro v. Wade
And my personal favorite:
bromaldehyde
Some funny shit . . .
Originally posted by TheDirector217:to temper this story: iggy & stooges at the 930 was indeed mind-blowing, 10 out of 10. however, saw them at lolla and they rated an 8.5 - way above average, kick-ass, but not the mind-f*ck i experienced at the club (yes, i know, it's a truism: festival <> small club). just sayin' that had i only seen iggy at lolla, i might favor QOTSA. but i know the potential, so i'll be at iggy.
Don't miss Iggy. It's some life-altering shit, fam. The Director doesn't operate in hyberbole nor exaggerate. You'll be kicking yourself for the rest of your life.
True story.
Originally posted by callat703:you might have your dates wrong there… TC are playing HOB on friday 10/26. on saturday 10/27, they are playing at the festival (as is DP). so you can't go from seeing TC at the festival to seeing them at the HOB, unless you have a time machine. TC @ HOB appears to be sold out, but plenty of tickets on craigslist.
Originally posted by sweetcell:this is an excellent point…damn it. I might have to do the same. Maybe catch 30 minutes of TC and then head over to get a spot for Daft Punk. Then maybe the late night HOB show for TC…
thievery are playing friday night at the HOB so i'll catch them there, and won't feel as bad about skipping them at the festie :) i really want a decent spot for daft punk, willing to skip TC to ensure this.
I thought he was way better at Lolla :)
Originally posted by sweetcell:
[QB] to temper this story: iggy & stooges at the 930 was indeed mind-blowing, 10 out of 10. however, saw them at lolla and they rated an 8.5 - way above average, kick-ass, but not the mind-f*ck i experienced at the club (yes, i know, it's a truism: festival <> small club). just sayin' that had i only seen iggy at lolla, i might favor QOTSA. but i know the potential, so i'll be at iggy.
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:there's no accounting for taste, or lack thereof :p
I thought he was way better at Lolla :)
i'm willing to bet you had better positioning than me at lolla (so better energy, i was pretty far back), while i had earplugs at the 930 so i didn't suffer the way you did at the club.
well, i think we've successfully made this choice even less clear - our work here is done. any other schedule conflicts we can not help with?
well, this was great. and great to hang out with sweetcell and theDirector. Good times all around.
Stooges at Lolla were better than when I saw them at the Electric Factory. And that Philly show was pretty freakin' fantastic.
so was vegoose worth it? please give your pros and cons for those of us that might be planning for next year. overall cost-ease of getting to venues-distance between stages-scheduling of acts
details people, details!
xm broadcast part of the festival. i was able to catch gogol bordello's set and it sounded very good.
details people, details!
xm broadcast part of the festival. i was able to catch gogol bordello's set and it sounded very good.
a few thoughts on vegoose, before they fade away along with a weekend's worth of alcohol haze…
festival location was decent - grass fields outside of UNLV's stadium (not in the stadium). stages were relatively close, but the PA from any given stage was loud enough to drown out bleed from other two stages, as long as you were in front of it. speaking of the PAs, this was probably the best-sounding festival i've ever been to. not too loud (etymotics got minimal use) and distorsion-free - these two facts are very closely related, no doubt. it was my third time seeing QOTSA and i've never had it so clear - almost sounded like a different band. food selection was OK, comparable to lolla, inferior to coachella. shuttle service between the strip to venue was surprisingly efficient. personally, i thought the crowd was genrally on the tamer side. maybe i'm misinterpreting here, but seems to me several artists (most notably daft punk) were wondering where the noise was…
quick run-down of some of the acts i saw:
- thievery (friday night at HOB): TC doing what TC does, space lounge that is groovy, hypnotizing… and a tad predictable. i love TC, they have great moments, but their shows are indistinguishable. i heard maybe 2 tracks i didn't recognize. HOB, as a venue, sucks. interior looks chintzy, sight lines in the balcony were weird and slightly obstructed.
- blond redhead: enjoyed once again, rapidly approaching don't-miss status in my book.
- mastodon: blew chunks. un-inspiring generic metal. had high hopes, left after 4-5 songs.
- atmosphere: unremarkable, don't remember much. spent their set chatting with callat703 and thedirector.
- cypress hill: still deliver. the festival equivalent of a cheech and chong movie: a guilty un-cerebral pleasure. per the words of thedirector, "there is no such thing as a bad cypress hill show". 15 years later, "hits from the bong" still makes me (or makes me try to) reach for the funk. dude.
- MIA: still don't get her. she moves sexy, but her music just plain bugs. at best it's passable (she doesn't have much of a voice), at worse it's pure cheese. some of those trumpet-synth lines should have stayed in turn-of-the-century rave anthems. we were very close to the front for this one, even the energy of the fans didn't convince me. said it once, say it again: meh. the legs and azz on her backup/secondary singer, however, are to die for.
- QOTSA: simply stellar. in better form then when i saw them in philly or NYC. as mentioned about, mix was especially clear. only caught 20 minutes before taking off for iggy, in hindsight might have been a mistake. maybe.
- iggy: pure fun. stooges sounded great, mike watt looked ridiculous. iggy wanted to do naughty things like take his pants off, 20 years ago he might have, instead he restrained himself and just stuck his hands down his pants. continuously. only downside to the show: GODDAM MOSHERS. some pretty violent shit going down. stupid, and distracting.
- daft punk: best show on earth today. the robots played with a diminished light show, the light-tube structure was a lot smaller than at lolla. music was on a few occasionas harder and more techno'y than lolla, the robots have obviously been working some of their tunes since i last heard them. had a crazy breakbeat part at one point, and a distorted hard-trance kick during another. worth the price of admission alone.
festival location was decent - grass fields outside of UNLV's stadium (not in the stadium). stages were relatively close, but the PA from any given stage was loud enough to drown out bleed from other two stages, as long as you were in front of it. speaking of the PAs, this was probably the best-sounding festival i've ever been to. not too loud (etymotics got minimal use) and distorsion-free - these two facts are very closely related, no doubt. it was my third time seeing QOTSA and i've never had it so clear - almost sounded like a different band. food selection was OK, comparable to lolla, inferior to coachella. shuttle service between the strip to venue was surprisingly efficient. personally, i thought the crowd was genrally on the tamer side. maybe i'm misinterpreting here, but seems to me several artists (most notably daft punk) were wondering where the noise was…
quick run-down of some of the acts i saw:
- thievery (friday night at HOB): TC doing what TC does, space lounge that is groovy, hypnotizing… and a tad predictable. i love TC, they have great moments, but their shows are indistinguishable. i heard maybe 2 tracks i didn't recognize. HOB, as a venue, sucks. interior looks chintzy, sight lines in the balcony were weird and slightly obstructed.
- blond redhead: enjoyed once again, rapidly approaching don't-miss status in my book.
- mastodon: blew chunks. un-inspiring generic metal. had high hopes, left after 4-5 songs.
- atmosphere: unremarkable, don't remember much. spent their set chatting with callat703 and thedirector.
- cypress hill: still deliver. the festival equivalent of a cheech and chong movie: a guilty un-cerebral pleasure. per the words of thedirector, "there is no such thing as a bad cypress hill show". 15 years later, "hits from the bong" still makes me (or makes me try to) reach for the funk. dude.
- MIA: still don't get her. she moves sexy, but her music just plain bugs. at best it's passable (she doesn't have much of a voice), at worse it's pure cheese. some of those trumpet-synth lines should have stayed in turn-of-the-century rave anthems. we were very close to the front for this one, even the energy of the fans didn't convince me. said it once, say it again: meh. the legs and azz on her backup/secondary singer, however, are to die for.
- QOTSA: simply stellar. in better form then when i saw them in philly or NYC. as mentioned about, mix was especially clear. only caught 20 minutes before taking off for iggy, in hindsight might have been a mistake. maybe.
- iggy: pure fun. stooges sounded great, mike watt looked ridiculous. iggy wanted to do naughty things like take his pants off, 20 years ago he might have, instead he restrained himself and just stuck his hands down his pants. continuously. only downside to the show: GODDAM MOSHERS. some pretty violent shit going down. stupid, and distracting.
- daft punk: best show on earth today. the robots played with a diminished light show, the light-tube structure was a lot smaller than at lolla. music was on a few occasionas harder and more techno'y than lolla, the robots have obviously been working some of their tunes since i last heard them. had a crazy breakbeat part at one point, and a distorted hard-trance kick during another. worth the price of admission alone.
Originally posted by lily1:sorry hon, answer will have to come tomorrow. i have a lot more to say but it's late and this sweetie gots ta get up at the butt-crack of dawn. my pictures are still on the camera so I can't offer them up yet, so in the meantime enjoy http://www.vegoose.com/gallery/
so was vegoose worth it? please give your pros and cons for those of us that might be planning for next year. overall cost-ease of getting to venues-distance between stages-scheduling of acts
nice review of Saturday @ Vegoose - you didnt make it to sunday though? Michael Franti was great, Rage KILLED it, good times. B-Real was awesome on saturday:
<img src="http://www.pbase.com/a_cerutti/image/88188865.jpg" alt=" - " />
i'm not gonna post up a detailed review, i've spent the past two days doing that ad infinitum with my friends (didnt get back to DC til late monday nite). instead, i will allow my pictures to speak for themselves - i was there for more than just the Vegoose Festival, but also the ESL Music & Fort Knox Five events at the Mandalay Bay, etc.
check the link:
http://www.pbase.com/a_cerutti/vegoose
<img src="http://www.pbase.com/a_cerutti/image/88188865.jpg" alt=" - " />
i'm not gonna post up a detailed review, i've spent the past two days doing that ad infinitum with my friends (didnt get back to DC til late monday nite). instead, i will allow my pictures to speak for themselves - i was there for more than just the Vegoose Festival, but also the ESL Music & Fort Knox Five events at the Mandalay Bay, etc.
check the link:
http://www.pbase.com/a_cerutti/vegoose
Originally posted by 2Tuff:thanks. i was there on sunday… just that work is killin' & i ain't sleepin', so the reviewin' is a-waitin'. i'll get to it, i promise.
nice review of Saturday @ Vegoose - you didnt make it to sunday though?
double-post
I'll be tossing in my $.02 as well. I got some nice pix & reviews, but my week's been outta control even by my standards.
Mon night - back from Vegoose
Tuesday - Stevie Wonder/Verizon
Halloween - Police @ MSG
Tonight - Van Halen/Verizon
Tomorrow - Morrissey/Constitution
I'm running on pure adrenaline right now . . . I'm feeling good now, but between work/concert habit my body's gonna crash soon. And hard.
My name is The Director & I'm a concert-aholic. :(
Mon night - back from Vegoose
Tuesday - Stevie Wonder/Verizon
Halloween - Police @ MSG
Tonight - Van Halen/Verizon
Tomorrow - Morrissey/Constitution
I'm running on pure adrenaline right now . . . I'm feeling good now, but between work/concert habit my body's gonna crash soon. And hard.
My name is The Director & I'm a concert-aholic. :(