but i haven't!

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Originally posted by Wanderer:
It's february and so slowly the names for the big summer festivals are starting to bubble up... So i'm starting to pay attention and what do i find out just now: Tool is coming to Rock Werchter!

Have you ever seen them live ?

Once, yes, on the same festival five or so years ago.

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Originally posted by Wanderer:
It's february and so slowly the names for the big summer festivals are starting to bubble up... So i'm starting to pay attention and what do i find out just now: Tool is coming to Rock Werchter!

Tool are playing? Wow, I know which festival to avoid! :P

Friday night: Dälek and Meat Beat Manifesto. I went mainly for Dälek, so seeing MBM rock out was a bonus. Too bad that Still left the band, but pretty amazing to see two guys rock so fucking hard. Octopus and Dälek had a great interview in Tape Op magazine a couple years ago, and got me interested in alternative hiphop.

Impressions of gig: LOUD. VERY LOUD. Amazingly loud considering their setup. Dälek was on the mic and Oct had two Apple laptops feeding into a mixer and probably some sort of sampler (hard to see their setup detailed even though I was right in the front leaning on the stage...) It all fit on a table about 4 feet wide. Loud as all hell. Tracks from their latest album Abscence were fairly clear, although I thought the vocals could have done with a bit less muddiness. Then again that's how I feel about Absence overall, so probably their live fidelity is pretty amazing considering how closely it sounds to the recorded product. They didn't play nearly long enough; I wanted more...

MBM was really cool. They had a shitload of gear set up; 3 or 4 laptops, a jungle of wires hiding the other side of the tables set up on the side of the stage. Opposite side had the electronic drum kit and they set up two projectors and screens in the middle. So basically the guys came out and stayed behind their setups but your eye was attracted to the crazy video shit center stage. I'm not really familiar with them but of course I recognized the obvious, like the track they have on the Matrix OST. Mostly it reminded me of going out to dance clubs in Virginia except the music was pretty much all good and the girls could grind better...

I love Texas flowers...

last night, as a surprise early birthday present, my partner took me to see billy connolly at the hordern pavillion (mid size rock venue) after his run at the sydney opera house. it's the first time i've seen him live, though we watch his tv shows etc. he was great. for over three hours he went, non stop apart from the odd point where he bent over double, covered his face with his hands and said "why the fuck was i talking about that?.. ah..." before picking up a long lost thread. i had to stop reacting for the middle hour because my face & jaw were so sore.

Billy is the shizz: I know you have rock hard abs already, but mine were hella sore the day after we saw him in Brisbane.

forget the workout vids! just get a billy connolly live dvd! he was looking particularly trim, too. must have been the colonoscopy fast/purge he went on about in detail, or perhaps all that crazy exercise in the restroom (long rant about age & pissing)

I MUST go to this. Anyone wanna purchase a soul?

Camping in June or hotel and shuttle?

Bonnaroo

Radiohead

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Phil Lesh & Friends

Beck

Elvis Costello & the Imposters

Bonnie Raitt

Death Cab for Cutie

moe.

Bright Eyes

The Neville Brothers

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Buddy Guy

Damian Marley

Ben Folds

Robert Randolph & the Family Band

Dr. John

Matisyahu

G. Love & Special Sauce

My Morning Jacket

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Steel Pulse

Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove

Cat Power

Medeski Martin & Wood

Nickel Creek

Gomez

Atmosphere

Steve Earle

Blues Traveler

Amadou & Mariam

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks

The Dresden Dolls

Son Volt

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Jerry Douglas

Soulive

Rusted Root

Devendra Banhart Band

Donavon Frankenreiter

Mike Doughty

Sasha

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

The Magic Numbers

Bill Frisell

Seu Jorge

Bettye LaVette

Dungen

Shooter Jennings

Rebirth Brass Band

Robinella

Andrew Bird

Steel Train

Jackie Greene

Devotchka

The Wood Brothers

dios (malos)

Toubab Krewe

The Motet

Marah

I-Nine

Balkan Beat Box

The Cat Empire

Damn...
I've never wanted to go to Tennesee before, but a line up like that might warrant some desire.

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Originally posted by Eric:
Camping in June or hotel and shuttle?

Either way, June's a good month for road trips.

Tenative WGB gathering place?

wow, that's some line-up.

i guess it is that time of year for the festivals to be announced. for instance, the samsquantch festival. i've procured tickets already.

FRIDAY, MAY 26 * ONE STAGE 4PM START / GATES AT 1PM

NINE INCH NAILS, SURPRISE BAND TBA, AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF
THE DEAD, HIM, WOLFMOTHER

SATURDAY, MAY 27 * 3 STAGES / GATES AT 11AM

BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS, THE FLAMING LIPS, THE SHINS, THE
TRAGICALLY HIP, NEKO CASE, IRON & WINE, SUFJAN STEVENS, GOMEZ, ROGUE
WAVE, ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, SAM ROBERTS, CONSTANTINES, THE
BRUNETTES, MATT COSTA, BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH, TIM SEELY, KORBY LENKER,
COMMON MARKET

SUNDAY, MAY 28 * 3 STAGES / GATES AT 11AM

BECK, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MATISYAHU, THE
DECEMBERISTS, NADA SURF, PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES, BLUE SCHOLARS, CLAP
YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH, ARCTIC MONKEYS, WE ARE SCIENTISTS, CHAD VANGAALEN,
THE HEAVENLY STATES, ROCKY VOTOLATO, LAURA VEIRS, THE VILLAGE GREEN,
MERCIR

this will take place at The Gorge in George WA. does anyone have any experience with this venue? and more importantly, does anyone have any experience or tips in dealing with a three day event like this? we'll most likely camp but i'm unsure about leaving a tent and belongings in such a place.

edit: i'd kill a puppy to know who the 'surprise band' is.

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Fucking HELL.

It's gonna be a good year for souls
Excellent line up as well ckc.

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edit: i'd kill a puppy to know who the 'surprise band' is.

well yeah, but would you kill a kitten?

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Originally posted by Icer:
Tenative WGB gathering place?

Sure. Maybe we can talk dawntreader, Justy and EP9K into going as well. Hell, some of us might even be able to car pool. WGBers of the South East UNITE! Or something.

The Darkness are coming in April! I can make up for the time I missed them at the BDO!

Wanderer, this one is for you :
Romain Humeau is scheduled to play at the Furia Sound Festival (in Cergy, near Paris) on June 23rd.