Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:Jamie Lidell is a UK white boy that wishes he was Stevie Wonder.
He's pretty good.

clocker bob wrote:

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:Jamie Lidell is a UK white boy that wishes he was Stevie Wonder.
He's pretty good.

Great, because I've been kind of disappointed by the last four Jamiroquai records I bought.

BadComrade wrote:I think what it comes down to is that I just hate "scenes". I'm not saying that my point of view should be the norm here... that's why I asked if people were going and what they thought of it.

Fests like this one / Lollapalooza / etc just seem to use peoples taste in music to create these large scenster events, so they can make money. Pitchfork are going to make a -lot- of money doing this, right? I mean, I might think a little differently of this kind of thing if they did it in a "non-profit" kind of way, yet made sure that the bands all got paid well, etc. It just seems like a big scam. To me, paying to get in to a fest like this one is like paying $20 to get in to a dance club. The people that pay to get in to those places do so because they want to feel like they're part of some "select group" of people, and they make the club owners rich in the process. I don't view regular rock club shows as being in the same vein as these fests, because 3 bands playing a show is a smaller, more focused thing. When you book a fest that has multiple stages, and a wide variety of bands that almost no one is going to like more than 25% of, it just seems like the promoter is casting a large net out to try and "catch" as many people as he can, so he can take their money from them, and make them feel like they are part of "something really cool and special" in the process.

I don't have a soul.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:Jamie Lidell is actually good.
A few of songs are very mid-60's Motown-esque.

kerble wrote:1 2-day ticket to Pitchfork (apprx 30 bands) $22 tax incl.

1 ticket to stooges + shellac $38 + surcharge.

jayryan wrote:iron and wine are really really good, bob. i don't know where your musical tastes lay, but they... uh... have large beards.