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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:50 pm
by clocker bob_Archive
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.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:53 pm
by Christopher J McGarvey_Archive
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.
Jamie Lidell is actually good.
A few of songs are very mid-60's Motown-esque.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:55 pm
by kerble_Archive
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.
1 2-day ticket to Pitchfork (apprx 30 bands) $22 tax incl.
1 ticket to stooges + shellac $38 + surcharge.
I'm sure both could be fun.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:55 pm
by clocker bob_Archive
Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:Jamie Lidell is actually good.
A few of songs are very mid-60's Motown-esque.
I trust you- I'm only joking. I just don't know if we need even good white British Motown worship.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:57 pm
by John W_Archive
Purgatory fest.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:18 pm
by itchy mcgoo_Archive
kerble wrote:1 2-day ticket to Pitchfork (apprx 30 bands) $22 tax incl.
1 ticket to stooges + shellac $38 + surcharge.
The surcharge I just paid for my Stoollac ticket is five bucks less than a 2-day Pitchfork pass.
wetf.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:35 pm
by Maurice_Archive
I could say that Girl Talk does mash-ups, and that would be technically accurate, but it would miss the fact that he's one hell of a showman. Hilarious, and well worth catching. (Though he still owes me a copy of The Night Ripper, since the liner uses a bunch of my photos.)
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:40 pm
by jayryan_Archive
there are a lot more bands to be announced at PMF.
iron and wine are really really good, bob. i don't know where your musical tastes lay, but they... uh... have large beards.
find an MP3 online, this is the useful part of the internet.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:41 pm
by the Classical_Archive
I really want to see Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:44 pm
by clocker bob_Archive
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.
Large Neurosis-style beards? If so, I'm in. Actually, I've read really good things about Sam Beam (?), but have not made it to the listening to them stage.