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Pitchfork fest?

Let me guess - headlined by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah?


Someone needs to write pretentious reviews of the festival afterwards.

stewie wrote:Let me guess - headlined by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah?

bzzzzt!

nope.


way better.

Yeah, I feel like such a jaded fucker these days, but I could give a shit about this whole thing. Who cares what the latest high priests of indie rock think is cool? Scenester picnic indeed. I remember liking some of those old Mountain Goats tapes as well (even though he sounds a little like Jerry Lewis - heh heh)... haven't even bothered with the newer stuff. Even if the majority of the bands were any good, the audience would probably make me angry and ruin the performances for me. Double whatever.

This photo, she is very, very funny.

BadComrade wrote:Here's a picture I found when doing a google image search for "intonation fest":

Ouch. Oh, man--he's a living self-parody, and he surely doesn't even realize it. Well spotted, sir!

BadComrade wrote:They should call it "Conformist Outsider" fest next year.

Excellent. As was the checklist of hipster "features." I would very much not like to see the "Conformist Outsider" festival itself, but I would very much like to see the ideal Conformist Outsider lineup. Who should be booked for this?

I went last year. I had a great time. It was hot as hell, and I was not really in the mood for a rock festival (something tragic occured a few days earlier). It ended up being perfect if you only cared about one or two bands and if you wanted to lay on a blanket under a tree in the back with your friends/loved ones. I really only cared about Les Savy Fav and Broken Social Scene (Pelican would have been cool), who both put on fantastic shows. It was enough for me to have bands like the Decembrists, AC Newman, Tortoise, Death from Above 1979 in the background while I smoked, ate, and drank while chilling with my friends. The price was/is right to do that.

To be honest, I could give a fuck what the "scenester picnic" folk were doing. I had a group of friends there with me that made it great, especially in a time where I needed friends. Do other people really bother you that much that you can't be around them? Then don't go outside, ever, because everyone in the fucking world is a total douchebag. If you like chilling out in a park on a beautiful (albeit steamy) day with your pals chatting it up and perhaps walking up near a stage occaisonally, you should go.


Wait, maybe I am a scenester picnic person? What is that?

BadComrade wrote:Here's a picture I found when doing a google image search for "intonation fest":

Indie rock t-shirt? check
"wacky" haircut? check
messenger bag? check
black rim glasses? check
huge ear piercings? check
camera to take lots of pictures of myself for my myspace profile? check

As Steve said in the Suicide Girls C/NC:

"... fits with the radical hair, the piercings, the tattoos, the sexual bravado and the million other trappings of a conformist "outsider."

They should call it "Conformist Outsider" fest next year.

HAHAHAHA! Oh my God! I know this guy! He used to work at my office (publishing company in the Loop) and he's way into metal. Nice guy, actually.

John W. wrote:HAHAHAHA! Oh my God! I know this guy! He used to work at my office (publishing company in the Loop) and he's way into metal. Nice guy, actually.

Ah, well. I was being uncharitable. Salut, Nice Metal Guy, as your festive outfit brought a certain lightness to my day.

BadComrade wrote:Electrons:

Couldn't you have gone to another park, without a large crowd of people and lots of background noise, and enjoyed spending the day with your friends there instead? You could see Broken Social Scene at um... Metro or something some other time. Les Savy Fav... that's a band you almost -have- to see in a small club, not an outdoor fest. The singer cut a lock of my brother's hair off from the stage at the empty bottle, and then made him drink an entire bottle of water that he poured in to his mouth from the stage later on in the set. You just don't get that kinda "wacky intimacy" at large fests... nope.

dude, it was a nice day outside.

besides, the tickets to see all those bands over two days were only $22, tax included. I'd like to see you point out a better lineup for less?

lollapalooza 2005: $65. One day.


plus, it was all ages, which is a great chance for kids to get to see some of these fine bands who usually play 21+ clubs.

Deerhoof were colossal there, as were Les Savy Fav--it was like seeing Avail when I was eighteen. Way better than when I saw them @ the Empty Bottle six years ago. the Wrens were ferocious, yet charming. they're a bunch of dudes that work office jobs for Pfizer.

I was speaking to the guitar player after their show and the was genuinely humbled by playing in front of 15,000 people. He said if his band broke up the next day, he would've been happy because it was the coolest thing they has ever done.

I believe him. they were GREAT, and you could feel the love.

those three bands alone made it cool.

granted, Decemberists were the worst band I've ever seen,
but Dungen was cool, and Broken Social Scene was actually quite enjoyable for overkilled live pop. Andrew Bird's hypnotic whistling and aching tenor sounded great over all the heads.

I couldn't give fuck all about hipsters, but it was fun, you cranky old curmudgeon. your cynicism is boring!


love,



Faiz

BadComrade wrote:Electrons:

Couldn't you have gone to another park, without a large crowd of people and lots of background noise, and enjoyed spending the day with your friends there instead? You could see Broken Social Scene at um... Metro or something some other time. Les Savy Fav... that's a band you almost -have- to see in a small club, not an outdoor fest. The singer cut a lock of my brother's hair off from the stage at the empty bottle, and then made him drink an entire bottle of water that he poured in to his mouth from the stage later on in the set. You just don't get that kinda "wacky intimacy" at large fests... nope.

I see. Of course I could have gone to that other park. You are correct. Man, what a mistake I made! I can't believe I went to an outdoor concert to see music that is better indoors. And who was there? People with piercings, messenger bags, and wacky haircuts?!? Oh, how embarrassing - for me! Thankfully you have suggested alternatives where these people don't exist. The Metro, the mecca for all of us who know what good music is, and who dress in shirts that are not indie-rock bands, nor wear black rim glasses. Could you please tell me what to wear there so when I go I don't get made fun of by you. What you say and the way you say it is very important for my self-image.


PS. I had seen Les Savy Fav at the bottle. They were fantastic. It had been years, and I really wanted to see them again. Tim Harrington was just as exciting outside when he got well over 1,000 people to take a knee simultaneously and spontaneously. I thought it was a great moment. I would have liked to have seen B.S.S. at Metro, but they were playing an outdoor festival that day, so I went to see it. I apologize.