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Most people commenting in here joined in late 2014 or early 2015. You are technically FF transplants too. I'm definitely glad this thread is more active this year because the FF fan page on facebook has become absolutely brutal. At least the gofundme's finally stopped.
Also to hop on what Firefly junkie said the Woodlands as a venue is pretty great.
This is mostly true, I'm sure - but my join date doesn't reflect why I joined at all actually. I joined very beginning of January with full intentions to go to Roo, and discussed all the pre Roo lineup drop shit with lots of excitement and anticipation. Plan was to go with my now ex - he and I had a long, gradual break up starting in the middle of January, at which point I realized my friends would definitely join me for FF but not Roo and I don't have the money/time off from work to do both. TRU STORY
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Who are the "will actively avoid" acts for you guys? I'm curiousssss
Next to my desk is the poster highlighting those who I've already seen, the need to sees of the world and the "not a shot in hell" artists. As of now the only definitely no's are Morrissey, Steve Aoki, Sturgill Simpson and Chiddy Bang.
Whoa man. Sturgill Simpson is the shit. But I can see how people aren't into him if they are completely anti-country.
I only used the main 5 stages for now, not the coffeehouse or porch. Also I generally only put EDM in the Pavilion, I'm not sure if that's how they'll use it but there are so many electronic acts this year it would make sense.
Not sure if it was intentional, but I didn't see The Griswolds listed on there. They have a show at U Street 6/19.
Most people commenting in here joined in late 2014 or early 2015. You are technically FF transplants too. I'm definitely glad this thread is more active this year because the FF fan page on facebook has become absolutely brutal. At least the gofundme's finally stopped.
Also to hop on what Firefly junkie said the Woodlands as a venue is pretty great.
This is mostly true, I'm sure - but my join date doesn't reflect why I joined at all actually. I joined very beginning of January with full intentions to go to Roo, and discussed all the pre Roo lineup drop shit with lots of excitement and anticipation. Plan was to go with my now ex - he and I had a long, gradual break up starting in the middle of January, at which point I realized my friends would definitely join me for FF but not Roo and I don't have the money/time off from work to do both. TRU STORY
Haha no need to justify it I just laughed when I noticed most people had joined recently. I've only been to one Bonnaroo and while I'd love to go back it's going to take a hell of a lineup to convince me to do the 15 hour drive each way again. Firefly is 10 hours closer for me, has MUCH better weather, and a pretty solid venue. If they can start improving the depth of the undercard they will definitely etch their place as a top festival.
Ya, seems like the good ones stayed for the most part, and the incessantly complaining/overly sensitive ones peaced out. It was a weeding out process. (And now someone is gonna come out of the woodwork and attack me for this statement)
Oh, so should we thank you for the scraps?? So generous of you....
This is mostly true, I'm sure - but my join date doesn't reflect why I joined at all actually. I joined very beginning of January with full intentions to go to Roo, and discussed all the pre Roo lineup drop shit with lots of excitement and anticipation. Plan was to go with my now ex - he and I had a long, gradual break up starting in the middle of January, at which point I realized my friends would definitely join me for FF but not Roo and I don't have the money/time off from work to do both. TRU STORY
Haha no need to justify it I just laughed when I noticed most people had joined recently. I've only been to one Bonnaroo and while I'd love to go back it's going to take a hell of a lineup to convince me to do the 15 hour drive each way again. Firefly is 10 hours closer for me, has MUCH better weather, and a pretty solid venue. If they can start improving the depth of the undercard they will definitely etch their place as a top festival.
I wasn't justifying so much as offering an explanation. Also using an excuse to bitch about my failed relationship because it is still a fresh wound. Andddd because it ruined my Roo plans hahaha
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Listened to Client Liaison's CD this morning - quite impressed. It might not be the safest comparison but along the lines of Penguin Prison or The Knocks, a little funky, a little dancey.
I've really liked what I've heard as well - just bummed that they'll likely be at 1pm or so. If I've learned anything about myself it's that I enjoy afternoon campsite beers far too much to force myself into the festival before 3pm
Definitely hear you on that, my issue is gathering the troops for those time slots not so much myself. Here's to you Hunter Hunted, Ceremonies and The Colourist...
Next to my desk is the poster highlighting those who I've already seen, the need to sees of the world and the "not a shot in hell" artists. As of now the only definitely no's are Morrissey, Steve Aoki, Sturgill Simpson and Chiddy Bang.
Whoa man. Sturgill Simpson is the shit. But I can see how people aren't into him if they are completely anti-country.
Not completely anti-country. I worked at a bunch of country shows in a previous life, they sure know how to party. Just too many bud heavy's and jorts for my taste. He'll also be at Gov Ball, so maybe I'll walk by and check him out for a few minutes and make a more educated decision then.
I've really liked what I've heard as well - just bummed that they'll likely be at 1pm or so. If I've learned anything about myself it's that I enjoy afternoon campsite beers far too much to force myself into the festival before 3pm
Definitely hear you on that, my issue is gathering the troops for those time slots not so much myself. Here's to you Hunter Hunted, Ceremonies and The Colourist...
This is why I'm so pumped I snagged Premier - even if my group isn't down to go in until 3/4, if there is a first-of-the-day show I don't want to miss, I can just bop over and then meet them back at the site and all head in together.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
I only used the main 5 stages for now, not the coffeehouse or porch. Also I generally only put EDM in the Pavilion, I'm not sure if that's how they'll use it but there are so many electronic acts this year it would make sense.
Not sure if it was intentional, but I didn't see The Griswolds listed on there. They have a show at U Street 6/19.
Not intentional haha. I tried to make some updates yesterday but it was too frustrating so I left it as is. I wanted to fix the Hozier/Sublime problem (on second thought I don't think those two would be against each other) as well as the other big conflicts that are at the pre-headliner spots on Fri and Saturday. I may not do much with it until the day by day comes out. If it ever does? Last year the day by day was out in mid February I think. Perhaps they won't even do that this year.
Listened to Client Liaison's CD this morning - quite impressed. It might not be the safest comparison but along the lines of Penguin Prison or The Knocks, a little funky, a little dancey.
I've really liked what I've heard as well - just bummed that they'll likely be at 1pm or so. If I've learned anything about myself it's that I enjoy afternoon campsite beers far too much to force myself into the festival before 3pm
Agree and agree.
I really hope they get a decent spot but this year I'm camping in the RV spots inside the monster mile so I either drink at the camp site and wait to go in or go in and stay all day. Hoping they're in a good spot.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Next to my desk is the poster highlighting those who I've already seen, the need to sees of the world and the "not a shot in hell" artists. As of now the only definitely no's are Morrissey, Steve Aoki, Sturgill Simpson and Chiddy Bang.
Whoa man. Sturgill Simpson is the shit. But I can see how people aren't into him if they are completely anti-country.
One of my friends recommended Sturgill Simpson to me, and when I saw he was an undercard, I listened to his album a few times
I really dig it; I am not into the modern country scene at all, but his sound hearkens back to an older, more traditional country era (while simultaneously being bolstered by good lyrical content)
Post by DueDylangence on Mar 11, 2015 13:08:14 GMT -5
Long time lurker here, been reading daily for the past 3 months! It's been entertaining to say the least... Anyways has anyone here seen The Bleachers live? I live in Tampa and they're coming to town next week with Joywave and The Night Terrors of 1927. I enjoy all threes music but I would have to do some flip flopping with my work shifts to make it happen. Just wondering if they were fun live and worth the trip.
Long time lurker here, been reading daily for the past 3 months! It's been entertaining to say the least... Anyways has anyone here seen The Bleachers live? I live in Tampa and they're coming to town next week with Joywave and The Night Terrors of 1927. I enjoy all threes music but I would have to do some flip flopping with my work shifts to make it happen. Just wondering if they were fun live and worth the trip.
Saw Bleachers at the 930 club last fall/winter (I don't remember the date) and they were one of the better concerts I went to, They are really fun to watch live even if you remotely enjoyed their album (In my opinion the best songs were the ones that were released before the album drop).
What's with all the burger jokes towards Morrissey? I get that he's vegan, but there are plenty of other more valid things to complain about in regards to him.
What's with all the burger jokes towards Morrissey? I get that he's vegan, but there are plenty of other more valid things to complain about in regards to him.
Being a vegan is one thing, but he's one of those "My thinking is the only thinking and I'm going to shove the idea down your throat" types. At Bonnaroo years ago he literally stopped playing because he smelled BBQ being cooked. He has also made some pretty outlandish comments about eating meat in general.
Yeah, he's definitely an asshole. I'm just saying nobody needs to go mocking a completely valid viewpoint/lifestyle based off of what one individual does or says. It'd be the same logic as making fun of or criticizing a normal person who practices Islam just because of what ISIS is doing.
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What's with all the burger jokes towards Morrissey? I get that he's vegan, but there are plenty of other more valid things to complain about in regards to him.
I don't have any issue with his veganism at all - I'm mostly vegetarian myself and totally get why people choose to go entirely vegan - kudos to them on it, too. But the fact that he will refuse to show up to concerts (last minute cancellations, too) simply because SOMEWHERE on the premise SOMEONE is serving meat? That's absurd. I criticize his douchery, not his eating choices, but it just happens to be that douchery comes out in expression of these eating choices.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
What's with all the burger jokes towards Morrissey? I get that he's vegan, but there are plenty of other more valid things to complain about in regards to him.
I don't have any issue with his veganism at all - I'm mostly vegetarian myself and totally get why people choose to go entirely vegan - kudos to them on it, too. But the fact that he will refuse to show up to concerts (last minute cancellations, too) simply because SOMEWHERE on the premise SOMEONE is serving meat? That's absurd. I criticize his douchery, not his eating choices, but it just happens to be that douchery comes out in expression of these eating choices.
He'd probably be an asshat about anything he got attached to - it just so happened to be veganism and music. He also insulted Robert Smith from The Cure. So, yeah, fuck Morrissey. Still love his music, though.
I stayed doe. I came in the first place to traverse the roo thread in search of the paul-killers-KOL "confirmation".
Same story over here. This place is much more active, which is a big draw to a message board. You get maybe a couple more snobby people here, but overall this place is way better.
I'll check out his show if it isn't conflicting with something I really want to see, because I know he puts on a great live show from what people have said. But I'm not gonna lose sleep over missing him if I do
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Long time lurker here, been reading daily for the past 3 months! It's been entertaining to say the least... Anyways has anyone here seen The Bleachers live? I live in Tampa and they're coming to town next week with Joywave and The Night Terrors of 1927. I enjoy all threes music but I would have to do some flip flopping with my work shifts to make it happen. Just wondering if they were fun live and worth the trip.
I've seen em twice and both times they put on a really good show. A lot of energy. I feel like it's hard to find bands these days where they'll let the guitar occasionally do the talking. You get some of that. They just have one album, so if you like the album they play pretty much all of it. And then did a couple fun covers, Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac. I imagine the ticket price can't be too much either since they're still small. If it's not too much hassle to swap work stuff around. You've got a "yes" vote from me.
I'm a pretty big EDM fan, but I don't know if I would want to do a full fest of only electronic music. Except Electric Forest because that shit looks amazinggggg
I'm unsure of the whole 4 days of edm, but I'm sure I'd find a way to have a ridiculously fun time. And There'd be a good chance to see the acts I've missed here in DC...still holding out for Galantis to come back
I love EDM (probably my favorite genre), and I'm really not a huge fan of EDM-exclusive fests. Did EDCNY both days last year and Electric Zoo for a day, but this year I'm thinking the only EDM-exclusive fest I'll be at is EDCNY for one day. It's just too much, and for as much as I love EDM, I like too much other music to be pinned down to one genre for 2-3 days.
Spent some time listening to Solidisco today. I'm definitely going to try and check them out. If you like the old school sound Snoop Dogg's new track Peaches N Cream came out yesterday too and also has another solid Pharrell beat.