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I'd like to say, *WORK F'ING SUCKS*. Now that that's behind me (at least until tomorrow) I would like to pontificate a bit about last Saturday at the Download Festival.First, I had the immense pleasure of meeting another MOGGER, this time "Tybees":http://mog.com/tybees who was a wonderfully nice guy. Sheesh, you MOGGERS are the best, I swear.
I'll leave it up to you to figure out who's foot is who's but here's a hint: I shaved before the festival...Unfortunately, I now have to separate the event into 2 parts.*1. The music.*We all know this is what we are all here for. The line-up had great potential: Back Door Slam, The Thermals, Nada Surf, Presidents of the USA, Incubus, Modest Mouse...not bad at all. But they had 2 stages, totally on opposite sides of the venue. You couldn't stake your spot for the main stage _and_ see the acts on the smaller stage. Plus, The Thermals overlapped with Nada Surf. Shit. So I missed The Thermals again. Nada Surf, however, was great.
*"Matthew Caws":http://mog.com/matthew_caws of Nada Surf (and fellow MOGGER)*After Nada Surf, there was The Presidents of the USA. Jaye and I were in the front, with only a couple of young men between us and the security barricade. When PUSA came out, the crowd when wild. And I mean *WILD*. I got kicked in the face by a crowd surfer, Jaye has a bruised and swollen nose, and the 2 boys in front of us...well, they will most likely need therapy. But I'd like to say, I'm sorry for molesting you. It was involuntary, I promise.Happily, PUSA WAS INCREDIBLE, despite the blunt trauma we experienced.
A highlight was when bassist, Andrew's son came out and dad put him on his shoulders and continued to rock out. Cutest thing I've ever seen
We bolted the pit after PUSA and joined our friends on the blanket. I have no decent pictures of Incubus or Modest Mouse because I was in BFE, but Incubus was alright...not my favorite music but they sounded good...and Modest Mouse sounded better in Chicago, IMHO.Now..........*2. The Advertising*We were smothered with commercialism, worse than any festival I've been to. The big screen was used between sets to show commercials, the same commercials, over and over and over and over...However, the powers-that-be didn't see the benefit of actually showing the bands on the screen. It was black during the artist's performances, leaving many unable to see what they were up to, so far, far away.However, I did use the VW advertising machine for our purposes in one way...
_what does that say???_ Take a closer look.
It was a good day, really. Good music, great friends, sunshine and all. However, I will never drive a VW, and this song, which I was bludgened with easily 20 times will never sound the same
I'll leave it up to you to figure out who's foot is who's but here's a hint: I shaved before the festival...Unfortunately, I now have to separate the event into 2 parts.*1. The music.*We all know this is what we are all here for. The line-up had great potential: Back Door Slam, The Thermals, Nada Surf, Presidents of the USA, Incubus, Modest Mouse...not bad at all. But they had 2 stages, totally on opposite sides of the venue. You couldn't stake your spot for the main stage _and_ see the acts on the smaller stage. Plus, The Thermals overlapped with Nada Surf. Shit. So I missed The Thermals again. Nada Surf, however, was great.*"Matthew Caws":http://mog.com/matthew_caws of Nada Surf (and fellow MOGGER)*After Nada Surf, there was The Presidents of the USA. Jaye and I were in the front, with only a couple of young men between us and the security barricade. When PUSA came out, the crowd when wild. And I mean *WILD*. I got kicked in the face by a crowd surfer, Jaye has a bruised and swollen nose, and the 2 boys in front of us...well, they will most likely need therapy. But I'd like to say, I'm sorry for molesting you. It was involuntary, I promise.Happily, PUSA WAS INCREDIBLE, despite the blunt trauma we experienced.A highlight was when bassist, Andrew's son came out and dad put him on his shoulders and continued to rock out. Cutest thing I've ever seenWe bolted the pit after PUSA and joined our friends on the blanket. I have no decent pictures of Incubus or Modest Mouse because I was in BFE, but Incubus was alright...not my favorite music but they sounded good...and Modest Mouse sounded better in Chicago, IMHO.Now..........*2. The Advertising*We were smothered with commercialism, worse than any festival I've been to. The big screen was used between sets to show commercials, the same commercials, over and over and over and over...However, the powers-that-be didn't see the benefit of actually showing the bands on the screen. It was black during the artist's performances, leaving many unable to see what they were up to, so far, far away.However, I did use the VW advertising machine for our purposes in one way..._what does that say???_ Take a closer look.It was a good day, really. Good music, great friends, sunshine and all. However, I will never drive a VW, and this song, which I was bludgened with easily 20 times will never sound the same
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