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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: lily1 on May 19, 2003, 09:50:00 am
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oh, don't roast me about wanting to go! i want to see interpol and blur. i'm just going to buy a ticket off some geeky teenager for cheap money and check out my bands and leave. that said, i don't want to wait around all day and am trying to plan accordingly. anyone got an idea of set times? whfs.com isn't much help.
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Originally posted by lily1:
oh, don't roast me about wanting to go! i want to see interpol and blur. i'm just going to buy a ticket off some geeky teenager for cheap money and check out my bands and leave. that said, i don't want to wait around all day and am trying to plan accordingly. anyone got an idea of set times? whfs.com isn't much help.
HAHA, i am with you, i have 4 bands i want to see, Interpol - Blur - Hot Hot Heat and The Roots, but set times are rarely EVER given out til you get there,
or you could try listening to HFS, god help you :)
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ah yes, forgot about the roots and hot hot heat. okay, 4 bands i want to see. did you see that the roots are at nation friday night? if i didn't hate nation so much, i'd just go to that and skip hfstival. they tried to throw me out of there once for having a sharpie pen for signing cds. apparently pens are contraband. i had to coat check it or toss it. i kid you not. a permanent ink marker, contraband in nation. not to mention how they pat you down EVERYWHERE! and i mean EVERYWHERE. that was not cool.
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I'm with you on purchase plan. I'm thinking 15 bucks... Going just to see Blur... Never saw 'em. Yeah, I'd like to see Interpol again, but saw 'em once from the perspective of the singers shoelaces, and I'm certainly not risking life and limb against a mob of acne ridden, heavily pierced adolescents to do that again. I have a fear that Blur will go on late. I have no inside info here. But on a global perspective I believe Blur is the biggest band by far at this festival. They are not going to accept a late afternoon slot to play 5 songs. On the other hand, your average "good charlot, chevelle, audioslave" fan will show little interest in Blur. I think they will put Blur on late, maybe even close with them. I hope not, because like was mentioned, you never know before you get there. Worst case scenario: Hot Hot Heat on B-stage at noon, interpol same time on main, and Blur at 9:45.
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Originally posted by myuman:
Worst case scenario: Hot Hot Heat on B-stage at noon, interpol same time on main, and Blur at 9:45.
Well, after going for the last 4 years, i would say, your first 2 are likely to be right. however, HFStival ENDS by 10:30pm, so no chance of Blur going on that late. the fact is Audioslave, Good Charlotte and Godsmack will all go on last, which puts Blur back to 7pm at the latest, If i were to take a guess i would say 6pm. And i would put Interpol on the 2nd stage (not me, them!)
I am selling my tickets. anyone need a pair?
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hrrrmmmnnn. hot hot heat and interpol don't deserve to be on the second stage. bugger. maybe someone will have a line up that they will secretly post at 4 am saturday morning so i know whether to stay home and unpack or venture to rfk and buy myself a $10 ticket.
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http://www.hfstival.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=4493;start=0 (http://www.hfstival.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=4493;start=0)
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thanks ggw. if that bber is indeed correct, me thinks i'll spend the day unpacking rather than waiting for 2 hours between every set. perhaps i'll just give in and go see the roots at nation friday night.
Originally posted by ggw:
http://www.hfstival.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=4493;start=0 (http://www.hfstival.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=4493;start=0)
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then again maybe not since its $25 plus fees and i have to deal with the staff at nation. rightie o, i will now spend friday night and saturday unpacking.
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Originally posted by lily1:
then again maybe not since its $25 plus fees and i have to deal with the staff at nation. rightie o, i will now spend friday night and saturday unpacking.
yeah, well thats just what some person guessed. the roots wont headline a "rock" show. thats just silly. HFS barely knows who the roots are, they will play earlier. earlier than Blur even.
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Originally posted by lily1:
then again maybe not since its $25 plus fees and i have to deal with the staff at nation. rightie o, i will now spend friday night and saturday unpacking.
and you can spend sunday night at the Ours show.
see....how the weekend is shaping up!
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
yeah, well thats just what some person guessed. the roots wont headline a "rock" show. thats just silly. HFS barely knows who the roots are, they will play earlier. earlier than Blur even.
Yeah, that's just what someone guessed, but The Roots thing might not be a bad guess. In past years they closed the show with The Chemical Brothers or The Crystal Method or another band that only appealed to part of the crowd to stagger the crowd leaving.
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in 97 they closed with prodigy. that was insanity. beyond insanity. dangerous is a better word. we had press passes and they made everyone leave the stage area that wasn't with the band because of the crowd.
i'm kicking myself in the ass for missing the roots this past fall when they did two, not juse one, shows at the 930.
Originally posted by ggw:
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Yeah, that's just what someone guessed, but The Roots thing might not be a bad guess. In past years they closed the show with The Chemical Brothers or The Crystal Method or another band that only appealed to part of the crowd to stagger the crowd leaving. [/QB]
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Ah yes, 1997...first time I got to see Echo & the Bunnymen reformed. Bjork was supposed to play, and they replaced her thank God. Glad I got to see Prodigy, but the time I saw at the 9:30 in 1998 was more enjoyable, but even more sweltering. Beck was a disappointment, but most of the other bands were great. Of course, it was kind of nice having that press pass and not having to endure the masses (except during Prodigy, which was truly INSANE). Hanging out with the Cardigans, Blondie and Jamiroquai was more fun, LOL. And when Supergrass played the 9:30 that night, it was rock stars galore...I remember splitting a cab with some of the guys from Echo.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
yeah, well thats just what some person guessed. the roots wont headline a "rock" show. thats just silly. HFS barely knows who the roots are, they will play earlier. earlier than Blur even. [/QB]
the roots won't headline. they will close out the show. hfstival often ends the night with a band that's big, but not necessarily the most popular. last year it ended with paul oakenfold on night one and the x-ecutioners on night two (after eminem). so i think that that guy had some pretty good guesses...
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Originally posted by Fuelie:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
yeah, well thats just what some person guessed. the roots wont headline a "rock" show. thats just silly. HFS barely knows who the roots are, they will play earlier. earlier than Blur even. [/b]
the roots won't headline. they will close out the show. hfstival often ends the night with a band that's big, but not necessarily the most popular. last year it ended with paul oakenfold on night one and the x-ecutioners on night two (after eminem). so i think that that guy had some pretty good guesses... [/QB]
they just announced Jane's Addiction apparently, i may go and find some $20 tickets after all!
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Got half way to the stadium... you know, listening to the normal immature HFS fare and heard Blur cancelled... turned around and came home. It certainly makes sense. Like I said before, Blur would be the biggest band there, but the band very few want to see. Heck, the station and crowd are getting hyped for godsmack of all bands. Apparently Damon finally realized he would not be worshipped up to his specifications.
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most happy i decided to stay home. apparently the roots are on stage right now.
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Wow...Blur cancelled? I would have been pretty mad about that. Seeing Jane's Addiction would have been neat, I've always wanted to see them, but I don't really think I would have had a great time. Apparently some of the guys from Interpol went down to the Bob Mould/Loudbomb show at the Black Cat after HFStival. I would be curious to know how their set went.
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Well, after i decided not to go to HFStival, I won 3 tickets on ebay for $45, so i decided, for $15 it was an OK idea.
We got there a touch late (around 3pm) and could NOT find any lineups posted or anything, not even in the programs, which almost no one actually had. By 3:30pm we found that Blur had cancelled and I had a good beer buzz going on.
We did catch the Roots, who were very very good and even brought Cody Chestnutt out for "the seed". They didnt really seem to be playing to the "rock crowd" which made thier set more real than most hip hop HFStivalers (cypress hill especially). Jane's Addiction was way good too and had more energy than i expected, but HFStival short sets were thier demise , playing like 6 songs.
Interpol won my best band award, although no one seemed to know who they were, the people aruond me seemed to enjoy watching me jump around like a maniac, and so did the singer :)
I had to sit through a usually bad GC set, and an extremely slow Audioslave set to hear Godsmack, who are not only friends of mine, but they kick ass for a rock band, and didnt let me down. And a hijacked press pass leading to many free drinks after the show didnt hurt either.
All in all, way worth $15 and I may even go again in September (an apparent 2nd festival of the year)
the only bad thing....beer ending at 7pm and getting kicked in the head during Godsmack....but i can deal :) I'm a tough Canadian!!!
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who closed-janes addiction?
just didn't seem worth it to go when one of the 4 bands cancelled. though the roots set for a whole $15 might have been worth it.
a fall hfstival? at rfk? might be a bit tight if they are going to hold the women's world cup here and with mls season still going on.
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Godsmack closed. Jane's played at 5pm. i guess they didnt close cause they were the "surprise guest"
and at the end of the festival, they thanked everyone for coming and said, "see you in september"
plus, I heard a few people throw it around after the show as well.
maybe they could have world cup and the hfstival at the same time....
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the hfs, was a surprise this year, for many reasons....first off the surprise guest was Jane's Addiction!!!! that would have made it worth going alone, although, i do agree that a short set-time did hinder their performance, but it was still nice to hear the new material, which, Surprising to me mixed in well with the old favs, and no Jane Say's HA! It made me more pumped for Lollopalooza (too bad, it's a nissan)...another surprise of the HFS was that more bands then not really put on a good performance, the used was fantastic, the roots moved the unfamiliar crowd, afi and audioslave were both cool, I though chevelle was average although i like them, and good charlotte was the band that seemed to interest the majority of the audience and there set pleased there many fans...the final surprise , well almost, was that the crowd was slightly less obnoxious as in the last couple years...maybe it was the lack of scorching sun, which wasn't further frying the underage alcohalic frat boys, but most people were well (i use that losely) behaved.
the final surprise was that after audioslave set i left to find my window busted.....BUMMER, i quess they weren't as well behved as i thought..
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Originally posted by da'niceguys:
the surprise guest was Jane's Addiction!!!!.... but it was still nice to hear the new material
Speaking of Janes New Material:
"Just Because" (http://channels.netscape.com/ns/wrap/linker.jsp?floc=MU-STYLE-ALT-JANES&ref=http://demand1.stream.aol.com/ramgen/aol/us/aolmusic/artists/emi/janesaddiction/9743iuyhds_84uhsxdoiih.rm) (Real Audio Required)
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Nothing like bringing a topic back from the dead...
Pollstar lists the Violent Femmes at RFK stadium on May 23. The rumors on hfstival.com (http://www.hfstival.com) say to look for a two day event with one day of crappy nü metal bands with misspelled names and one day (the 23rd I assume) with older stuff like the Femmes. Can we hope for the Cure or the Pixies?
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Man, I hope not! I'd rather see the Pixies on their own.
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uh, I'm sorry, but where do you see the bands' list for this year's hfstival? I sure couldn't find it on whfs.com.
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Coachella is about the only festival type situation where I could tolerate seeing the Pixies. They really belong in a club, on their own, where they can show off their nifty visuals.
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Originally posted by jo allen:
uh, I'm sorry, but where do you see the bands' list for this year's hfstival? I sure couldn't find it on whfs.com.
It's simply speculation at this point.
http://www.hfstival.com/yabbse/index.php?board=4 (http://www.hfstival.com/yabbse/index.php?board=4)
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So who is Velvet Revolver? They were on a bunch of the 'speculative' lists, and they're not listed in allmusicguide.
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For some reason, and I'm being serious, I'm thinking Michael Stipe has something to do with this. Of course I could be totally wrong.
Originally posted by Bags:
So who is Velvet Revolver? They were on a bunch of the 'speculative' lists, and they're not listed in allmusicguide.
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Originally posted by Bags:
So who is Velvet Revolver? They were on a bunch of the 'speculative' lists, and they're not listed in allmusicguide.
gnr - axl + weiland = velvet revolver
try www.google.com (http://www.google.com)
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Originally posted by Bags:
So who is Velvet Revolver? They were on a bunch of the 'speculative' lists, and they're not listed in allmusicguide.
Alright, I answered my own question - googled 'em.
Full article (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485400/20040301/story.jhtml) here.
The odds are stacked against Velvet Revolver. Their singer, Scott Weiland, is currently in drug rehab for the umpteenth time. Who knows if he'll be a free man when it's time to tour, and judging from his past history, it could be a struggle for him to stay clean when the band hits the road.
As for his bandmates â?? ex-Guns N' Roses members Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums), and former Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Dave Kushner â?? they're ready to rock, but there's some question whether the rock community is ready to embrace them. Over a decade has passed since most of the lineup set stages alight with Guns, and since then the members have embarked on other projects without much mainstream success.
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pollard, great minds. I must have been googling when you were suggesting just that....
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Originally posted by Bags:
So who is Velvet Revolver? They were on a bunch of the 'speculative' lists, and they're not listed in allmusicguide.
See, I swear I'm not picking on you Bags, but this is why I force myself to listen to the mainstream stations on XM, or even real radio once in awhile. I almost laughed outloud when Thirsty thought it was a Stipe project. This is why I write about Van Halen on BigYawn, cause sometimes, the hipsters (ie us), are so involved in the indie/underground acts, that we miss whats goin on in pop culture. Now Velvet Revolver suck, or at least their one single does. And I doubt Weiland is allowed to leave the state of CA he's had so many problems. But still, it shocks me that folks like us music junkies haven't heard of them.
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Man, I'm out of the loop. Say... did any of you hear that Janet Jackson flashed her breasts on Superbowl Sunday?
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
For some reason, and I'm being serious, I'm thinking Michael Stipe has something to do with this. Of course I could be totally wrong.
You're probably thinking of Velvet Goldmine - a movie produced by Stipe.
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Yeh, I've seen that movie. That probably triggered it.
Originally posted by Skeeter:
You're probably thinking of Velvet Goldmine - a movie produced by Stipe.
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sock, you can pick on me (I don't think you did, anyway). I too was shocked when I finally saw what the band is -- I didn't know that sh*t? Damn, girl, where you been? If nothing else, I should know because it's pop culture junk, and I claim to be a pop culture junkie (hence the subscription to Entertainment Weekly...).
However, this does not move me to listen to the radio. XM...? To that I get closer and closer (I can't listen to WOXY in my office much), though the iPod shuffle is pretty damn sweet in the car.
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Any shred of credibility I gained in my late teen years and early early 20's is all but gone.
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Any shred of credibility I gained in my late teen years and early early 20's is all but gone.
Wearing green cardigan sweaters to synth-metal shows isn't helping you get any of it back.
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Any shred of credibility I gained in my late teen years and early early 20's is all but gone.
I would say you might have gained some, actually. They really suck.
See, the ipod shuffle thing doesn't work for me, cause it is all stuff you know. Part of the reason i like the radio is randomness. Thats whay i hate talk radio and listening to Cds in the car. I need to be surprised.
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Any shred of credibility I gained in my late teen years and early early 20's is all but gone.
funny, all the credibility I gained during my late teen years is still with me...