any news on hfstival this year?

[Seth Hurwitz]

which stadium do you think was best?

[ggw]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted by Seth Hurwitz<BR><B>which stadium do you think was best?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Personally, I like RFK.  The new stadiums try to jam so many seats in that its impossible to move around within the stadium.  Also, RFK has a Metro station.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Personally, I prefer Camden Yards. But I think stadiums are for sporting events, whereas music should be seen in clubs, or maybe at an outdoor festival.

[Sir HC]

I liked Lake Farfax for a big venue, that or Charlestown, WV (other than the cops pulling every out of state car over).  RFK has only sounded real good once with Pink Floyd, otherwise it is real echo-y and muddy sounding.  I hate PSI Net stadium, you have to sit slightly angled as they made the seats too narrow for the average sized man.  Don't know anything about this years show, but I think the first was 89, right before Lollapalooza came out to Lake Farfax.

[stpmattb]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:<BR><B>which stadium do you think was best?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I too go with RFK.  There is just something about that place that makes it fun.  Fedex Field was nice and all and so was PSI Net, but there is just a mystique about RFK. <P>Also the UltraLounges are fun.  Scott Weiland in 1998,  good times.  You shoulda gotten STP at 930 Club on their tour that starts in 2 weeks.  The go from Norfolk, then 2 days off, to Atlantic City.  <P>STPs first tour as STP kicked off in Nov 93 at the club...just a random fact  <P>

[angelml]

man i would have loved to see stp at the club...

[sarcastro]

HFS 95 had to have been the best.  Shudder to Think, Archers of Loaf, Juliana Hatfield, Scarce, Hum, Mike Watt and the godamn almighty RAMONES!  It was wonderful, right after Soul Asylum (gag) wrapped up their set 30,000 people rushed out of the stadium,  I guess they forgot about the Ramones.  The cool thing was that the 30,000 or so that were left were all really into the Ramones set.  The Space Ghost intoduction made it even more perfect.  Too bad they didn't get to play a full headlining set, but I got to see them one other time before they called it quits.<p>[This message has been edited by sarcastro (edited 03-29-2002).]

[mankie]

I used to listen to HFS exclusively for about 10 years then they turned into a teenie bopper station about 5 years ago or so....zapped it right off my memory button. The festival went down the poo-hole at the same time (IMHO) The station sucks bigtime and it's a shame because it used to be brill....I miss the festival but the line- ups are witness to how sucky they are...can't get any decent bands to show up anymore (again IMHO). The last one I attended had Beck in the line-up which was the last straw for me......watch them have a good line up this year just to make me look like a lier..<BR>

[nkotb]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mankie:<BR><B>The last one I attended had Beck in the line-up which was the last straw for me......<BR> </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Not a Beck fan, I take it?<P>The first one I went to was in 95, with Primus, the Ramones, and all the other good bands people mentioned.  I went the following two (or three) years for free, and man, even that wasn't worth it.  In fact, the only reason I went to the last one was to see Beck.  Spent the rest of the day pissed off and too hot for my own good...

[Jaguar]

Massive Festival concerts are not my thing. Just too much of a bitch to have to put up with. Besides, HFS has sold out to the teeny booper baby punk crowd both on air and at the Festival. The concerts are only keeping inline with their fan base, which is really how it should be. Too bad that they don't care about what we want to see or hear. We're all just hoping and praying that they or some other powerful station will put out something good in the Indie vein.

[Jaguar]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rhett Miller:<BR><B>It's so sexy when men talk about how they were "blown away" by someone's performance, as if a concert were supposed to be some sort of Scwartzeneger movie, or perhaps a porn movie.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>Rhett, honestly, I'm really starting to wonder about you. Just when I think that you've settled down, you spring another one on us. <BR>

[myuman]

I wouldn't miss HFS for anything.  And to tell the truth, I'm not too keen on the HFS "sounds".  But for one low price, I get a chance to experience these bands that others are talking about and see for myself.  I just look at the nutcracker in December.  I basically went to see Coldplay again, and my wife likes Pete Yorn's sound.  But in the meantime we saw Blink, System of a Down, Puddle of Mudd, Nickelback, and a few others.  I don't care for most of those bands probably because I don't have a nose ring and don't wear black eye shadow, but for about 4 bucks a band....?  Same with the outdoor show.  So when some young punk asks me about this band or that band (referring to me being "over the hill"), I can say "yeah, I saw them."  For that reason, it's worth it certainly.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

It's amazing what crap people will buy. System of a Down? Puddle of Mud? Come on!

[andyrichter]

i'm gonna have to disagree with you there rhett miller on system of a down(but not puddle of mud).  i know hfs plays a lot of crap.  heck, i'll even say the majority of music they play is crap.  but the bands that they do play that i think do deserve the credit and accolades is system of a down.  these guys are head and shoulders above all these bands in my opinion. these guys will still 5 years down the road be making great music.  and you can't really group them into the whole rap-rock nu metal fad b/c they're unlike anything else i've heard out there. just curious and don't bite my head off or anything for saying this, but have you actually heard any other songs besides chop suey and toxicity?  the rest of their album is amazing and their self titled album is better.  if you did listen to it and you still think its crap, then fine.  i won't bother you anymore on this topic.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Maybe it's just an age difference thing, And. I was listening to loud, unmelodic stuff like Ministry when I was 21. I was saying the same things about them that you say about System. Now that I'm close to 35, it's just painful to my ears. How old are you? I bet you won't be listening to your System of a Down cd's when you're 35.