vfest tidbits

[kosmo vinyl]

posting from fancy fone
 
 the festival got off to rough start as the bus took 3 hours to arrive at plimco...  
 
 missed out seeing the new pornos & rjd2 and realized it would have a hoot to hear wolfmother on the huge system

[kosmo vinyl]

the racontuers teether on the brink of wankdom  but managed to stay upright
 
 I wonder if all the kids knew they were pumping their fists to a song sonny wrote for cher  "bang bang"
 
 up next gnarles barkley

I go to Birchmere for the food.

[Got Haggis?]

was going to go, but didn't get tickets at the last minute since they changed the chance of rain from 20% to 60%..although it still hasn't rained here in highlandtown

[kosmo vinyl]

found gb underwhelming  too much filler for a festival... a 30 min set would have suited nicely
 
 they came on strong but faded fasted even crazy was lackluster.... nice attempt at a greenhornes cover that went over like a lead balloon
 
 now grooving to brazilian girls on second stage much better soul and vibe here

[kosmo vinyl]

the thievery corp continued the featival groove on the second stage....
 
 however my inner mod was drawn to the end for the who... while voices maybe shot roger and pete sure have lots of drive and passions for a pair of old farts

[kosmo vinyl]

its official I'm not cut out for events involving so many "friends"
 thumpy tents always in the background
 but the lips are fun to watch in the back of the field....  the human hamster ball was fun too...

[thingsfallapart]

Sounds like a disappointment.

[Cock Van Der Palm]

I just got back.  I though Kasabian was very good.
 Wolflmother kicked ass.  Ranconteurs had some highs and lows.
 Gnarls Barkley is not my cup of tea so I won't comment.
 Not a Killers fan but their fandom (and there were plenty of them) seemed to like them.
 The Who were great-I'm a big Who fan.
 RHCP were not that good in my opinion.  We left a little early to beat the parking lot traffic.
 Didn't catch any of the second stage or DJ tent.
 
 all in all I really enjoyed the festival and hope they bring it back next year.  Everything seemed to run fairly smoothly and sets for the most part went on time (except RHCP who came on about 15-20 minutes late)

[thingsfallapart]

Originally posted by jeffml:
 Didn't catch any of the second stage or DJ tent. [/QB]

I guess you weren't there for the music then...

[Summerteeth]

Could anyone give reviews of DBT and the New Pornos?

[anarchist]

i am glad there were only 40,000 people and not 60,000.  lollapolloza only had 60,000 per day in a much larger location.

[Jesse]

Quick review because i'm tired and i just got home from the show. My favorites from the day were thievery corporation, gnarles barkley, and RJD2.

[Driveway]

Flaming Lips although short, was the best part of the day.  The Who were great and Gnarls was about 70% good.  I got a VIP ticket, from where I work, but I don't know how it was any different than regular tickets.  If I had paid the extra money for it, I'd a been pissed.  The only thing "special" was access to buy Crab Cakes I think...  yee haw.

[kosmo vinyl]

bottom line for is that the V fest was a success for me, setting aside somethings that didn't work out as planned... but such is life.
 
 The Who were the definite highlight! glad to have gotten to see them live as i would likely pass on them otherwise.
 
 the second stage was great with the better vibe, sound and space to more around without tripping over others
 
 the thing is that the three bands i wanted to see most of the mainstage, i would have rather seen in venues where i wasn't trippin over people to get a good vantage point and sound.  just two many people crammed into an area.  and the sound was a  anemic away from the front.
 
 my biggest complaint was with the dance tents as they were situated between the two stages and one couldn't escape the constant thump thump that bleed from them.  getting to take a break from the sonic overload is nice between bands
 
 guess i'll always prefer a festival at merriweather, or something smaller as what was arrange for the second stage.