no lolla..

[Bags]

 
 I thought Day One looked great, but couldn't commit to a day off of work quite yet.  Really a bummer, as it's the only summer fest (besides the Cure-a-thon) I was in the least bit interested in.  Ooh, except SirenFest, though I don't think I'll make it...

[ggw]

Originally posted by Lamb007:
  PJ Harvey and Sonic Youth on the same day would make it worth traffic and parking all by themselves.  The new and improved Merriweather deserves good shows like this.  Maybe the ever ambitious Mr. Hurwitz can cobble together his own Merriweather festival.
 

Hurwitzapalooza?
 Sethachella?
 ImpFest?
 Columbia City Limits?

[brennser]

Elbow....please....pretty please    
 
   

Originally posted by Mongo:
  Hey Seth, any possibility of booking some of the scraps of Lollapalooza at the club?  Such a shame to have to cancel a great lineup.

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Originally posted by Random Citizen:
  This will probably tranlate into the standing weekend festivals (Coachella, Austin, Bonanaroo, etc.) seeing even larger crowds in the future.

>>I had the good fortune to see the original festival that Perry lifted the idea for and later became Lollapalooza. It was called "A Gathering Of The Tribes" and was at the Shoreline Ampitheater in San Fran a couple years before Lolla....1 day in San Fran and one day in L.A....it was conceived by Ian Astbury of the Cult and was eclectic and very well organized,of course Bill Graham was there front and center running the show....I was in the 4th row center....killer fuckin' seats.....benefits of working for BASS at the time....but back then I wondered how something like this show would work as a large scale touring model......Perry made it work well for a few years.....I think this new show was too amibitious in scope......I think scaling it down to maybe 3 cities in the east,3 in the west and maybe Chicago could have created a demand and people will travel for a great lineup...see Coachella....I don't think you'll ever see it again in it's current configuration.....

[Bags]

Originally posted by The O' Rotten Factor:
  I think this new show was too amibitious in scope......I think scaling it down to maybe 3 cities in the east,3 in the west and maybe Chicago could have created a demand and people will travel for a great lineup...see Coachella....

Or, keeping it to one day in more cities.  I'd be interested to know how each individual day sold as singles, and how many two-day passes sold.

[eltee]

Originally posted by Lamb007:
  Maybe the ever ambitious Mr. Hurwitz can cobble together his own Merriweather festival.
 

I'd go. Sorry to plug a selfish request - but a weekend date would be grand.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
   

Sorry to plug a selfish request - but a weekend date would be grand. [/b]

you need a date this weekend?    

[redsock]

The loss of Lollapalooza is dissapointing on so many levels. In some ways, I just don't get it. I was just at a 4 day festival in Kansas where only 6,000 folks showed up. Yet, the festival made money! While it's not apples vs apples, still, it is very unfortunate. The east coast really is missing that big festival, and part of me wonders if we'll ever have one. Sirenfest is nice, but not quite on par with the others in TX and CA.
 
 Man, how depressing.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  which doesn't account for Lollapalooza, because our tickets were priced between $15 and $25. Maybe it's the sundry add-ons [like service charges] that up the cost?
 

yeah. $25??? I paid $102.50 for my TWO tickets.
 
  25+25=102.50?  sounds like Radiohead math to me.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by redsock:
  The east coast really is missing that big festival, and part of me wonders if we'll ever have one.

Perhaps you forget the "glory" of Field Day Fest.
 
 *snikkers*

[godsshoeshine]

i am going to be out of town anyway, but i would have been excited for pj, modest mouse, sonic youth, ect.. i was still leaning against going before the date was announced, just because i am wary of how some of the bands i like (modest mouse particularly) would sound in a larger venue. plus, as a virginia resident, i trust nothing in maryland

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
   plus, as a virginia resident, i trust nothing in maryland

touche

[vansmack]

Before you go asking Seth to fork out some of his millions, does anyone know how ticket sales for the DC/NoVa/MD Lolla show were doing?
 
 By my count he's got about ten tickets sold for Sethapalooza.

[flawd101]

hahahahahaha.  i'm happy your shitty tour got cancelled!!!!  lalalalllalala
 
 i'm goin to ozzfest but you get nothing                
 
 this made my day.
 
   <img src="http://www.aroundmidnight.demon.co.uk/gif/hahaha.gif" alt=" - " />
 
 
   <img src="http://www.minghui.org/mh/article_images/2002-1-18-car-accident.jpg" alt=" - " />

[vansmack]

Originally posted by flawd101:
  hahahahahaha.  i'm happy your shitty tour got cancelled!!!!  lalalalllalala
 
 i'm goin to ozzfest but you get nothing                      
 
 this made my day.
 
   

Wow.  Back from camp so soon?  In my days, camp used to last for months on end.
 
 Well, welcome back, flawd, you've been missed.