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Post by weenie on Jun 13, 2013 10:51:00 GMT -8
Hah. I barely pay the bills as it is. Unless I have a better paying position or job by next winter, it aint in the cards for this broke ass guy. You'll get there. I mean, c'mon the board almost got Obie and Rachelle there this year and most of us hadn't even met 'em. Family bro, family.
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Post by weenie on Jun 13, 2013 10:55:55 GMT -8
(Not that I'm offering up all your cash guys, just believing in that old Sasquatch magic.)
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Post by davers on Jun 13, 2013 10:55:55 GMT -8
This is basically just a whole other festival in the same place as Sasquatch which makes actual Sasquatch shorter. It will also likely take some good bands from actual Sasquatch.
It's dumb and I don't like it, but I will probably still end up going to both.
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Post by mrlahey on Jun 13, 2013 11:03:21 GMT -8
In other news, I will be doing Bothsquatch. Anyone here who doesn't do the same will be banned. I like this.
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Post by Professor Pancakes on Jun 13, 2013 11:04:28 GMT -8
Maybe I'm just old, but I'm completely exhausted by the fourth day. Two 3 days weekends with a month to recover in between sounds so much nicer to me.
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Post by Professor Pancakes on Jun 13, 2013 11:05:35 GMT -8
Also, I've pretty much decided that I'm going to both, even if it means going by myself and living in my tent after because I haven't paid any bills all summer.
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Post by Nadine Hurley on Jun 13, 2013 11:06:16 GMT -8
I AM BLINDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DOUBLESQUATCH. Like really fucking excited! The more time I spend at The Gorge, the better, period. I really think this means we're going to end up snagging like half of Primavera/Field Day Fests lineup in July and that its going to be brilliant in spite of the inevitable cons that will come with it.
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Post by nater on Jun 13, 2013 11:07:26 GMT -8
I like it but for selfish reasons. 2 weekends makes it more likely ill get to at least go to one next year. Though chances are ill get to see less of you if everyone doesn't go to the weekend I go to. So that sucks.
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Post by cougs91 on Jun 13, 2013 11:11:10 GMT -8
Anyone else think this has to do with Jam Base Live completely flopping??
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Post by Darth on Jun 13, 2013 11:16:19 GMT -8
This is my gut reaction as of right now:
Different bands + different dates in different months = 2 different festivals.
Both weekends may be by Zacks but I wouldn't be surprised if the "2nd Sasquatch" (during the July long weekend) gets re-named within a few years. Calling it Sasquatch now helps to sell it and gives it instant festival cred. Lets face it, a new festival wouldn't be getting any talk right now, especially without a line-up announcement. Like I said, different months with different bands is just 2 different festivals.
I'm not saying this is a bad thing, and I'm gonna do my best to attend both. Still a little choked about it only being 3 days though.
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Post by Jefferin Jeffotash on Jun 13, 2013 11:23:37 GMT -8
This seems like a direct result of primavera being the same weekend of first squatch...For years we have been losing bands, having bands drop out last second, and im sure snacks has been overpaying to get bands to drag themselves across the globe to play a show the day after they played in Spain...There are no major fests during the july 4th weekend so conflicts shouldn't be an issue...May squatch could be local acts and up and comers and the July squatch could be featuring the bigger hard to snag bands...OOOH and july 4th, all the fireworks!!!
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Post by weenie on Jun 13, 2013 11:26:37 GMT -8
OOOH and july 4th, all the fireworks!!! YOU JUST SAID THE MAGIC WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!'
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Post by Cysquatch on Jun 13, 2013 11:36:29 GMT -8
One thing that works well with Sasquatch is that it is always on Memorial Day weekend, which is a 3 day weekend. It may change dates, but always falls on a weekend. Independence Day however, will always shift. In a few years down the road it lands on a Monday etc. It works out perfectly to be on a 3 day holiday weekend next year, but will not always be.
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Post by Cbats on Jun 13, 2013 11:38:49 GMT -8
This seems like a direct result of primavera being the same weekend of first squatch...For years we have been losing bands, having bands drop out last second, and im sure snacks has been overpaying to get bands to drag themselves across the globe to play a show the day after they played in Spain...There are no major fests during the july 4th weekend so conflicts shouldn't be an issue...May squatch could be local acts and up and comers and the July squatch could be featuring the bigger hard to snag bands...OOOH and july 4th, all the fireworks!!! I'm not saying that that wasn't a factor but I think it has more to do with the limited capacity of the Gorge... The festival isn't really big enough to do two weekends in a row with the same lineup with Coachella doing that a month earlier in the same part of the country. Seems like this is their compromise. Furthermore, it's not clear that they could sell twice as many tickets as they usually do. By doing two completely different festivals they are able to sell to people who want to go to both weekends and people who are unimpressed with one of the lineups but excited about the other one.
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Post by Fig on Jun 13, 2013 12:00:19 GMT -8
Thanks for weighing in on this cbats...not many folks here enjoy the economic side of the music biz quite like you do so its cool to hear what you think about this. I find myself agreeing with most of your conclusions so far.
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Post by Professor Pancakes on Jun 13, 2013 12:24:48 GMT -8
OOOH and july 4th, all the fireworks!!! Lollapalooza 95 was at the gorge on the 4h of July and the campground was like a fucking war zone. I endorse this 100%
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Post by Pea on Jun 13, 2013 12:38:32 GMT -8
DRUNKFIREWORKSBURNSQUATCH
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Post by Cysquatch on Jun 13, 2013 12:41:15 GMT -8
Fire cracker/bottle rocket wars.
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Post by offline on Jun 13, 2013 12:43:37 GMT -8
Let's be real. We can speculate all we want but none of us really know what this means, or how it will affect Sasquatch's aweseomeness. All we know is that Sasquatch had a full cup of awesome, and now there are two cups. Only time will tell if they're both full of awesome, or if some awesome will be lost in the process.
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Post by Cysquatch on Jun 13, 2013 12:45:07 GMT -8
One Sasquatch Two Cups.
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