Your Favo(u)rite Sasquatch! Memories... OF ALL TIME
Jun 29, 2018 11:33:09 GMT -8
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Jun 29, 2018 11:33:09 GMT -8
Someone had this idea on FB and I thought it would be nice to do it here too. I'm just going to copy/paste what I wrote there. I've intentionally not included 2018 because I absolutely cannot bring myself to think about it right now without losing my entire capacity for cognitive function. I'm fucked up about all this, y'all.
Anyway:
2008
Seeing the hill for the first time while Beirut played "Scenic World." Janet Weiss on drums with Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks. Stephen made a "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" joke because the previous night it had poured all over Michael Stipe. I also got offered my first ever joint from a rando at that show. Losing my Flaming Lips virginity to a giant fucking UFO and teletubbies. M.I.A. letting hundreds of fans onstage with her and then punching one in the face when the poor girl went in for a hug. Waiting all day in the pit for Flight of the Conchords and getting my mind blown by Built to Spill. Listening to The Cure play for 3 fucking hours while in a gigantic cuddle puddle.
2009
Deerhoof playing in that fucking tiger head when it was 101 degrees. The entire pit jumping in time and screaming along to Gogol Bordello. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head into Crystal Castles in the tent. Doves thanking the 40 people there to see them on the main stage for coming out at 3pm to see "a bunch of Limey cunts from Manchester." M83 putting the Gorge on blast at sunset, their last show I'd see with Morgan Kibby on the lineup. The Wrens . THE FUCKING WRENS. This boy is exhausted.
2010
I only camped this year. It was a bummer to miss what was probably the best lineup of the festival ever. But I don't regret it. I was sitting on top of a van listening to music waft over me and trying not to cry again when I met a man who had gotten kicked out of the venue. He had only come to see Ween. I don't remember where he was traveling from, but it was a long way. And he was completely fucking devastated. We shared some beers and smokes and talked about music and how even if we weren't inside the venue, we had at least found each other, at this beautiful place. We weren't alone.
2011
Losing my glasses in the Against Me! mosh pit only to have a complete stranger shove everyone out of the way, bend down, and pick them up for me. The gigantic, hill-spanning arm-in-arm singalong to Head & the Heart. R O B Y N. Wolf Parade's "last" show ever. The two-stepping circle pit for Flogging Molly. Rodrigo y Gabriela making the rain fall harder the more intensely they played, only for the showers to clear the instant the song was over. The lightning flash as Colin Meloy sang "The seas roiled, the sky went black." Deerhunter closing with "He Would Have Laughed" and making me bawl like a baby the whole walk back to camp.
2012
Starfucker throwing out a bunch of inflated sex dolls during their set's climax. Stealing one, and running down the hill towards Girl Talk with it. Getting stopped by some random girl who was crying and saying "I love you." Dancing barefoot to Tycho. Dancing barefoot with a total stranger to Active Child. Watching Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss rip up the Bigfoot stage with Wild Flag and thinking that if this was as close as I ever got to a Sleater-Kinney show, that's alright. Also Carrie kick me in the face please. James MOTHERFUCKING Murphy saying that his 2.5 hour DJ set was the most fun he's ever had playing a show. Also James Murphy dropping Todd Terje's "Inspector Norse." Also James Murphy spinning all vinyl, on 3 separate turntables. Tenacious D's cock descending on the crowd and spraying white confetti everywhere. Mogwai's cancellation leading Deer Tick to playing a second all-covers set before Spiritualized.
2013
Matthew Dear coming on stage to about a dozen people because everyone was at Vampire Weekend on the Bigfoot and putting on the show of a lifetime anyway. Akron/Family being the loudest thing ever. Inflatapocalypse at Holy Ghost!. Sigur Ros leaving no dry eyes at the Gorge. GRIMUS! Grimes dropping the best pop song of the year with "Phone Sex." Primus 3D opening with a giant projection of Salad Fingers. Everyone in the crowd yelling "DRUUUUGS!" between each song. Accidentally lighting up a joint instead of a cigarette at Death Grips and figuring what the fuck ever anyway. John Talabot bringing the dance tent to its shaky knees. Taking a nap during Postal Service and getting yelled at by All My Friends.
2014
Liars cancelling and sending the entire group to White Sea, causing her to remark "holy fuck, you guys are awesome." The Naked & Famous surpassing all expectations. Mogwai causing the entire crowd to black out for a couple seconds during the sudden crescendo of "Mogwai Fear Satan." Inflatapocalypse at Violent Femmes, who played the self-titled in full. Our giant conga line during that same set. Goldbeard giving Eric Andre chips. BASS FACE at Haim. The drum solo at the end of the QOTSA set. Cut fucking Copy. Panda Bear giving the closest thing to a religious experience I've ever had.
Anyway:
2008
Seeing the hill for the first time while Beirut played "Scenic World." Janet Weiss on drums with Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks. Stephen made a "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" joke because the previous night it had poured all over Michael Stipe. I also got offered my first ever joint from a rando at that show. Losing my Flaming Lips virginity to a giant fucking UFO and teletubbies. M.I.A. letting hundreds of fans onstage with her and then punching one in the face when the poor girl went in for a hug. Waiting all day in the pit for Flight of the Conchords and getting my mind blown by Built to Spill. Listening to The Cure play for 3 fucking hours while in a gigantic cuddle puddle.
2009
Deerhoof playing in that fucking tiger head when it was 101 degrees. The entire pit jumping in time and screaming along to Gogol Bordello. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head into Crystal Castles in the tent. Doves thanking the 40 people there to see them on the main stage for coming out at 3pm to see "a bunch of Limey cunts from Manchester." M83 putting the Gorge on blast at sunset, their last show I'd see with Morgan Kibby on the lineup. The Wrens . THE FUCKING WRENS. This boy is exhausted.
2010
I only camped this year. It was a bummer to miss what was probably the best lineup of the festival ever. But I don't regret it. I was sitting on top of a van listening to music waft over me and trying not to cry again when I met a man who had gotten kicked out of the venue. He had only come to see Ween. I don't remember where he was traveling from, but it was a long way. And he was completely fucking devastated. We shared some beers and smokes and talked about music and how even if we weren't inside the venue, we had at least found each other, at this beautiful place. We weren't alone.
2011
Losing my glasses in the Against Me! mosh pit only to have a complete stranger shove everyone out of the way, bend down, and pick them up for me. The gigantic, hill-spanning arm-in-arm singalong to Head & the Heart. R O B Y N. Wolf Parade's "last" show ever. The two-stepping circle pit for Flogging Molly. Rodrigo y Gabriela making the rain fall harder the more intensely they played, only for the showers to clear the instant the song was over. The lightning flash as Colin Meloy sang "The seas roiled, the sky went black." Deerhunter closing with "He Would Have Laughed" and making me bawl like a baby the whole walk back to camp.
2012
Starfucker throwing out a bunch of inflated sex dolls during their set's climax. Stealing one, and running down the hill towards Girl Talk with it. Getting stopped by some random girl who was crying and saying "I love you." Dancing barefoot to Tycho. Dancing barefoot with a total stranger to Active Child. Watching Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss rip up the Bigfoot stage with Wild Flag and thinking that if this was as close as I ever got to a Sleater-Kinney show, that's alright. Also Carrie kick me in the face please. James MOTHERFUCKING Murphy saying that his 2.5 hour DJ set was the most fun he's ever had playing a show. Also James Murphy dropping Todd Terje's "Inspector Norse." Also James Murphy spinning all vinyl, on 3 separate turntables. Tenacious D's cock descending on the crowd and spraying white confetti everywhere. Mogwai's cancellation leading Deer Tick to playing a second all-covers set before Spiritualized.
2013
Matthew Dear coming on stage to about a dozen people because everyone was at Vampire Weekend on the Bigfoot and putting on the show of a lifetime anyway. Akron/Family being the loudest thing ever. Inflatapocalypse at Holy Ghost!. Sigur Ros leaving no dry eyes at the Gorge. GRIMUS! Grimes dropping the best pop song of the year with "Phone Sex." Primus 3D opening with a giant projection of Salad Fingers. Everyone in the crowd yelling "DRUUUUGS!" between each song. Accidentally lighting up a joint instead of a cigarette at Death Grips and figuring what the fuck ever anyway. John Talabot bringing the dance tent to its shaky knees. Taking a nap during Postal Service and getting yelled at by All My Friends.
2014
Liars cancelling and sending the entire group to White Sea, causing her to remark "holy fuck, you guys are awesome." The Naked & Famous surpassing all expectations. Mogwai causing the entire crowd to black out for a couple seconds during the sudden crescendo of "Mogwai Fear Satan." Inflatapocalypse at Violent Femmes, who played the self-titled in full. Our giant conga line during that same set. Goldbeard giving Eric Andre chips. BASS FACE at Haim. The drum solo at the end of the QOTSA set. Cut fucking Copy. Panda Bear giving the closest thing to a religious experience I've ever had.
