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Post by interstateeight on Mar 29, 2010 10:32:46 GMT -8
San Francisco's own outdoor three-day music festival appears to have booked Kings of Leon.
Huh.
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Post by know ID yuh on Mar 29, 2010 20:04:51 GMT -8
They've had some pretty interesting lineups the first two years. This festival will always be on my "maybe" list. With the Kings of Leon confirmation news, I'm officially stoked for Outside Lands 2011.
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Post by interstateeight on Mar 29, 2010 20:07:54 GMT -8
I really wanted to go in 2008, and I went for one day last year and got to see Atmosphere --> Avett Brothers --> Modest Mouse --> Band of Horses. Excellent day.
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Post by know ID yuh on Mar 29, 2010 21:07:38 GMT -8
Barring conflicts, I hope to see Band of Horses this year. I thought they were very average the first time I saw them, but have read so much greatness about their live shows.
Avett Brothers and Modest Mouse in the same day though, money.
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Post by interstateeight on Mar 30, 2010 14:37:46 GMT -8
It was awesome. And I'm something of a Band of Horses superfan -- saw them for the first time at Sasquatch 2006, actually, and many many times since. I can't imagine missing their set this year.
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Post by know ID yuh on Mar 30, 2010 18:58:50 GMT -8
Sasquatch 2006 is the only time I've seen them live. I sure did like the cover they played then. Everything All The Time is one of my favorite albums of the previous decade, I just never gave them a second chance live.
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Post by Pea on Mar 30, 2010 19:28:17 GMT -8
Ridiculously stoked to see BoH for my first time. It's been a looong time overdue.
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Post by Horned Gramma on May 17, 2010 15:46:54 GMT -8
I had no idea people actually liked Kings of Leon.
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Post by chaco on Apr 21, 2011 11:52:57 GMT -8
I was about to say the b-word and realized it would've been ed to something a little different... Airfare/lodging for Lolla was adding up quickly so instead I'm planning a road trip with a small group of people that might intersect with this fest and the lineup is looking pretty decent. Does anyone know if they usually sell out/ logistics of parking, etc? The fest website is pretty bare and not so helpful.
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Post by interstateeight on Apr 21, 2011 12:32:18 GMT -8
It's in Golden Gate Park, which is in San Francisco, which means hahahahaha have fun finding street parking. Just take public transportation to the festival from wherever you are staying.
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Post by Pea on Apr 21, 2011 14:21:49 GMT -8
Festivals inside major cities sound so unappealing to me :/
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Post by Horned Gramma on Apr 21, 2011 14:27:09 GMT -8
Usually I'd agree, but the opportunity to spend a couple afternoons inside Golden Gate Park without having to worry about being stabbed to death by a guy in a gorilla suit or something does sound kind of appealing. Seeing Phish and the Shins play would just be a bonus.
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Post by Pea on Apr 21, 2011 14:33:11 GMT -8
You know what? I've never been to San Fran and have always wanted to. I suppose I can get on board with that logic!
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Post by chaco on Apr 21, 2011 14:53:10 GMT -8
I was born in the Bay Area, but haven't been to visit since '03. I figure it would be a fun place to make a pit stop. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Six Flags Vallejo is on the way.
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Post by Fig on Apr 21, 2011 14:55:59 GMT -8
Definitely considering driving down with some friends from Boise but with gas prices going the way they are, it isnt looking too likely for me I wish I could see BAD though, in all their ugly-teeth glory.
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Post by stamper on Apr 21, 2011 15:02:32 GMT -8
plane tickets from Atlanta to San Fran are super cheap - if i could find a relatively affordable hotel within a reasonable distance from the Park, I might consider it.
I'd really like to see the Shins at least one time in my life.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Apr 21, 2011 15:10:50 GMT -8
One time I saw the Shins. Halloween, 2003, free in-store performance at the dearly missed Music Millennium in NW Portland. This was about two weeks before Chutes Too Narrow came out; they were young and not quite yet successful and having lots and LOTS of fun. Got cockblocked at Squatch '06 and didn't get to see them, and haven't had another opportunity since. No show I see, if I ever do see them again, would be as good as the one I saw but if I had the dough it would be well spent flying to San Francisco to see them at Outside Lands.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Apr 21, 2011 15:20:53 GMT -8
San Francisco is beautiful, Pea. Just one of the coolest, weirdest cities in the world. It is also filthy and terrifying, but for all its similarities to Seattle it's benign nature always shows through in a way that Seattle just can't muster. It's also a great music city, one of the best. I couldn't have lived in the proximity of a more exciting music scene than San Francisco growing up, I was really lucky in that regard. Not only does EVERY act pass through San Francisco, but they frequently kick out all possible jams for San Francisco crowds. There's a lot of the culture and history of rock music behind the walls and in the floorboards of San Francisco and artists always seem to really tap into that. Worth a trip for any reason at all, ever.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Apr 21, 2011 15:39:56 GMT -8
Once I went to San Francisco and stood in front of the Fillmore all day. Oh yeah and I paid to use a bathroom in Wendy's. Beautiful city.
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Post by stamper on Apr 21, 2011 15:40:09 GMT -8
fuck it. i'm sold. it's cheaper than Lolla, it's a city i've never been to but have always wanted to visit, it was Alfred Hitchcock's favorite american city, the Shins will be playing, and i can stay at Weak Shit Superfan's house! sign me up. (see what i did there?)
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