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Post by davers on Jun 13, 2018 11:11:58 GMT -8
The venue for Skookum is pretty awesome. They have never held a festival there but they have had concerts. It's pretty great, probably a 20 minute walk from the edge of downtown, overlooking the water with the city skyline in the back. Assuming it's not totally overcrowded it should make for an enjoyable time.
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Post by davers on Jun 1, 2018 13:02:45 GMT -8
Ya'll internet weirdos need to stop being so fucking timid, it's not like a huge group of old drunk strangers who've been doing this for years is something to be afraid of. Jeez. Fer real though we are intimidating as shit. I was amazed how well jinglejangle was able to hang given how weird the two of us were being. Me in particular...
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Post by davers on May 29, 2018 14:00:34 GMT -8
this weekend I learned that crispies are just beer, and there is not vodka in it. what a concept It's just a beverage that is cold. I made some crispy bois for sober folks which had no booze at all. Low temperature is key, otherwise they become soggy. Sorry I was not super clear on that, I had about 27 crispy bois on Sunday.
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Post by davers on May 16, 2018 12:42:50 GMT -8
Without digging into the lineup
1. Twenty One Pilots 2. Arkells
3. MGMT
4. July Talk
5. LCD Soundsystem
6. Phantogram
7. The Strumbellas
8. Bonobo
9. Bob Moses
10. Chance the Rapper
So you're Canadian. My thoughts exactly. No American knows, let alone likes, July Talk, Arkells AND the Strumbellas.
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Post by davers on May 15, 2018 14:34:41 GMT -8
I don't even know what I'm looking at. And the very leftmost road is the one that begins the walk to the festival. From the left of that photo it's probably 15 minutes to the festival not counting stops to pee or shotgun beers or watch antelope man run around.
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Post by davers on May 10, 2018 12:40:50 GMT -8
Every thing is sex thing.
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Post by davers on May 7, 2018 16:39:23 GMT -8
Now every Tesla is going to come preloaded with her new album, much like the U2 thing with those ipods. People will be confused.
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Post by davers on May 7, 2018 13:33:30 GMT -8
Massive drop in lineup quality mixed with higher per day price it was bound to happen. I have no idea why they tried to charge that much. If it was something along the lines of $200 after fees I could see it being worth it for people that live in LA, but it still wouldn't be worth traveling for, like last years lineup was.
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Post by davers on May 4, 2018 11:29:58 GMT -8
It's a nice touch they tell you when sunrise and sunset is.
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Post by davers on May 4, 2018 8:42:56 GMT -8
Sowry, Canada, but Japandroids are terrible. I'm glad that conflict exists just so I won't accidentally walk by their set. PUP is also Canadian so the PUP vs Japandroids statement is like Canada vs Canada.
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Post by davers on May 4, 2018 8:35:41 GMT -8
Don't bring your Australian cousin who also has Canadian citizenship because it will confuse them and you will for sure get searched. Only time I've ever had problems! Also don't bring an American back into Canada that is immediately getting on a plane in Vancouver and flying to Spain. This also confuses them and will get your car searched. They will also almost for sure ask you how you know each other, so have an answer in your mind so you don't blurt out "the internet".
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Post by davers on May 4, 2018 8:31:12 GMT -8
Last year they handed out trash bags to cars as they drove into the campsite. If you filled it up with trash and brought it to their tent in the food court area of camping, they gave you a wristband for entrance into the lounge. It was a bit douchey in there but cheap beer ftw. SHUT UP you're my HERO. I'm telling you I had tried everything to get in there... I even went with Beat Connection (name drop brag) to try to get in and they would not let any of us in. PRAY FOR TRASH BAGS take me to douche city. If the only people that get in there are people that picked up a bag of trash it would be more like hippie city... complaining about drinking bud light.
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Post by davers on May 2, 2018 21:37:38 GMT -8
I had no idea normal humans could go in that thing. I just assume everything that looks special isn't for me. The first time I went in the view bar was 2016. ...you can just go in the view bar? The one beside the main stage? Apparently you could in 2016. There's also the Cliff House, that one is for VIP people though. All you need is to be 21 and you could go in. I went and took a couple photos, looked at the view and left since I had no interest in paying 14 dollars for beer when I had perfectly good smuggled vodka in my backpack, but it was still kind of cool.
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Post by davers on May 2, 2018 21:25:31 GMT -8
I had no idea normal humans could go in that thing. I just assume everything that looks special isn't for me. The first time I went in the view bar was 2016.
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Post by davers on May 2, 2018 12:23:21 GMT -8
Just gonna throw another shout-out to the Premier choo-choo train that makes it really easy to catch an early set or three and head back to the campsite for provisions. I think I was in the venue before 1:30 every day a couple years ago. Only reason I got Gold camping this year. I'm glad it actually paid off and there's things I want to see early.
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Post by davers on May 2, 2018 12:21:50 GMT -8
I know they're from the other side of the continent but they have a number of little ties to the Northwest and that makes me love them even more. Very excited they don't overlap with anyone on the clusterfuck that is Friday, Wolf Parade snagged a spot in my must see for the weekend. I think they technically formed in Montreal but they mostly consider BC home. They played their 'last show ever' in Vancouver. They are probably more west coast than eastern from what I understand. Dante Spencer and Eric grew up in BC, though they are still technically called a Montreal band, probably because it sounds cooler that way.
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Post by davers on May 2, 2018 9:07:03 GMT -8
Based on the time I saw him I strongly disagree. He just left stage for like 20 minutes and told his DJ to play songs. Also got the crowd to sing like half the time. DJ? Yeah, he had like a 6 piece live band when I saw him and it was awesome. Well then we was robbed.
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Post by davers on May 2, 2018 9:05:16 GMT -8
The National are anything but a really delicious chocolate cake. Plot twist, the National is the roller coaster and chocolate cake is a questionable analogy for Anderson .Paak.
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Post by davers on May 1, 2018 13:54:21 GMT -8
The last 10 minutes of The National will be better than the first 10 minutes of Paak This. This is highly debatable, especially since the last time I saw Paak he opened with Milk n Honey. I love em both but it's like comparing really delicious chocolate cake to a really fun roller coaster.
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Post by davers on May 1, 2018 9:09:51 GMT -8
Major conflicts:
Tash vs. POND almost total overlap
Japandroids / PUP / White Reaper / Escort clusterfuck
Alex Lahey vs Tank and the Bangas
Overall though, this could have been a lot worse. Major shoutout for not making me relive FYF last year and choose between Slowdive and Anderson .Paak
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