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Post by polecat on Jun 13, 2013 14:19:31 GMT -8
Even though I'm not in the NW and can only really manage one per year, I'm into it. And I'd imagine that the 4th of July weekend will generally work out better for me anyhow - schedule-wise and whatnot - so were I to just commit to that, there wouldn't be any butthurt over potentially picking the shittier lineup during presale. In any event, I'm sure the lineups will be fairly balanced in terms of awesome. They wouldn't dick people over by making one clearly better than the other.
Is it a cash grab? Absolutely. Am I mad about that? Not at all. Just like most everyone else in the world, Live Nation, Snacks, and whoever else puts on Sasquatch are primarily in the business of making money. Obviously, most (I would hope) of the people involved like music and care about doing a good job, but if the demand's there, why not go bigger and better? I know I'd do the same. And for what it's worth, I remember people getting all pissed off when the festival went from 2 days to 3, then from 3 to 3 and a half, then when single day tickets were discontinued. This is just more of the same. I personally don't see any reason to be up in arms about it; if at some point I do start to feel that it's too much money for too little awesome, I just won't go.
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Post by polecat on May 30, 2013 17:42:34 GMT -8
Tame Impala: the band so nice that beartrap listed it twice.
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Post by polecat on May 29, 2013 16:28:08 GMT -8
I almost forgot about Sidney Rice dancing with my girlfriend during John Talabot! I thought it was Richard Sherman at the time, but have since confirmed that it was Sidney Rice. Yup, that was Sidney Rice alright. Richard Sherman was also there, I believe. We tossed a football around with Sidney on Saturday (or Sunday?) afternoon near premier.
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Post by polecat on May 29, 2013 12:59:39 GMT -8
My favorites were:
Primus (agreed that it was one of the best sets I've seen in five Sasquatches) Tame Impala Capital Cities Disclosure John Talabot Postal Service Holy Ghost! Alt-J Earl Sweatshirt
Had me a great damn time. But I do have to pile on here: that fucking Bigfoot stage. Empire of the Sun was mostly ruined for me, Grimes was partially ruined, Death Grips, Alt-J and Vampire Weekend didn't sound so great. And I'm sure there were others. So, between that and missing Sigur Ros because I was waiting for Tame Impala for an hour and a half, I was a bit salty. But even so - I had a blast. How could you not?
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Post by polecat on May 23, 2013 8:42:44 GMT -8
Why would you set your bag down unattended for 15 minutes in the first place? That would've been a dumb move long before Boston happened.
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Post by polecat on May 22, 2013 23:21:19 GMT -8
Boom, found one! Disregard everything I said.
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Post by polecat on May 21, 2013 16:54:59 GMT -8
Looking for one for a friend as well. Can pick up anywhere near Portland.
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Post by polecat on May 21, 2013 12:40:08 GMT -8
My only two cents on the issue:
I was once threatened with arrest and removal from the Gorge because, like so many other people come Monday afternoon, I was reclining on the hillside and taking a bit of a mid-day siesta. And I wasn't even sleeping - just laying down, as I was exhausted as all fuck from the previous 3 days. A yellowshirt came over, nudged my shoulder with her foot, and told me to come with her; she said that I was "obviously too intoxicated to stand," which was funny, because she probably caught me at my most sober point of the weekend.
Anyhow, she quickly backed off once I started speaking to her, but I must emphasize that I was very respectful despite her misjudging me. So my two pieces of advice are (a) don't be a dick to the security (as most everyone else here has said), and (b) be aware that if you lay down on the grass, a yellowshirt might think you are blacked out/passed out.
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Post by polecat on May 21, 2013 8:31:13 GMT -8
Long story short: my friend who thought he had a ticket all along never received his wristband in the mail. He finally called Live Nation and found out that, somehow, his payment didn't process when he clicked "purchase" back in December. I guess he's been combing Craigslist for a month now, but for some reason I just found out about this. We're scrambling to find him a miracle. His girlfriend is in PDX and will drive anywhere in the area to make the purchase. If anyone can help, you'll be legend status in our book.
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Post by polecat on May 17, 2013 15:06:20 GMT -8
Polecat-you guys are from Reno? I used to live in Tahoe and drove my first year-big mistake! Yep, Reno indeed. I've never had the "pleasure" of tackling the Reno --> Gorge drive (all of my past Sasquatches happened when I was living in Oregon), but some of my buddies did it in 2010. They said that the drive home was one of the worst experiences of their lives - both of them had to work on Wednesday, so they just did it in one straight shot. After partying til 2 in the morning at the Gorge the night before. I... did not envy them.
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Post by polecat on May 16, 2013 19:55:23 GMT -8
........I'm assuming you all fuck?
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Post by polecat on May 16, 2013 19:40:58 GMT -8
Camping in a group of 5: myself, my wife, a good friend, his basically wife, and another friend's brother who's 8 years younger than all of us, which should be entertaining. Oh, and perhaps one more "it'll be a last minute decision" guy who only plans on hitting up craigslist early next week (fucker's driving me nuts with that shit; he recently passed up on a face value ticket that I found for him because "it'll be a last minute decision" - and not a whole lot of explanation beyond that).
We'll likely be in overflow, as we're all getting to the camp on Friday evening / night. No elaborate flags/canopies/etc since most everyone is flying in, but we'll have a drinking games table (i.e. a big piece of wood) and will probably be yelling at each other a lot whilst slamming Fireball and listening to Cut Copy and Notorious B.I.G. real loud. Anyone is welcome to yell and get drunk with us... or just hang out, whatever floats your boat. We're all pretty damn sociable in general. Not sure how likely it is, but I'd be stroked to meet just one of you fuckers.
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Post by polecat on May 10, 2013 10:06:09 GMT -8
The real question is how much shit I'm going to give you for typing the word 'Magzeros'. Anyone else keep reading it as "Magnetos?"
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Post by polecat on May 10, 2013 10:05:51 GMT -8
I think we both ended up doing the most unexpected double take of our lives, and then much celebration occurred.
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Post by polecat on May 8, 2013 7:44:24 GMT -8
Hooooooo-ooo-weee!! What's up with that!? What's up with that!?
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Post by polecat on May 7, 2013 12:30:58 GMT -8
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Post by polecat on May 7, 2013 12:16:25 GMT -8
THIS IS MY FINAL FORM
1. Sigur Ros 2. Vampire Weekend (assuming I fucking make it) 3. Primus 4. Empire of the Sun 5. Danny Brown 6. Bloc Party 7. Tame Impala 8. Death Grips 9. The Postal Service 10. Disclosure
Came close: Grimes, El-P, Earl, Holy Ghost!
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Post by polecat on May 3, 2013 13:22:42 GMT -8
Isn't Portland about 5 hours from the Gorge in good traffic? Your friend is gonna have to speed to get you guys there on time if there's anything more than about an hour line. Yeah, that's what my attempted edit was all about. He's promised some excessive speeding along the way. I'll be on copwatch, I suppose.
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Post by polecat on May 3, 2013 12:17:56 GMT -8
And I guess that's what happens when you accidentally hit "quote" instead "modify." My mistake.
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Post by polecat on May 3, 2013 12:15:04 GMT -8
I was pretty serious with my guesstimate. We had friends who got in line at roughly 6-7 on friday night and they didn't make it to the festival grounds until after 10:00. Granted that includes some walking time, but you get the picture. Do not underestimate the possibility of an extraordinary amount of traffic on friday night. Ugggh, this is gonna be me. I just don't want to miss Vampire Weekend. I've already have come to terms with missing everything that comes beforehand (re: Arctic Monkeys, fuck, that one hurts). Flying into Portland at 12:30, friend will swoop me, we'll have to make a blitzkrieg-style grocery store stop on the way - shit's gonna be tight. The good news is that he's already assured me that we'll be driving at insanely unsafe speeds 'til Ellensburg. In 2010 I had to pick someone up from PDX and we didn't get to Quincy until about 11:30 at night... campground at 3:30. Just, turrible.
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