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Post by polecat on Apr 11, 2013 14:37:07 GMT -8
Friday: drive like a maniac, drink and hi-five people whilst standing around a line of stationary cars, maybe Father John Misty, hopefully Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, perhaps some Marklemore from the top of the hill, Baauer.
Saturday: campground shenanigans, Knowmads because my wife knows one of them, Nancy & Beth, drink a beer, Devendra, first half of Akron/Family, either the rest of Akron/Family or the first half of Holy Ghost! (I'm flip-flopping like a bitch on this one), Bloc Party, drink/eat/poop within earshot of Divine Fits, John Talabot, Tame Impala, Sigur Ros, Empire of the Sun, campground til sunrise.
Sunday: Capital Cities, Torche, beer, Danny Brown, Tallest Man on Earth, El-P, Shout Out Louds, Earl Sweatshirt, Baths, Grimes, wander around or Mumford from afar, Primus, campground til... sunrise?
Monday: Chvrches, nap on the ground, Cody Chesnutt, Dirty Projectors (it's entirely possible that my day starts here), Death Grips, do some stuff, Disclosure, Alt-J, perhaps some Ariel Pink, Postal Service.
I don't really care for Death Grips' music, but I'm starting to think that it's a must-see because I do love a good spectacle. Hopefully it'll be as uncomfortable as when the Murder City Devils guy basically called the entire crowd bro'd-out douchebag jocks, and tried to make all the straights folks turn their backs to him so the few "beautiful ******s" could watch the music. In any event, I'd only be going to Azealia to see 212 anyhow.
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Post by polecat on Apr 10, 2013 16:11:47 GMT -8
Hey they are just giving us time to drink while we wait...If it was all efficient like we wouldn't have time to have entry beers(that said No I am not driving this year, nor have I driven any other year that I have partaken in Entry Beers) Last time I attended, I was driving. Within eyeball distance of the campground, it was clear that we weren't going anywhere soon, and my buddy started to crack some entry beers. I was pretty envious. Then I started to look around... nearly EVERY SINGLE DRIVER I COULD SEE was drinking entry beers. Cops were standing nearby and obviously didn't care. So I said, fuck it. Entry beers were had.
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Post by polecat on Apr 10, 2013 16:04:20 GMT -8
I was in the "Saturday sucks" camp when I first saw the schedule, but that's only because nothing that I REALLY want to see is happening until 6:30 or so. But after taking a second glance, it's stacked for sure. For the mid-afternoon, I'll just soak it all in - which is good, because it usually takes me a few hours til a switch gets flipped and I enter full-blown Sasquatch mode - and then 6:30-1:30 will be madness. The only gap in my schedule from that point on is a half hour between Bloc Party and Talabot, which will be probably be spent on shitty noodles, binge drinking, and possibly pooping. If there's enough time.
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Post by polecat on Apr 10, 2013 13:56:21 GMT -8
Yeah, that conflict is kind of a bitch. But I'm not too keen on watching the last 20 minutes of shows from the back of the crowd, so it's either gonna be Andrew Bird (who I've seen thrice before) into Holy Ghost!, or Akron/Family into Bloc Party for me. Think I'm gonna go Option B.
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Post by polecat on Apr 10, 2013 13:28:06 GMT -8
Because I like making lists. 1. Sigur Ros 2. El-P (and Killer Mike?) 3. Primus 4. Danny Brown 5. Tame Impala 6. Empire of the Sun 7. Built to Spill 8. Vampire Weekend 9. Earl Sweatshirt 10. Azealia Banks My update is mostly just based on now knowing what stage/time each act is playing at. For example, my feelings on Danny Brown haven't changed in the last two months, but I'm less excited about seeing him at 3 in the afternoon than I am about seeing the stuff above him at night or sunset. 1. Sigur Ros 2. Primus 3. Vampire Weekend 4. Tame Impala 5. Empire of the Sun 6. Earl Sweatshirt 7. Alt-J 8. El-P 9. Grimes 10. Danny Brown Honorable mentions: Disclosure, Bloc Party, Dirty Projectors, Akron/Family.
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Post by polecat on Apr 10, 2013 13:12:15 GMT -8
I think we're all missing the bigger point here.
How in the hell does one "accidentally" do a flip on the hill?
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Post by polecat on Apr 10, 2013 13:01:19 GMT -8
BOOM, INB4 DELETE
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Post by polecat on Apr 10, 2013 10:20:06 GMT -8
Also, I need advice - Baths or the 30-minute Killer Mike set?
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Post by polecat on Apr 10, 2013 10:11:27 GMT -8
What you're gonna wanna do is leave approximately 28 hours earlier. I'm doing this entirely wrong.
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Post by polecat on Apr 10, 2013 9:47:30 GMT -8
I just hope that I can make it into the Gorge in time for Vampire Weekend. Leaving Portland at around 2:00 on Friday (earlier if possible), but given that I spent about 3 hours in a car line last time I Sasquatched, I'm slightly nervous. Then again, that was before Friday was a thing - any educated guesses on Friday evening line time?
I've already come to peace with missing Reignwolf, Japandroids, Built to Spill, and maybe Father John Misty and Arctic Monkeys... fuck, that sucks to type.
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Post by polecat on Mar 19, 2013 15:40:36 GMT -8
I get chills every time I watch videos of it. I was smack in the middle of the pit and remember seeing a few people start this, and a couple minutes later I looked back on the hill and the entire crowd was doing it in unison. I think Sasquatch '10 sent LCD Soundsystem off into their hiatus pretty well, I'm sure that was one of their most memorable moments of the last tour. Well I'll be damned. I have, quite literally, the exact same memory. If you remember being in the vicinity of a girl on a guy's shoulders pouring a beer all over a second guy's face during "Drunk Girls," that was me.
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Post by polecat on Mar 8, 2013 11:09:14 GMT -8
Yeah, FlyLo live is a just about a perfect blend of bangers and weird spacey shit. Pretty damn good.
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Post by polecat on Feb 28, 2013 10:15:22 GMT -8
I did the same thing, based off of last year's alleged set times which I found on some random website. It's probably all wrong, but here's what I came up with:
Friday:
Reignwolf --> Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul -->Built to Spill --> Arctic Monkeys/Matthew Dear --> Vampire Weekend
Saturday:
Akron/Family --> Holy Ghost/Andrew Bird --> Bloc Party --> TEED --> Tame Impala --> Sigur Ros --> Empire of the Sun
Sunday:
Torche --> Tallest Man on Earth --> Shout Out Louds --> El-P --> Earl Sweatshirt --> Grimes --> Presets --> Primus
Monday:
Dirty Projectors --> Twin Shadow --> Azealia Banks --> Death Grips --> Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti --> Danny Brown/Disclsoure (this would be the worst conflict of the weekend for me) --> Alt-J --> Postal Service
As for early bands, I'll probably just cruise around and try to find cool shit I've never heard of. That's typically how it works. Still working on listening to the unknowns, so I can navigate that part of the day better.
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Post by polecat on Feb 25, 2013 11:32:47 GMT -8
Wolfmother is to Tame Impala as Dr. Dog are to Owl City. Meaning, each pair shares nationalities and has obvious influences that shine through the music. That's about as deep as it goes. Granted I didn't get a 1600 on my SAT (close), but you lost me at Dr. Dog. It's obvious Wolfmother was going for Black Sabbath/Led Zeppelin, Tame Impala is going for the Beatles, and Owl City is going for the Postal Service/Shitting Your Pants While Crying To A Beat, but I think Dr. Dog has a unique sound, albeit somewhat familiar. What am I missing about them? Are they secretly Aerosmith? Classic rock radio in general, I guess. Alls I'm saying is that a sound clearly rooted in the past doesn't, by itself, make you suck.
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Post by polecat on Feb 24, 2013 21:28:00 GMT -8
Wolfmother is to Tame Impala as Dr. Dog are to Owl City. Meaning, each pair shares nationalities and has obvious influences that shine through the music. That's about as deep as it goes.
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Post by polecat on Feb 24, 2013 19:12:07 GMT -8
Sigur Ros vs Tame Impala shouldn't even be a question. You will have the opportunity to see Tame Impala twice a year for the next 5+ years. You will likely never see Sigur Ros on the Gorge main stage ever again. Don't be dumb. Well, yeah. And if they actually put them up against each other I'm sure I'll go Sigur, by the same logic. But that's two of my top Sasquatch bands right there, so it'd be a bummer regardless.
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Post by polecat on Feb 24, 2013 17:11:28 GMT -8
God dammit I hope they don't put Sigur Ros and Tame Impala against each other.
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Post by polecat on Feb 16, 2013 13:30:56 GMT -8
Day 3 bands: gnarly mode.
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Post by polecat on Feb 14, 2013 20:59:46 GMT -8
They tend to mix the live drums in and out of the set, depending on the song, from what I've seen. Maybe that was the case? Shit... I have no idea. My only visual memory is the two guys, but for the most part, I just recall having a blast and dancing my ass off. I dunno. Looking forward to doing it again, I'll say that (although, now, I'm sure that I'll pay a bit more attention to the stage).
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Post by polecat on Feb 14, 2013 10:13:39 GMT -8
I hope that the Presets incorporate live drums into their show - I saw them last year at Treasure Island and there were no drums, just Dude #1 on keyboards / a laptop and Dude #2 singing. That said, I smoked a joint to the face right before they went on, so it is possible that there were drums and I just didn't notice or remember them.
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