5/28/08
5/27/08
Sasquatch Thoughts
This weekend I attended the Sasquatch Festival up at the Gorge amphitheatre in Washington. Never having been to this venue before, I was simply blown away. Amazing sights and the sound was superb.
The Presidents of the United States of America are becoming a curious sort of festival circuit band. This was the third time I had seen them and their show is becoming bigger and bigger. Considering that most folks (me included) hadn't heard from them between 1996 and 2004, it is impressive that they are such a popular draw. A new guitar player has replaced their original and while the singer/bassist still uses on two strings to strum along, the new guy is not afraid of using all the strings on his instrument. Many textures were added to classic songs and in addition, horns and and a keyboard filled out the spaces. PUSA is definitely looking to be playing more large scale shows with this bigger arrangement.
Mike Patton performed with Dan the Automator, debuting their new project Crudo. Knowing anything about these two artists, and knowing that Crudo is a hiphop band, tells you all you need to know. It was fucking sick and their keyboardist/vocalist performed an awe-inspiring beatbox solo.
MIA was a psychedelic kaleidescope of world music snatches and retarded hip hop beats. Her set was perhaps my very favorite.
REM was one of the bigger headliners, especially with their hot new album on the charts. The new songs were all great, but the audience wanted the golden goods and they got 'em. Oh Life, Andy, Drive, Orange Crush, Kenneth, Bad Day, and more. Damn they were good.
The other major headliner I saw, The Cure, were troubling. You see, I have this problem with The Cure, and the problem is that I think they are terrible. Not terrible in a way that, like, their music is bad, but terrible like a little boy who drowns in a lake because he went out fishing by himself because he thought it might bring his father back. So with that in mind, I danced really hard to The Cure and considered how sick their bassist is.
Those are my initial thoughts on Sasquatch. I may write again on the topic if any further analysis crosses my astral plane.
The Presidents of the United States of America are becoming a curious sort of festival circuit band. This was the third time I had seen them and their show is becoming bigger and bigger. Considering that most folks (me included) hadn't heard from them between 1996 and 2004, it is impressive that they are such a popular draw. A new guitar player has replaced their original and while the singer/bassist still uses on two strings to strum along, the new guy is not afraid of using all the strings on his instrument. Many textures were added to classic songs and in addition, horns and and a keyboard filled out the spaces. PUSA is definitely looking to be playing more large scale shows with this bigger arrangement.
Mike Patton performed with Dan the Automator, debuting their new project Crudo. Knowing anything about these two artists, and knowing that Crudo is a hiphop band, tells you all you need to know. It was fucking sick and their keyboardist/vocalist performed an awe-inspiring beatbox solo.
MIA was a psychedelic kaleidescope of world music snatches and retarded hip hop beats. Her set was perhaps my very favorite.
REM was one of the bigger headliners, especially with their hot new album on the charts. The new songs were all great, but the audience wanted the golden goods and they got 'em. Oh Life, Andy, Drive, Orange Crush, Kenneth, Bad Day, and more. Damn they were good.
The other major headliner I saw, The Cure, were troubling. You see, I have this problem with The Cure, and the problem is that I think they are terrible. Not terrible in a way that, like, their music is bad, but terrible like a little boy who drowns in a lake because he went out fishing by himself because he thought it might bring his father back. So with that in mind, I danced really hard to The Cure and considered how sick their bassist is.
Those are my initial thoughts on Sasquatch. I may write again on the topic if any further analysis crosses my astral plane.
5/14/08
A Fun Game!
Yesterday I was talking to Dan and we invented a Game. It is called:
What the Fuck is Hillary Doing?
The way it works is, you say the Name of the Game out loud and then you suggest absurd things.
For example:
What the Fuck is Hillary Doing?
She is secretly campaigning for John McCain and hopes to be his running mate.
This Game is Fun! Who else wants to play?
What the Fuck is Hillary Doing?
The way it works is, you say the Name of the Game out loud and then you suggest absurd things.
For example:
What the Fuck is Hillary Doing?
She is secretly campaigning for John McCain and hopes to be his running mate.
This Game is Fun! Who else wants to play?
5/8/08
5/7/08
Dear Hillary
PLEASE DROP OUT OF THE RACE!
Every day that you stay involved only helps McCain. I respect what you've been through and agree that you'd probably make a fine leader. But your chance was 2004. We needed you to defeat Bush then, thereby setting up a nice 2012 for Obama. Instead we threw Kerry to the wolves to be devoured and now Obama is running without the seasoning I'd rather see on his record. But for Christ's sake Hillary, drop out! Things don't always work out the way they should. You missed your shot and now we need to work together to get a liberal in the White House. Please, please, please.
Yours Capitally,
-Jumago
Every day that you stay involved only helps McCain. I respect what you've been through and agree that you'd probably make a fine leader. But your chance was 2004. We needed you to defeat Bush then, thereby setting up a nice 2012 for Obama. Instead we threw Kerry to the wolves to be devoured and now Obama is running without the seasoning I'd rather see on his record. But for Christ's sake Hillary, drop out! Things don't always work out the way they should. You missed your shot and now we need to work together to get a liberal in the White House. Please, please, please.
Yours Capitally,
-Jumago
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