Sunday, April 30

A brief post about live music

Discussed:

-5 reasons my sister should get married sometime else
-Bonnaroo 2006
-A possible cause to the end of the world

Q: what do islands, sigur ros, john vanderslice, art brut, and cat power have in common?

A: they're all playing here while I'll be in Chicago and SC for my sister's wedding. dammit, sis--couldn't you have planned around me?

Speaking of concerts--I mean shows--I'm going to miss And have you seen the lineup to Bonnaroo lately? Ri-DONK-ulous. Radiohead, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Death Cab, Sonic Youth, Ben Folds, My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes, Devendra Banhart, Matisyahu, Seu Jorge, Les Claypool, Clap Your Hands, etc., etc. Hell--even the comedy lineup's top notch.

I wrote this sort of shitty article about the whole thing a couple months back called "The End of the World: Hippies and Hipsters Unite". If you're too lazy to click on it, basically I write that this whole thing is either going to be a gold mine or the worst mistake ever. I'm hoping for the former; people who support music get my support, as simple as that. But if it's the latter, I'm going to be the first one to say "Toldja so". Don't they know hipsters hate festivals?


Hipster Hell.

6 comments:

James said...

Not a bad idea, babe! Thanks!

James said...

And to answer your question, waaaaay more hipster. No contest. I hate hippies. Can't stand 'em. Smell like patchouli.

I traded in my Birkenstocks for Chucks senior year of high school.

Harry the Hire said...

I'm so stupid.

I thought hipsters were those trousers that hung off a woman's lower hips.

Obviously there is more to the term hipsters than that. I'm so not au fait with the modern world.

Anonymous said...

I don't know what I am J, but I am certainly not a hipster
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jenneral said...

Some reason you left BECK of of the fucking list of bands, James? Because, y'know, I'm really starting to doubt your hipster cred when you mention Tom Petty as a source of attraction and don't even mention the hipster God himself. A top spot in your "Best Albums of 2005" list and the man still can't get any 'spect!

James said...

Oops, Jenn! By the way, my Best Albums of 2005 needs some minor revising upon torrenting about fifty more of last years' albums. The top five or so stay the same, but changes elsewhere--like Andrew Bird moving on up, and the same with Stars.