Sat 29 May – Sasquatch! Music Festival 2010

Last.fm says that I have 99% compatibility with this festival so good thing I went!

This is a review but it is also a re-experience. I am going to go thru the festival as I saw it, thru my eyes and the video cameras of the lovely people that have posted their videos on youtube.

SATURDAY

Fell asleep when the sun was coming up and woke up a few hours later. Waited in a long ass line to get into the venue, but at least Portland's own All the Apparatus was playing…

Fri 7 May – Coheed and Cambria, Circa Survive, Torche

Coheed + Circa = Tour from Heaven. These two bands are just perfect for each other. They used to be homies on Equal Vision back in the day, although each has now signed onto major labels. Both bands play hard-to-classify progressive/alternative rock, Circa tinged with post-hardcore and Coheed flavored with heavy metal. And of course, they both have vocalists that make use of falsetto and can sing in a higher register than many females. This show was great for me personally, because Coheed and Circa were two of my favorite…

papiercalque's top albums (overall)

1. Starfucker - Starfucker (444)

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2. Slightly Stoopid - Slightly Not Stoned Enough To Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid (301)

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3. M.I.A. - Arular (300)

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4. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (246)

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5. Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having (237)

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6. The Hood Internet - The Mixtape Volume One (233)

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7. RJD2 - In Rare Form (222)

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8. The Black Keys - Attack & Release (219)

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9. Slightly Stoopid - Everything You Need (214)

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10. Atmosphere…

Sat 31 Oct – Starfucker

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It was their last show as Starfucker. And the show was a Supernovaorgasm.

The band was more energetic than I have ever seen them. And so did the crowd- maybe due to the fact that everyone was in costume and generally disinhibited. The band members dressed up as star trek characters…the bassist was probably the best, looking exactly like this guy:

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Vocalist Ryan Bjornstad as a sexy star trek girl was a close second. If anyone has pictures, please post!!! Also, I hear he is a dad now- congratulations!

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Girls just…

Where I learned about my top artists/heard them first.

1. Atmosphere-Melissa played 'Bam' incessantly
2. The Beatles-I really got into them when I downloaded all their albums off OurTunes
3. M.I.A-I read about her in Willamette Week I think, and then Melissa bought the CD
4. RJD2- People played 'Ghostwriter' in the pool hall, then Melissa emailed me 'In Rare Form'
5. Built to Spill- They are from Boise!
6. Coheed and Cambria- Melissa's MTV Road Rules CD
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers- MTV. And then I bought their greatest hits for Melissa and burned a copy.
8. The Strokes-…

Sat 24 May – 2008 Sasquatch! Music Festival

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ozomatli

New Discoveries:
Ozomatli: fuckin fun music to dance to!!!
The Morning Benders: too good for the wookie stage. they should be famous.
Cancer Rising: probably the most fun I had the whole weekend. awesome live show, you need to go see them. they are also really nice people who posed for a photo with me!
Michael Franti and Spearhead: Chill reggae sprinkled with hiphop and political messages, this band made me happy.
Battles: i gained much appreciation for this band, especially for the song Atlas…

Mon 12 May – Atmosphere

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this show was nuts…so many good songs…slug's random comments and bird dance…the jug of ocean spray grapefruit juice..portland was indeed painted gold

atmosphere karaoke was quite entertaining. slug was obviously enjoying himself very much. he didn't even really make fun of the two girls that tried to do Say Hey There but forgot all the lyrics after the first verse. the guy who did Trying to Find a Balance was sick, and he knew all the fuckin words. someone else did one of a kind, which is another hard one to rap. slug said…

This is fun to do.

RULES:

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write the title down no matter how silly it sounds!!!

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

If someone asks "Is this okay?" you say?
What If It's True-Lifesavas
That's right I answer a question with another question

What would best describe your personality?
Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck -Blood Brothers
Well at least I am complex

What do you like in a man?
Pony Up! -Minus the Bear
Haha that's right James, pony…

Guitar Hero III duh. I fuckin love this game. Here are some of my favorite songs:

Knights of Cydonia
When You Were Young
Barracuda
Monsters (Album Version)
Kool Thing
F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.

Thu 8 Nov – Minus the Bear, The Helio Sequence, Grand Archives

A great show overall. I came in when Helio Sequence was playing Tomorrow Never Knows. It was a great cover! The singer sounds just like John Lennon.

Minus the Bear was excellent. All the musicians are very talented, especially the guitarist and the drummer. The crowd was ok, there were a lot of assholes though. I love Planet of Ice!!

The set-list:
Burying Luck
Drilling
Spritz!!! Spritz!!!
Throwin' Shapes
Fine + 2 Pts
Dr. L'Ling
White Mystery
Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo
The Fix
*Some…