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A Meatmen fan also a Goo Goo Doll fan? cats and dogs, living together.

that clip makes GGD seem like a grade C Lemonheads. definitely preferable to what they turned into, but nothing that would warrant further listening on my part.

yeah i am kinda pissed that Jim couldn't get either Neil or Waits for the festival...there is no real headliner for Sunday, which makes the $250 weekend pass a bit of a tougher swallow...i mean, i'm psyched to see Altar played by Boris and Sunn O))) but it's not the kind of Sunday headliner they had for the other years (My Bloody Valentine in '08, Flaming Lips last year).

one other photo from the weekend...the campground i was staying at was east of North Adams, up that steep switch back on rt 2. coming into the town on Friday, the sole hole in the cloud bank had a shaft of bright sun just on the town below. definitely an omen, a good one.

if you are not into electronic music i can see where Aphex Twin would have flown under yr radar. it's quite a video, though. #11 (windowlicker) is another great vid.

Before I clicked the link I was thinking that 'Come To Daddy' should be #1, and it was. what do you know, Pitchfork and I finally agree on something.

I finally (mostly...still have some Vetiver and random festival shots to go through) have finished all the shots from the weekend...if you missed it, here's the review and original photo gallery and for your browsing pleasure, i'll add links to a few of the galleries (all of which can be seen at this page). Click on the photo to get to the gallery. On Fillmore Mavis Staples Wilco Jeff Tweedy

yeah my understanding was that it was a compilation that Wilco made from the Numero Group cds...I picked up a couple (24 Carat Black and The Brotherhood) and they are fun stuff.

I assume Glenn headed home since his wife was due imminently

To me, apricot in a beer = novelty.

I totally agree on the beer complaint. Magic Hat should have served more than three beers ESP when two of them were novelty crap. When they ran out blind faith on Saturday night that was a joke. And then on Sunday they were only pouring it at the stand near courtyard C. Not too convenient to the main field.

the record stall was cool too...got a metal LP, some obscure funk LP, and one from Sunburned Hand of the Man. also grabbed a couple of the Numero Group cds, and a SSF t shirt. also, my review and photos are up: http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/solid-sound-festival-a-three-day-festival-of-music/

Photos and review are up: http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/solid-sound-festival-a-three-day-festival-of-music/ and about 98 more can be seen at the link...

they were pretty adamant about not letting press (or anyone w/ an SLR) take photos of this, but it was fun to watch.

i missed Pat's exhibit, and the poster room too. Yeah, there was a lot of room to explore for sure...maybe next year a bit more detail in the map might be good (here's hoping there is a next year!). I know that there was at least one 'bandit' performance as well; Rick Bishop asked me if i knew anything about some room he was supposed to show up and play in at 3:30 but i didn't. not sure if there were other undercover things going on.

hey, that's me on the catwalk (shot #15) was Mike a tall guy? i did meet a Mike right before we went into the pit for Jeff's set.

i don't think it was malicious, but it certainly screwed up what he was gonna do w/ it... this is what it originally looked like: and this is post-festival goer modification:

maybe campsites were hard to come by, but my friend snagged a spot @ Savoy state forest and it was a great site, only 10 or so miles away from MoCA. $12 is a nice price for lodging. the only downpoints i can see so far is running out of Blind Faith (c'mon Magic Hat...not everyone likes fruit in the beer, and those were the other two choices), and Glen's exhibit when he was discussing it. they shuold have mic'd him, and also turned off the drums in the other rooms, since it was impossible to catch most of what he said unless you were within 4' of him. i was a bit bummed that press wasn't al

really? that's insane. who was the artist?

hey, if any attendees sees a fairly short, dark-haired, middle-aged guy w/ a black messenger bag full of camera gear, be sure to say hi. i'll be there starting tmrw. tim

Calexico - The Ballad of Cable Hogue any song of Nick Cave's _Murder Ballads_

^^^ that's a dedicated fan. makes me take for granted my 2 hr car drive.

it's an instrumental, but a beautiful one...Loren Connor's "Mother and Son" which can be found on the newly-reissued _Hell's Kitchen Park_.

Giant Sand - Stuck

keep in mind that a lot of the time the venue takes a 30% cut, so that's one reason why prices are so high...i would guess $30 at a minimum, probably $40...