BFD!
Quick post before bed!
I took Friday off of work to go to Live 105's annual BFD show. This entails a long lineup of bands playing at the Shoreline Ampitheater over an 11 hour period. Seeing as how I'm inherently lazy I wasn't about to go for all of it. Jeremy came by earlier in the day and we went shopping for Sabine's birthday present. We found something nice for her at Crate and Barrel, can't say what yet since we haven't given it to her. The present is from Theo, Jeremy and I though. Which is kinda cool since my birthday present was from all three of them. Joint gifts are always nice and easy to do.
Anyway, J and I headed over to the show a little after 4pm and met up with Katherine and Kevin. While we were waiting for them we got to hear The Rapture playing in the sub sonice tent. They didn't sound very good at all, so I'm glad I wasn't actually watching them. The Shoreline Ampitheather was completely crowded. It took us a little while to get our bearings and even longer to find the beer ID booth. This year's BFD theme was comic books. The program was done as a comic book and the logo had that POW! look to it.
We missed all the bands earlier in the day such as The Stills, The Von Bondies and Death Cab for Cutie.We also unfortunately missed the local band stage. A band called Communique from Oakland were playing and I would have liked to catch them. Jeremy is friends with the band and their single "Perfect Weapon" has been getting a lot of airplay on Live 105. If you haven't heard them before you should head over to their website and check them out. They're kind of an 80's throwback band. You'll know what I mean when you hear their single. They sound so good though, not like just any local band. They're album is actually very well produced. I met Rory and Corey from the band last week after Zero 7. I had missed their show that night since I was at the other show but still stopped by 330 Ritch afterwards to see everyone. They were really nice guys and I look forward to seeing them when they play again.
Okay so back to BFD. So while waiting for The Streets to start we unforuntately had to listen to New Found Glory playing on the next stage. Yuck! Pass! Luckily we got out of that area fast enough and after a long wait we caught The Streets in the Sub Sonic tent after catching the end of Dizzee Rascal, who I didn't really warm up to. I happen to really like The Streets and no one else had really heard them before. Their show was okay but the sound in the tent really sucked so I had a hard time really getting into the show and into the music. We only stayed for a few songs before we jumped over to the next stage, which was RIGHT NEXT to the tent. No clue why they did that, probably a space issue. It sucked though since the sounds kind of overlapped. Anyway, we caught Bad Religion on that stage, who are always pretty good. Boy are those guys getting old! They still sound strong though. We caught most of that show before heading out to get garlic fries and cheesesteaks. Ohmygoodness Garlic Fries are the greatest thing ever! That is of course until you get towards the bottom of the container and start feeling grossed out from all the garlic and grease, but those first few bites are heaven!
The food line was horrendous so we wound up missing a lot of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on the main stage. We had lawn seats (bad idea!) and parked ourselves up their to catch the last couple of songs. After that set we caught The Violent Femmes who were really great. It's funny that after all these years of going to shows I've never seen them play. It wasn't a visually exciting show per se, but they sounded great as well. Just like Bad Religion, the Femmes have been around FOREVER and are getting up their in age. It was fun (weird?) to see these little 12 year olds going crazy during the songs. Their music never gets old I guess!
After the Violent Femmes was the highlight of the evening. The "Special Guest Appearance" by the Beastie Boys. Calling it a "Special Guest Appearance" seems to imply that it's barely a set or only a few songs. But they played a pretty full set. Kevin said it was about 12 songs. They also came out for an encore. Katherine commented that it was a much better performance then when we saw them at Coachella and I'd have to agree. They played some new material as well as the old stand bys like Root Down, Body Movin', Three MCs and One DJ, Intergalactic, So What'cha Want and more. Their encore song was their new single, Ch-Check It Out. I'll probably pick up their new album. I always love seeing Mixmaster Mike do his thing. He's only one of the greatest scratch DJs ever!
The show headliner/ender was The Strokes. I really like The Strokes and this was my first time seeing them live. They sounded pretty good except I'm pretty sure the lead singer was either very drunk, a total freak or both tonight. He spent a lot of time jumping off the stage and wandering the crowd, pushing or trying to push speakers off the stage. Falling down on his face, falling down on his back, slurring, stumbling and much more. It was amsuing yet bizzare and almost distracting. I think he must have been drunk, he was just too freaky and sloppy to be anything but that. They mainly played material off their last album and never played Last Nite, which I"m sure they're sick of but I still love it! We jetted out of their during their last song to beat the rush of the crowd.
All in all BFD was okay. I think if I were to go again I'd for sure get seats. The lawn was way too crowded, covered in garbage and just all around disgusting. Seats are the way to go even if they are all the way in the back. I got really sick and tired of people cutting through our area where our blanket was, and stepping on everything as well as kicking garbage on us. Gross. Oh I saw someone I hadn't seen in years today too from the Rockabilly days in Santa Cruz. Dina! It was nice to see her, and she caught me up on some bits and pieces of news from some folks we used to know. She looked great too. Other than her though I didn't run into anyone else which was amazing. Usually you ALWAYS see someone you know, I guess Dina counts for today.
So while I'm not a fan of festival type shows anymore I had a pretty good time regardless and it was totally worth it to see the Beastie Boys. Definitely great! On the way out of the show tonight I got a coupon good for a week to get half off tickets for Lollapalooza. I went the first two years of Lollapalooza but I haven't been since then. It's been many years. Katherine, J and I decided that we should go to Day 1 since its half off in order to catch Morrissey. Modest Mouse is also playing and I'd love to see them. So it looks like we'll be heading back to the Shoreline again next month for yet another festival show! This time we're getting seats!
Okay so this wasn't a quick post... Tomorrow is Sabine's birthday party. J and I picked up ingredients tonight to make Sangria to go with her gift. This will be my first time making Sangria. I don't even like the stuff so hopefully it turns out okay. Boy am I tired and garlicky! Time to pass out.
I took Friday off of work to go to Live 105's annual BFD show. This entails a long lineup of bands playing at the Shoreline Ampitheater over an 11 hour period. Seeing as how I'm inherently lazy I wasn't about to go for all of it. Jeremy came by earlier in the day and we went shopping for Sabine's birthday present. We found something nice for her at Crate and Barrel, can't say what yet since we haven't given it to her. The present is from Theo, Jeremy and I though. Which is kinda cool since my birthday present was from all three of them. Joint gifts are always nice and easy to do.
Anyway, J and I headed over to the show a little after 4pm and met up with Katherine and Kevin. While we were waiting for them we got to hear The Rapture playing in the sub sonice tent. They didn't sound very good at all, so I'm glad I wasn't actually watching them. The Shoreline Ampitheather was completely crowded. It took us a little while to get our bearings and even longer to find the beer ID booth. This year's BFD theme was comic books. The program was done as a comic book and the logo had that POW! look to it.
We missed all the bands earlier in the day such as The Stills, The Von Bondies and Death Cab for Cutie.We also unfortunately missed the local band stage. A band called Communique from Oakland were playing and I would have liked to catch them. Jeremy is friends with the band and their single "Perfect Weapon" has been getting a lot of airplay on Live 105. If you haven't heard them before you should head over to their website and check them out. They're kind of an 80's throwback band. You'll know what I mean when you hear their single. They sound so good though, not like just any local band. They're album is actually very well produced. I met Rory and Corey from the band last week after Zero 7. I had missed their show that night since I was at the other show but still stopped by 330 Ritch afterwards to see everyone. They were really nice guys and I look forward to seeing them when they play again.
Okay so back to BFD. So while waiting for The Streets to start we unforuntately had to listen to New Found Glory playing on the next stage. Yuck! Pass! Luckily we got out of that area fast enough and after a long wait we caught The Streets in the Sub Sonic tent after catching the end of Dizzee Rascal, who I didn't really warm up to. I happen to really like The Streets and no one else had really heard them before. Their show was okay but the sound in the tent really sucked so I had a hard time really getting into the show and into the music. We only stayed for a few songs before we jumped over to the next stage, which was RIGHT NEXT to the tent. No clue why they did that, probably a space issue. It sucked though since the sounds kind of overlapped. Anyway, we caught Bad Religion on that stage, who are always pretty good. Boy are those guys getting old! They still sound strong though. We caught most of that show before heading out to get garlic fries and cheesesteaks. Ohmygoodness Garlic Fries are the greatest thing ever! That is of course until you get towards the bottom of the container and start feeling grossed out from all the garlic and grease, but those first few bites are heaven!
The food line was horrendous so we wound up missing a lot of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on the main stage. We had lawn seats (bad idea!) and parked ourselves up their to catch the last couple of songs. After that set we caught The Violent Femmes who were really great. It's funny that after all these years of going to shows I've never seen them play. It wasn't a visually exciting show per se, but they sounded great as well. Just like Bad Religion, the Femmes have been around FOREVER and are getting up their in age. It was fun (weird?) to see these little 12 year olds going crazy during the songs. Their music never gets old I guess!
After the Violent Femmes was the highlight of the evening. The "Special Guest Appearance" by the Beastie Boys. Calling it a "Special Guest Appearance" seems to imply that it's barely a set or only a few songs. But they played a pretty full set. Kevin said it was about 12 songs. They also came out for an encore. Katherine commented that it was a much better performance then when we saw them at Coachella and I'd have to agree. They played some new material as well as the old stand bys like Root Down, Body Movin', Three MCs and One DJ, Intergalactic, So What'cha Want and more. Their encore song was their new single, Ch-Check It Out. I'll probably pick up their new album. I always love seeing Mixmaster Mike do his thing. He's only one of the greatest scratch DJs ever!
The show headliner/ender was The Strokes. I really like The Strokes and this was my first time seeing them live. They sounded pretty good except I'm pretty sure the lead singer was either very drunk, a total freak or both tonight. He spent a lot of time jumping off the stage and wandering the crowd, pushing or trying to push speakers off the stage. Falling down on his face, falling down on his back, slurring, stumbling and much more. It was amsuing yet bizzare and almost distracting. I think he must have been drunk, he was just too freaky and sloppy to be anything but that. They mainly played material off their last album and never played Last Nite, which I"m sure they're sick of but I still love it! We jetted out of their during their last song to beat the rush of the crowd.
All in all BFD was okay. I think if I were to go again I'd for sure get seats. The lawn was way too crowded, covered in garbage and just all around disgusting. Seats are the way to go even if they are all the way in the back. I got really sick and tired of people cutting through our area where our blanket was, and stepping on everything as well as kicking garbage on us. Gross. Oh I saw someone I hadn't seen in years today too from the Rockabilly days in Santa Cruz. Dina! It was nice to see her, and she caught me up on some bits and pieces of news from some folks we used to know. She looked great too. Other than her though I didn't run into anyone else which was amazing. Usually you ALWAYS see someone you know, I guess Dina counts for today.
So while I'm not a fan of festival type shows anymore I had a pretty good time regardless and it was totally worth it to see the Beastie Boys. Definitely great! On the way out of the show tonight I got a coupon good for a week to get half off tickets for Lollapalooza. I went the first two years of Lollapalooza but I haven't been since then. It's been many years. Katherine, J and I decided that we should go to Day 1 since its half off in order to catch Morrissey. Modest Mouse is also playing and I'd love to see them. So it looks like we'll be heading back to the Shoreline again next month for yet another festival show! This time we're getting seats!
Okay so this wasn't a quick post... Tomorrow is Sabine's birthday party. J and I picked up ingredients tonight to make Sangria to go with her gift. This will be my first time making Sangria. I don't even like the stuff so hopefully it turns out okay. Boy am I tired and garlicky! Time to pass out.
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