i find it funny that these festivals that have been discussed in this thread for the past day or so cater towards a demographic that is increasingly wary of festivals
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 19:01 (two years ago) link
Hmm. Can you expand on that?
― DT, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
Twenty-somethings are visibly far more reckless about the pandemic?
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
But older people have a higher vaccine rate. Especially by May of next year.
― nickn, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
And presumably have more money to burn on VIP packages and the like.
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
Deserves its own thread
― bruce spr!ngisH3r3 on broadway (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
expanding on that to be as succinct as possible: we're all getting older and festivals aren't as fun as they used to be once you're old
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
although i guess it helps that these Festivals for Elder Millennials are one-day things
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
For sure - no one’s camping overnight to see Interpol and Wolf Parade, but a day at the Rose Bowl sounds like fun.
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
https://scontent-msp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/p843x403/208866566_1335788886817366_6733880078685696636_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=gqME-30iDMkAX8NIcH6&_nc_ht=scontent-msp1-1.xx&tp=6&oh=99446d37bb20e747b54b3d48df4a900b&oe=60DF402A
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
just four headliners, that’s not a lot:“Great White” Vince Neil“Third Eye Blind” Bret MichaelsGoo Goo Dolls & Gin Bottoms“Big & Rich” Rodney Atkins“Dak Jam” because... Dakota?
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
that looks dire
the local paper said this of a recent Vince Neil gig at a similar festival
The band started out with "Looks That Kill" and transitioned to "Dr. Feelgood," where Neil forgot some of the lyrics to one of Crue's most famous songs."I felt physical pain watching this," said one commenter on a clip of the performance posted to YouTube.And the show didn't get better as the night went on. When performing a cover of the Beatles' "Helter Skelter," Neil struggled to keep up with the song's tempo and lyrics. Commenters pointed out that the singer was reading the lyrics off of a printed out sheet of paper taped to the stage, and joked that the 60-year-old singer still wasn't able to keep up.
"I felt physical pain watching this," said one commenter on a clip of the performance posted to YouTube.
And the show didn't get better as the night went on. When performing a cover of the Beatles' "Helter Skelter," Neil struggled to keep up with the song's tempo and lyrics. Commenters pointed out that the singer was reading the lyrics off of a printed out sheet of paper taped to the stage, and joked that the 60-year-old singer still wasn't able to keep up.
― mh, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
Who is even the target demographic for that Dak Jam festival?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
One of the saddest anecdotes in The Dirt was about Vince Neil trying to start a riot at one of his solo concerts so it would get cancelled and he could make it to the local strip clubs before they closed.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
the ones here are open until 5 am, how late was his show going to go
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
Maybe he only starts riots in towns with early curfews?
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
places small enough the strip club is in the next county
― mh, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
That Dak Jam poster is a design atrocity as well.
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
Hampden Park, your woodwork took one hell of a beating
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
Lol wrong thread
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
Do they mean Captain Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters, or is this a special solo appearance from the Captain himself?
https://captaingeech.com/about-us
― Citole Country (bendy), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
Dak Jam stage, your woodwork took one hell of a beating
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
if i were more cool i might know some of the supporting acts but since i'm not and i don't it's fun to think of them as just people the poster designer/festival organizer knows who volunteered to get onstage and noodle around before the bands arrive
"gayle's gonna do a monologue from her one-woman show! and lanie, she's bringing her ukelele, it's gonna be lit!"
and they're just up there on a huge bare stage in the bleak afternoon sunlight, rocking out, crowd going apeshit
― cat, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
Who is even the target demographic for that Dak Jam festival?― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 18:53 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 18:53 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Chuck Eddy & friends?
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
One of the saddest anecdotes in The Dirt was about Vince Neil trying to start a riot at one of his solo concerts so it would get cancelled and he could make it to the local strip clubs before they closed.― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:55 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkthe ones here are open until 5 am, how late was his show going to go― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:56 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkMaybe he only starts riots in towns with early curfews?― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:59 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkplaces small enough the strip club is in the next county― mh, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 2:36 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:55 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:56 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:59 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mh, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 2:36 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Did a quick review of setlist.fm's entries for Vince Neil in the mid-to-late 90s. One of the places he played was in a strip mall next to a carpet store and another has since become a standalone gyros shop.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 23:53 (two years ago) link
Christ, he played at the Tumble Inn in Eckerman, Michigan (now Eckerman Self-Storage). That's in the Upper Peninsula and it's not even Marquette! It's kinda impressive that he made inroads so deep into nowhere.
https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/187984198_10223099076658916_492872178646393938_n.jpg
― peace, man, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 00:05 (two years ago) link
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― peace, man, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
Ceasar the Wrestling Bear is definitely a contender for worst festival line up.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 01:40 (two years ago) link
oh that is all so grim, i kind of want to become a nun now, or dwell in a cave and live off nettles
― cat, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 01:45 (two years ago) link
It's kinda impressive that he made inroads so deep into nowhere.
yeah this is a positive imo
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 01:50 (two years ago) link
the semi-local (small town a 45 minute drive from me) festival Vince Neil played at was some combination family arts&crafts, fishing derby, car show thing. The other musical acts were Great White and Night Rangernot that late may 2021 was a prime time for live music, however
― mh, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 02:18 (two years ago) link
yeah this is a positive imo― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:50 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:50 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah, I mean like, I realize that he was there because his career had hit the absolute skids, but way cool for people in the UP who got to see Neil in their town with a population under 400.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 10:15 (two years ago) link
This thread has taken an amazing direction. I want to see the other bills and eventual fates of all of Vince Neil's off-the-beaten-path venues
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
I am also extraordinarily curious as to how safety and insurance work for a wrestling bear attraction that promises a cash prize to "anyone who can pin him"
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
I imagine a 13 part web series where Vince Neil travels back to the tiny venues he played as a solo act, keeps getting mistaken for Bret Michaels.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
I saw him at the Molson Ampitheatre (iirc) with Poison and a Sebastian Bach-less Skid Row in 2003. He was actually the best of the three, easily.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
did this trip begin with having a burlap sack placed over your head and being shoved into a van?
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
Poison's "Unskinny Bop" didn't blow you away?
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
Someone was handing out free tickets on the street.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
There's another sad story in The Dirt, where Nikki Sixx goes on L.A. radio in 1994 and says he's handing out free concert tickets on the street. Two kids show up.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
I am also extraordinarily curious as to how safety and insurance work for a wrestling bear attraction that promises a cash prize to "anyone who can pin him"― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, June 30, 2021 11:39 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, June 30, 2021 11:39 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
No idea, but here's more on the poor bear. Gonna guess this guy was fewer than 6 degrees of separation away from Joe Exotic.
https://gawker.com/5618474/a-hungry-caged-bear-mauls-its-caretaker
― peace, man, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
ugh, no surprise though
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
https://peloton.shorthandstories.com/all-for-one-music-festival/assets/TdlfFfW2vk/afo-poster-us-1044x1728.jpeg
I don't get it. So, it's a bunch of Peloton workouts set to different music playlists? Which is what Peloton usually is/does, but they're calling it a ... festival? Um, OK.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
haha wtf
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
I know when I listen to Alice Coltrane it always makes me want to get on a fucking exercise bike.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
haha, right?
― we don't have to be around all these coffee shops (morrisp), Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
It could be yoga or something else that's not heart-racingly rhythmic, tbf.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
I'm imagining Alice Coltrane pieces recast as 80s montage rock now, it's not pretty
― the kim variant (Matt #2), Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
There's this weird 80's themed 5-day festival in Ostend, Belgium at the end of the Summer (scroll down a bit for names - Howard Jones! East 17! The Jacksons! T'Pau! Technotronic!) - wtf?
https://w-festival.com/en/
― StanM, Sunday, 4 July 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link