Apart from General Public, these were mostly bands I didn't care about back when they were actually making new music.
GP themselves were a bit of a letdown. They made it known before the album came out (it took an unconscionably long time to be released) that Mick Jones was part of the group. Turns out he contributed one riff.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 20 August 2023 18:26 (eight months ago) link
they have those hippie festivals fairly regularly in my town and none of the people who go to them EVER come in my record store. artists or crowd. they just go to the thing and do tons of drugs and stumble home somehow when its over. sometimes you will get a straggler who just wanders around town for a week. they forgot how to get home!
― scott seward, Sunday, 20 August 2023 18:27 (eight months ago) link
That festival definitely sounds like music made by and for people who aren't interested in music.
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 20 August 2023 19:07 (eight months ago) link
At the last two festivals I've been to, at least two (non-headline) acts have dropped out on the day they were billed to appear - they vanished from the festival app schedule and no mention was made on social media or anything. Feels a bit like gaslighting to the festival-goer but I'm guessing there could be some tricky contractual reasons and it's best just to keep quiet? Anyone know anything about how/why this happens? Not quite the right thread, I know, but couldn't see a more suitable one.
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 12:14 (seven months ago) link
Not unusual for that to happen, period, but unusual for nobody to mention the why. For festivals I go to, usually the organizer will post on FB that "so and so will unfortunately have to cancel due to <visa issues/travel issues/scheduling conflict>" and then let you know if they've replaced them or who's taking their slot, etc.
not doing that is shady and bad business. and yet a lot of promoters probably do it because they're afraid of lost revenue/ticket sales and have already written disclaimers on their site about 'lineup subject to change'. it wasn't even a festival, but one local promoter did that with the Onyx tour this year, where they were the actual headliner, and had to bail, and all he did was update the event/ticket postings to remove their name without telling anybody.
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 13:40 (seven months ago) link
Agreed and I did have that scenario a few years ago - a non-headliner had to pull out for health reasons a day or two before and the promoter/act publicising that saved me a journey, even though I didn't get a refund. Funnily enough, one of yesterday's cancellations has just posted that their flight was cancelled. I guess you can't legislate for everything and maybe it's fair enough just to update the schedule when these things happen and you've got a ton of other things to deal with.
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 14:42 (seven months ago) link
my stupid idea this morning was to form a band called "Every Band Ever" and try to get booked at festivals
probably been done already
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 15:01 (seven months ago) link
"Free Beer""Surprise Guest"
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 15:14 (seven months ago) link
There actually was a band called “Free Beer and Chicken” that used to play the jam band circuit around upstate New York when I lived there
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 15:58 (seven months ago) link
Adjective Noun.
Their first album is called Promising Debut.
Their second album is called Disappointing Followup.
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 15:59 (seven months ago) link
the funniest band member name I ever saw was this pretentious douche opening for some alt-metal banda nd he went by "Andy Anonymous"
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 16:18 (seven months ago) link
Dear Electric Zoo Family,It is with a broken heart that we deeply regret to inform you that, despite our tireless efforts and round-the-clock commitment, we have made the painful decision to cancel the first day of Electric Zoo.This year has presented unparalleled challenges… pic.twitter.com/m5tunuANZY— Electric Zoo Festival (@ElectricZooNY) September 1, 2023
lol
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 1 September 2023 18:28 (seven months ago) link
the global supply chain threw off having the stage ready by a day?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 1 September 2023 19:25 (seven months ago) link
every band ever cancelled
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 1 September 2023 19:58 (seven months ago) link
I can seeBoth Mal P and ClooneeBut it's all over, booElectric Zoo
― Neanderthal, Friday, 1 September 2023 23:52 (seven months ago) link
Is that yet another EDM fest?
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 2 September 2023 00:43 (seven months ago) link
Fyre Redux
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 2 September 2023 13:26 (seven months ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8qDLm_WsAAkqx6?format=jpg&name=large
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:39 (six months ago) link
ouch
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:42 (six months ago) link
this is even worse than the IDM fests featuring 100 3rd-tier bands nobody on ILM has ever heard of
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:43 (six months ago) link
i think that's perhaps the closest any music event has ever got being my room 101.
this is a close second - https://soundcloud.com/neverglowmusic/oasis-wonderwall-neverglow-liam-rydall-remix
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:46 (six months ago) link
it's the "live orchestra" that really pushes this one over the top
somebody should create a poll of the worst ones mentioned itt
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:50 (six months ago) link
Two sexual miscreants out of five, truly the cream of 90s indie rock
― ash ra pimple (Matt #2), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:53 (six months ago) link
I know about Mark Morriss. Who is the other one?
― Alba, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:04 (six months ago) link
Why is this being held at Hammersmith Apollo? Is it in conjunction with ShowFilmFirst?
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:12 (six months ago) link
I certainly heard some tales about that Levellers guy from back in the day, maybe he's less of a twat now
― ash ra pimple (Matt #2), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:24 (six months ago) link
Chadwick is behind Morriss but his head is bigger
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:30 (six months ago) link
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― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 19:21 (four months ago) link
"Siri, put together a group of the most loathsome grifters in the United States today."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 19:26 (four months ago) link
is Godzilla busy that day
― Formica Jordan (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 19:29 (four months ago) link
feel like a looootta problems could be solved at once
lol my thoughts exactly
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 19:29 (four months ago) link
38 men enter, one man leaves
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 19:31 (four months ago) link
...and somehow it's George Santos, who wasn't actually there.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 19:49 (four months ago) link
No Kaitlin Bennett?!
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 19:56 (four months ago) link
Perhaps the only occasion I would cheer a mass shooting event tbh
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 20:10 (four months ago) link
Lock the doors, shut off the A/C, see what happens.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 20:14 (four months ago) link
Set Us On Fyre Festival
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 20:35 (four months ago) link
Fire! Festival
― sophie glanced up, looking concerned (Matt #2), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 20:52 (four months ago) link
The Big Fears Festival!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 21:12 (four months ago) link
Lock thread, we have a winner.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 22:22 (four months ago) link
lol of course Vivek is there. I have a hunch he’s going to be Trump’s Veep nominee
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 22:36 (four months ago) link
Also congratulations at getting the cheapest convention center rate a few days before Christmas
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 22:37 (four months ago) link
it's cool that they're letting a liberal like t!m pool speak. not something you see happening on the so-called tolerant left
― budo jeru, Thursday, 14 December 2023 00:07 (four months ago) link
Try again, from Wikipedia;
In 2023, The New York Times described Pool's podcast as "extreme right-wing", and Pool himself as "right-wing" and a "provocateur".[83] In November 2022, NBC News referred to Pool as a "right-wing influencer".[84] In 2021, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) described Pool as a "reactionary".[85]
According to Al Jazeera in 2020, "Pool has amplified claims that conservative media endure persecution and bias at the hands of tech companies."[86] On August 24, 2020, Pool announced his support for Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, writing that he felt alienated by changes he perceived in the modern left.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 December 2023 00:18 (four months ago) link
Budo I’m sure was joking
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 14 December 2023 01:00 (four months ago) link
iirc pool predicted that Trump would win 49/50 states in 2020.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 14 December 2023 01:01 (four months ago) link
Timmy looks like the Onion’s Jim Anchower
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 14 December 2023 01:03 (four months ago) link
All the people I didn’t recognize turned out to be Covid deniers
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 14 December 2023 01:50 (four months ago) link
Dave Rubin must be steamed he didn’t get invited
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 14 December 2023 01:52 (four months ago) link