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jürgen fauth’s muckworld » Blog Archive » Bonnaroo 2007 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:17:44 +0000

[...] Bonnaroo is a Temporary Autonomous Zone, a Hippie Utopia where everybody’s cheerful, anything goes, and four or five great concerts are always chugging along at the same time. Permagrins abound. Between the DJ arcade, the ferris wheel, the movie tent featuring appearances by DA Pennebaker and Jim Jarmusch, the silent disco, and a million unscheduled impromptu happenings on every block of Shakedown Street, there are infinite choices at Bonnaroo, and they’re all fun. It’s not a “scheduling conflict“, it’s a blessed moment when, like Miles Davis said, there are no mistakes. Having to pick between Ravi Coltrane and STS9, the Flaming Lips and Galactic, Gov’t Mule and the Philadelphia Experiment is not a problem — it’s an education in abundance. [...]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:16:21 +0000

Kings of Leon are far from a “trendy hipster band” I take offense to that! If you only knew who I was and then heard that my favorite band was Kings of Leon you’d be completely shocked! I’ve known many people to be! They are amazing! I don’t know of any one as good as them! I’ll be there for sure!

By: Hidden Track » The B List: Under the ‘Roodar Bands

Hidden Track » The B List: Under the ‘Roodar Bands — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:30:05 +0000

[...] Our coverage kicked off yesterday with HT Bonnaroo Reporter and Shakedown Mayor TJ’s thoughts on the biggest conflicts of the festival, and today we follow that up by listing 10 bands that fly under the radar. You may not have these bands circled on your printed calendar just yet, but we think you should: [...]

By: dave

dave — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:05:27 +0000

Sorry, but have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of Kings of Leon as a “trendy hipster band”. If you’ve been to one of their shows you would understand that as the crowd is just as diverse as the Bonnaroo crowd (old, young, hippie, hipster, punks, rockers, etc.). I saw them four times on this recent tour and they didn’t miss a beat. I’ll be there at the Main Stage.

Definitely Manu Chao on that Friday timeslot. Gov’t Mule for me late night Sat. Definitely the Superjam, and you’re right, thank God for it. And maybe it’s just the hippie in me, but I’ll probably be checking out the WMDs.

By: Zooomabooma

Zooomabooma — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:02:00 +0000

Ratdog. The festival must never lose the short shorts element!

By: Some Dude

Some Dude — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:50:42 +0000

Oh and Ace I’m with you on David Cross as well as The Lips.

Hopefully I’ll be at the Friday night David Cross show since I have no interest in seeing Tool. And as for the Flaming Lips if you haven’t seen them before you should go check them out they are extremely interactive, lots of videos and craziness happening on stage - though Wayne does get a bit chatty at times.

By: Some Dude

Some Dude — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:44:44 +0000

I’ve managed to avoid any major conflicts somehow. Though Sunday is pretty jammed packed and will unfortunately be missing Feist and 1/2 of The Decemberists set for Wilco - but I think that’s not too much of a sacrifice.

You did overlook the Damien Rice vs. Fountains of Wayne vs. The Hold Steady match-up. I’ve seen all three of these bands, but I’ll be at The Hold Steady rocking out. But if the Hold Steady is not your thing is really highly recommend both Damien and FOW (don’t write them off based on Stacy’s Mom) they put on great shows.

By: Ace Cowboy

Ace Cowboy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:50:33 +0000

Yeah, Bubba, the Lips are the same old song and dance. But for someone who’s never seen ‘em live, like our friend TJ, my editor’s note still rings true…

There’s also the comedy tent to negotiate during this shindig. Gotta look out for David Cross and Lewis Black set times (and Dave Attell and Flight of the Conchords, as well). Cross plays his first show Thursday night at 10, then he goes against TLG and Rod y Gab at 11:45. But he’s basically got no competition at his Friday 7 pm slot, so I’d see music Thursday night and try to catch him in the Friday session.

Lewis Black, on the other hand, has some daytime slots on Friday, and he’s throwing a wrench into the Tortoise/Richard Thompson and Kings of Leon/Gillian Welch slots.

Seeing one of Cross’ four shows is mandatory, but Bonnaroo is first and foremost a music festival, and I think the bands come first and the comedians follow.

By: rob ronanea

rob ronanea — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:46:02 +0000

lily allen vs manu chao, dr dog vs slip vs railroad earth, xavier rudd vs damien rice, ween vs spoon, wilco vs feist…

tough calls :(

By: Bubba

Bubba — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:27:02 +0000

In my opinion - the Flaming Lips are old news seeing them live- same song and dance for the past 5 years. I’ll take mule or galactic over them any day

As for Wilco vs the decemberists- tough call, but Tweedy’s voice over Meloy’s whiney ancient mariner yelp wins.

Ween hands down over Franz Ferdinand.