sasquatch day 1 for me [written friday night].
Friday was spent guiding the mobile Moosehome from one end of the Columbia Gorge outside Portland, backtracking the river and corner-cutting toward Quincy, WA, roughly one third of the way along it’s length to the site of The Gorge Amphitheatre, probably the best place to see a show in North America. It’s not like I’ve left Portland behind as the city is well represented this weekend - Blitzen Trapper, Viva Voce, Helio Sequence, The Blow and the Dandy Warhols are all here. And if having Britt from Spoon living in Portland counts then add Spoon to the bands representing PDX.
Latest news is that M.I.A. couldn’t get a visa so she’s a no show; that’s what happens when daddy’s a terrorist I suppose. Strike one act from the list of must-see bands then. Otherwise the goal for me is to catch all of the above mentioned PDX bands and then in order of importance - Bad Brains, Blackalicious, Bjork, Manu Chao, Spoon, Neko Case, Saturday Knights, Tokyo Police Club and Interpol. The Beastie Boys play two sets and they are after all the Beastie Boys so respect to them……..
May 29th, 2007 at 9:11 am
drat. I missed it this year. benjy was there for saturday and reported that all was well with bjork’s set and that the arcade freaking ruled. but what else is new?
May 29th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Everyone is looking forward to viewing your photos from this grand event…
May 29th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Jonny, yes Arcade ruled, big time….
May 29th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
robb, still gathering photos from various sources, i.e. the entourage who were with me, I concentrated on video..
May 29th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Do you plan to post your video footage too? Some documentation located so far:
http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/blogs/reverb/2007/05/sasquatch_the_beastie_boys_jus.php
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http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ej/?title=scenes_from_sasquatch_beastie_boys_inter
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http://sphere.com/search?datedrop=1&sortby=rel&lang=all&q=SASQUATCH+BEASTIE
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http://flickr.com/photos/nilina
May 29th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
oh yes, Manu up now, Bjork, Beasties, Dandies, Arcade and more to come.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I couldn’t make it to Sasquatch, but damn, Arcade Fire were just phenomenal at the Schnitz on Sunday.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Greetings from Light In The Attic …
I am so glad that you wanted to see The Saturday Knights! I am their publicist and would love to hook you up with their press kit. Thanks for putting them in that amazing list above … and thanks for your amazing work as well!
best wishes,
chris estey
May 31st, 2007 at 9:41 pm
hey chris, due to Sasquatch production office sanfu’s I couldn’t get in (2 1/2 hour wait in line) to see the Knights and I’m extremely bummed. Let me know the next Seattle date and I’m there….