Comments on: Bumbershoot, Day One: Comedy, British Soul, and Singer-Songwriter Couples Fight Off the Rain http://idolator.com/400876/bumbershoot-day-one-comedy-british-soul-and-singer-songwriter-couples-fight-off-the-rain Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 22:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/400876/bumbershoot-day-one-comedy-british-soul-and-singer-songwriter-couples-fight-off-the-rain/comment-page-1#comment-693532 Anonymous Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:17:00 +0000 http://366d0df315a0a69f72d6e4cad414419f#comment-693532 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/400876/bumbershoot-day-one-comedy-british-soul-and-singer+songwriter-couples-fight-off-the-rain#c7530971">SpeedyGonzalas</A>: The Blakes are so awesome I can hardly contain myself when talking about them. The only other pop culture "thing" I advocate more feverishly is "The Wire." Did they play Commit, their most amazing song?</P> @SpeedyGonzalas: The Blakes are so awesome I can hardly contain myself when talking about them. The only other pop culture “thing” I advocate more feverishly is “The Wire.” Did they play Commit, their most amazing song?

]]> By: mackro http://idolator.com/400876/bumbershoot-day-one-comedy-british-soul-and-singer-songwriter-couples-fight-off-the-rain/comment-page-1#comment-693542 mackro Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:59:23 +0000 http://366d0df315a0a69f72d6e4cad414419f#comment-693542 <P>And yeah, Bumbershoot is now like a more urban Puyallup Fair these days. Sasquatch has completely seized everything that was exciting about Bumbershoot, albeit geared more toward the Pitchfork crowd.</P> <P>I do miss even the most recent Bumbershoots with Kanye, The Stooges, Nas, Public Enemy, Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Pixies, etc. Something majorly fell off after 2006 with Bumbershoot. Probably the gazillion festivals per year.</P> <P>It doesnt help that (with the possible exception of Decibel Festival this year) Sub Pop records did a legendary festival for their 20th anniversary this summer as well. That's one to not be forgotten.</P> And yeah, Bumbershoot is now like a more urban Puyallup Fair these days. Sasquatch has completely seized everything that was exciting about Bumbershoot, albeit geared more toward the Pitchfork crowd.

I do miss even the most recent Bumbershoots with Kanye, The Stooges, Nas, Public Enemy, Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Pixies, etc. Something majorly fell off after 2006 with Bumbershoot. Probably the gazillion festivals per year.

It doesnt help that (with the possible exception of Decibel Festival this year) Sub Pop records did a legendary festival for their 20th anniversary this summer as well. That’s one to not be forgotten.

]]> By: mackro http://idolator.com/400876/bumbershoot-day-one-comedy-british-soul-and-singer-songwriter-couples-fight-off-the-rain/comment-page-1#comment-693552 mackro Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:56:03 +0000 http://366d0df315a0a69f72d6e4cad414419f#comment-693552 <P>Well, this year, Rock The Bells is happening the weekend AFTER Bumbershoot, so I think most of the Seattle hip-hoppers had their weekends planned -- just not Bumbershoot weekend.</P> <P>After the Republican convention, Rock The Bells this weekend should be really interesting.</P> Well, this year, Rock The Bells is happening the weekend AFTER Bumbershoot, so I think most of the Seattle hip-hoppers had their weekends planned — just not Bumbershoot weekend.

After the Republican convention, Rock The Bells this weekend should be really interesting.

]]> By: SpeedyGonzalas is. http://idolator.com/400876/bumbershoot-day-one-comedy-british-soul-and-singer-songwriter-couples-fight-off-the-rain/comment-page-1#comment-693562 SpeedyGonzalas is. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:31:52 +0000 http://366d0df315a0a69f72d6e4cad414419f#comment-693562 <p>This my first Bumbershhot and as a avaid non-festival anti- hippie guy I am, it has been a complete blast. A quick list in somewhat fave order of surprises is !!!, The Walkmen, The Hands, The Blakes, Neko, and Lucinda. I removed the Weakerthans from this as me crying and screaming in shear joy was to be expected.</p> This my first Bumbershhot and as a avaid non-festival anti- hippie guy I am, it has been a complete blast. A quick list in somewhat fave order of surprises is !!!, The Walkmen, The Hands, The Blakes, Neko, and Lucinda. I removed the Weakerthans from this as me crying and screaming in shear joy was to be expected.

]]> By: La Mareada http://idolator.com/400876/bumbershoot-day-one-comedy-british-soul-and-singer-songwriter-couples-fight-off-the-rain/comment-page-1#comment-693572 La Mareada Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:31:00 +0000 http://366d0df315a0a69f72d6e4cad414419f#comment-693572 <P>As a nearly life time resident, I wish Bumbershoot could go back to local and small and arts focused. Or a separate festival created.</P> <P>I don't care about Stone Temple Pilots, Beck or T.I. and their "fans" make the festival unbearable. Thousands of people are attracted by the top act but can't get into the stadium. Then they float around ruining nearly every other performance. I know ideally they should be learning to appreciate new things. In practice they are drunk and loudly complaining about the female folk singer's looks or the Japanese/Brazilian band not singing in English.</P> <P>Another big issue is that Seattle practically bans hip-hop culture in all forms every other day of the year. This makes the one day of Bumbershoot with a rap headliner(and usually the acts are much older than T.I.) the one outlet for the most popular form of youth culture. There needs to other events and concerts through out the year. Its not fair for hip-hop fans or anybody who wants to see anything else at Bumbershoot.</P> As a nearly life time resident, I wish Bumbershoot could go back to local and small and arts focused. Or a separate festival created.

I don’t care about Stone Temple Pilots, Beck or T.I. and their “fans” make the festival unbearable. Thousands of people are attracted by the top act but can’t get into the stadium. Then they float around ruining nearly every other performance. I know ideally they should be learning to appreciate new things. In practice they are drunk and loudly complaining about the female folk singer’s looks or the Japanese/Brazilian band not singing in English.

Another big issue is that Seattle practically bans hip-hop culture in all forms every other day of the year. This makes the one day of Bumbershoot with a rap headliner(and usually the acts are much older than T.I.) the one outlet for the most popular form of youth culture. There needs to other events and concerts through out the year. Its not fair for hip-hop fans or anybody who wants to see anything else at Bumbershoot.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/400876/bumbershoot-day-one-comedy-british-soul-and-singer-songwriter-couples-fight-off-the-rain/comment-page-1#comment-693592 Anonymous Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:59:56 +0000 http://366d0df315a0a69f72d6e4cad414419f#comment-693592 <p>"Eric's rant about 'fanny-ass cunts who walk out saying, 'It's not music.' Well, we never said it was!'"</p> <p>hahahahhahahaha</p> “Eric’s rant about ‘fanny-ass cunts who walk out saying, ‘It’s not music.’ Well, we never said it was!’”

hahahahhahahaha

]]> By: Ned Raggett http://idolator.com/400876/bumbershoot-day-one-comedy-british-soul-and-singer-songwriter-couples-fight-off-the-rain/comment-page-1#comment-693582 Ned Raggett Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:41:02 +0000 http://366d0df315a0a69f72d6e4cad414419f#comment-693582 <p>Wreckless Eric is one of those guys who never comes to mind until someone like M. mentions them -- and then I go, "Yeah, he's pretty great, why do I keep forgetting that!" So thanks for the reminder!</p> Wreckless Eric is one of those guys who never comes to mind until someone like M. mentions them — and then I go, “Yeah, he’s pretty great, why do I keep forgetting that!” So thanks for the reminder!

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