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Ghoulish Delight
04-24-2007, 07:57 PM
If any of the PNW contingent is free on the weekend of May 26, in the mood to trek to the city of George, WA and want to make me excruciatingly jealous, the Sasquatch Festival (http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/) is for you!

High on the jealousy list: Bjork, Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, Polysonic Spree, and Ghostland Observatory (currently blasting).

Grumble. :cheers:

Not Afraid
04-24-2007, 08:49 PM
VERY nice line-up.

Prudence
04-24-2007, 08:50 PM
If you're jealous you must never have been on the drive to the Gorge. Or sat in the line.

Cadaverous Pallor
04-24-2007, 09:19 PM
We've driven to far-flung locations, including outdoor places in freezing cold and indoor places in sweltering heat. We've waited an hour to park and hours to get in (I think I've blocked out the worst of our waits). We've sat on wet cement floors and dusty desert, coming home with either an awful cold or dirt in our lungs.

All totally worth it. :)

Prudence
04-24-2007, 09:30 PM
I went to the Gorge once. For some reason, they decided to have the festival in the usual parking lot area - no great view. I have not forgiven them.

blueerica
04-24-2007, 09:52 PM
Woah.

And here I thought we were going to talk about people dressing up in Bigfoot costumes.

ETA: Awesome freaking line-up, though. I'm totally jealous of anyone who gets to go to this.

Alex
04-24-2007, 10:03 PM
It must be a good line up. I've heard of two of the bands that GD mentions.

Ghoulish Delight
04-24-2007, 10:09 PM
It must be a good line up. I've heard of two of the bands that GD mentions.
Hmm, considering how popular a band has to be to make it onto your radar...that's usually a sign of a bad lineup. But this seems to be the rare exception.

Which two, btw. Going on the, "Would my parents recognize the name?" theory of popularity, I'd guess Bjork and Beastie Boys?

Alex
04-24-2007, 10:22 PM
Yep, I was even aware enough to know what you meant by Beatie Boys (technically the Beatie Boys are the males from my step-mother's family).

My only personal experience with Bjork is Dancer in the Dark (which I enjoyed very much) but I have friend who completely swooned last time she performed in San Francisco. 35 year old male fans swooning for any musical act is absurdly funny to me.

I saw the Beastie Boys on Letterman a while ago promoting some concert gimmick they were doing giving audience members cameras. I had heard of them before that but that appearance was where I learned they are white.

Let me rephrase: Those must be big names since I've heard of two.

blueerica
04-24-2007, 10:36 PM
Me, I'm totally into the Polysonic Spree... ;)

In the end it still means almost the same thing.

wendybeth
04-24-2007, 11:27 PM
The Gorge is kind of cool, but one of the BIGGEST pain-in-the-asses venues around. For attendees, anyway, and I can't imagine it's that much fun for the acts. Still, I'd like to go to this. Can't go, but I'd like to.

Prudence
04-24-2007, 11:30 PM
The Gorge is kind of cool, but one of the BIGGEST pain-in-the-asses venues around. For attendees, anyway, and I can't imagine it's that much fun for the acts. Still, I'd like to go to this. Can't go, but I'd like to.

Thank you, fellow Washingtonian, for backing me up on that one.

Alex
04-24-2007, 11:43 PM
I've never been to the venue, but anything that involves getting within 100 miles of Ellensburg can't be a good thing.

Though if they'd succeeded in building the airport and bullet train from Moses Lake to Seattle the venue likely would have become much more convenient.

wendybeth
04-24-2007, 11:49 PM
Moses Lake? Oh, you mean Moses Hole!

(Astute observation regarding Ellensburg, btw).

Alex
04-24-2007, 11:54 PM
I actually have family I've never met in Moses Lake so I must pretend to at least some respect.

Amusingly the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce still mentions the bullet train proposal (http://www.moseslake.com/economy.html) and that it simply on hold. There can't really be people who still think it might happen, can there?

wendybeth
04-25-2007, 12:02 AM
They're in cahoots with the Liberty Lake Light Rail folks. I suspect they hold their meetings in a bar somewhere in Sprague, or maybe George.;)

Ghoulish Delight
04-25-2007, 08:13 AM
Me, I'm totally into the Polysonic Spree... ;)

In the end it still means almost the same thing.Sigh. This is what happens when I post jealous.

Brigitte
04-25-2007, 01:14 PM
They're in cahoots with the Liberty Lake Light Rail folks. I suspect they hold their meetings in a bar somewhere in Sprague, or maybe George.;)

Nah, probably Washtucna ;)

DreadPirateRoberts
04-25-2007, 01:26 PM
They're in cahoots with the Liberty Lake Light Rail folks. I suspect they hold their meetings in a bar somewhere in Sprague, or maybe George.;)

I've been to Ephrata, on purpose. I liked it.

Prudence
04-25-2007, 01:34 PM
My parents once took us on summer vacation to East Wenatchee.

Alex
04-25-2007, 01:45 PM
I believe there is now precendent for suing parents for traumas inflicted in childhood.

Though I love that there is an East Wenatchee. Kind of like saying South Central BFE.

wendybeth
04-25-2007, 03:21 PM
Prudence, when you graduate you can sue them!;)

Gn2Dlnd
04-25-2007, 07:40 PM
I thought this was going to be like the garlic festival or something, and then I was going to make a crack about how good the Sasquatch ice cream is.

But it wasn't.

But the ice cream is good.

ozron
04-25-2007, 07:42 PM
I was once in Ellinsburg when the wind stopped blowing.

All the cows fell down.

Cadaverous Pallor
04-26-2007, 07:46 AM
Alaspoorme, if I didn't have very important plans that weekend I would be very tempted. :)