Oh, All Tomorrow's Parties...How is it that you know 30 something music geeks so well? How did you know who our favorite bands were? How did you know we would be willing to spend a minimum of $400 to stay in a resort with rides and video games, and beer taps running til 5am to hangout with our favorite bands?? How did you find night time DJs that could spin Whitesnake, Fleetwood Mac, GnR, Run DMC, and Fugazi all in the same set?
Yes friends, it is worth borrowing $1200 from your mom, with interest, to fly to merry ole England for ATP fests. Yes, it is worth loosing your job for. I am so happy the phrase "you only live once" became my motto 4 weeks ago.
Top 10 Performances:
1. Mark Lanegan, SoulSavers set - Thanks to Lynn for tuning me into this set. Just incase - you are a tardo, M.L. is the dude from Screamin Trees, and did some songs with QOTSA. His solo shit is new to me tho, and now we are getting married. If Lynn let's us.
2. Os Mutantes – If you don't know, look this shit up. I thought I was in one of my wine induced Zoloft dream sequences (like right now). It twas euphoric.
3. PORN – um, when Brent Hinds came out and did a 10 minute guitar solo with Mr. Thurston Moore, I peed myself and almost cried. Later that night, I was standing next to the Porn dude when he got arrested at 5am. Yep. And I still smelled like pee.
4. Melvins' 2nd set- Of, fucking, course. Kudos to the fan's performance, for blowing Buzzo's hair ever so lightly. And sorry to Jarrod, but if I hadn't pushed you back over the grid after you crowd surfed and spazzed out for 15 minutes, you would have landed on your nut sack
5. Mastodon's 2nd set – By Sunday they had it down sound effect wise, sans Bill. I laughed, I cried. They played all of my favorite songs, plus a Thin Lizzy cover, AND Buzzo joined them for a Melvins tribute finale. Tears, I tell you.
6. Torche – Farewell Juan, my lil bro. They played like it was their last show ever. Tears, I tell you. But Juan, Steve, Scott and I danced the night away after. It was all good.
7. Dalek – The sound was so AMAZING, they had more energy than anyone else I saw all weekend.
8. Fantomas – yeah, it was cool. I know, I know. Why not 1? I am just not the Patton fan I use to be. Yeah, I said it, what? He is too insane for my brain. But I'd still have sex with him if Lynn let me.
9. Dirtbombs – Mick is the shit. He's like Garage Rock's Jimmy Hendrix. I just wish his band was as amazing and cool as he is. Jack White's cousin made a pass at me in their van tho!!! Fuckin hipster... (I kid, I kid..Lynn pointed out that he's actually a frat boy)
10. Junior Brown – Amazing. Alcoholic, but amazing. Thanks Mick for pointing out what I couldn't see. I love it when smart people are around that I can ask questions. I wish Mick had been there Sunday to so he could answer more questions I had.
Most memorable moments:
1. Brent Hinds singing Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer while a guy from Blk. Heart Processions pranced around in a reindeer mask with a guy dressed as a Nazi.
2. Lynn singing Mark Lanegan songs to me in our chalet while making me instant coffee with Bell's whisky in it. "Been thinkin bout ya bay bay"
3. Mick writing the new Dirtbomb's hit in our chalet "I got worms n***ga!"
4. Scott getting doobie lessons.
5. Screaming the lyrics to Fleetwood Mac and Fugazi at the top of our lungs while dancing the night away at the crazy horse with Torche and Mastodon.
6. Kool Keith's hype-man inviting us up on stage!! What?
7. Fighting with some dudes from Austin about how lame I think Pelican and Baroness are. I know, I know. Same drunk Cara shit, different country.
8. Watching drunk british kids pass out and puke all over themselves.
9. Hanging in Mastodon's room til 6am and one of the Cinderella girls hooking us up with a beautiful bud. I'm sorry, I meant hooking ME up with some beautiful bud.
10. The Melvin's singing the Star Spangled Banner to a mostly UK crowd, and Fantomas singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". For real.
11. A British kid beat boxing "Blood and Thunder" in its entirety.
2 best quotes of the weekend:
"I won't smoke that but I'll be snortin some coke off my ass later if you want to join me!!!"
"Fancy a punch, do ya?"
Bloody hell, what a weekend.
c-damage
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