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As for Nimbin - the novelty can wear off very quickly. Once you get past the fact that every store sells Bob Marley gear and you can buy weed every ten feet, you realize how sketchy it is. Stray dogs everywhere, mothers with babies slinging dope on the sidewalk, really aggressive drug pushers. It's like Phish lot's shady Australian cousin. If you can find a hookup in Byron (which I'm sure you'll be able to) there is no need to head to Nimbin, in my opinion. Have a great time, though. Such an awesome weekend.

It's a really fun festival in an awesome town. Definitely not the "free-for-all" that the North American camping festivals are, rather it's more akin to a "bluesfest" that would happen within a major city (not many lawn chairs, though). That said, it's pretty mellow and very easy to move from stage-to-stage and get up close if that's your thing. I was there in 2004 and loved it. Stumbled across Xavier Rudd, which was pretty cool, and saw James Brown and Toots that same weekend. Enjoy!

Sounds like you should bring your young trophy wife.

They definitely left it all on the stage last night, despite a crowd that was a little slow to warm up. As I said, people were fully fired up by the end of what was a somewhat short set. The new songs came off really well but they played a good dose of the first two albums as well. (Really digging the new album, by the way). And I agree that Place St-H. was a quality tune to end the night on, which is why I called for it during the break

It's rare to see a band legitimately get called back for an encore. It's one thing to put your instruments down and step aside for fifteen seconds, but quite another to actually be finished and get called back. The Steelworkers ripped Logan's Pub a new one last night. They played their last song, explained that there wasn't time for an encore and started packing their gear up - coiling up their cords and putting things in cases. The crowd would not leave them alone, though - stomping, clapping, chanting - and after some serious deliberation they came back for Place St. Henri. It was a great end to a blazing set of USWM, and it was awesome to see them get so much love out here. I freakin' love this band.

I don't go out of my way to see DMB anymore, but to pull all three of these shows would make for a pretty memorable weekend. Too bad I'll still be out West at the end of May (Gorge'd). Here's another "source," and probably the closest thing to official confirmation at this point.

Gotta wear that coat! Happy birthday.

Cheers, brah.

Wow. Sending good thoughts to her spirit, to her family and to you as well, Sean.

Random fact I learned from Pop-Up Video: Marvin Gaye's version of the Star Spangled Banner was the first video aired on VH1.

Happy birthday, CJ!

Here's to ya, brah.

I was in the second they went on-sale, just like a bajillion other people. Bummer.

Between the lady and I: Shoreline lawn Gorge SPAC (2 lawn and 2 pavilion) Everything we wanted, save for Red Rocks, so we're feeling pretty good. Now to figure out how to make it all work...

P.S. Thanks for the heads up!

Funny that there are two Nanaimo shows but nothing in Victoria. Looks like a trip up-Island might be in order.

[color:purple]Roll Call: Panicking

My requests: Darien? No. Red Rocks, Shoreline, Gorge and SPAC? Yes. Good luck, everyone.

The campaign is still rolling: Link

You can add me to that list. I've done my share of festivals, and as far as the comparable ones go, Rothbury was hands-down the best. If I was going again I would be a little concerned about an increase in numbers taking away from the vibe and adding a little more sketch to things, as Alpha Nerd talked about. That said, I think the resurgence of Phish and the draw of Bonnaroo will dominate a lot of people's summer concert plans, so numbers may not increase all that much.

That. Freakin'. Sucks.

Despite my rather crippling jealousy, my fingers are crossed for the people who were able to jump on this while it lasted. I would obviously much prefer tickets that I didn't get go to Phans and not scalpers. I wonder, though - scalpers will have definitely heard about this, albeit mostly after the fact. I wonder if the scalpers - people who buy huge volumes of tickets from TB for a variety of events - will kick up much of a fuss about this. TB won't sell any fewer tickets by canceling these orders, but if it could hurt their Tickets Now clientele, they might be more inclined to cancel the orders. I sure as shit hope not, though. Good luck to everyone who scored some.

Wow, that's wild. It will be really interesting to see how this plays out. Obviously TM has their legal asses covered if they want to revoke the tickets, but at the same time, what harm has been done here? None, as far as I'm concerned. It's not like Ticket Master has any credibility to lose with the average ticket buyer.

That's what she said.