Pitchfork Fest 2008

[jbissell]

I liked the singer from LSF's oscar the grouch impression - "this place sucks!"

Yes, that was great!! Turning around and seeing him rise from the crowd in that garbage can was very, very weird.

Does anyone know if there was any truth to the rumor that he was giving out $4 haircuts in the VIP area Sat.? Because I heard this from several people and it seems like something he would do.

Was the kid in the Boris shirt the same one that Tim put mud on? Because I saw him a bunch and it was awesome. It was really cool to see how many kids were there, especially since many of the ones I saw seemed to be really enjoying themselves.

[todd]

I liked the singer from LSF's oscar the grouch impression - "this place sucks!"

Yes, that was great!! Turning around and seeing him rise from the crowd in that garbage can was very, very weird.

Does anyone know if there was any truth to the rumor that he was giving out $4 haircuts in the VIP area Sat.? Because I heard this from several people and it seems like something he would do.

Was the kid in the Boris shirt the same one that Tim put mud on? Because I saw him a bunch and it was awesome. It was really cool to see how many kids were there, especially since many of the ones I saw seemed to be really enjoying themselves.

I was in VIP (brag brag brag brag brag) and saw the LSF dudes hanging out, but no one was sporting clippers or terrible haircuts from what I could tell.

[jbissell]

I liked the singer from LSF's oscar the grouch impression - "this place sucks!"

Yes, that was great!! Turning around and seeing him rise from the crowd in that garbage can was very, very weird.

Does anyone know if there was any truth to the rumor that he was giving out $4 haircuts in the VIP area Sat.? Because I heard this from several people and it seems like something he would do.

Was the kid in the Boris shirt the same one that Tim put mud on? Because I saw him a bunch and it was awesome. It was really cool to see how many kids were there, especially since many of the ones I saw seemed to be really enjoying themselves.

I was in VIP (brag brag brag brag brag) and saw the LSF dudes hanging out, but no one was sporting clippers or terrible haircuts from what I could tell.

So what does the VIP badge get you there anyways?

Awesome, I'm no longer a rapist.

[todd]

I liked the singer from LSF's oscar the grouch impression - "this place sucks!"

Yes, that was great!! Turning around and seeing him rise from the crowd in that garbage can was very, very weird.

Does anyone know if there was any truth to the rumor that he was giving out $4 haircuts in the VIP area Sat.? Because I heard this from several people and it seems like something he would do.

Was the kid in the Boris shirt the same one that Tim put mud on? Because I saw him a bunch and it was awesome. It was really cool to see how many kids were there, especially since many of the ones I saw seemed to be really enjoying themselves.

I was in VIP (brag brag brag brag brag) and saw the LSF dudes hanging out, but no one was sporting clippers or terrible haircuts from what I could tell.

So what does the VIP badge get you there anyways?

Awesome, I'm no longer a rapist.

It sounds way nicer than it is, but the perks are nice. Free beer, free sparks, free chipotle burritos and free fuze. Slightly nicer (i.e. less-frequented) porta-potties and some picnic tables, too.

99.99% of the people in the VIP section aren't rockstars or industry tycoons, but are media dorks who negotiated with the promoter - "We'll give you a free ad if you give us 10 free VIP passes!" It was funny standing in line for a burrito and hearing two bloggers interviewing each other.

[jbissell]

I took a few pictures of Les Savy Fav:

Tim doing his Oscar the Grouch impression


This was an ancient Indian ritual...


My friend described this look as "Apache gym teacher"

[jbissell]

Does anyone know if there was any truth to the rumor that he was giving out $4 haircuts in the VIP area Sat.? Because I heard this from several people and it seems like something he would do.

Guess it was true. From the AV Club's wrapup:

5:33pm, David: Looks like Tim Harrington's mysterious bag was filled with haircut supplies: He's giving $2 haircuts to all takers. Already deeply into cutting a fan's hair, Harrington tells a story that goes nowhere about how he got home from work late last night and his wife wants him to clean out the gutters. "He better not touch my beard," one guy worriedly says aloud. Harrington's got hand sanitizer, electric-razor accessories, and a comb waiting on an upside-down UPS box at his makeshift station. "I'm gonna protect that part like it's an endangered species," Harrington tells a laughing client. He wraps up another haircut, saying, "It looks just like your old haircut, but this one's handsome." Also, for 50 cents, he offers to trim the guy's armpits and tweeze his stray nipple hairs. The customer happily complies. "This might be a crew cut tomorrow," Harrington tells a guy whose hair is being butchered. "Don't be scared," he says while shaving the back of his head with a crude stencil fashioned out of a cardboard beer case. None of these are things you want to hear or experience from a barber, but it's a pretty great spectator sport.

[emma]

I was in VIP (brag brag brag brag brag) and saw the LSF dudes hanging out, but no one was sporting clippers or terrible haircuts from what I could tell.

I do not believe you.

[Laurie]

I was in VIP (brag brag brag brag brag) and saw the LSF dudes hanging out, but no one was sporting clippers or terrible haircuts from what I could tell.

I do not believe you.

I can verify that this dude is a total liar. I saw a lot of steps*, a few fashion mullets, and white guy dreads (one of which was on a redhead, really unfortunate).

I'm a heatseeker. (Sorry, I didn't snap pictures and upload them to imeem or whatever that is. My memory card filled up pretty quickly. I had to delete cute pictures of my cats. If I snapped pictures every time I saw raybans, a dude wearing sunglasses on his face and regular glasses on his head, and skinny guys wearing short shorts, I would have to delete pictures of kids splashing in water and Richard's baby and shit, and I'm not doing that.)



*Is that what you call those things shaved into the side of dirty hipsters' heads?

[todd]

I was in VIP (brag brag brag brag brag) and saw the LSF dudes hanging out, but no one was sporting clippers or terrible haircuts from what I could tell.

I do not believe you.

Good point. A Tim Harrington-styled, $2 high-and-tight is a marked improvement over most of the haircuts in the joint.

[naaate]

So I was standing outside of the front gate around 12:30 trying to sell the extra ticket I had since my friend flaked on me and I couldn't figure out why people would dismiss me before I could even ask if they needed an extra. Then I looked down and realized I was wearing my Scar-Face shirt and not my ironic outfit, making me blend in with the professional scalpers.  To make things worse, I was snickered at several times without a single person understanding it. Oh uber-indie kids 

haha i usually just lurk here, but i had to sign up to say that i definitely saw you trying to sell the tix. i snickered at the shirt. but, like, in the intended way?

and also, laurie, jarvis came to a bar me and my friend went to after saturday night of the fest. how cool is that?

[Gilly]

Now who can one up that and say they went to that same bar and went home with Jarvis?

[jbissell]

Jarvis and I shared a delicious chicken satay with cucumbers from the Star of Siam with a peach mango Fuze. And then cuddled under the bleachers for the entire Animal Collective set.

[naaate]

he is truely a man of the common people

[Laurie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J0vpJcDj0A

That's actually me saying "woooooo hoooooo." Ten seconds later, I shouted, "TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNq7Qaa00pY

Ooooooooh my gaaaaaawd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNq7Qaa00pY

1:09. It's true.