Ted Leo and the Pharmacists to play Bonnaroo!

[dave from knoxville]

Which is only about 100 miles from my home.

Maybe he will come to Knoxville and play the Valarium the same week. I am too old to go to Bonnaroo. I never developed an appreciation for mud in every one of my orifi.

[Kim Kelly]

Bonnaroo is basically the same as Langerado. There are five to ten really great bands booked each year. Then there are hundreds of shitty jam bands no one cares about. Well, I guess someone cares about them. Frat boys? I don't know.

Who's headlining Bonnaroo this year? Phil Lesh & Friends?

Oh shit. I take it back. Robyn Hitchcock's playing. He's amazing. And Merle Haggard! There are about twenty bands and singers I would like to see. Maybe it is worth going, despite TWO Phish performances (REALLY? there's that much of a demand for Phish??), smelly skunky pot smoke everywhere, and dirty hippies in close proximity. MAYBE.

[dave from knoxville]

Demand for Phish? They are playing here, the night before Bonnaroo, at the supermassive Thompson-Boling arena. Sold out 26000 tickets in 21 hours. Remember, it's Knoxville. We run about 40 years behind, so smelly hippies and pot-smoking are at their zenith.

[Ike]

Demand for Phish? They are playing here, the night before Bonnaroo, at the supermassive Thompson-Boling arena. Sold out 26000 tickets in 21 hours. Remember, it's Knoxville. We run about 40 years behind, so smelly hippies and pot-smoking are at their zenith.

Speaking of Knoxville, did Cormac McCarthy's house really burn down?  His childhood home, I should say. 

Re: Bonneroo---good on 'em.  The kids I teach come back every year raving about some band like Tortoise or Willie Nelson, someone they would NEVER have seen, and at the deep, dark corner of my brain I hope their record collections are getting a little better from that point on. 

Maybe Ted Leo will have this affect, and kids will start buying Jam and Elvis Costello records again. 

[dave from knoxville]

Demand for Phish? They are playing here, the night before Bonnaroo, at the supermassive Thompson-Boling arena. Sold out 26000 tickets in 21 hours. Remember, it's Knoxville. We run about 40 years behind, so smelly hippies and pot-smoking are at their zenith.

Speaking of Knoxville, did Cormac McCarthy's house really burn down?  His childhood home, I should say. 

Re: Bonneroo---good on 'em.  The kids I teach come back every year raving about some band like Tortoise or Willie Nelson, someone they would NEVER have seen, and at the deep, dark corner of my brain I hope their record collections are getting a little better from that point on. 

Maybe Ted Leo will have this affect, and kids will start buying Jam and Elvis Costello records again. 

Cormac's childhood home did indeed burn down; it was only 2 miles from my home. It was abandoned; I assume there was a dead girlfriend in the attic.

[yesno]

This is like when Lollapalooza booked Metallica.

[Ike]

Demand for Phish? They are playing here, the night before Bonnaroo, at the supermassive Thompson-Boling arena. Sold out 26000 tickets in 21 hours. Remember, it's Knoxville. We run about 40 years behind, so smelly hippies and pot-smoking are at their zenith.

Speaking of Knoxville, did Cormac McCarthy's house really burn down?  His childhood home, I should say. 

Re: Bonneroo---good on 'em.  The kids I teach come back every year raving about some band like Tortoise or Willie Nelson, someone they would NEVER have seen, and at the deep, dark corner of my brain I hope their record collections are getting a little better from that point on. 

Maybe Ted Leo will have this affect, and kids will start buying Jam and Elvis Costello records again. 

Cormac's childhood home did indeed burn down; it was only 2 miles from my home. It was abandoned; I assume there was a dead girlfriend in the attic.

Oh half vivisected bodies in the basement. 

The horror, the horror....

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Maybe it is worth going, despite...smelly skunky pot smoke everywhere, and dirty hippies in close proximity.

are we talking about bonnaroo or coachella?

[Beth]

Bonnaroo is basically the same as Langerado. There are five to ten really great bands booked each year. Then there are hundreds of shitty jam bands no one cares about. Well, I guess someone cares about them. Frat boys? I don't know.

Who's headlining Bonnaroo this year? Phil Lesh & Friends?

Oh shit. I take it back. Robyn Hitchcock's playing. He's amazing. And Merle Haggard! There are about twenty bands and singers I would like to see. Maybe it is worth going, despite TWO Phish performances (REALLY? there's that much of a demand for Phish??), smelly skunky pot smoke everywhere, and dirty hippies in close proximity. MAYBE.

I think Bonnaroo is a rad festival specifically because it's always a combination of hippies and hipsters. And quite frankly, I'd rather hang out with hippies at a gigantic music festival. There's far less snark in the air.

[Josh]

Bonnaroo is basically the same as Langerado.

Except Bonnaroo wasn't canceled this year (yet).