Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to temporarily govern from a Bedouin tent to allow victims of recent floods to take temporary shelter in his office.
More than 100,000 people have been made homeless and 30 killed by the worst rains to hit the South American state in over a decade. Landslides have swept away houses in slums built on hillsides in the capital, Caracas.
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Grayson
Jisan Valley Rock Festival:: 07.29.10-08.01.10 :: Jisan Valley Ski
Resort :: Icheon, South
Korea
 Crash :: JVRF 2010 |
Having lived in New Orleans for the past seven years, I didn’t realize how spoiled I was
with live music until I moved
to South Korea this past March. Due to the location of the town that I’m teaching in,
I’ve only seen three live bands
in the past five months! So, I was desperately looking forward to this year’s Jisan
Valley Rock Festival,
which takes place on the Jisan Valley Ski Resort grounds, just 40 minutes south of Seoul
in Icheon. Getting there, for
me, involved a three-and-a-half hour train ride, an hour subway ride, and a final hour-
long bus ride. Getting the
right information, in English, about where, when and how to get to the fest was slightly
frustrating. A far cry from
waking up in my own bed and walking a few blocks to Voodoo Music Experience or Jazz Fest
in New Orleans.
Jisan Valley Rock Fest lasts for three days, where you can camp or stay at one of the
local jimjibangs (saunas with
with sleeping quarters). This year’s line up boasted such international acts such as
Belle & Sebastian, Massive Attack, Corinne Bailey Rae,
Muse and New
Orleans’ own
Mute Math.
Some local
acts I was looking forward to seeing were Toe (Japanese progressive rock),
Matzka (Taiwanese
roots reggae), and The Moonshiners (Korean rockabilly), along with Seoul
Electric Sound, Mate, Art of
Parties, Galaxy Express and Taru.
A band that really blew my mind was a Korean thrash metal band called Crash. Little
did I know how
legendary they were. Getting their start in the early 90s, they were the first band here
to inspire moshing and stage
diving, which there was plenty of at this performance. Korean metal is alive and well.
The rock stages ended their
night at 9:30 pm but the entertainment didn’t stop there. It spilled over to the
Electronic Stage, where there were
DJs spinning until 4 am every morning. Another late night option was the fire poi
demonstration area accompanied
by a drum circle, or if you wanted to get down and dirty, another DJ tent had foam spewing
down on you until the
break of dawn.
Food, Drink & Vendors
The food and drink venders were open during all hours the festival operated. Options
included New York hot dogs,
a taco/burrito stand, hamburgers, toasted sandwiches, slow smoked meats, and fresh grilled
chicken boti and
samosas, along with traditional Korean foods like cold kimchee noodle soup, tteokbokki
(rice cakes, meat and
veggies in a red pepper sauce), dried squid, spicy ramon, and beondegi (boiled silk
worms). Yes, I have tried
beondegi, and though it may be high in protein I will never venture that way again.
There was only one beer
option, which was Miller Genuine Draft, though there were plenty of cocktail stands. The
most popular was Vinyl,
which is known for making their drinks in plastic bags. My personal favorite was the
fresh lime margaritas and mint
mojitos from Lazy Heaven. Limes are impossible to find here so to have such a delicacy
was worth every cent of the
5,000 won.
The Indian Village was surrounded by vendors and food stalls. There was an Orange amp
tent, a vintage dress store,
a CD tent, Calvin Klein underwear (really), and a Cosmopolitan Tent, where you could get
makeovers or do your own
touchups. There was even tent full of exercise bikes where they provided you with an iPod
to use.
A Few Things That Might Need Explaining
Korean couples dressing the same: If you’re in love, you match your clothing to
the T. Same T-shirt,
jeans, flip-flops and yes, even knickers. Most underwear stores have male/female models
wearing undies made
from the same material.
The Top 4 Questions Koreans Ask Foreigners: How old are you? Are you married?
What’s your blood
type? and What is your job? This still baffles me as much as it is entertaining.
Jisan Rock Fest is only in its second year, capturing an attendance of roughly 30,000.
For my first festival far, far
away from home it was delightful. Who wouldn’t want to be tucked away in the mountains
of Asia listening to some
of the best bands in the world for a weekend?
JamBase | South Korea
Go See Live Music!
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Camp Bisco has officially released the Camp Bisco 9 daily artist lineup for July 15-17, which is available
online here.
The 50+ performer lineup at the multi-
stage camping festival includes: The Disco Biscuits; LCD Soundsystem; Ween; Thievery Corporation; Wu
Massacre
featuring Method Man; Ghostface; & Raekwon; Girl Talk; Bassnectar; Pretty Lights; Major Lazer; Break Science with
special guests Talib Kweli and David Murphy (STS9); The New Deal; Diplo; Holy Fuck; Caribou; Raq Tipper; Beats
Antique; Welder; Aeroplane; Rusko; Sunrise Silent Disco; The Album Leaf; Brothers Past; Dieselboy; Gift of Gab (of
Blackalicious); Future Rock; SOJA; Telepath; Felix Cartal; Two Fresh; Kill the Noise; Eskmo; Orchard Lounge;
Rubblebucket; Emancipator; Spiritual Rez; Morning Teleportation; Archnemesis; Sub Swara; Derek Plaslaiko; Big
Gigantic; Earl Greyhound; The Black Seeds; Mimosa; Grimace Federation; C-mon & Kypski; Nobody Beats the Drum;
King Britt; Dubskin; Woodhands; Justin Paul; Lee Mayjahs; DJ Everyday; and The Constellations.
Camp Bisco veterans, Pretty Lights, Bassnectar and Girl Talk will be lending their spinning skills during
main stage
set breaks on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night respectively. The Pretty Lights set will be a precursor to the LCD
Soundsystem Thursday night headlining slot.
Details for the Camp Bisco 9 Late Night Dance Tent have also been announced. Performances include sets by
Caribou, Two Fresh, Holy Fuck, Diplo, the New Deal, Rusko, and Aeroplane. The dance tent, which has
been moved
to an improved location, will feature 360° surround sound system and visuals to enhance the visual experience of
the performances.
Camp Bisco 9 will once again be held at the picturesque Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, New York,
located approximately 20 minutes travel time from Albany, New York, on 200 acres of rolling, grass fields. The
grounds come equipped with full bathrooms; which include flush toilets and showers, as well as 24/7 bathroom
attendants. Festival goers will have access to a full bar on site and a general store, which sells almost every
necessity for a comfortable and care free experience. iPhone users will also be able to download the Camp Bisco
iPhone app to help
them navigate the grounds, review artist bios, videos and photos, view the official schedule, and
access a direct stream of the Camp Bisco Twitter feed (
@campbisco).
Camp Bisco 9 is now releasing a limited number of $80 Saturday-Only tickets, as well as the 3-Day tickets, available
for $155 online at www.campbisco.net and 1-800-594-TXX, and at all FYE stores in New England and select outlets
in New York state. WIth the Platinum VIP Experience sold out, concert goers can still purchase, the VIP Experience
Packages, available for $199 in addition to the 3-day festival pass. 50 cents of every ticket sold will be donated to
Headcount, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization devoted to voter registration and participation in
democracy.
Visit www.campbisco.net for the most up to date
information.
By: Wesley
Hodges
 Bonnaroo 2009 by Snyder |
Like the festivals that helped inspire its unique existence (Jazz Fest and Glastonbury),
the Bonnaroo Music
& Arts Festival has so much more to offer than just the music. This year’s 9th annual
event takes place
from June 10-13 in Manchester, TN in Great Stage Park, and will once again draw 70-80,000
of the biggest music
fiends you’ll find anywhere. Hell, you have to be half-crazy to pay money to endure this
kind of heat, but
coming from someone who’s been to all but one Bonnaroo, I can tell you that this year’s
king of American music
festivals, like all previous editions, will be well worth the trip. Let JamBase tell you
why with our list of
12 Must-See-Daytime-Bands, a run-down of late-night suggestions, and a few hints as to who
to see and what to
do in many of Centeroo’s smaller cafes and activity centers.
As in 2006, the event promoters have shaken things up with the event’s first real
rap headliner (Jay-Z), the
youngest band to ever
headline (Kings of
Leon), as
well as a certain well-coiffed red-headed (unemployed) comedy icon MC’ing one of the main
stages and the
welcome addition of an all-night Lunar Stage devoted entirely to electronic
music.
On paper, the 2010 edition reads like a synthesis of the last eight years with no musical
styling or amenity
unturned. Although one might not exactly be boiling over with excitement about some of
the bands at the top of
the bill, as always, there are infinitely more bands and activities than one could
physically be there to
enjoy. That right there is what makes a festival on the scale of Bonnaroo so enjoyable.
The phrase “to each
his own” captures the pioneering spirit of the Bonnaroo fan, and this festival is every
bit as much about
that person who makes it down to the front row to join the ruckus at The Melvins as it
is for that dude
hundreds of feet away getting chills at his first Stevie Wonder show or the girl who drags her boyfriend kicking and
screaming out of the
tent to catch the early Ingrid
Michaelson show (and that guy then tells his girl, off-the-record, of course, that
he kinda dug it).
The beauty of it all is that these people all get to coexist in a bizarro escapist utopia
and live out their
musical dreams amongst friends. So, saddle up and take our suggestions at face value,
because after all, as a
wise spray painter once tagged, “The Roo You Take = The Roo You Make.”
Thursday, June 10
Over the course of four days and some very late nights on two big stages, three decent
size tents, and several
smaller cafe like settings, a movie theatre and a comedy tent, Bonnaroo will feature
around 160 artists. This
list can’t even begin to cover a fraction of the talent on display this weekend, but it is
our hope that
artists highlighted here help you uncover a lesser-known, an up-and-comer, or perhaps help
you make a tough
decision at a certain time slot. Instead of giving love to well known headliners we adore
like Stevie
Wonder, Jeff Beck or The Flaming Lips, we’re going to direct your
attention to a few bands
you weren’t perhaps planning to see. You can check out the entire Bonnaroo schedule here.
1. Baroness ::
5:45-6:45 pm :: The
Other Tent
For those set up to get down early, these ferociously sharp South Georgia metal warriors
might just blow your
mind wide open right from the first licks of “A Horse Called Golgotha”. The band’s highly
acclaimed Blue
Record has brought them into the limelight, and with a stop at Coachella this year
already under their
belt, you’ll be seeing a lot of these guys on the festival circuit for years to come.
2. Local
Natives :: 7:00-8:00 pm ::
That Tent
Gorilla Manor may be the strongest, most accessible indie rock album to come out in
the last year, and
these guys made a name for themselves after wowing the masses at this year’s SXSW. Local
Natives should be a
nice change of pace for those who check out Baroness, and the lustrous vocal harmonizing
should beam out nicely
under the setting Tennessee sun. Those not familiar with the band should check out their
cover of the Talking
Heads “Warning Sign” that made it on the band’s debut album, along with the excellent “Sun
Hands”.
3. Miike Snow
:: 7:30-8:30 pm. ::
This Tent
A little baffled that this one didn’t get a slot after sunset, but nonetheless the DJ duo
has made a name for
themselves under the moniker of Miike Snow and this one will likely be the first of
several hot, raucous and
youthful get-downs at this year’s festival.
Other Suggestions
If you arrive before the music gets cracking in the main tents, don’t miss dexterously-
gifted Australian guitar
wunderkind Joe
Robinson (age
19), who is playing as well as attending his first Bonnaroo. Robinson told JamBase, “I
can’t wait for the
always fun challenge of winning over a new audience.” Having already wowed over the likes
of Steve Vai and the
late great Les Paul with his uniquely outstanding talent, we can confidently say that a
trip down to the
Troo Music Lounge at 1:00 p.m. would be the perfect way to start the weekend. For
those who can’t make
it, Robinson told us he’d be picking with his buddies, the Nashville jam band Elmwood on
Saturday in the Troo Music
Lounge.
Also, Thursday night has always been the best night to go exploring all this ephemeral
Tennessee utopian
acreage has to offer. So, spread your wings, grab a comfortable chair, meet your
neighbors, and set up shop
for a big weekend.
Continue reading for JamBase’s recommendations for Friday…
Friday, June 11
1. Dr. Dog ::
4:00-5:15 pm :: The
Other Tent
The prolific Philly-based vintage rockers just released their sixth excellent full-length
album in less than
ten years back in April. Shame, Shame is a little more polished production-wise,
and the boys bring the
guitars to the forefront this go-round following 2008′s harmony-heavy Fate. A
summertime day set with
these festival scene staples should be nothing short of spiritual and will likely summon
those “Shadow People”
out from the woodworks that bassist/vocalist Toby Leaman sings about on the band’s
new tune. With the
new album peaking at #44 on the Billboard charts, these guys are finally getting the
recognition they’ve
deserved for a few years now.
2. Edward Sharpe &
The Magnetic
Zeros :: 2:30-3:30 pm :: The Other Tent
Founded by vocalist Alex Ebert previously of the late-90s L.A. pop band Ima Robot,
these guys flew onto
the radar in a big way with the commercial success of their single “Home” and the recent
appearance of
“Janglin’” in a Ford commercial. The folk-psych tunes and communal vibe of the ensemble
(boasting 10-plus
members at any given time) will hopefully bring back a little taste of the Old
Bonnaroo, even if just
for an hour.
3. Trombone Shorty
& Orleans Avenue
:: 12:00-1:00 pm : Which Stage
At the age of 24, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is already a well-known artist in large
part to his recent
appearances on the hit HBO show Treme (where he plays himself) and vocal approval
by the likes of Bono.
Born and raised in the Treme, Andrews has been entertaining fans in the Big Easy since
he’s been barely old
enough to walk. Andrews and his band is more than your standard New Orleans jazz show.
We highly recommend
you start your Friday at the Which Stage (you know, the one with the bobble heads).
Friday’s Late Night Picks
The Black Keys
:: 12:00-1:30 am ::
That Tent / Galactic :: 2:00-3:30 am. :: The Other Tent
Lots and lots of great choices on what is generally the apex of the weekend. On Friday,
you’ve still got fresh
legs and the ability to go all night long and this year’s late-night lineup is as stacked
across the board as
it’s ever been, and with The Flaming Lips doing Dark Side, Daryl Hall & Chromeo and the
dance party that will
surely ensue at LCD
Soundsystem,
you can’t go wrong anywhere. But our pick is to check out The Black Keys playing in That
Tent and then head on
over to Galactic down at The Other Tent. Galactic’s legendary 2005 epic late night
Krewe de Carnivale
indicated what these guys are capable of when given the limelight of the after midnight
show. Even though
these guys have been out on the road for about 15 years now, they proved this year during
Mardi Gras at
Tipitina’s that they can still make magic well past the break of dawn. Bassist Robert
Mercurio gave JamBase an
idea of what’s in store for the Galactic set.
“We’re bringing in some extra production lighting-wise. It’s gonna be our most
extravagant light show and
stage set-up that we’ve ever done. We really just decided that we’re gonna go over-the-
top this year. We’re
excited to see it, too; we haven’t really seen it either,” laughs Mercurio. “Our Lighting
Director has been
working hard on it and programming it and it should be really a spectacle beyond what
you’ve ever seen from a
Galactic show. We’ll have Corey Henry
and Cyril Neville
with us at the
Bonnaroo show like we’ve had on the entire Ya-Ka-May tour.”
Other Suggestions For Friday
Go see Steve
Martin & the Steep Canyon
Rangers tear it up at the
acoustic-based Sonic Stage from 2:15-2:45 p.m.
If you are rolling along towards the break of dawn, head down to the Lunar Stage where a
bumpin’ club scene
will be spinnin’ wild from 2-6 a.m. at Crystal Method and Lee Burbridge.
Continue reading for JamBase’s recommendations for Saturday…
Saturday, June 12
1. Dave Rawlings
Machine :: 3:15-
4:30 pm :: That Tent
Most are probably familiar with Dave’s wife and Bonnaroo veteran Gillian Welch,
but this flat-picking
lyrical genius is finally getting his day in the sun with the long overdue release of his
debut A Friend of
A Friend last year and a nice mid-afternoon slot at this year’s ‘Roo. Rawlings has
played guitar in
Welch’s band for years and the roles are being reversed this time. The energetic, free-
wheeling live shows are
always full of surprises and the only time I got the chance to see him Norah Jones stopped
in for a tune and
the show closed with an impromptu “Friend of the Devil > Just Like Heaven > Friend of the
Devil” that I think
even left the musicians themselves a little surprised. Definitely got that wholesome
Carter-and-Cash kind of
good feelings vibe.
2. Mumford &
Sons :: 5:00-6:00 pm
:: That Tent
With Mumford following Dave Rawlings Machine and John Prine following them, one could just camp out by That Tent
for the afternoon and
do just fine. These Londoners have quickly made a name for themselves in 2010 with a
reputation for incredible
live performances following them around the globe. After hearing their excellent album
Sigh No More,
we’re hopeful this will still be a well-kept secret (if there is such a thing at Bonnaroo)
and a great chance
to get a decent spot up front. Also, we have a feeling that “Dustbowl Dance” is gonna
stir up the crowd in a
big way.
3. Jimmy Cliff :: 3:30-5:00 pm :: Which Stage
Even though he’s a world-renowned, generation-spanning artist, Cliff seems to fly under-
the-radar with a lot of
twenty-somethings and younger. That’s a shame because Cliff is one of the most soulful
foundational reggae
artists ever. In most circles, Cliff is best known for his 1975 hit single “The Harder
They Come” and a cover
of “I Can See Clearly Now” from the Cool Runnings soundtrack, but there’s far more
to this legend than
those soundbites. Come see for yourself.
Saturday’s Late Night Picks
Thievery
Corporation :: 12:00-2:15
a.m. :: That Tent
The downbeat international collective headed by the production duo of Eric Garza
and Eric Hilton
bring their ethereal club grooves to the Manchester late night scene for the first time
and it’s a mystery why
it took this long to happen. These guys reportedly stole the show at 2006′s one-off Echo
Project and dropped a
fire late night show at the House of Blues at last year’s Lollapalooza. This one’s a
can’t miss pick.
GWAR :: 2:30-3:45 a.m. :: The Other Tent
Sometimes there are no words to sufficiently express a thing. Just watch the clip below
and imagine yourself
on the front lines of this craziness.
Other Suggestions For Saturday
They’ll be showing the World Cup opening match between the good ole Red, White, & Blue vs.
England at the Lunar
Stage starting at 1:30 p.m. Enormously important soccer game at a music festivalÂ…things
could get rowdy.
The snide, fast-talking Aziz Ansari of Funny People and Parks and
Recreation notoriety
will be doing stand-up in the Comedy Theatre from 6:00-7:15 p.m. Shouts of
“RAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNDY” will be not
be in short supply. Ansari’s recent comedy album Intimate Moments for a Sensual
Evening even included a
track called “Bonnaroo,” so you know he’s been around this block before.
The Silent Disco: First made popular in the European club scene, be sure to hit up the
Silent Disco over near
The Other Tent at any point of the day or night, for any amount of time, and you’ll be
glad you stopped in at
this fun mashup club scene. Always an invigorating AND disorienting experience.
Continue reading for JamBase’s recommendations for Sunday…
Sunday, June 13
1. Worst Conflict of the Week :: 4:00-6:30 pm :: What, Which, This, That & The
Other Stages
It happens every year, and 2010 is no different, at one point there will be at least two,
three, or even four,
must-see acts playing at the same time, and this year there are FIVE! This weekend, the
crossover occurs late
Sunday afternoon. Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman/60s icon John Fogerty
(What Stage :: 4:00-5:30
p.m.) has still got it, and his familiar voice still sounds like its beaming out of
an AM radio. This
year he’ll be making his Bonnaroo debut on the main stage (he’s also an extremely
underrated guitar player).
Also, from 5:00-6:30 p.m., Ween
will be playing over on Which Stage. We don’t have to tell you to at least stop in. The
set which should
perhaps spark the most curiosity out of this quintet would have to be aggressive Boston
rockers Dropkick Murphys
(This Tent :: 5:00-
6:15 p.m.), who have promised to scare off the hippies with their aggressive, bag-piping
brand of punk rock.
Should be interesting to see a band even try to get a dog-tired Bonnaroo crowd riled up on
late Sunday
afternoon. Next, the all-time great tunesmith Kris Kristofferson will be in That Tent from 4:30-6:00 p.m., and
things will likely get
legendary. Finally, you’ve got the campy, cheeky post-punk rockers They Might Be
Giants over in The Other
Tent from 4:30-5:45 p.m. to make the decision even tougher. Guess there could be worst
choices to make.
2. Phoenix ::
7:15-8:45 pm :: Which
Stage
One of better live acts currently touring, if there is one band that can bring back the
crowd-surfing, sing-
along, Glastonbury-type scene one last time before DMB closes it out it’s these Versailles
rockers who
established themselves in 2009 as a force to be reckoned with in popular music with the
release of the aptly-
named Grammy-winning album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Phoenix’s brilliantly crafted
rock songs are as
catchy as they are sophisticated, and a lot of up-and-coming synth-y indie bands should
take note of Phoenix’s
subdued usage of the synthesizer – just the right amount in just the right places without
overdoing
it.
3. Medeski Martin &
Wood :: 6:15-
7:45 pm :: The Other Tent
Kinda weird, but also kinda nice to see MMW playing at the festival’s smallest of the
major venues. Those
looking to get a head start on the traffic out before the Dave Matthews Band are gonna
wanna stick around for
one last blowout with these uber-talented jazz pioneers and who, along with Les Claypool,
DJ Logic, Umphrey’s
McGee, John Butler Trio, Galactic, Ween and Norah Jones, make up the returning alumni from
the Bonnaroo charter
class of 2002.
No one lucky enough to attend the inaugural Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in 2002
could’ve foreseen the great
transformation and amazing growth that the event has undergone in its first nine years.
However, the seed for
growth and constant evolution was planted in the early planning stages of the first
edition of the festival.
The early focus of the event was centered mostly on musically boundless genres, with
programming largely
revolving around improvisational jam bands, bluegrass, jazz, DJ’s, funk and New Orleans
music. The creators
had a simple mission and that was to recreate the round-the-clock experience of Jazz Fest
with the late night
shows, food, and lagniappe, but instead of requiring hotels, the vision of Bonnaroo was to
create a small,
sustainable city for four days in the middle of nowhere in the dead of summer and invite
the world’s finest
bands to master the ceremonies. The crazy thing is that thus far the wildly risky
experiment has paid off in
spades, producing some of the most indescribably enjoyable times most folks will ever
have. Bring an open
mind, see at least one act you’ve never heard of each day, and be kind to your camping
neighbors and they’ll do
the same. Good luck and good times on the good road to Bonnaroo 2010!
Continue reading for Wesley Hodges’ special Bonus Feature of Bonnaroo “A Timeline
Through The Years”…
A Timeline Through The Years
2002: The inaugural festival sells out 70,000 tickets well in advance without the
use of traditional
advertising methods, relying on word-of-mouth and far exceeding the promoters’
expectations. Widespread Panic
plays one of its final
concerts with late guitarist Michael Houser. Galactic‘s Robert Mercurio described the first ‘Roo as having
“something special
about it, because people questioned how you can get 80,000 people in the woods and no one
get hurt. It was
unprecedented to have anything like that in the U.S.” moe. plays a marathon late night set featuring special guests from
The String Cheese
Incident, Umphrey’s McGee, The Disco Biscuits,
and Robert Randolph.
They would later be
recognized for the show with a Jammy Award for “Concert of the Year”.
2003: James Brown, Bob
Dylan and Neil Young & Crazy Horse appear at the festival. Stages and
tents renamed What,
Which, This, That, and the Other, confusing Bonnaroo attendees ever since.
2004: Two vicious electrical storms followed by an abnormally cold summer night at
The Dead‘s set
blow through Manchester causing several delays and turning Centeroo into a mud pit. Sets
by Steve
Winwood, a late night Umphrey’s McGee set, David Byrne and the
resurgence of the The
Dead were highlights of the fest.
2005: Temperate weather and amazing late night sets by Galactic and Sound Tribe Sector
9 highlighted the
’05 edition. The Cinema Tent debuts showing Mike Tyson’s embarrassing 7-round TKO loss to
Kevin McBride as
chilled-out festival patrons enjoy the tent’s air conditioning.
2006: Mysterious smoke rings begin appearing in the Manchester skies and a turning
of the tides begins.
At the time, the addition of the iconic Radiohead was seen as a huge transition for the previously jam-
centric festival, but
this was just the beginning of a new era. Radiohead would play the longest show of their
career and one that
Thom Yorke still considers to be perhaps the band’s best. G.R.A.B. (Trey,
Mike & The Duo) are
the surprise Superjam late night act and are joined by Phil Lesh for a few songs,
including “Going Down
the Road Feelin’ Bad.”
2007: The polarizing psychedelic hard rockers Tool are invited to headline, perplexing/angering Bonnaroo
veterans and hippies. Many
of these same fans go to the show and most become Tool fans. The Flaming Lips‘
Wayne Coyne
lands his spaceship, distributes thousands of laser pointers and waxes on about the war in
Iraq to thousands of
starry-eyed fans. The String Cheese Incident play Which Stage late Friday as part
of their Farewell
Tour.
2008: “FUCK KANYE” becomes a rallying cry after rapper Kanye West
lobbies to get his “Glow in
the Dark Tour” headlining set rescheduled to 2:45 a.m. and subsequently doesn’t take the
stage until 4:30 a.m.
amidst twilight and boos. My Morning
Jacket plays a cover-heavy set in the driving rain and almost no one leaves until
the show’s completion
at 4:00 a.m. MMJ are joined by Jeff Coffin, Kirk Hammett and Zach
Galifianakis, among
others. “Best show ever” is a common sentiment amongst attendees (including yours
truly).
2009: A dream fest for many, Phish finally headlines the festival playing a late night show on
the main stage on
Friday and closing out the festival on Sunday with Bruce Springsteen joining the band for “Mustang Sally,” “Bobby
Jean”and “Glory Days.”
Nine Inch Nails, moe., Yeasayer,
and MGMT
highlight one of the
best late nights in the festival’s history on Saturday.
Join JamBase next week when we’ll have pictures and insights from the ‘Roo!
JamBase | Manchester
Go See Live Music!
TENTS FOR REFUGEES WILL BE COLLECTING TENTS & CAMPING SUPPLIES
AT COACHELLA THIS WEEKEND TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY RELIEF TO THE CURRENT HOUSING ISSUE IN HAITI
A Home in Haiti, Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, and Shimon Presents have
joined forces to help with the temporary housing issue in Haiti. They will be collecting camping supplies and
gently-used tents at both Coachella Music Festival and Stagecoach Music Festival to send to the people of
Haiti.
The recent earthquake in Haiti claimed over 200,000 lives. However, it has affected many more. Hurricane season
is less than twenty days away in Haiti and there are more than 700,000 men, women, and children displaced from
their homes with nothing but sheets and tarps to shield them from the rain.
Many people buy tents before a festival and never use them again. Now, there is a chance to help someone in need by turning them in at the end of the weekend. Festival patrons are also encouraged to bring gently-used tents from
home. Tents for Refugees will be collecting them and A Home In Haiti will ship the tents almost
immediately after the festival comes to an end.
Several festivals will be joining forces with Tents for Refugees this summer. Join us for the kickoff of this
amazing program in the Coachella Valley:
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival – April 16-18, 2010
Stagecoach Music Festival – April 23-25, 2010
HOW TO DONATE:
-Festival-goers will be able to donate tents & camping supplies at the Main Info Booth, located in the campgrounds
of both Coachella & Stagecoach Music Festivals in Indio, CA.
-To make a cash donation or to purchase a tent online that will be donated directly to the cause, please visit www.ahomeinhaiti.org.
At least 20 persons, including children and women, were injured when a makeshift Durga puja tent collapsed due to strong wind here last night.
The incident took place when the tent was full of devotees who had come to seek blessings from Goddess Durga at the end of the Durga Puja festival.
According to the eyewitnesses, hundreds [...]
A US luxury resort is offering rooms for as little as $19 (£11) per night, but guests have to sleep in a tent.
For two weeks in August, guests at the San Diego resort can opt for a "Survivor Package" that charges less for each amenity they give up.
The cheapest deal – $19 – means guests sacrifice a bed, breakfast, air-conditioning, towels, toilet paper, a mini-bar and lighting.
Staff will even unscrew the headboard from the wall – but leave a small tent.
The Rancho Bernardo Inn boasts three pools, two restaurants, a spa and golf course.
The Survivor Package, from 16 to 31 August, starts at $219 (£131) per room and gets cheaper as each amenity is taken away.
General manager John Gates said that during tough economic times it was a way to help people stay at a nice resort who normally could not afford to.
"It’s our way of getting people here that might not normally come," he told the San Diego Union-Tribune.
He said it was hoped that people who tried the promotion would return to stay at full price.
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San Francisco’s Outside Lands has announced a round of night shows during the weekend and days leading up to the festival. Some of San Francisco’s premier music venues – Mezzanine, The Independent, Rickshaw Stop – will play host to bands looking to play past Golden Gate Park’s noise curfew. Tickets range in price from $10 to $25 for the various acts that include ALO, The Dodos, Akron/Family, Howlin Rain, Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band, Extra Golden, Gang Gang Dance, Calexico, Street Sweeper Social Club and others.
Mezzanine
Friday, August 28: Golden Gate Gramble II with ALO, Counter Clarkwise (Josh Clark and Steve Molitz) and Newfangled Wasteland
Saturday, August 29: Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
The Independent
Friday, August 28: Street Sweeper Social Club
Saturday, August 29: Calexico, Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta
Sunday, August 30: Os Mutantes, Extra Golden
Rickshaw Stop
Wednesday, August 26: The Dodos, Spency Dude and The Doodles
Thursday, August 27: Akron/Family, Howlin Rain
Saturday, August 29: The Dirtbombs, The Sermon and Ty Segall
Sunday, August 30: Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink and Amanda Blank
More information regarding the night shows is available here.
Other Outside Lands news includes “The Barbary” tent. Named for San Francisco’s infamous Barbary Coast district, the tent will be hosted by San Francisco’s theatrical-circus/variety group Vau de Vire Society and will showcase the finest local rock, cabaret, circus, variety and comedy acts. The tent itself is the world famous Victoria Spiegeltent, on loan from Belgium. The turn of the century “magic mirror tent” or “spiegeltent” is anything but a conventional circus tent, as its walls are made of oak-framed mirrors and ceiling adorned in stained glass.
The complete Barbary lineup is below:
The Yard Dogs Road Show
Vau de Vire Society
The Madd Vibe Orchestra
Reggie Watts
Rosin Coven
Loop! Station
Brent Weinbach
Eric McFadden Trio
Jacob Sirof
Kevin Camia
Gooferman
Sherry Sirof
Fou Fou Ha…with Kitten on the Keys playing Madame/Hostess
Zap Mama and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears have also been added to perform at the festival.
For more on Outside Lands, check our extensive coverage of the 2008 event here.
One person has died after a giant tent collapsed on a crowd of concert goers at Slovakia’s biggest music festival, reports say.
Another 40 were injured – 15 seriously – when a gust of wind lifted and then brought down the tent during a rain storm in the western town of Trencin.
Organisers cancelled the Pohoda festival, which was attended by more than 30,000 music fans.
One report said the accident victim was a young boy.
Mario Gesvantner, a spokesman for the organisers, said weather forecasts had not warned of severe storms. </p
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Scotland and Dartmoor are the only places to legally wild camp in Britain. But there are a few sites that offer a more rugged camping experience. Dixe Wills picks the best.
Find more unusual campsites in tomorrow’s Guardian Travel
Ah, the call of the wild. Unzipping your tent in the morning to discover you weren’t dreaming – you really are camped beside some tranquil mountainside tarn, or in a clearing in a mighty forest, or on a cliff top high above a sparkling sea. With a proper hot summer still on the cards, what could gladden the heart more than getting out into the British countryside with a tent and soaking it all up?
Except, of course, it’s not as simple as that. The enlightened Scots, who have long enjoyed a relaxed attitude to land access, have made wild camping legal more or less anywhere (with a few sensible caveats) since 2003. In the rest of Britain, however, the practice is only officially sanctioned in one area – a section of Dartmoor.
The good news is that there’s now a growing number of campsites south of the border that have begun to offer campers the chance to savour the joys of off-piste camping. Where these sites differ from the norm is that rather than providing beautifully tended croquet-flat lawns, electric hook-ups and hardstanding, they offer chunks of topography just as nature crafted it, open fires on which to incinerate your marshmallows and, typically, a compost loo for those campers who feel no compunction to imitate what bears do in the woods. It may not be wild camping in its purest form but it’s a darn good imitation.
Wales leads the way in wilder campsites, with southern England hot on their heels. The phenomenon, it seems, is yet to catch on in the north of England.
Here’s a selection of the best sites where you can go wild in the country.
A large area around a lake is given over to camping at Gwalia, an organic farm that enjoys some quite breathtaking views of Snowdonia. Closer at hand, there are wild orchids, buzzards, kites, nightjars, glow worms, and all manner of aquatic life to look out for, including an otter. Drinking and washing water comes from a natural spring, there are earth loos in the woods and, should you wish to wander, the farm is on the Cambrian Way, Glyndwr’s Way and the Dyfi Valley Way.
• Gwalia Farm. Adult £4, child £2; +44 (0)1650 511377.
Graig Wen admits to playing host to a conventional campsite but, for four weeks a year, visitors are also given the choice of going further afield and pitching in secret meadows, sheltered glades or a high bluff with views out over the Mawddach estuary. Streams and dry stone walls forge their way over the fields and through the woods, while the facilities are suitably wild – extending only to something described as “a tree bog compost toilet”. Best not to ask, I think.
• Graig Wen. From 25 July to 21 August; adult £7 (£10 on Fri/Sat); child £3 (£5); discount offered for backpackers/cyclists; +44 (0)1341 250482.
One for high altitude campers, Gwern Gof Uchaf is an exposed site directly beneath Snowdonia’s famous Tryfan peak and is part of a working hill farm stretching for 750 acres above the Ogwen valley. The Carneddau and Glyders summits can also be tackled from this base camp which is open all year, so you can even introduce your tent to some snow (it’s wonderfully insulating, you know). Comfort comes in the form of hot showers, close by.
• Gwern Gof Uchaf. Adult £4, child £3; +44 (0)1690 720294.
The river Dulais runs through Glyn Y Mul’s 18-acre wood, making it a memorable location for a bit of communing with nature. The owners particularly welcome grub-eating survivalists to their Lone Wolf Campsite but are also happy to accommodate visitors who merely want to get away from it all. Best of all, should everything go pear-shaped with your attempt to create a shelter from mud filtered through the shells of beech nuts, you can crawl out of the woods for a hot power shower.
• Glyn Y Mul Farm. Adult £5, child £2.50; +44 (0)1639 643204
This is a site whose owners’ mission statement importunes visitors to slough off their urban selves, “strip away those outer layers and feel the breeze of freedom”, so chilling out and relaxing are pretty much compulsory. Lodged halfway between St David’s and Fishguard, just off the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, there’s plenty of room to spread out your shelter of choice or you can take refuge in one of their tipis.
• Camping Wild Wales. Adult £7, child (4-14) £3; +44 (0)1348 837892.
There are 45 acres of meadow and woodlands at Hole Station but only twelve pitches, making it a little piece of heaven for those who agree with Sartre’s maxim that hell is other people. Approached down a long private lane in a sumptuous, yet quiet, corner of Devon, it’s little wonder that Hole railway station, from which the site takes its name, has long since given up the ghost. You can also rent a tent – very useful if you’re travelling light on the Devon coast-to-coast route, for which Hole marks the halfway point.
• Hole Station Campsite. £12 per pitch (inc. 2 people), extra adults £4, U16s £3, dogs £1. Camp fire kit £5; +44 (0)1409 231266
The folk at Yellow Wood are very much in touch with their inner Ray Mears and offer all manner of courses on bushcraft and wilderness survival on their clutch of forested sites in the shadow of the Black Mountains. However, if you just want to bring along your tent, or string up a tarp or a hammock and do your own thing, that’s cool too. For that added wild touch, the precise location of their sites is not revealed until you’ve booked yourself in.
• Yellow Wood Bush Camp. Adult £5, child £3; +44 (0)7800 767519.
Proving that being within commuting distance of the capital is still no barrier to camping in the wilds, this farm near the Sussex/Surrey border provides a haven of sylvan tranquillity. It’s also a paradise for children who are free to race up and down the hill, build their own woodland wigwams, dens, shelters or fairy houses according to taste, or just idle away the hours on a tree swing. There’s also a big discount if you can arrive by public transport or under your own steam.
• Ashwood Farm. With car: adult £12; child £6. Without car: £8/£4. Fire kit £5. +44 (0)1342 316129
A small family-run farm, Dernwood has an 8-acre field in the woods in which you can pick your spot and another 60-odd acres of ancient forest to explore once you’ve set up camp. The only concessions to home comforts are a water tap and a recently installed loo in a nearby shed. For those who insist on being kept in touch with the outside world, newspapers can be delivered to the farmhouse, a ten-minute walk away. A fleet of wheelbarrows is also on hand for ferrying your gear through the woods.
• Dernwood Farm. Adult £6.50, child (5-15) £4.50, family (2 adults 2 children) £17.50; +44 (0)1435 812726.
And a final one for anyone who wants to try out a wild campsite in Scotland before heading off into the countryside beyond:
Offering what they euphemistically describe as “limited rustic facilities” (a sawdust toilet and a stand pipe), Duloch Hamlet is a mixture of clearings in woodland and meadows. There are fifteen acres of woods to get happily lost in and hides for watching badgers and deer. There’s also a herb garden if you fancy adding that final flourish to your al fresco feast, and a few pre-erected tents available if you prefer to travel ultra-lite.
• Duloch Hamlet. £6 per person; log kits £3; +44 (0)1383 417681.
