Comments on: Virgin Festival 2008 Day 1 http://www.chromewaves.net/2008/09/virgin-festival-2008-day-1/ chromewaves Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Patrick http://www.chromewaves.net/2008/09/virgin-festival-2008-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-12124 Patrick Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:50:27 +0000 http://chromewaves.webfactional.com/?p=2643#comment-12124 Another interview with Jason Pierce at the A.V. Club

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]]> By: Bruce http://www.chromewaves.net/2008/09/virgin-festival-2008-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-12123 Bruce Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:52:32 +0000 http://chromewaves.webfactional.com/?p=2643#comment-12123 Sounds like an extended version of my day: Shudder to Think, Spiritualized, Fratellis, Bloc Party, Kooks, then home, with little bits of MGMT and Wintersleep in between. Highlights for me were Spiritualized and Bloc Party, disappointed that I had to miss most of Wintersleep’s set due to the side stage scheduling snafu. While it might be tempting to blame the hold-up on Jason Pierce’s perfectionism, I’d be inclined to say the side stage scheduling was unrealistically tight, or the sound guy (and crew) just wasn’t up to the task. On several occasions, he took forever to set up simple bands, in fact longer than some main stage bands took. Just grousing, otherwise it was an enjoyable day.

I agree that for the future, something has to be done about the troll bridge across the creek. Last year’s makeshift Indiana Jones side-bridge helped a lot, but probably broke all kinds of safety regulations.

I arrived at the Bloc Party set halfway through "So Here We Are" – did they do anything before that?

If you haven’t before, check out Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine (movie and soundtrack), which is flawed but fun and has a couple of tracks from Shudder To Think, who do a great Bowie-esque pastiche. Throw in contributions from Thom Yorke, Thurston Moore, TFC and many others, and it’s highly recommended.

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