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It’s here! You can check out artists & songs through the hyperlinks throughout the posts. Some of the blog will be limited throughout the day, but heavy edits, links, & pics will be completed the day after, so check back! If you have any pics, stories, or video you’d like to share send it over to nolan.robert.foster@gmail.com. –SC
1. FRIDAY
2:35-So I’ve woken up, shaken off that Olde English I had at Big Mario’s last night (it’s becoming a problem, seriously), & soothed my stomach with a stop by Stumptown & the damn best Bahn Mi in Seattle. A little stop at a beach in Leschi didn’t hurt either. Point is, I’m ready.
As sated previously, this entry will be updated throughout the day from me & folks over at Cap To the Hill. Can’t wait to see you all there!
For the curious…here is a list of bands/times I’m hoping to cover for the day (but who knows).
FRIDAY
4pm-Macklemore @MS
6pm-Shabazz Palaces @MS
7.15-Yeasayer @MS
(7.30-Champagne Champagne @Neumos)
10.45-MGMT @MS
(11:30pm After party @ Nuemo’s)
3:35- Doing the line thing…ticket holders go to the doors by Elliot Bay. Seems like it would be worth it show up a little bit earlier than you would like to, the fire marshal is really holding it down & people are only allowed to enter in waves.
4:00-This wristband says I’m allowed to drink. Whew. Be sure & head over to the beer garden areas if your 21+ right away to get your ‘drinking age verified’ bracelet, the line gets pretty long.
4:15- Seattle native Macklemore killing it, damn this is going to be a good day. Have your seen the video for ‘The Town‘ yet? Can’t get enough of it. Check it-
4:30- Macklemore chatting it up about being 2 years sober. Good to have this fool back in the studio and doing Seattle proud. Also, first time I heard ‘Nikes‘ this track is sick.
4:40- Champagne Champagne & Mad Rad on the stage. Shits getting a little wild here in the crowd. Blunt smell for sure.
Next song & Macklemore is doing some goofy shit with costumes, got a crowd of ladies on stage dancing the shit out of this joke. It’s all pretty silly but the day is early everyone is laughing & having a good time, feels young & I’m happy to be here.
4:55-Macklemore ends with ‘Irish Celebration‘ which I am, of course, a sucker for. This was a really good set, excited for the day.
5:10-Stop off at Big Marios…can’t get enough! Going to roll over a few blocks to Catalyst for some drinks and a what’s up to my homie Dena whose taking off for SF in a few days. Everything is so ‘in the neighbourhood’ today. Feels good.
5:50-Making drinks & what have you over at Catalyst for Shabazz Palaces…looking foward to these guys.
6:20- Left Catalyst in a hurry, tossed our road cocktails aside & got barraged by water balloons (apparently having 2nd story apartments during city festivals turns you into a total asshole). We ended up on top however, our friend Jon took a personal offense to the attack & told them to fuck off. It was incredible to watch Jon catch the next balloon intact & huck it back THROUGH their window (it burst when it hit their ceiling. Inside the apartment. All over their stuff.) it was a total Death Star one shot in a million moment. And he did it TWICE. Jon is now the coolest person I know.
6:40- Shabazz Palaces is shaming everyone in the crowd who doesn’t own their album. definitely worth checking out, Larry Mizell Jr. has been talking about them for a minute…& they did Seattle proud in Pitchfork not to long ago.
7:20- In the crush for Yeasayer. Going to the underage area so we can all get crazy. A politician got up to make a speech about cold beer & how much he loved Yeasayer, & how we should all vote for something or other. The crowd heckled him, then the band got up & called him on his bullshit, the crowd cheered the band, & the politician got heckled proper(again). What a fool. If you haven’t seen Yeasayer’s video single, check it, good stuff.
8:15- Yeasayer playing a late set, killing it. The crowd is insane, packed body to body for 2 blocks.
9:45-Alright, alright. Been hanging on Graypant’s roof getting all what have you. Now conspiring for a trip to a local roof for the next band.
10:30-We found the perfect roof. Holy shit & see you tomorrow.
(Alright, so in the search for the roof we got a call from our buddy Tim & ended up blathering to the security guards about some vague house party that didn’t exist so we could get access to the apartments above Ballet restaurant. 4 flights of stairs & one fire escape later we were high above the packed two block insanity of the crowd & MGMT playing a decidedly mediocre [I’m being generous] set. The setting however, was second to none so I put the blog down & tried my best not to think about the 40 people hanging their feet off the free-standing ledge. It was a really, really good time.)
Sort of terrifying.
–SC
STRAIGHT CRUSHING 