Leeds Festival 2002: muddy riotous fun!

Full journal on my Leeds Festival experience here:

http://homepage.mac.com/porcupiny/Personal20.html

Friday to Sunday
Leeds Festival lineup

Aug. 23:

Main Stage: Guns ‘N Roses, Prodigy, Puddle of Mudd

Radio 1 Evening Session Stage: Spiritualized, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead, Cornershop, Haven, Six by Seven, The Shining

Carling Stage: Biffy Clyro

Aug. 24:

Main Stage: The Strokes, Pulp, The White Stripes, Dandy Warhols

Radio 1 Evening Session Stage: Feeder, The Electric Soft Parade, Guided By Voices

The Boutique Stage: Ladytron

Carling Stage: British Sea Power

Aug. 25:

Main Stage: Foo Fighters, Muse, Ash, The Hives, A, Less Than Jake, Andrew WK

Radio 1 Evening Session Stage: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Cooper Temple Clause

Best and Worst Moments of Leeds Festival 2002 ..................
(as seen in the Reading/Leeds Program 2003)

Here are my memorable moments from Leeds 2002:

Worst: wheeling a large suitcase for miles, realizing I’d forgotten to pack my tent poles, being subject to a random ass grabbing

Best: meeting two girls (Marnie and Pip) who let me camp on their site, great performances, spotting Robert Turner of BRMC and getting his autograph while grinning uncontrollably.

In case you’re wondering, he wrote “One is better than nuthin’” on my festival program.

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Why I want to go to Gilroy Garlic Festival

I really like the smell of garlic, so I always enjoy road trips when we drive by Gilroy… I love garlicky food, so maybe it would be a fun place to eat!

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My sister said I've been here before

She actually said I’ve been to the Conservatory of Flowers many times, so be it… this one’s done!

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BRMC, Karabal Nightlife, Kristin King @ The Echo 8-25-06

BRMC @ The Echo 8-25-06

We arrived at the Echo a little after 5 and there were already people there waiting in line. The sound check was originally scheduled for 4:30 PM, but ended up starting at around 7 since the monitors were late. We could hear BRMC jamming inside while we waited and they even played a new song I'd never heard before with Robert's vocals! It was awesome! We were finally let into the club at around 8. Kristin King of Pretty Vicious opened the show with a short acoustic set. Her songs sounded nice, and she was playing with Peter's guitar. She was also wearing a Love and Rockets T-shirt. Next, were Karabal Nightlife whose singer kind of looked like Patrick Dempsey. Their music was good for the most part, with some interesting guitar solos.

BRMC hit the stage at around 11 PM. They played a fairly long and loud set, which really was awesome. BRMC really turned up the volume for this gig and they were in top form. During "Spread Your Love," Peter left his mike and played in the middle of the stage. During "Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n Roll?" Peter moved to the far left side of the stage and Robert moved to the right and they switched mikes. It was cool and exciting to watch. Nick knocked off his glasses with one his sticks during one song, which made Robert laugh. I actually didn't see it, but it does sound very funny! One of the coolest parts of the show was at the end of "Heart and Soul" when both Robert and Peter were down on the stage twiddling some knobs.

Here is the setlist:

Evol
Red Eyes And Tears
Awake
Six Barrel Shotgun
High/Low
US Government (original version)
Howl
Gospel Song
Love Burns
Rifles
Weight Of The World
White Palms
Spread Your Love
Stop
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Sympathetic Noose
Ain't No Easy Way
WHTMRNR/Punk Song
Heart + Soul

EDIT: Some screenshots I made from that show, blown up and pixelated unfortunately:






 

My drawing of Robert Levon Been of BRMC

My drawing of Robert Levon Been of BRMC
Originally uploaded by porcupiny.

I worked all night on this drawing and it turned out pretty well! This photo was taken in my bathroom because the lighting is better. I used my toilet seat as an easel!

Spring is just around the corner, so with that seasonal theme in mind what songs would you put on a mixtape for your Consumating crush?

Caesars "Fun & Games"

Sleeper "What Do I Do Now?"

Dubstar "Not So Manic Now"

Bjork "Human Behaviour"

Takako Minekawa "Fantastic Cat"

Suede "Lazy"

Charlatans "Can't Get Out of Bed"

Idlewild "Self-Healer"

Dogs Die In Hot Cars "I Love You 'Cause I Have To"

XTC "Mayor of Simpleton"

B.R.M.C. "Shade of Blue"

British Sea Power "Remember Me"

Radiohead "Lurgee"

Real Tuesday Weld "(Still) Terminally Ambivalent Over You"

Talulah Gosh "Beatnik Boy"

Elastica "Stutter"

Catherine Wheel "I Want to Touch You"

Heavenly "Cool Guitar Boy"

Lush "I've Been Here Before"

Raveonettes "The Christmas Song"

The Jesus & Mary Chain "Far Gone & Out"

Garbage "Deadwood"

(From Consumating)

You're not allowed to bring that in here!



Vote for me at Consumating!

What is the craziest thing you've done at the office?

I was sent home for being too manic...

(From Consumating)

What Jeopardy category would you dominate?

Pokemon! or Rock n' Roll Jeopardy...

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Other than the souls of small children, what do you collect?

I have way too many CD's for my own good...

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