[Sobeyet]

So I haven't gone on a proper vacation in a while, and they just released the lineup for Bonnaroo today.

The contenders:

• Coachella - Indio, CA 4/15 - 4/17 - http://www.coachella.com/
• Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN 6/9 - 6/12 - http://www.bonnaroo.com/

The dark horse:

• Ultra - Miami, FL 3/25 - 3/27 - http://www.ultramusicfestival.com/

The wild card:

• Glastonbury - Pilton, UK 6/22 - 6/26 - http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/

Glastonbury would be awesome, but I don't feel like spending my birthday on some farm in England, so that's probably out. Ultra would have the best nightlife, but the music's more one-dimensional and 5 weeks isn't enough time for me to get in South Beach shape. So right now it's looking like a choice between Coachella and Bonnaroo.

Music:

Coachella - http://www.coachella.../mainPoster.jpg
Bonnaroo - http://www.bonnaroo.com/artists.aspx

Bands I've seen in the past year or have a tour date in NYC in the next 6 months have a *.

C has, B doesn't -

• Bright Eyes
• Broken Social Scene
• Crystal Castles *
• Death From Above 1979
• Ellie Goulding
• The Joy Formidable *
• Kanye West *
• The Kills
• Lauryn Hill
• Nas & Damian Marley
• The National *
• New Pornographers
• Paul van Dyk *
• Rural Alberta Advantage *
• Sasha
• The Swell Season
• Tallest Man on Earth
• Titus Andronicus
• Two Door Cinema Club

B has, C doesn't -

• The Decemberists
• Deer Tick
• Eminem
• Explosions in the Sky
• Florence and the Machine
• J. Cole
• Lil Wayne
• The Low Anthem
• Matt & Kim
• My Morning Jacket
• Ray Lamontagne

They both have -

• The Strokes
• Arcade Fire
• Cold War Kids
• Freelance Whales
• Gogol Bordello

They both have the Strokes and Arcade Fire, so got those bases covered.

Pro C:

• At first glance C has more bands I like since B spans more genres/eras (Would I go see Robert Plant and Neil Young if I was at B? Sure. Would I go just for them? No).
• In terms of "single-day-of-awesomness" I don't think any day at B's going to beat C's Saturday lineup - at least 13 bands I would go to watch on their own, and I'm sure I'd overhear another half dozen while wandering around.
• Dry 105 degree heat > 95% humidity 95 degree heat
• Could go hang out in San Diego / LA a few days before, not doing jack shit in Tennessee.
• More pseudo-celebrity/upscale crowd = better talent for hooking up

Pro B:

• I've seen a lot of Coachella's bands recently or will have the opportunity to in the next few months. As epic as Kanye would be in a California desert surrounded by 100,000 people, don't think it's going to top his album release party in NYC. So that takes some of the edge off Coachella's biggest "must-see" act.
• From the list of bands B has that C doesn't, a few are pretty high on my "go see" list - My Morning Jacket, Florence and the Machine, and Eminem.
• More chances for bat-shit crazy antics at the actual festival
• Better weed
• Less obligated to bring female friends since girls don't like pooping in the woods = better chances of hooking up, though with swamp-thing levels of filth

[Deceax]

Tennessee. I didn't read any of your arguments but I'm a southern boy and have to vouch for the south. I've never made it there myself but have friends who can vouch for the awesomeness (even though I'm sure most venues would be awesome). Be sure to get a video of you tripping balls talking to a tree! Oh and Southern girls aren't all "swamp things" there will be plenty of young hippie chicks there willing to um experiment.

[Sobeyet]

Deceax, on 15 February 2011 - 04:46 PM, said:

Tennessee. I didn't read any of your arguments but I'm a southern boy and have to vouch for the south. I've never made it there myself but have friends who can vouch for the awesomeness (even though I'm sure most venues would be awesome). Be sure to get a video of you tripping balls talking to a tree! Oh and Southern girls aren't all "swamp things" there will be plenty of young hippie chicks there willing to um experiment.

Oh the swamp thing has more to do with the venue than the crowd; most of the people that go aren't locals anyway. After a few summer days camping out in a Tennessee swamp even a supermodel starts to look (and smell) like Cpt. Jack Sparrow.

Though Coachella does tend to draw more of the yuppie/poseur/hipster crowd; probably a combination of the proximity to LA and relatively nicer weather.

[Deceax]

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Oh the swamp thing has more to do with the venue than the crowd; most of the people that go aren't locals anyway. After a few summer days camping out in a Tennessee swamp even a supermodel starts to look (and smell) like Cpt. Jack Sparrow.

This is true. June in the south is a good time to make ball soup.

[Unholyfury]

Go to coachella. I'm not too far from it, if you decide to go we should meet up and get some drinks somewhere. That'd be pro. Then I can take you home with me, ohehehehehe.

lolwut.

[Sobeyet]

Deceax, on 15 February 2011 - 05:23 PM, said:

This is true. June in the south is a good time to make ball soup.

Yeah, I've been to Atlanta before, housing market is awesome but too hot. Might as well go all in and live in Florida at that point, at least live near a beach. Better women too, though I don't really consider Florida as "South" for some reason. Same with Texas. I have friends that went to UCF and UT, ridiculous talent there. I hear good things about 'bama and LSU, but doesn't seem as high up on the pantheon. And no, I'm not getting too old to talk about college girls, fu.

Unholyfury, on 15 February 2011 - 09:30 PM, said:

Go to coachella. I'm not too far from it, if you decide to go we should meet up and get some drinks somewhere. That'd be pro. Then I can take you home with me, ohehehehehe.

lolwut.

Would be awesome. nohomo