Finally?

Hitting Seattle April 27. Onsale next week. The MD and I are considering Lollapalooza, so not sure where the concert budget is on all this, especially since dates are kind of thin on the ground (perhaps they’ll play Lolla as well? doubt somehow that they’ll come to Vancouver but you never know).

FLAPPY HANDS!

When I look at the shocking state of my bank account and such, I am shocked. And then I look at my concert list for the month of July, and I understand why. It’s still pretty breathtaking though.

Supposedly Telus is repaying me for a whack of services that I’d prepaid and then cancelled, so that will help a little. IF it shows up at a useful time. As well as the lower telecom bill from Shaw for the duration of the promos (another two months?).

I, of course, can resist anything but a presale, and I’m really really psyched to see two shows that I got tickets for this week: Nine Inch Nails, whom I’ve never managed to get to…I really wanted to see Glass Spider, all the way back then, but the timing didn’t work out.  And now the general idea is to go to this show with the Main Distractor, who is a big fan. I’ve been advised to wear earplugs, and since we have floor tickets, I think I will try to remember to do that. The other show is not till September: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. I don’t know all that much of his stuff, but what I know I like. That’s another one that the Main Distractor was all over though. And that’s another chance you have to grab when it presents itself. And thank God it didn’t involve a $160 ticket like Tom Waits did. :p There may yet be a Nick Cave show scheduled for Vancouver, in which case I’d probably try to get tickets for that and sell the Seattle ones on Craigslist or something, save the gas and the border lineup etc., but I wasn’t going to chance it.

Luckily, I like ramen.

Still kinda sleep-deprived. But had a nice, if brief, visit with my Main Distractor.

Also some overwhelming sadness, with the loss of a dear friend’s child, who was taken from us all too soon.

Because of this, feeling happy feels insensitive in a way, but I can’t help it: we have a tentative ETA of August 1, not counting intermediate visits. I can scarcely contain myself.

Oh and he won’t have to travel here to see Radiohead in August, and we’re going to see Nick Cave in Seattle in September

€75 per day (€165 for all but I won’t be going to all).

Friday so far includes Neil Young (cool) Moby (decent show, seen him before), The Verve (not my thing), Babyshambles (NMT), Digitalism (noncommittal), and Duffy (no idea).

Not worth €75 for me.

Saturday is more my thing: Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Ben Harper (meh), Kings of Leon (meh), Editors (aight), and a whack of people I can’t be arsed to switch windows to look up and type.

Perhaps I’ll stop in Brugge or Brussels on Friday on my way down from the ‘Dam.

Tickets are onsale Saturday 0900 Continental time. I have to remember to stay up late :p

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Realized that I am going to see Sigur Ros AND Radiohead two days in a row. Whoa!

to my number one fan.

*waves* *blows kiss* *growls*

Rock Werchter are supposed to be selling tickets on Saturday.  And yet, they haven’t announced which bands are playing which days, or how much tickets will be. This is T minus 24 hours or less, really…it’s already tomorrow in Europa.

Perhaps there’s some special pre-sale email list I’m not on.

I’m assuming that Werchter won’t sell out as fast as Radiohead’s US dates though.

Well, not really, I guess. I’m just tired and sleeping a lot. Weather’s been nice. Serbia and Kosovo situation is alarming to say the least. Obama won the “Democrats Abroad” primary which is pretty cool. Tonight, another debate. Oh, after Jenn’s show, I hope (Project X, 19:30 on CBC; they have a bona fide website now).

Radiohead is playing not one, but two nights at that Coachella East show, what’s it called. Maybe I’ll win the lottery…haven’t been to NYC in AGES. Actually, I was thinking that the kind of commentary I tend to make on the road would be perfectly natural in NYC, and people wouldn’t get all affronted there either. I should get a FUCK YOU I’M FROM NYC bumper sticker or something.

I’m exceedingly cranky about the lack of formalization of the Werchter lineup. YES I AM A BRAT.

Five weeks until a bunch of non-strangers whom I’ve never met will converge upon Vancouver for a William Gibson-oriented meetup. Plans are in progress for a tour of Spook Country locations, a Ministry show, cake…what else do you need for a fun weekend? perhaps karaoke; I heard of a place with rooms for rent for not too much money. I have to go there though and see if the book’s any good. Otherwise maybe the hobo-oke from the Vespa rally. At least the drinks are cheap, and it’s close by some of the less-salubrious Gibson locations.

The Main Square fest site has sorted out the bands into nights:

Friday 4 July: Chemical Brothers, Justice, Boyz Noise + guest

Saturday 5 July: Mika, BB Brunes, Digitalism + guest

Sunday 6 July: Radiohead, Sigur Rós, The Dø, The Wombats

Click above for a link to reservez vos billets; I already got mine through waste. I think.

Also, MBV’s Roskilde date is confirmed (via their site) as Saturday the 5th, so I guess I am hooped basically unless I somehow find enough cash to head back to Paris from Berlin on the 9th. Which seems unlikely. So now I have to hope they come to North America, and that I can afford a ticket. Le sigh.

24 bands, none of which is My Bloody Valentine.

REM (July 3)
Radiohead
dEUS
Lenny Kravitz
Chemical Brothers
Mika
Sigur Rós
Kaiser Chiefs
Nightwish

Ben Harper
Counting Crows
Editors
Roisin Murphy
The Hives
Chris Cornell
The Kooks
Air Traffic
Justice
Digitalism
KT Tunstall
Beirut
Gossip
John Butler Trio
Band of Horses

Onsales start March 1. More info soon.

À propos of my post yesterday re: Arras’ Main Square fest, they are currently updating their site (or else their site is getting way too many hits; it’s out of service, and I hope it’s because they are announcing more of the lineup and ticketing info).

W00t!

That’s the rumour, that they’re playing the Main Square fest the same day as Radiohead. I could get behind that.

Now I’m just waiting for a convenient My Bloody Valentine date. Please?