We're finally rested and back on normal schedules after having a great Halloween weekend at The Fest. Kyle and I drove down to Gainesville on Saturday morning and stayed though Sunday night on about 4 hours of sleep. We spent some of our Saturday with voiceless Cason who played on Friday in
Legacies, and unfortunately Jeff got unlucky and had mono.
Since the Fest board is doing a pros/cons & summaries thread, we figured we'd do one here also. On top of that, we had stickers made that were a huge disappointment. They're cheaply made, 24 hour pressed with small text. In a few days we will have a picture of them and we'll figure a way to get them to anyone who wants them (we have 500). We might just have some other pictures to share. Thanks for listening to us rant and rave.
-Em
Em's Fest
My first Fest, pretty awesome for being so young.
+ Seeing a ton of great bands (esp. Grown Ups and Pianos)
+ Going to the 2am warehouse show
+ Reggae Shack vegan steak
+ The No Idea record/ garage sale
+ Meeting Kevin from Topshelf
+ Lots of people watching
- Getting someone's ID taken away, not getting into The Venue or 8 Seconds
- Dick doormen, 18+ venues
- Cops shutting warehouse show down
- The HUGE line at the Atlantic
- The crusty who rubbed his HIV shirt on my feet
- Creeps
- Killer feet, bad bones, and not enough nice people
Kyle's Fest
This was my first Fest as well, and was overwhelmed, but all in all very happy.
+ Getting to see Grown Ups, Pianos Become the Teeth, Former Thieves and Paint it Black
+ The warehouse show
+ Getting away out of town.
+ The sense of community
+ Reggae Shack's jerk Chicken and the burning, pink lips that ensued.
+ Meeting Kevin from Top Shelf and all the bands on that label.
+ Seeing old Alabama friends
- Cops
- Heat
- Lack of sleep
- Shoe blisters
- Creeps
- Meeting new incredible people living far away
- The fact it had to end
Cason's Fest
So, this was I believe my 4th or 5th Fest experience. I wish I could say it was as good as the rest. And I'll leave it at that.
+Playing a show at Mars
+Seeing High On Fire
+Seeing friends
+Getting drunk at Stubbies with Tash and some dude from England
+A special cookie
- WAY too many people
- Not getting to see the bands I wanted to see
- Not getting to see certain friends
- Cops
- Shitty people
- Not having a voice and having to tell secrets
- The smells