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Day Four: Have You Heard Of These Things Called “Blogs”? What About “The Internet”?
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THURSDAY EARLY EVENING PRE-GAME / POST-SHOW REPORT/WRAP-UP/HALF TIME EXTRAVAGANZA
Hey, Funvampires! I'm still having a hard time with why we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway -- maybe your brand of been-there-thought-that navel-gazing can help me with this? I guess if y'all had a blog four months ago, I could see how complaining about the formation of yet another local music festival might come off as vaguely critical. However, now that we're in the thick of it, you just sound like a bunch of pussies at a stitch'n'bitch. Or a bitter, jilted lover. Whatever. BTW, nice job on racking up a word count -- that's gotta count for something, right?Aaaanyway, like the Three O'Clock said, we're half the way there. And in the downtime, when I'm not giving my thumbs carpal tunnel, I do wonder why this thing is a week long. Really guys -- lop 2-3 bands off each of these shows per night and I'd be pleased as punch.
In a strange twist of coincidence, our pals at Pitchfork (who indulge in a festival every now and then, too) have reviews of new records from Dr. Dog (who play Friday) and Golden Ball (who play tonight). When you factor in that Man Man are currently on tour opening for Modest Mouse, all the claims of Philly being "overlooked" and "underappreciated" seem, well, kinda bunk. Who keeps perpetuating this myth, anyway?
[...] earlier this month, we sh4t on a weeklong thrill-fest known as the pooped festival. amazingly, out of our stellar coverage of this craptacularly over-hyped weeklong fest, someone was reading! internet celebrity and trusted voice on the local scene maria tessa sciarrino weighed in on fun vampires. [...]