I was so busy coming up with my own Hey, Girl‘s, I almost forgot there were bands and comedians on stage performing relevant* entertainment for me to enjoy. Now that it’s been a week since we were blessed with The Gos in our lives, I decided to look at the very best of Fun Fun Fun festival and see how it stacked up against Gos standing around and being amazing at posing. I’ll post a picture or video of something great that happened at Fun Fun Fun and you can vote whether it was better than Gos.** 

This tiny little girl rode a mechanical bull in a hilarious way while I narrated.

Gosling not only posed with a little kid in an E.T. shirt, he pointed! He actually pointed all weekend long if you look at the blog, he does it at least 3 times. And they’re all amazing.

M83 played through smoke and delivered arguably the best set of the festival to a packed crowd. (Photo by Eric Pulsifer)

Gosling battled through way more smoke and managed to still stand up and be handsome. (Photo from Ryan Gosling at FFF)

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Big Freedia got all the booties shaking for the second year in a row, winning over tons of new fans.

Freedia got the only fan that matters to take his iPhone out to capture his very recent tattoo. (Before you vote, it’s worth noting that Gos was on stage during Big Free. Oooh, this pic is even better. Gos taking a pic of Freedia’s ass. So much booty! So meta!)

Slayer closed out the festival with a raging fury, coming out behind a gigantic curtain with a wild display, hiding their massive Marshall stacks.

 That was super bad-ass, but was it more bad-ass than this snarl?

Brian Posehn did a wicked impression of Glenn Danzig and his love of French Onion soup.

Gos loves himself a fudge pop. Oh, to be that melting chocolate.

Flava Flav took time after Public Enemy’s set to pose with a Cop who looks way too excited. Photo by Melissa Montes

Wayne wasn’t even playing with the Flips this weekend. He just came to hang w/ Gos and give him that rainbow necklace (I assume)

I think we all know the real winner is Gos and, by the transitive property, us, for being near the greatness that is the Gos. Enjoy this video of him walking.

He lifts his shirt five seconds in! You’re welcome. Also, a pic of Gos’ ass by Shivvy. Enjoy the cream in your jeans, readers.

*Sorry, I’ll stop Hipster Runoff-ing this post now. I kept slipping into the voice when writing this.

**Yes, I’m aware that Ryan Gosling vs. Puppy exists.

The Press release:

We’re excited to announce Coachella 2012 will be held over TWO WEEKENDS.

In an effort to try and accommodate everyone who wants to experience the festival, COACHELLA 2012 will be two separate events, held over two consecutive weekends. We will attempt to produce two identical festival weekends. That means same lineup, same art, same place, different people.

We know many of you were unable to attend this year’s festival because passes sold out much sooner than anticipated. We were truly surprised by the overwhelming response and remain honored by your passion and enthusiasm. We also know some of you purchased through non legitimate sources and were inconvenienced, gouged or totally scammed. We hope that these changes will give everyone the opportunity to purchase directly from Coachella.com.

Passes go on sale beginning this Friday, June 3rd, 2011, at 10am PST until the following Friday June 10th, 2011, at 10pm PST. This advance sale will be the only opportunity to take advantage of the Coachella Payment Plan. Passes will be available through a payment plan of 10% down and 8 equal monthly payments OR by payment in full. The price of three-day passes remains at $269 plus fees for the sixth consecutive year.

Coachella Weekend 1 – April 13-15, 2012 | Coachella Weekend 2 – April 20-22, 2012

Radiohead – The King of Limbs: Album Preview Mix by One Thirty BPM

They say everything’s bigger in Texas, but Phish only had two hours to work with at ACL. How would they maximize their time when playing to a bunch of noobz who had little live Phish experience? They roared through a carefully picked set of staples, let Trey solo a bunch, busted out the usual tricks and gave Texas a nice taste of what Phish 3.0 is about.

There were a few things I noticed last night that I wanted to share since you couldn’t have noticed most of them, even if you were standing right next to me. Andy never even heard The Strokes bros debate, for one. Here we go:

Noobz- A lot of first timers in the crowd. This was mostly obvious because everyone around us told us they were hyped for their first show, but you could just tell. There wasn’t enough recognition cheering when they’d start crowd favorites. Way too many girls kept their glow sticks after just one throw instead of letting a war evolve and too many people seemed perplexed by the trampolines and vocal jam in “Y.E.M.” Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t all noobz. Most knew to yell “Hood” right after the first “Harry,” someone brought a bad-ass “Birds” sign made out of feathers and at least there were glow sticks, even if people didn’t know how to use them. You can’t blame them. It’s really hard to travel to see Phish if you live in Texas and with this rare appearance, Phish got some new fans.

Sunchips test- I had a bag of Harvest Cheddar multi-grain Sun chip awesomeness in my cargo pocket, waiting for a dull moment in the show to bust them open. Never happened. Phish really made the most of their time and delivered what I guess isn’t a “best of” setlist, but most of the standards done and done right. So many of my favorite lyrics to sing along to were prevalent in the set: “Can I live while I’m young?!” “This has all been wonderful, but now I’m on my way,” “So with meaningless excitement and smooth atonal sound…” “People sleep. Sleep in the daytime, if they want to!” and “Wash uffizi, drive me to Firenze” just to name a few. “Backwards Down the Number Line” was the only new song, and the lyrics felt especially poignant as Andy and I were finally seeing Phish together, so we felt compelled to throw an arm around each other. “Happy, happy oh my friend,” indeed!

Trey solos- I couldn’t begin to count how many times Andy and I looked at each other with big smiles or jaws dropped as Trey would rip solo after solo. Maybe it’s just because it’s been a year since Andy saw Phish at Festival 8 and longer since I saw them at Bonnaroo ’09, but boy! God! Man! Shit! He was just on fire. I don’t know what he does to get a tone that no one else can come close to matching, but he just has something all kinds of special coming out of that guitar. It sings. Don’t know what else to tell you.

Sign language shadows- First off all, signing during shows is maybe the best job ever. A whole lot of air guitar from the best seat in the house and the occasional signing. The real challenge is not stop and stare at the band. Anyway, the lights below the woman signing created some pretty fantastic shadows on the banners next to the stage. I swear I was sober.

The bros and the geography tripper- We had some real characters near us. Before the show, I enjoyed the three guys who were admittedly on acid and extemely excited about their first Phish experience.  One of them had a cool functional necklace and they were funny bros, but as they  loudly argued about whether or not to leave for the Strokes for half an hour during the show, and got progressively more drunk, they became insufferable. They decided to not leave for The Strokes and marked this decision with a three-man hug and “Fuck The Strokes” chant that capped off one bros poignant “I don’t want to leave this bullshit for some other bullshit” statement earlier. I don’t think bullshit was the best choice of words for two damn good bands.

Those guys were just your standard bros who decided to trip and think they like Phish now, but the girl tripping balls in front of us was in her own world. She kept shielding her eyes from the light show and had to turn away,  giving Andy and I looks that seemed to say “This is so beautiful, but I can’t look anymore, the light, it’s entering my soul!” She was also teetering a lot and trying to dance with us when her boyfriend wasn’t watching. After the show, she insisted on asking where we were from and she turned out to be from the suburb between Andy and I. She asked where we went to school (both IU) and then decided Andy went to Wisconsin and I went to Illinois 30 seconds after we told her. Alrighty then.

You Can’t Feel Good About Hood: You didn’t have to be there for this one. You’ll notice this if you listen to the set, but what happened to the “You can feel good, good, good, good about hood” finale of “Harry Hood” last night? This is one of my all-time favorite build-ups of any song and even though the song stretched towards almost 15 minutes, we never got that climax. I’ve made playlists at work that are just 20+ versions of “Harry Hood” so I can skip to the last couple minutes just for that glorious ”You can feel goooood” section. Do they leave this off often? Please, someone tell me. I was so sad to not hear it. Great version anyway, but I wanted to feel good about hood!

Overall: 9.7/10: Couldn’t have imagined a much better set list, everyone was on and there was something pretty cool about seeing Phish through the eyes of a bunch of noobz. Trey was as masterful with his tone and solos as ever, Mike got dirty with his bass solos and gave a standout performance while Page more than held it down on keys, he was a force. I can’t say I noticed much that Fishman did, but they sounded tight, so credit him with that. Texans can only hope we get more Phish soon.

Set list (Via phish.net)

Set 1: Down with Disease, Cities, Possum, Wolfman’s Brother, Chalk Dust Torture,Rock and Roll > Also Sprach Zarathustra, Backwards Down the Number Line, Harry Hood, Light > Suzy Greenberg, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Cavern, First Tube

Soundgarden – Green Day – Lady Gaga – Arcade Fire – The Strokes- Phoenix

Added the R:

Guesses from Consequence of Sound:

Line 1: Soundgarden * Green Day * Lady Gaga * Arcade Fire * The Strokes * Phoenix
Line 2: Social Distortion * MGMT * Jimmy Cliff * Hot Chip * The Black Keys
Line 3: The National * Spoon * Devo * Cypress Hill * Cut Copy * The New Pornographers
Line 4: Slightly Stoopid * Grizzly Bear * Gogol Bordello * Chromeo * Wolfmother
Line 5: Yeasayer * X Japan * MuteMath * Metric * Dirty Projectors * AFI
Line 6: Mavis Staples * Matt & Kim * The xx * Drive-By Truckers * Blues Traveler
Line 7: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros * The Temper Trap * Jamie Lidell
Line 8: Frightened Rabbit * Fuck Buttons * Deer Tick * Blitzen Trapper * Stars
Line 9: Raphael Saadiq * The Cribs * Minus the Bear * Switchfoot * The Walkmen?
Line 10: Mumford & Sons * Wild Beasts * Rogue Wave * Los Amigos Invisibles
Line 11: The Big Pink * The Dodos * Hockey * Cymbals Eat Guitars * ??? * Dawes?
Line 12: Warpaint * The Antlers * The Soft Pack * Rebelution * Balkan Beat Box? * Wavves?
Line 13: American Bang *The Ike Reilly Assassination * Company of Thieves * YACHT?
Line 14: Harlem? * The Constellations * Miniature Tigers * Mimicking Birds
Line 15: The Kissaway Trail * ??? * Delphic? * The Morning Benders * Foxy Shazam
Line 16: Violent Soho * Royal Bangs * Neon Trees * Freelance Whales
Line 17: Semi Precious Weapons * ??? * The Band of Heathens * Dragonette
Line 18: My Dear Disco  * Shawn Fisher * ??? * Jukebox the Ghost
Line 19: These United States * Mynameisjohnmichael * And Many More?

Perry’s:
Line 1: 2manydjs * Empire of the Sun * Digitalism * Perry Farrell * Tiga
Line 2: Felix da Housecat * Rusko * Erol Alkan * Kaskade? * Flosstradamus
Line 3: Wolfgang Gartner * Joachim Garraud * Mexican Institute of Sound
Line 4: Caspa * Peanut Butter Wolf * Dirty South * ???  * Cut Copy (DJ Set)
Line 5: Beats Antique * Steve Porter * Didi Gutman of Brazilian Girls
Line 6: Ana Sia * Team Bayside High * Dani Deahl  * ???
Line 7: ??? *  ??? * Only Children * ???

Rumors from @BCandMerch:

Here we go:

We’ll be playing until it’s full. Hit us up @festivalcrasher if you crack any codes.

Projected Lollapalooza 2010 Line-up:

Headliners

Lady Gaga
Green Day
Soundgarden
The Strokes
Arcade Fire

Others: Yeasayer, The xx, Dirty Projectors, Cut Copy, Hot Chip.

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So, what to do when those two end? Make a tough decision between the next three acts. The Neville Brothers, B.B. King and Richie Havens. @Samifest insists there’s always tough conflicts at Jazz Fest, but this seems especially cruel. I’m so enraged with the Van Morrison/Dead Weather conflict that I’m turning it over to Kappel for the five other conflicts that have him wondering where he’ll be sippin’ on strawberry lemonade. I analyzed the 2nd weekend first since that’s the one Festival Crashers will be attending.

Sure, this is driving us crazy now, but at least it’s win-win. And if anyone underwhelms us, we have options. And they’re damn good.

Kappel’s 5 Biggest Conflicts*

1. B.B. King/Richie Havens/The Neville Brothers (Sunday night) Decision: B.B
2. Aretha Franklin/Stanley Clarke (Friday night) Decision: split sets
3. Elvis Costello/Blues Traveler/Widespread Panic (Thursday Night) Decision: Start at WSP, mostly go to Elvis
4. Allen toussaint/ Jose Feliciano (Friday night) Decision: Allen
5. Jeff Beck/Kenny Wayne Shepherd/Pearl Jam (Saturday Night) Decision: Start at Pearl Jam, go to Jeff Beck. Get face melted.

Bonus conflict: Allen Toussaint Jazzity Project/Sonny Landreth/Aaron Neville

FULL 2010 JAZZ FEST SCHEDULE GRID HERE

*Note these are subject to change. Just a first impression

If you have any reasons why these will not be the 2010 Phish dates, please feel free to comment. We’re just trying to put together whatever information we can get. If these are accurate, how do you feel about them? What venues will you hit up?

Possible 2010 Phish tour dates

06.11 Bridgeview, IL
06.12 Cuyahoga Falls, OH
06.13 Hershey, PA
06.15 Portsmouth, VA
06.17 Hartford, CT
06.18 Hartford, CT
06.19 Saratoga Springs, NY
06.20 Saratoga Springs, NY
06.22 Mansfield, MA
06.24 Camden, NJ
06.25 Camden, NJ
06.26 Columbia, MD
06.27 Columbia, MD
06.29 Canandaigua, NY
07.01 Raleigh, NC
07.02 Charlotte, NC
07.03 Atlanta, GA
07.04 Atlanta, GA
————
08.05 Berkeley, CA
08.06 Berkeley, CA
08.07 Berkeley, CA
08.09 Telluride, CO
08.10 Telluride, CO
08.12 Noblesville, IN
08.13 Noblesville, IN
08.14 Osage Creek PAC, AR
08.15 Osage Creek PAC, AR
08.16 Osage Creek PAC, AR
08.17 Wantagh, NY
08.18 Wantagh, NY
08.20 New York, NY (Radio City Music Hall)
08.21 New York, NY (Radio City Music Hall)

Festival Crashers’ Phish coverage:

• Bonnaroo 2009
• Exile on Main St. Phish Festival 8

Below I’ve listed the 11 acts I’ve seen that will be there and the grades are 5 A’s, 5 A-’s and a B. I’d be happy to come home with that report card. LCD and Pavement are all over the festival circuit this year as well and they’re welcome here. Ween has been doing the festival circuit for about a decade and even though Gene Ween aged 20 years in the last 3,* they’re still tearing it up with their own bare hands. The Dirty Projectors are the freshest thing in rock with their heavenly voices and Vampire Weekend is riding high off their #1 selling sophomore album, Contra. Throw in Miike Snow, Public Enemy (w/ Flava Flav), MMJ, Wale, The xx, Passion Pit, and a ton more and we’ve got a hell of a festival brewing here. 

• LCD Soundsystem- 9.7
• Ween- 9.6
• Dirty Projectors- 9.5
• Vampire Weekend- 9.4
• Public Enemy- 9.3
• Miike Snow – 9.2
• The New Pornographers- 9.2
• My Morning Jacket- 9.1
• Band of Horses- 9.1
• Passion Pit- 9.0
• The National- 8.4

*I hear he had a rough stint in rehab.

A-Trak
Avi Buffalo
Band of Horses
Booka Shade
Boys Noize
Broken Social Scene
Brother Ali
Camera Obscura
Caribou
City and Colour
Craig Ronbinson
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Dam-Funk
Deadmau5
Dirty Projectors
Dr. Dog
Drive-By Truckers
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Fool’s Gold
Freelance Whales
Fresh Espresso
Fruit Bats
Garfunkel & Oates
Girls
The Hold Steady
Hudson Mohawke
Japandroids
Jets Overhead
Kid Cudi
Laura Marling
LCD Soundsystem
Local Natives
The Lonely Forest
The Long Winters
The Low Anthem
Luke Burbank
Massive Attack
Mayer Hawthorne
Midlake
The Middle East
Miike Snow
Minus the Bear
Morning Teleportation
The Mountain Goats
Mumford & Sons
My Morning Jacket
Nada Surf
The National
Neon Indian
The New Pornographers
No Age
Nurses
OK Go
Passion Pit
Past Lives
Patrick Watson
Pavement
Phantogram
Portugal. The Man
Public Enemy
Quasi
Rob Riggle
Shabazz Palaces
She & Him
Simian Mobile Disco
The Tallest Man On Earth
Tegan & Sara
Telekinesis
The Temper Trap
tUnE-YaRdS
Vampire Weekend
The Very Best
Veviter
Wale
Ween
Why?
The xx
YACHT
Yes Giantess
DJ Z-Trip
& more TBA