Am I hired?

If nothing else, it is always fun to see smaller local bands playing at the EMP with hilarious lightshows.

Yeah, the "Is Bumbershoot turning evil?" question has been on everbody's lips for the last few years. Know why?

Because the answer is a loud "Yes".

I have to second comments from godsactionfigure about the '95 line-up. The Ramones absolutely kicked butt and I feel privileged to have witnessed it. Shame we'll never see 'em again.

What about X??? They're old, but they still rock....

very pricey for the crap shoot of getting in

going camping

was a reg. for years - no more

evil? - well not yet - downhill, for sure

This huge 13th Floor Elevators fan thought Roky and his band were merely functional at Coachella. They were not even close to being awesome.

Meh to Bshoot. Decibel, however, is going to rule.

Dave, do yourself a favor and go twiddle some nobs.

Please, please, please.

But it does feel that they're getting greedy at the door.

Is it just me, or does it feel like more and more acts seem so disposable these days?

About the only positive thing I can pint out about Bumbershoot, is how much they've embraced the hip-hop scene before clubs were fully into it.

I have a question and it is this:

If I am absolutely, positively, 350% against giving one single cent to that vile creature known as Fergie -- and I want to see another act in the line up -- how do I reconcile those two things? Is Fergie given a flat fee for performing and so my ticket purchase or lack thereof makes no difference? Or does a portion of my money go to that ridiculous, no-talent waste of skin? If you don't know, I would like, please, to have Public Intern find out for me.

kthxbai

I think getting all that big-name pop acts that we are all so afraid of is good for the little kiddies. Because you know, Bumbershoot is ALL ages and it can't all be hipsterdom.

Hell, Endfest seems to be more commercial, but they actually have a longer, more impressive list of bands that have exploded due to the festival. The funny thing is how many now-gigantic and famous bands have played bumbershoot when nobody heard of them, and, funnily enough, bumbershoot didn't help them at all, or help people find their music. Then, months or years later, that band explodes and a whole 5 Seattle people say "hey I saw them at bumbershoot. They were set up on the grass by the shitters and then they left early because nobody was listening." That tells me that the people planning bumbershoot can't spot talent or pair bands together for a good exposition.

Also I love it how the Seattle papers list all the small local bands as if it's a great, varied festival. Yet I noticed an ad in an Oregon paper that only listed the tourist bands. Yeah, that's good business sense, but it's still pretty shitty.

Funny how bumbershoot started as a grassroots alternative to big, hairy, money-grubbing festivals. Now it seems prime for some other nonprofit group to plan the next grassroots alternative to bumbershoot's big, hairy, money-grubbing festival.