Line Out - Comments on Bittersweet EndFest 16

Comment by terry miller

terry miller — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:32:26 -0800

great post!

i couldn't have cared less about any of these bands. you did a good job relaying why.

whatever you say about your camera, there's a nice haze to all the photos.

Comment by Levislade

Levislade — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:53:57 -0800

I love these pictures. Don't ever use another camera or scanner. Or drugstore.

Comment by Chona

Chona — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:01:16 -0800

It was quite dissapointing, yeah?
Even down to the $7.50 garlic fries. Ew.

I thought the "Drown" rendition was pretty alright. And the free Odwalla. And Minus the Bear. That's all.

Comment by C

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:39:59 -0800

Boo! It totally was SP. Billy and Jimmy are the Smashing Pumpkins. It was short, but what do you expect from a radio festival ? They freaking played DROWN.

Comment by Monica

Monica — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:55:49 -0800

My friend and I drove 12 hours to Seattle, up from Northern California, for Endfest. We both thought it was great... I've never been a hardcore SP fan, but Billy got something in me that I hadn't previously realized could be there. "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" kicked ass, live.

Social D played a better performance when they played in my town in August, but now I can say I've seen Social D twice. I might sound like a poser, but I can say it.

As far as the Used and the rest of the typical rock band "How you feeling, Seattle?" stuff... well, perhaps I was in the right head-space for it. We were, after all, at a radio station festival. With limited set times for each band and all... I love festivals, and this one was really well organized (and ran on time! Almost unhead of.)

And shit, I finally got to see the Bravery. I'm a happy girl for that, alone.

~Monica~

Comment by T

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:35:32 -0800

I thought this show was shit. Minus The Bear, Against Me!, and Kay Kay all played WAY too early in the day and only half-hour sets. I can deal with half-hour sets when I go to Warped Tour because those bands can fit like 10-15 songs in a 30-minute slot, but with 3 stages there's no reason for most of the bands being stuck with 30-minute sets. Hell, even the headliners only played for an hour. I usually go to these festivals prepared to miss one or two bands I want to see due to overlap.

At any rate, I left after Minus The Bear because the only other band of the day I cared about was Social D and I didn't want to sit through 3 hours of mediocre bands just to see them. Probably the last time I'll go to Endfest.

Comment by you're awesome

you're awesome — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:16:20 -0800

Congrats, you're cooler than Endfest. We get it. Saying that Minus the Bear and Against Me! are way too big to play that early in the day is a very "green" statement. Maybe you should look at some soundscan reports and where these bands typically play when they headline a show on their own. Filling up Neumos is different than filling up the Showbox or Paramount. Also, ever think that the Pumpkins only agreed to play an hour? Don't blame the "corporate" radio station for everything. Get off your high horse.