oh yeah, it goes without saying that everyone is always welcome at our pad, for as long as they can stand floor/couch/airmattress sleeping arangements....



our place is gonna look like a cult compound.

More than just a band, it's a bloody cult!



X-D

nah dont worry whirly, your not moaning myrtle - that line up is pretty gash lets face it.



most of the people on there are the kind of people i'd go to see in passing at reading or something - def not something to travel half way round the world for!! hahaha :) theres only 3 people on that list that id REALLY wnt to see, and ive seen all of them before, one of them many many times (derrick carter), in fact ill prob see him just before we head over at the end for the annual classic records birthday bash anyway - mchebne wants to have derricks babies, so we alwasy go ;) :P



me n glyn are gonna be coming over regardless, and your offer of hospitality is fucking cool 8)



disneyland looks fuckin crazy, so im def up for some of that :D who better to have show us round cali than stash and whirly??!!?? :)



will be about on msn for a bit, got work tomorrow though so not too late, dang time differnces hehehe

Personally, I'll go with what the consensus is. While the lineup, on the whole, does not fill me with a great deal of excitement, I know I can get psyched up and get into the spirit of things. The venue and festival itself is pretty stellar, in my opinion, and there are enough bands I like or think I might like if I actually hear them for me to go ... if everyone else goes.



On the other hand, a non-Coachella California vacation is still appealing, if the International Tom & Ed Appreciation Club is still down for the journey. Visiting Rodent Kingdom and Joshua Tree both rank pretty high on my to-do-while-fucked list and Laguna Beach is paradise on Earth as far as I'm concerned. Even Los Angeles is exciting (shopping, clubbing, seeing the sights I missed last summer) and getting some time on the beach sounds good. I missed out on San Diego last time thanks to illness and slumming and getting trashed in Tijuana still intrigues.



Basically, there's no shortage of cool shit to do in Southern California. The weather's beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, and the company will be most excellent.



I'm still in, barring further adverse developments, Coachella or not.



In conclusion, Tom & Ed, come to LA and DJ for us? [/hopeful] :D

The ITEAC is still in effect, it's just a matter of rounding everyone up and figuring out what's best for everyone that's making such a huge effort to come all the way out here.



Still need to get in touch with Jeanie and her friend who's coming from Holland, and poor mc marsh who's already booked his flight.



At this point, the fest is off for stash and me. It will take a lot more than "I sort of would like to see this band, I kinda want to see that band" to get us out to Coachella this year I'm afraid. (plus there's the trip he laid out this morning, "but you promised me you wouldn't drag me out to the desert unless Tom and Ed are gonna be there... you PROMISED!" and well, I did... )



Anyway, as it stands: whether or not you all decide to head out to the festival, pre and post gig the welcome mat is out at me n' stash's place.



If you all decide to kick it at my place for a few, please make yourselves at home - we love to have guests and dig playing tour guide! And if you get tired of staying at my house, then there are plenty of hotels nearby that you will have a much easier time booking than you will out at Coachella!

Darkstarexodus Escribi�:

In conclusion, Tom & Ed, come to LA and DJ for us? [/hopeful] :D

X-D dj set @ stash n' whirly's!!!!

I was thinking Spundae, but a Laguna afterparty would be cool. :D

I wanna drag Mips, Glyn, and Andrew to a baseball game. Cheap tickets, expensive beer, total boredom. You'll appreciate watching Everton-Sunderland matches, but somehow have a good time being bored. :D



Baseball's about hanging with friends and drinking crappy beer. And heckling the players. And nice weather. And maybe catching a foul ball. And $8 admission.

ha! im never bored at a baseball game :P ......but thats probably because its my favorite sport..........but to be honest if the game gets really dull just spot out the houndreds of hot girls in skimpy clothes in the stands.



man.......i cant wait to turn 21.......then i can really get the true experience of Wrigley Field, which really isnt the game, its actually all the bars outside the ball park.

Darkstarexodus Escribi�:

I missed out on San Diego last time thanks to illness and slumming and getting trashed in Tijuana still intrigues.

Dude, I imagine trying to cross the border from mexico with 2 dutch citizens, 2 british nationals, a canuck, a pocket full of vicodin, a pocket full of viagra, a gallon of tequila and a bunch of firecrackers hidden in my ass...



oh yeah, that's way, way up on the list of all time worst ideas of all time.

we'd all end up in Gitmo... jeanie couldn't handle prison.

That's why the illegal/irresponsible stuff is done IN Mexico, where we can bribe our way out of trouble. Border crossings are done nice and legal-like.



Bosco, I'm with you on the entertainment value of baseball: not derived from watching the game, but derived from being drunk and enjoying a day out at the ballpark. I've seen a few major league games and we've got a successful minor league franchise here in Winnipeg. Missed out on Wrigley when I was in Chicago, unfortunately.

people its not too late to switch events





Bonnaroo 2006

Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2006 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The fifth annual three-day camping and music festival will be held on June 16-18, 2006, on the same 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. A list of confirmed acts follows, with more to be announced in the weeks ahead to round out the festival's 80-plus acts.



Radiohead



Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers



Phil Lesh & Friends



Beck



Elvis Costello & the Imposters



Bonnie Raitt



Death Cab for Cutie



moe.



Bright Eyes



The Neville Brothers



Bela Fleck & the Flecktones



Buddy Guy



Damian Marley



Ben Folds



Robert Randolph & the Family Band



Dr. John



Matisyahu



G. Love & Special Sauce



My Morning Jacket



Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder



Steel Pulse



Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove



Cat Power



Medeski Martin & Wood



Nickel Creek



Gomez



Atmosphere



Steve Earle



Blues Traveler



Amadou & Mariam



Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks



Dresden Dolls



Son Volt



Clap Your Hands Say Yeah



Jerry Douglas



Soulive



Rusted Root



Devendra Banhart Band



Donavon Frankenreiter



Mike Doughty



Sasha



Grace Potter & the Nocturnals



The Magic Numbers



Bill Frisell



Seu Jorge



Bettye LaVette



Dungen



Shooter Jennings



Rebirth Brass Band



Robinella



Andrew Bird



Steel Train



Jackie Greene



Devotchka



Wood Brothers



dios (malos)



Toubab Krewe



The Motet



Marah



I-Nine



Balkan Beat Box



Cat Empire







Tickets for the 2006 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will go on sale Saturday, February 11, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time through Bonnaroo.com . For more information, go to Bonnaroo.com .

ok there isnt much electronic artists in there like coachella, but you gotta admit this lineup is much better then coachella this year.

Bosco Escribi�:

ok there isnt much electronic artists in there like coachella, but you gotta admit this lineup is much better then coachella this year.

i take that back......the centerstage artists are better, however i dont know if the 2nd/3rd teir artists are as good as the one at coachella.



personally i perfer the 2nd/3rd teir artists at bonnaroo(blues travelers,Matisyahu, Damian Marley,robert randolph and the family band, atmosphere, sasha although hes probably leading in the dj tent)....but thats mostly because i have a pretty wide taste in music.

that coachella line up looks very poor. only ones i would see are

the magic numbers

the infadels

cold cut

bloc party

the go team





i think mc marsh bought his coachella ticket only so far

Darkstarexodus Escribi�:

That's why the illegal/irresponsible stuff is done IN Mexico, where we can bribe our way out of trouble. Border crossings are done nice and legal-like.



Bosco, I'm with you on the entertainment value of baseball: not derived from watching the game, but derived from being drunk and enjoying a day out at the ballpark. I've seen a few major league games and we've got a successful minor league franchise here in Winnipeg. Missed out on Wrigley when I was in Chicago, unfortunately.

we'll leave the girls home, and we'll end up hip deep in tijuana street meat!

I'm pretty sure the gift my girlfriend would like to me to bring home for her ISN'T syphillus. I'll ask her and find out, though.



Quatro tequila, por favor!

you know, TJ really does lose all appeal when you turn 21, except for the 'obtaining illicit prescription drugs' category, but you're in canada, where you can get codiene over the counter... oh, that reminds me, bring down some codiene :D

I can get only Tylenol 1 over the counter, which only has 8 mg codeine. You would need to take at least 8 tablets to get things going which would mean ingesting enough acetaminophen to get near-toxic results on your liver.



Unfortunately, it would almost certainly be seized at the border, and pharmacists here are encouraged to restrict sales of T1 as much as possible. Doesn't mean I won't try, though! :D



Although, this spurred me to look up codeine extraction techniques. Cold water extraction is simple and can be done almost anywhere with no special equipment. We could have fun if I can get a bottle of 200 across..... :D



And I come from a place where the legal drinking age is 18 anyways. I think it's the idea of Tijuana being the Earthly equivalent of Mos Eisley that interests me.

Darkstarexodus Escribi�:

I can get only Tylenol 1 over the counter, which only has 8 mg codeine. You would need to take at least 8 tablets to get things going which would mean ingesting enough acetaminophen to get near-toxic results on your liver.



Unfortunately, it would almost certainly be seized at the border, and pharmacists here are encouraged to restrict sales of T1 as much as possible. Doesn't mean I won't try, though! :D



Although, this spurred me to look up codeine extraction techniques. Cold water extraction is simple and can be done almost anywhere with no special equipment. We could have fun if I can get a bottle of 200 across..... :D



And I come from a place where the legal drinking age is 18 anyways. I think it's the idea of Tijuana being the Earthly equivalent of Mos Eisley that interests me.

I was just thinking about the good ol' cold water method... my friend Shane printed out instuctions for that the other day, it's really a piece of cake, altough I think I'll skip the part where they recommend shooting the water/opiate mixture into your rectum with a needleless syringe.



seriously though, crossing back with so many foriegn nationals freaks me out... we went down there with this canadian guy, like, 10 years ago, before they checked ID even, at least for white people, and instead of just saying U.S. when asked for his country of orgin, he said canada, and we were stuck for 20 minutes while he explained why he had no ID whatsoever... they eventually let him in, put it's a lot stricter now.



I'm not saying I won't go, but I guess I'm saying if you can't get back across, you're on your own. bwha.