I fail...

[evilhippo]

All right, I am a complete sell-out hipster and an embarrassment to myself, but if anyone else is going/wants to go to the Pitchfork Music Festival this summer, I could use the company. I'm going now because Beirut is going to be there and that officially puts it over the number of bands I can stand missing, even when music snobs and hipsters are involved.

I officially offer you a free spot on my couch and my Chicago expertise, and some pancakes, if you want.

Seriously. If anyone is considering going, I need someone to protect me from the hipsters. And, I mean, we're all supposed to see the Flaming Lips before we die, and Beirut is awesome, and so is Grizzly Bear, and I suspect I may actually learn to like The National if I see them live. Plus all the people I have no interest in/have never heard of, who may turn out to be cool.

I promise I'm actually a happy-go-lucky concert-goer, and not the sort of downer music snob who doesn't enjoy anything anymore (that's who I want you to protect me from).

Anyone, anyone?

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[look-alive.livejournal.com]

The National? ...No fair! /flail/

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I completely expect them to win me over, even though their albums haven't quite grabbed me yet, so I'm really looking forward to it. (-:

You should come!

[look-alive.livejournal.com]

Omg I so want to. But like. Rrrrggjfklklsasdfg

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

See, this is why we need cheap, accessible teleportation. And for three-day passes not to be sold out.

My question is... why did we not go to this last year? It was basically right down the street. (Other than the fact that I kind of tend to ignore Pitchfork and crowds on principle.)

[look-alive.livejournal.com]

I know, rite?

I think my main reason for not going last year was because I was so terrified about money and also this was me pre-meds, so like, a crowd that size would probably have turned me to jell-o. Even on 150mg of Effexor and 1.5mg of Klonapin I nearly flipped out at the Decemberists gig. Nnnnngh crowds. This is why I do dive bars.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure this crowd isn't going to kill me, either. I'm gonna hope that the third stage at Pitchfork, which has the lesser-known people, will be a bit less deadly. It's probably where I'll end up spending most of my time anyway. Otherwise I'll probably just curl up under a tree somewhere and cower and hope that no one steps on me too much.

[look-alive.livejournal.com]

What you should do is wear a really big hat. Like a sombrero or something. That's my new thing at concerts, which can be construed as rude, I realize, but if it enables me to enjoy the music without being trod upon... I have my epic cowboy hat, and it tends to get me at least six inches on each side. Ish.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Hehe, you know, for an outdoor concert in the summer, that's actually a pretty good idea. I can write it off as a way to avoid sunburn (which I will no doubt die of in the middle two weekends of July).

[look-alive.livejournal.com]

Seriously! You could just get one of those big stupid straw hats with the wide brim and all the straw stuff sticking out everywhere and you'd be golden. Say it's for a skin condition.


Also, I just invented cake waffles. Cake waffles, like Voldemort, are freaking awesome.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Yesss. My plan for this week is to find a good festivalling hat for the rest of the summer. It's a shame tricornes don't have absurdly large brims. I've always wanted one of those.

Oooh, cake waffles sound wonderful. Do me a solid and share with me your knowledge?