Sasquatch Craziness.

Well… I’ll keep this brief. and Will show more pictures than stories.

Got there at about 9:45am on Saturday, running on approximately 2 and half hours of sleep. Needless to say we were exhausted but definitely eager with anticipation.

It was my first time at the Gorge so it was quite an unbelievable and even more special thing to me.

The first band we actually got to see was my good friend Zach Condon’s band. He knows how to put on an amazing show.

Right at 4:20 we stumbled upon this great musician named Vince Mira. I would strongly recommend checking him out.

I was then definitely stoked for Dave Bazan to come on stage. I was way too tired to enjoy him as much as I would’ve wanted to.

Went back to the Mainstage for some MIA action, and we honestly had no idea about the craziness we were about to encounter down there. It was amazing. Like a huge party.

Then… there was Modest Mouse. And then, there was amazement.

Next day after a good night’s sleep we went out back at it for yet another day of joy.

Blue Scholars at the top of the morning. Fuck that, get your education on the Ave.

Then there was this band which performed one of the best shows that I’ve ever had the pleasure of witness. It was well rounded, their energy on stage was amazing. It was a great overwhelming feeling. Cold War Kids.

^^^Is that you, Sam Owens?^^^

Then there was a big gap where The Presidents of the United States of America was playing. I’m not a big fan really. Found out about a great band named Mates of State and I wish I would’ve taken some pictures of them as well but at this point my camera’s  battery  had gotten a terminal disease and was about to die soon. So variety from here on kinda goes down. But anyways. Another band who put up an amazing show was The Kooks, who played about 45 minutes late which meant that I had to miss about 3/4 of Death Cab For Cutie’s show, the real downside of it was the 45 minutes of mic feedback that have left me, up until right now as I’m typing, the feeling of having the hearing of an 93 year old nana. Anyways The Kooks. Amazing.

I really loved the fact that Hugh had set up 4 different picks along with two lighters.[WHICH AT THE END OF THE NIGHT HE WOULD LET ME USEEEEEEE]

Look how Godly Luke looks.

What’s up Hugh?

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Then there was Death Cab. Which, I dunno… I love Ben Gibbard’s ability to make music sound amazing, but to be honest I didn’t like his arrogance when he was on stage. That was it for me for the night, I slept through the entire The Cure show. They really sucked balls.

Anyways. Monday afternoon, we got in kinda late cause the lines were the longer than the other two days.
Didn’t quite get to see Matt Costa play his entire show, but he did play Cold December which made me happy.

The fellas of Built to Spill were also amazing with their guitars, probably the best guitars I heard all weekend, then again it might’ve been the fact of being under the influence. Also Doug was wearing this awesome The Squid and the Whale T-shirt. Made me smile and cringe at the same time.

Then there was this amazing Mexican duo, and I think I have fallen in love.

Then well… when these guys came on my night; no my weekend, Wait… MY ENTIRE LIFE was complete. I could be diagnosed with Testicular Cancer and be completely pleased.

Then my camera died… Mars Volta “played” but I gotta say, I was thoroughly unimpressed by their ability to put on a show. It seemed like they were just playing at their garage. Don’t get me wrong it sounded okay,  but it gets kinda stupid when it’s just a 80 minute jam session pretty much.The Flaming Lips UFO show was the only thing worth taking pictures of. Wayne really really put on a great show, there was giant bubble crowd surfing, tons of confetti, oh yeah  A FUCKING UFO. Teletubbies, NAKED GIRLS ZOMG, Giant Balloons, a endoscopic camera, and some other weird crap.

Anyways amazing bands, with some amazing people, made up for an amazing weekend, the rest is just details.