Rock the weekend
Spent a very wet Saturday at Edgefest. I think I went to my first Edgefest when I was fifteen, and now here I am, almost thirty. But no matter who’s playing at these outdoor rock festivals, some things never change: The lovely aroma of marijuana and hotdogs. The drunk dude that gets kicked out for crowd surfing. the strategic don’t-touch-anything navigation of the portopotties, and the long, tired walk out of the park.
It poured rain for about an hour yesterday afternoon, and we got soaked through, but it was warm enough afterwards that even though everyone was wet , no one was cold.
The highlight of the day for me was seeing Stone Temple Pilots (that’s a picture of a the mostly-lucid Scott Weiland that I snapped above). Really tight, powerful set that featured all their old stuff. For an only recently reunited group, they didn’t sound rusty at all.
Linkin Park wasn’t bad, too. They do the whole Loud thing really well.
I think I’m getting old, though. Today my neck hurts and I can’t hear a damn thing.
July 14th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I didn’t realize our favourite, musical crackhead was going without hair these days. I caught an STP show about 8 years ago and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever gone to. Scott Weiland is remarkably charismatic and a helluva performer. Shame he’s probably going to off himself relatively young.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:17 am
You’re right about Wieiland. I didn’t realize how much everyone else at the concert was lacking charisma until he came on stage. Like night and day.
I think he’s only lately bald, as recent pictures all have him fully-haired.
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
edgefest sounds like my prom night, congrats on the move, i may see you more than once a year now.