DONALD'S HAIR

MY FESTIVAL LINE UP, Y’ALL- LOVE, MAGDA (Who apparently really, really wants to see The Bird and The Bee.

• Two deceased headliners: Freddie Mercury (Queen with him), Amy Winehouse
• Two living headliners: Beyonce, Kimbra
• Two bands you select to headline (ie, not super popular bands or whatever it’s your call): Local Natives, The Bird & The Bee
• Four hip-hop acts: Kanye West, Jay-Z, The Cool Kids, Drake
• Two groups who have broken up: Don’t Tell Sophie, Talking Heads
• Four electronic/DJ acts: (These are all kind of a stretch, but whatever): Passion Pit, Hot Chip, Daft Punk, The Postal Service
  Five “indie” bands: Local Natives, The Bird & The Bee, St. Vincent, Lykke Li, Best Coast
• Eight smaller acts (local/unknown): Lisa Hannigan, The Civil Wars, Pickwick, Father John Misty, Fitz & The Tantrums, Sharon Jones & The DapKings, Bernhoft, Sia (she used to not be known before that stupid Flo Rida song)
• One M.C., living or dead, to speak between each act/introduce music, can be a musician/comedian/actor or actress/etc: Ellen Degeneres

“Since I don’ t listen to a lot of indie, I’m replacing the indie section with misc.” - Suzi, who managed to include Miles Davis, Daft Punk, and Louis C.K. I want to go to there.

• Two deceased headliners: Miles Davis, Biggie
• Two living headliners: Elton John, Flaming Lips
• Two bands you select to headline (ie, not super popular bands or whatever it’s your call): Mariah Carey, Sia
• Four hip-hop acts: Childish Gambino, Kayne West, Kid Cudi, The Weeknd
• Two groups who have broken up: TLC, LCD Soundsystem
• Four electronic/DJ acts: Amon Tobin, Robert Miles, Daft Punk, Justice
• Five “indie” bands: The Avett Brothers, Eryka Badu, Nina Simone, Nikka Costa, Joanna Newsom
• Eight smaller acts (local/unknown): Aloe Blacc, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Lovage, Gotan Project, Bonobo, Spirit and Cub, The Wooden Sky, Motorcycle (tried my best)
• MC: Louis C.K.

Follow Suz.

Play Festival Line-Up.

My homie Dave’s submission to The Festival Game. (Solid line-up)

• Two deceased headliners:  Big L & Jim Morrison/The Doors
• Two living headliners: Daft Punk & Jay-Z
• Two bands you select to headline (ie, not super popular bands or whatever it’s your call): The Prodigy & Justice
• Four hip-hop acts: Kanye West,Theophilus London, Nas, Dilated Peoples 
• Two groups who have broken up: Led Zeppelin & Rage Against The Machine
• Four electronic/DJ acts: Martin Solveig, A-Trak, Diplo, DJ Shadow
• Five “indie” bands: Yellow Ostrich, Explosions in the Sky, Black Atlass, Architecture in Helsinki, SBTRKT
• Eight smaller acts (local/unknown): Dialect & Despair, Lemaitre, Thrupence, Oliver Tank, Hunting Grounds, Hilltop Hoods, British India, I Heart Hiroshima
• MC: James Murphy

Follow Dave.

Play Festival Line-Up.

Festival Line-Up

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How to Waste About Fifteen Minutes On A Day When You Have Too Much To Do

Simply fill in each of the categories below and submit them to my “SUBMIT” button.  I will post them all as they come.  If you think of any more limitations or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it.  This activity is an interesting way to see how you prioritize your taste in music and is also a way to not do any work for a second.

• Two deceased headliners
• Two living headliners
• Two bands you select to headline (ie, not super popular bands or whatever it’s your call)
• Four hip-hop acts
• Two groups who have broken up
• Four electronic/DJ acts
• Five “indie” bands
• Eight smaller acts (local/unknown)
• One M.C., living or dead, to speak between each act/introduce music, can be a musician/comedian/actor or actress/etc.

I’m thinking about starting a monthly series where writers and artists can submit their work in response to musicians and bands they have a deep appreciation towards.  I know that the concept is simple and blasé but I think people can reflect their own interests and humor into their pieces.

The series would come out on the first of every month, most likely through a tumblr I create.  The pieces that are reblogged or commented on the most may move on to a small publication in the near future.  If anyone is interested in doing this, send me a private message.  I will be busy over the next week or so but I would like to hear from anyone who would like to be involved in the process.

For any experimental art submissions, please make sure it will make sense online, y’know?  Like, if you were to make a suit of armor out of bits of mirror to resemble a disco ball because you are deeply effected by the passing of Robin Gibb, I would love to see that the quality shines through via photograph or short video.

To be clear, I could give a fuck if you like Linkin Park or Bon Iver, so long as you are passionate and creative.  Also, I would like to avoid overlap but I realize that some classics will never die (I’m capping it off at like five for Morrissey) but let’s be cool and try to avoid that.  

I caught a speeding ticket two weeks ago.  I’ve always had a strong passion for negligent driving, much like my role model and spirit animal, Vin Diesel.  

After much deliberation with my legal team, I opted for a deferral for my ticket on the notion that I’ve learned how to escape the clutches of the law through evasive driving that comes to a head when an eighteen-wheeler full of gasoline is ignited by a head-on collision.  I may need a leather jacket in the event of a motorcycle chase in which I have to go into a controlled slide but money is no object.

Regardless.

I was granted a “diferral” so we good.  It’s like I always say, I didn’t choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.