Fun Fun Fun Fest

Yeah, buddy!  Lineup announced!
I have been to FFFF a couple of times before, and it can be a really fun time.  You're going to have a big pile of well-known acts, the sort that end up on the ACL poster about 10 artists down, but who are pretty awesome.  I got to see Schoolboy Q, A$AP Rocky, The Head and the Heart, and Girl Talk a few years ago and had a ball.

It is also fun because you get a super varied line-up - Orange Stage is indie/alternative rock, Black Stage is metal and punk, Blue stage is Rap/ Electronic, Yellow Stage is comedy, and Green Stage is X-Games style sports stuff.

This year, the big guns are Judas Priest, Nas, Death Cab for Cutie, Girl Talk, Neutral Milk Hotel, King Diamond, Wiz Khalifa, Alt-J, 2 Chainz, Dinosaur Jr., New Pornographers, and about a jillion more.  Of note, Ginuwine is going to be there, and my sincere hope is that he just plays Pony the entire time so that scientists can measure the kinetic power of 30 minutes of pure and unadulterated grinding.

The major problem I have had with FFFF is that it is, as usual, about a month after ACL.  It is hard enough to get a hall pass from the family for 3 days of ACL, but trying to do another 3 day one month later?  Not popular.  The last time I went, I did the Saturday only pass, with the wife in tow, and that worked out well (until her iPhone battery died and she couldn't avoid the screaming Black Stage thing I wanted to go watch by waiting for my text).  We'll see about this year, but Nas, Death Cab, and Girl Talk would be really fun to go see.