virgin my a$$

this whole virigin music festival has toyed with petrov's mind with on-again-off-again feelings about going. Overall there are some really good bands playing, however, when petrov looks at the schedule (see here) things start to look not so positive (see here). Well this morning petrov finally made it to the ticketmaster website to see further detail about tickets.

Petrov wonders who the hell could call this festival anything related to virgin when it requires everyone to bend over and take at least a $15 service charge (assuming you pick up at Will Call). On top of this another basically mandatory $4 to print your ticket out.... because you have to be damn crazy to go stand in line for your ticket at a music festival. and how does that pricing work? it costs money to do it yourself, but to require a legion of employees to scuddle through tickets looking for you last name is free? petrov may not be the brightest economist in town, but he's pretty sure there is no logic to this other than greedy profit. so he'll have to spend $19 just to get through the front gates to Virginfest... let the indecision continue (now with a Ticketmaster 19inch strap-on included).

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ugh, petrov is not in the blog writing mood... he's very tired. but fortunately he does have a good song for you to listen to. Its by Bishop Allen, petrov has had the cd for a month or so, but it took until a couple days ago for petrov to start loving it.

beastie boys

coming from the last entry.... you may be asking yourself beastie boys? petrov had all but forgotten about these guys until a couple months ago when he heard their new album. let petrov be the first to tell you (if you haven't heard the new beastie boys yet), if your an old school beastie boys fan... you might be disappointed. petrov actually enjoys the new sounds quite a bit and its just all around more his style. its all been taken down a notch and lacks the signature vocals. it will be interesting to hear some of these songs once remixed. Check out "Off the Grid" below.

random thoughts on a gloomy day

• petrov really doesn't understand how they keep track of his listening habits on last.fm this week's top artist is Cirques du Soleil? really?

• petrov has purchased tix for rilo kiley and editors.... the fall concert lineup is shaping up quite nicely

• petrov remains heavily on the fence about Virginfest. to go or not to go? he feels its a necessary... but wishes the line up was a tad bit better.... petrov doesn't enjoy extremely large crowded areas. who will he see if he goes (on saturday). sasha or beastie boys or tv on the radio/lcd soundsystem???? they are all playing at the same time! petrov is leaning towards sasha but thinks his accomplices will choose beastie boys..... we shall see.
  

virgin music festival schedule released

Saturday, Aug. 4

North Stage
Noon-12:45 -- Fountains of Wayne
1:00-1:50 -- Cheap Trick
2:10-3:00 -- Amy Winehouse
3:25-4:20 -- Incubus
4:45-5:45 -- Ben Harper
6:15-7:35 -- Beastie Boys
8:05-9:50 -- The Police

South Stage
12:15-1:00 -- Fiction Plane
1:20-2:10 -- The Fratellis
2:35-3:35 -- Paolo Nutini
4:00-4:50 -- Peter Bjorn and John
5:30-6:30 -- LCD Soundsystem
7:15-8:15 -- TV on the Radio
8:45-10:00 -- Modest Mouse

Dance Tent
Noon-12:50 -- Shout Out Out Out Out
1:00-1:50 -- Miguel Migs (Petalpusher)
2:00-2:50 -- Booka Shade
3:00-4:00 -- Felix Da Housecat
4:00-6:00 -- Danny Tenaglia
6:00-8:30 -- Sasha & John Digweed
8:30-10:00 -- Sander Van Doorn

Sunday, Aug. 5

North Stage
Noon-12:50 -- CSS
1:10-2:00 -- Regina Spektor
2:25-3:15 -- Spoon
3:45-4:45 --Panic! At the Disco
5:15-6:15 -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6:45-8:00 -- Interpol
8:30-10:00 -- Smashing Pumpkins

South Stage
12:15-1:05 -- Aiden
1:30-2:25 -- Matisyahu
2:50-3:45 -- Explosions in the Sky
4:15-5:15 -- Bad Brains
5:45-6:45 -- Wu-Tang Clan
7:15-8:15 -- Velvet Revolver
8:45-10:00 -- 311

Dance Tent
Noon-12:30 -- Dan Deacon
12:30-1:10 -- Girl Talk
1:10-3:10 -- Dieselboy & Andy C
3:10-4:25 -- James Zablela
4:35-5:50 -- Infected Mushroom
6:00-7:30 -- The Crystal Method (DJ set)
7:30-9:00 -- Deep Dish (Dubfire + Sharam)
9:10-10:00 -- M.I.A.

hidden cameras

well this blog was destined for an entry on The Hidden Cameras..... that day has arrived. Petrov has a slight crush on Joel Gibbs and the band is his favorite in the whole wide world. The interesting thing is petrov's crush did not develop until he had the opportunity to have dinner with the band one night (now many moons ago). but that is neither here nor there. This video was brought to petrov's attention via Mr. Blur, not to be confused with Damon Albarn (lead singer of Blur). He found it via Blogotheque... which is a fun little site that petrov visits every now and then to get his fill of impromptu performances of many delightful bands.

so with no further-a-do... here are The Hidden Cameras walking along a canal in Paris singing "Boys of Melody."

is that a highschool auditorium?

tegan and sara (canadian twins) make petrov happy. it was petrov's first concert he attended alone. back in grad school petrov could find no one to go with him so he braved the cruel judgmental world of indie kids alone. its always interesting doing something you normally do in a group alone as it makes you realize that even if just standing by someone you know whether at a concert or in a movie it relieves a lot of the pressure one would otherwise have to present oneself in a certain manner as to say "yeah man... i'm cool with being here alone." the odd thing for petrov is that the places this is most evident is at places with large numbers of people and in the dark. the environment should be well suited for singularity as this creates the optimum level of anonymity. another example is at a club... your friend goes to buy you a drink and you stand there like you are nude and everyone is staring at you because there you are alone. fortunately petrov has learned to deal with this problem with heavy drinking.

with that side story..... here is "Back in your Head" by Tegan and Sara. and doesn't it look like they rented out a high school auditorium? petrov was for certain that the ghostly audience was going to break out in dance at some point during the song.... he was almost certain of it... but they did not.... so he can't blame you either for not enjoy the video as much as one would like.