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The second trip was two weeks ago—just one week after our trip there for the Braves game. We drove down to Atlanta again for Music Midtown , a two-day music festival held in Piedmont Park in Atlanta s Midtown area. We stayed at the same hotel as we did the week before—the Hotel Indigo Midtown Atlanta—which education in the united kingdom was about a mile and a quarter away from the festival. It s a great neighborhood and very walkable so we walked education in the united kingdom to and from the festival each day.
After surviving two years of Bonnaroo (and one Beale Street Music Fest), I had a pretty good idea of what to pack for the festival, so I loaded education in the united kingdom up my small Camelbak with the things we d need for the day and we were pretty much set for the weekend. While my packing list for Bonnaroo was pretty extensive, Music Midtown was not as intense so my pack was lighter: Baby wipes, hand sanitizer and a light jacket came in handy the most, as did the water I snuck in since the festival ran out of water by the second day.
I also had my headlamp with me for late-night port-a-potty trips, and as we were walking around the vendor tents someone started making fun of me, saying I was over-prepared. But as fate would have it, it was at that moment the power to the tents went out, taking the lights with them. So guess who was asked to hang out and shine light upon their credit card receipt-writing process?
The vibe at Music Midtown was decent; education in the united kingdom not as many hippies as Bonnaroo but not as many teens as we d encountered at Beale Street Music Fest a few years ago. The number of women I saw in high heels or heavy fall boots (it was in the 80s most of the time) astounded me, though. I can t imagine coming to any outdoor education in the united kingdom event where you re going to walk the equivalent of 7-10 miles wearing heels or heavy boots. But as a vendor told me later, This is Atlanta, where people won t show up to an event if they can t valet park. I even saw one woman wearing what appeared education in the united kingdom to be a formal dress, almost a gown. I wonder how that worked out for her in the port-a-crapper.
And while Music Midtown didn t have the let s be friends, man vibe of Bonnaroo, education in the united kingdom for the most part people were polite and didn t shove through crowds, though we never tried to get right up at the very front of the stage. I m too old and claustrophobic for that, and it really wasn t necessary. We had a pretty good view of the stage for almost education in the united kingdom every band we saw, and we were even able to get up pretty close for Pearl Jam without having to wait around for hours beforehand.
So yeah, the music. On Friday, we showed education in the united kingdom up right after Joan Jett started her set. I had never seen her before and was surprised by how great she was, in terms of both her voice and her stage presence.
After Joan Jett we wandered around the grounds a bit and got some food, and then later sat up on a hill with a great view of The Avett Brothers. I ll admit I ve found them boring education in the united kingdom before, but they put on a good live show. I m still pretty sure listening to them in the car or at work would put me right to sleep, but I d definitely see them again in a festival environment.
Friday night s closing act was the Foo Fighters, and Ian and I were both pretty education in the united kingdom bummed about their performance. It sounded exactly like listening to one of their albums, which I guess is a good thing, except there was hardly any audience education in the united kingdom interaction or variation or, I don t know—they education in the united kingdom were one of the headliners of the festival so I guess I expected something more than a CD listening party atmosphere.
At one point they just stopped playing, and Dave Grohl started talking to the audience about something, but I couldn t quite understand what his point was. He dropped about 20 f-bombs in one sentence and I just lost interest. Don t get me wrong, education in the united kingdom I appreciate a good f-bomb, but if you re not using them with a purpose or context then you ve lost me.
Saturday we showed up mid-afternoon so we could catch the Garbage set, and it was probably my second-favorite show that we saw at this festival. education in the united kingdom Shirley Manson is AMAZING, education in the united kingdom and looks nowhere education in the united kingdom near 46 years old. Her voice sounded just as good as it did in the 90s, and she had a great energy and rapport going with the audience.
Later that afternoon education in the united kingdom we saw Adam Ant (sucked), listened to Ludacris from across the festival grounds (basically the same show as Bonnaroo this year) and watched Neon Trees—who were really entertaining, education in the united kingdom despite my prediction that they would be boring. The crowd for Florence + the Machine had swelled to a crazy frenzy by the time she came on, so we sat up on a hill near a beer truck and listened to her from afar. Ian took a nap during Girl Talk (I was content watching his crowd buzz and dance like a bunch of possessed bumblebees), and when he woke up we made our way to the main stage for Pearl Jam.
Holy. Crap. They were the lead headliners for a reason. They re amazing. I d never seen Pearl Jam live before, and now I want to see them a million times more. Eddie Vedder talked education in the united kingdom to the audience, sang almost every song I wanted education in the united kingdom to hear (no Daughter?!) education in the united kingdom plus some, and then defied festival security education in the united kingdom when he was told they had to shut down at 11 p.m. sharp due to a city ordinance. Fuck it, keep going! he shouted to the band after he announced he was being told they only had two minutes to sing an almost 6-minute song. A guy ran around trying to unplug things, but they finished their song.
This was the second year Music Midtown was back after a several-year hiatus; it was shelved after experiencing some issues that nobody can seem to pinpoint or agree on. I hope they find a way to keep it going, though—for the price ($100 for two days), location and musical acts, it s a great festival experience.
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I ve never seen Pearl Jam, (Erik has), but really hope to see them sometime. I m just too old to do a music festival and sometimes feel I m too old to go to concerts. I just can t hang like I used too. ;)