pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

idk to me they feel like they're from a different era. nothing wrong w/that necessarily but it's like when there's a metalfest and the headliner is Testament I'm like, fuck yeah I rep for Testament but that's past-master stuff not Where It's At Now y'know? at any rate if anybody needs me I will be marshalling all forces to try to persuade or compel R to play U Saved Me from beginning to end as his entire set

has anyone ever done a "major headliners are only allowed to play the other headliners' songs" concert?

belle & sebastian are the new neil young

btw as far as gate numbers go I fucking guarantee you Feist does bigger U.S. business than B&S, B&S not even remotely on Feist's level in those terms

No one argued otherwise but thanks for bandsplaining

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the friday night headliner last year was feist, the worst act out of r. kelly/belle & sebastian/bjork is >>>>>>>>> feist from both a business and quality perspective (imo)

― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, February 1, 2013 1:49 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think for PF demo that b&s is a bigger draw than feist but i of course that's just a hypothesis

time to test it

i assume that the headliner with the least drawing power gets put on friday (or is it sunday?), so i guess we'll see how the bands are slotted

this is gonna be crazy

bandsplaining!!!

a+ whiney. this is as good as tumblr whites!

no, no its not

tumblr whites is all-time

ok, sorry, didnt see that jordan was dumb enough to think belle and sebastian could fill more seats than feist

apology accepted

lol

No one argued otherwise but thanks for bandsplaining

lol learn to read

i'm starting a pitchfork music festival gate numbers gambling ring. there will be a smoked meats raffle in the betting tent.

FWIW, pretty sure Feist plays smaller theatres in Chicago than B&S does.

Though B&S tours a fractions as much, so it's hard to say if they sell out bigger places due to pent up demand or what.

Fraction, sorry.

Fwiw, the last two times Feist has played a theater in Chicago it has been at the 2,500 capacity Riveria. B&S's most recent appearance was at the 3,600 capacity Chicago Theater (they played the Riv in 2006).

ooh look at mr. tough guy

Ryan Schreiber ‏@ryanpitchfork
Also just want to thank @rkelly for weeding out the lames this year. <3

let's see how happy Ryan is when R Kelly pisses in his face

weeding out the lames! that's as good as "bandsplaining"!

i'm p sure that in reality all the lames bought tickets on pre-sale before the lineup was even announced

pee sure

a state of emergency is where Fork wants to be

laming out the weed

Having R. Kelly is probably a reaction to the general awkwardness The People's List created.

lol m@tt:

RT @ryanpitchfork: Also just want to thank @rkelly for weeding out the lames this year.- says the guy who also booked belle & sebastian

r. kelly to weed out the lames, bjork to weed out the norms, belle & sebastian to weed out the people with good taste in music

who's bringing the weed

everybody throw your zebra pens in the air

doesn't r. kelly play in chicago pretty regularly?

is this year's festival going to be taped for schreiber's episode of My Super Sweet 16?

xp:

brent dicrescenzo ‏@bdicrescenzo

R Kelly plays Chicago like 4 times a year. You could have gone to see him if you cared in a non-ironic fashion.

boom

The last time R. Kelly played, about a month ago, it was at the shit-ass Arie Crown, and it involved women in cages, iirc.

Also iirc, the last time Feist played here, beside the fork fest, was in 2011, at the Riv. I want to say before that it was the Vic, both smaller than B&S, who last played the Chi Theatre, preceded by the Riv, but before that I want to say the Congress. They really haven't played Chicago much, but neither has Feist, I don't think.

Man its like my post didn't exist.

Feist has also played Ravinia at least once.

I saw your post, just saying I don't think she played the Riv twice. But I totally forgot about the, er, Rav!

gonna make big bucks by smuggling in no-doz and jolt and selling them right before the B&S set

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, February 1, 2013 11:50 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(because they are a snooze)

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, February 1, 2013 11:50 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Have you ever seen Belle and Sebastian live?

I'm excited about these headliners b/c I'm guessing they'll all be really great *entertainers* in a live festival setting. More so, for instance, than Animal Collective or Vampire Weekend or the National.

xp:

brent dicrescenzo ‏@bdicrescenzo
R Kelly plays Chicago like 4 times a year. You could have gone to see him if you cared in a non-ironic fashion.

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, February 1, 2013 2:52 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

love that

booming zing

B&S's most recent appearance was at the 3,600 capacity Chicago Theater (they played the Riv in 2006).

In 2003 they headlined the Congress, which is about the same capacity as the Chicago Theater.

Have you ever seen Belle and Sebastian live?

no. i don't like them.

I think the big dif from Feist is that B&S have fans who would fly to see them. Maybe Bjork, too, if she is not doing an extensive tour, but B&S for sure. They really don't play much.