Dear Bumbershoot...


I don't like you anymore

I haven't been to a Bumbershoot in the last 6 years, mostly because we're usually out of town on labor day weekend, but this year we were in town and so we decided to check it out. We had a couple things that we were interested in seeing and we had a short walk to get there. Perfect! We arrive and then we notice the prices $28/adult! That might be ok if Bumbershoot is your only source of culture 'cause you are under 21 or live in the stix or Idaho or something, but 70% of the bands playing at Bumbershoot play a couple times a month in more intimate venues for $5 and the other 30% are pretty much in the washed-up-has-beens or the I'd-like-to-see-but-not-in-a-stadium kind of acts. Or even if there were more acts I really wanted to see, I'm not sure how excited I'd be to wait an hour in the sun surrounded by 16 years olds from Enumclaw in order to see them.

Sorry Bumbershoot, its not you, it's me. We've grown apart and I just don't like hanging around you anymore.

Posted: Sat - September 3, 2005 at 03:19 PM           |

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