Comments on: and finally, a heck fest wrap up

By: Adam Forkner

Adam Forkner — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:58:15 +0000

wizzle
your summation of heck fest is pretty much to mine and honey’s, except we also played in an empty fancy restuarant while everyone was at the main show. and the spirit of family that held the fest together in years past was dissapated and strained somehow. no ones fault, but shit is just moving on. i was underwhelmed by kimya and phil was a deeper dissapointment. i feel your smugness call. total turn-off. bummed me out. anyway, we also did not find a place to sleep (drove around for an hour looking for a hotel, even went back to deception, one island down) and ended up sleeping extremely poorly in our car. when we woke up miserable it was honey’s birthday, so we decided to bail from anacortes and drive all the way to seaside oregon and get a room. thats when shit turned around for us. oh well. sounds like you dudes turned it around too.

By: Sonny

Sonny — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:56:23 +0000

Okay, so it took two turns on the computer for me to finish reading this post and I had to get back in line to read through the comments and post my own. But hey, I’m glad that things turned out for the better near the end there. I’m with Liz here…I’m jealous and I miss those emo summer days.

By: piu piu

piu piu — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:25:41 +0000

i went to a festival here in the UK at the weekend. we played capoeira in the sun, drank cider, watched lemon jelly play in the evening, and ate cinnamon doughnuts and drank coffee. it was cute

By: george (james' roommate)

george (james' roommate) — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:56:23 +0000

ooh! who did you meet from grand rapids?

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:46:44 +0000

You look all summery and cute in those pictures. I’m so jealous you’ve gone to flea markets and slept outside and swam in lakes. I’ve forgotten what real summers are like!

By: willow

willow — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:10:59 +0000

I’ll post more photos here soon, and also upload a bunch to flickr.
YOU”RE the nerd, nerd!

By: Rachael

Rachael — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:28:42 +0000

Oh, my pie.
I felt pretty good about the Rocky Horror show montage. I thought it was impressive. Impressively NERDY!
WTH festival 2005- my expectations were low, so I came out clean. I’m sorry that you were dissapointed.
Where’s the picture of the huge tube-cave where we drank grog with our MI friends?

By: willow

willow — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:13:00 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Steve. You’re right S. Days and WTHF are very distinct from one another, but in my mind they are tied together in sublime synergy. One feels the other, and it is impossible for me to really dissociate them.
I (sadly) missed the Wings show that first year. Phil swept that year, I thought, also at the Croatian Club, but on Friday night. Everyone in the room was part of the show, and the net of magic he cas that night, my first ever at WTHF, is what has drawn me back ever since.
I missed you there this year, Steve.
CTB sounds effing great.

By: Steve Schroeder

Steve Schroeder — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:04:39 +0000

I was waiting for this as well.
One distinction I must make. What the Heck Fest is very seperate from Shipwreck Day. What the Heck Fest is a music festival organized by Bret and the Knw-yr-Own crew and the DOS crew that takes place on the same weekend as Shipwreck Day, a all city garage sale that Anacortes throws.
So, when you saw you almost lost your faith in Shipwreck Day, I think what you really mean is WTHF.
While, Shipwreck Day is cool, I don’t think that it is what hold the magic that people feel for that weekend. It is neat that they coincide, but what holds the magic and has the possibility of losing the magic is WTHF.
I have to say that while the Little Wings performance at the 2nd WTHF was amazing, I think the best was the 1st year on Saturday night in the Croatian Club. When the procession came in with the trees chanting. Literally a religious experience for me.
Willow I wholeheartedly recommend you going to Astoria on August 26th for Catch that Beat Festival. Jona is putting it on. It has an amazing music lineup and will be powerful. Including a huge group sleepover.
http://www.catchthatbeat.com