WHIMSICALAMITY

omg were having a legit argument about labels within queer communities and my dad is telling, all the adults are baby boomers, and i’m like ‘i thought we were just eating cake’

Ft. awesome stuff by catbearpug & T-Pain 

Enid & Co. 5ever

Please welcome this special collaboration of Folk, Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses to our 2015 lineup.

Now, I’m not a native Rhode Islander, I didn’t even grow up there- but my mother has been living on the Island for almost ten years- none of which I have ever actually lived there, but I have spent quite a bit of time visitng and grown to love it despite that fact that you guys have no decent chinese food and I get looked at like a I have three heads because I have no qualms about not shaving my legs and wearing shorts all summer long. 

I also happened to grow up in a family that LOVES music. Not just casually, but, like, legit professionally- my dad has been working in audio/live sound since well before I was born. I grew up being taken to concerts and festivals and encouraged to seek out new music- as well as learn the history of the music I love. Newport has a lot of history that I love; I’ve been invested in NFF for a long time. It’s a thing in my family. My mother and I go every year- we’ve been going every year since before she lived in Newport. I can barely afford to feed myself most weeks, but I always time my annual visit home so I can go to the festival. We buy tickets even before the line up is released, we don’t really even care who plays ultimately, because it gives us an excuse to be together and doing something we love. But, that being said, I gotta say something about this:

It’s cool that two artists I like are collaborating and all for some set at the fest, I really have enjoyed seeing both of these people play at Fort Adams in years past, they’re great musicians, I’ve loved them both for what feels like most of my life. I remember when Sam went electric with Woman King and everyone’s mind was blown- brings to mind Dylan and Seeger in ‘65, no? Or, like, damn, I was so upset when I found out Carissa’s Wierd was breaking up, but it all turned out okay because so many good other projects came out of it- like, you know, band of horses. 

BUT FOR FUCKS SAKE, I AM SO GODDAMN SICK OF SEEING THE SAME PEOPLE PLAY IN NEWPORT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SERIOUSLY. I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD, PLEASE STOP ASKING ARTISTS WHO I REALLY LIKE BUT HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY IN NEWPORT TO PLAY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR NOT ASKING ANDREW BIRD TO PLAY THIS YEAR. THANKS FOR KEEPING THE COLIN MELOY/DECEMBERISTS OUT OF IT, EVEN THOUGH THE NEW ALBUM IS HONESTLY REALLY GOOD. I AM SUPER STOKED I DON’T HAVE TO FUCKING HEAR DAWES PLAY AGAIN, ESPECIALLY SINCE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED THEY WERE EVEN MORE MEDIOCRE BECAUSE THEY PLAYED RIGHT AFTER THE ALABAMA SHAKES WHO MELTED MY FACE OFF. THANKS FOR HAVING THE ALABAMA SHAKES PLAY SO I CAN USE THEM AS A REFERENCE IN THIS RANT, BECAUSE IT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT-