Wakarusa

With the rain on Thursday, and the music (finally) on Friday, we were halfway through Wakarusa. The festival had already seen its climax with its one true headliner, The Flaming Lips, but many of our favorite bands were still to come on both Saturday and Sunday.

Keep reading "Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival 2008 - Saturday/Sunday" after the jump

Check out loads of images from Sunday, June 8th, 2008 at Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival after the jump

Check out loads of images from Saturday, June 7th, 2008 at Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival after the jump

Check out loads of images from Friday, June 6th, 2008 at Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival after the jump

Take a gander at all the great videos we have to offer from Wakarusa 2008.

View the rest of the weekend through our eyes camera after the jump

Festival season is a time to enjoy the company of many like-minded people in an atmosphere free from the worries of every day life. It is a time to see performances from several bands, spanning several genres, that you normally wouldn't get a chance to see otherwise. Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival, located just outside of Lawrence, KS, took place this past weekend, and served as Breakfast On Tour's jumping point for the 2008 festival season. It featured many highs and lows, but it all culminated into another unique festival experience for the BOT crew consisting of Toast and Eggs.

Keep reading "Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival 2008 - Thursday/Friday" after the jump

So. I've been doing a lot of walking lately (walking is the new driving, you know) and my soundtrack is invariably provided by either Eggs' iPod or my not-an-iPod. Last week, while speedwalking to my bus stop on the way to work, Wilco's "Walken" and The Dodos' "Walking" joined the rotation within a few songs of each other, and that got me to thinking about songs about, well...walking. Because I am rather odd, I proceeded to compile a list of my favorite songs related (however loosely) to pedestrian activities.

Check it after the jump

While nobody can touch the original version of "Jack-Ass" by Beck, our hill-country friends South Austin Jug Band sure do a good job with it. Check it out:

Gotta love this delicious cover!

South Austin Jug Band will be making the journey up to Kansas this weekend to play at Wakarusa (we will have a full report from Waka next week!), and will also be stopping by our favorite Houston venue, Last Concert Cafe, next month. I am not sure if I will be at the festival in time to see them, but the Houston show is definitely in our plans. They are supposed to put on one hell of a show!

There have been some big additions to many of the major music festivals. Here is a round-up of what we can now look forward to this year:

Check out the ADDitions after the jump

Just a quick update to give all you Midwest BOTheads an idea of what's going on "locally".

Mon Mar 17
Built To Spill and Meat Puppets at The Madrid in Kansas City, MO. Ticket's will run you $20 for this St. Patty's day gig with a start of 8PM.

56 Hope Road, Polydypsia and Andrews Ave. at Box Awesome here in Lincoln, NE. What a horrible name for a bar, but it does bring in good acts from time to time. I can't find out how much the cover is, but it's probably about $5-$10. The show starts at 9PM.

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