Was out of town for the weekend for shows in Gville and Tally, completely cringing at the thought of schedule conflicts since them.

So I just now too a quick skim through it. But no matter what i want to do i still have Fest Photo Crew assignments on top of it.

Friday isn't too bad. Only 2 venues i want to go to. Hope I get assigned to at least one of them.

Saturday is all over the place. i want to see bands in at least 4 different venues.

Sunday i want to see bands in at least 5 different venues. Arrgh.

AND there will still be schedule changes so fingers crossed.

I spent several hours at work today working on my schedule:

The green indicates where/when I will be:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key= ... yYzw&gid=0


FRIDAY
7:00 – 7:30 The Riot Before @ The Atlantic
7:40 – 7:50 In The Red @ The Venue (side stage)
7:55 – 8:25 American Steel @ The Venue (main stage)
8:30 – 9:00 Only Thunder @ The Venue (side stage)
9:05 – 9:40 Small Brown Bike @ The Venue (main stage)
9:50 – 10:00 Smalltown @ The Atlantic
10:20 – 10:50 Nothington @ The Atlantic
11:10 – 11:40 The Menzingers @ The Atlantic
12:30 – 1:30 7 Seconds @ The Venue (main stage)


SATURDAY
1:20 – 1:40 The Sidekicks @ Market St. Pub
2:30 – 3:10 Rehasher @ The Venue (main stage)
3:15 – 3:20 Banner Pilot @ Common Grounds
3:40 – 4:10 Dear Landlord @ Common Grounds
4:15 – 4:30 Sharks Come Cruisin’ @ Durty Nelly's
4:35 – 4:50 Red City Radio @ The Venue (side stage)
5:00 – 5:30 Hair Beard Combo @ Durty Nelly's
6:00 – 7:00 Dillinger Four @ The Venue (main stage)
7:30 – 8:30 Less Than Jake @ The Venue (main stage)
9:00 – 9:25 Snuff @ The Venue (main stage)
9:30 – 9:50 Young Livers @ Common Grounds
10:10 – 10:50 Tim Barry @ Market St. Pub
11:10 – 11:40 Ninja Gun @ Market St. Pub
11:50 – 12:10 Lost Hands Found Fingers @ Rum Runners
12:20 – 12:45 American War @ Flacos
1:10 – 1:40 Stressface @ The Kickstand


SUNDAY
2:50 – 3:20 Off With Their Heads @ The Venue (main stage)
3:30 – 3:50 Dirty Tactics @ The Venue (side stage)
3:55 - 4:20 Chris Wollard/Ship Thieves @ The Venue (main stage)
4:40 – 5:10 Josh Small @ Civic Media Center
5:50 – 6:20 Pretty Boy Thorson & The Falling Angels @ Durty Nelly's
6:40 – 7:05 Assassinate the Scientist @ The Venue (side stage)
7:15 – 7:40 This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb @ Common Grounds
8:20 – 8:40 Youth Brigade @ The Venue (main stage)
8:45 – 9:05 The Thumbs @ Common Grounds
9:30 – 10:30 Samiam @ The Venue (main stage)

My tentative schedule, all extra time will be catching up with friends eating and drinking heavily.

Friday:

7 Seconds - The Venue - 12:30 - 1:30
Giving Chase - The Venue - 12:00 - 12:30
Strike Anywhere - The Venue - 11:20 - 12:00
The Casting Out - The Venue - 10:50 - 11:20
A Wilhelm Scream - The Venue - 10:10 - 10:50
Defeater - 1982 - 8:00 - 8:30
Ruiner - 1982 - 7:10 - 7:40
Cutman - 1982 - 6:20 - 6:50
Battle! - 1982 - 5:30 - 6:00

Saturday:

Stressface - 1982 - 1:10 - 1:40
American War - Flacos - 12:20 - 12:50
Apologies, I Have None - Flacos - 11:30 - 12:00
Ninja Gun - Market Street Pub - 11:10 - 11:40
Tim Barry - Market Street Pub - 10:10 - 10:50
Young Livers - Common Grounds - 9:30 - 10:00
Bridge and Tunnel - Common Grounds - 8:40 - 9:10
Less Than Jake - The Venue - 7:30 - 8:30
Dillinger Four - The Venue - 6:00 - 7:00
Punk Comedy Tour - The Venue - 5:30 - 6:00
Andrew Jackson Jihad - CIVIC MEDIA CENTER - 4:40 - 5:10
Grabass Charlestons - CIVIC MEDIA CENTER - 4:00 - 4:30
Dear Landlord - Common Grounds - 3:40 - 4:10
Banner Pilot - Common Grounds - 2:50 - 3:20
Gatorface - Market Street Pub - 2:00 - 2:30
The Sidekicks - Market Street Pub - 1:10 - 1:40

Sunday:

Samiam - The Venue - 9:30 - 10:30
No Friends - MARKET STREET PUB - 8:50 - 9:30
American Cheeseburger - MARKET STREET PUB - 8:00 - 8:30
Trash Talk - MARKET STREET PUB - 7:10 - 7:40
Vicious Cycle - MARKET STREET PUB - 6:20 - 6:50
Bangers - The Venue - 5:30 - 6:00
The Blacklist Royals - 1982 - 4:10 - 4:40
Anchor Arms - 1982 - 3:20 - 3:50
Off With Their Heads - The Venue - 2:50 - 3:20
Broadway Calls - The Venue - 2:00 - 2:30

i am letting my laziness dictate a large portion of my choices...

Friday:
Cutman 6:20 - 6:50 @ 1982
Young Widows 8:30 - 9:00 @ Common Grounds
Coliseum 9:20 - 10:00
Torche 11:20 - 12:00
Coalesce 12:20 - 1:00

Saturday:
The SIdekicks 1:10 - 1:40 @ Mkt Street Pub
Rehasher 2:30 - 3:10 @ the Venue
Dear Landlord 3:40 - 4:10 @ Common Grounds
The Copyrights 4:30 - 5:00
The Measure [SA] 5:20 - 5:50
Cheap Girls 6:10 - 6:40
Lemuria 7:00 - 7:30
Gunmoll 7:50 - 8:20
Bridge and Tunnel 8:40 - 9:10
Forensics 9:10 - 9:40 @ RumRunners
Averkiou 10:10 - 10:40 @ theAtlantic
Ninja Gun 11:10 - 11:40 @ Mkt Street Pub

Sunday:
Off With Their Heads (main stage) 2:50 - 3:20 @ theVenue
Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieve 3:50 - 4:20
volunteer shift
5-11pm @ 1982
Future Virgins, the Hidden Spots, Shaking Hands, Hometeam, Cruiserweight

Not once in the 6 Fests I've gone to did I make one of these lists. Nor do i left myself get really stoked about possibly seeing a band. I usually just highlight the bands i'd like to see on the schedule and make the best of it. It is that moment when I'm actually in front of a band i REALLY wanted to see, singing along that I finally get excited.

i make these lists annually with full understanding that none of it will go to plan...

After last year I dont even know why I made a list... I guess its just for myself to see how I kinda want my weekend to pan out. But in all honesty alot of the bands on my List i've never even listened to before. They are just on there because there are sooo many schedule conflicts for me

Oh well more time for my two favorite things in the world, Eating and Drinking.

yeah, that's exactly what i do. i've very rarely not made it to the highlighted shows i wanted to see. i try to plan for enough time, when switching venues, for lines, cause i'm an organized, timely motherfucker.

kept my last years plan pretty good and the changes I made were more like, missing a band because of dinner with a friend or on sunday just keeping it easy and hanging around with dave at the bar of 1982 and watching some bands I never heard of instead of running over to leatherface, I already saw quiet often...

Can you bounce around to different venues through out the day? On all 3 days I want to be at the Venue but there are times I want to go see other bands at different venues. If I leave is it going to be hard for me to get back in, will I be able to get back in?

to get the spirit of the Fest, you defintily should walk around a little..

as far as I know, the venue never reached cap limit in the past.. there is a line early the day, expect min 30 min at the beginning and it gets shorter over the day, when the vneue is filled and everybody has their 21+ wristbands.. f.e. it took me last year half an hour to get in for atom and his package (first band of teh day), but only a minute right before Dillinger Four (last band of the day)

Likewise, however ideally my schedule would look like this:

Friday:
Japanther 6:50 - 7:20 : The Venue
Arms Aloft 7:40 - 8:10 : Durty Nelly's
Young Widows 8:30 - 9:00 : Common Grounds
Coliseum 9:20 - 10:00 : Common Grounds
Russian Circles 10:20 - 11:00 : Common Grounds
Des Ark 10:50 - 11:20 : George's (cut out of Russian Circles early)
Coalesce 12:20 - 1:00 : Common Grounds

Saturday:

Defiance, Ohio 12:00 - 12:40 : Common Grounds
Good Luck 11:10 - 11:40 : Common Grounds
North Lincoln 10:20 - 10:50 : Common Grounds
Young Livers 9:30 - 10:00 : Common Grounds
Bridge and Tunnel 8:40 - 9:10 : Common Grounds
Gunmoll 7:50 - 8:20 : Common Grounds
Lemuria 7:00 - 7:30 : Common Grounds
Cheap Girls 6:10 - 6:40 : The Kickstand
Algernon Cadwallader 4:50 - 5:20 : The Kickstand
Wild Assumptions 4:00 - 4:30 : The Kickstand
Max Levine Ensemble 3:10 - 3:40 : The Kickstand
Old Growth 2:20 - 2:50 : The Kickstand
Little Lungs 1:30 - 2:00 : The Kickstand

Sunday:

Defiance, Ohio 10:30 - 11:00 : The Kickstand
Bomb The Music Industry 9:40 - 10:10 : The Kickstand
O Pioneers! 8:50 - 9:20 : The Kickstand
or
L'Antietam 10:20 - 10:40 : George's
1994! 9:30 - 10:00 : George's
Vaccine 8:40 - 9:10 : George's
A City Safe From Sea 7:50 - 8:20 : George's
Telephone Sons 7:00 - 7:30 : George's
Teenage Cool Kids 6:10 - 6:40 : George's
P.S. Eliot 5:20 - 5:50 : George's
Ampere 4:40 - 5:10 : Market Street Pub
Off With Their Heads 2:50 - 3:20 : The Venue

Hello, who are you fellow photographer?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamlloyd/

I'm pretty sure we're friends on flickr.

Yes we are! But we haven't met in person right? Can I assume we'll be meeting at photo crew meetings?

Sending you a Myspace request here in a minute too.