CREATE A FESTIVAL - ROUND 1 - TUNES AT THE DUNES VS. CITYSCAPE FESTIVAL

[menikmati]

ROUND 1: Tunes at the Dunes vs. Cityscape Festival

Okay, here's the third match of the first round. Remember, you get one and only one vote, and you MUST have 100 or more posts to vote, or else your vote WILL NOT count. This is a PUBLIC poll, so I can tell who's voting. Feel free to take whatever it is, into account when deciding your vote. Also, remember there's more to festivals than just the headliners. Explore some of the smaller bands before casting your vote...you may find something you like, which could sway your feelings. Ya never know. Winner moves onto Round 2. Voting will last 3 days (ending Saturday night, with Round 2 beginning on Sunday).

Tunes at the Dunes:

http://www.ebombfilms.com/festival/entries/tunesatthedunes_festival_n.jpg

Cityscape Festival:

http://www.ebombfilms.com/festival/entries/cityscape_festival_n.jpg

[ewiggy]

woah, tunes at the dunes is basically a rip off of coachella 2007 + some misc crappy bands.

cityscape all the way. if you don't vote for michael jackson, you must not like life.

although i wish it had okkervil river.

[suprefan]

Cityscape all the way ORBITAL AND J.T........... Tunes at The Dunes is Roo + Coach = weird hybrid/hipster/hippie fest.

[aguadulce]

old 97's and mojave 3 make it worth just for them.

[miscorrections]

mojave 3 = love.

[bleep]

um, i predict Le Tigre will be a no show at cityscape...

[I Can't Feel My Face]

i have to say cityscape. half of dunes' audience would just opt for day one or two. there's no real reason for them to stay for day three unless they're an arcade fire fan. the day situating is completely wrong in my opinion. friday - arcade fire, saturday - rage, sunday radiohead.

and yes, dunes is a coachella copy.

[tessalasset]

i think bdawg did cityscape

[PassiveTheory]

The fight of a crowd between Rage and Daft Punk would be... Nausiating to say the least... I voted the for the other poster.

[Proadict]

tunes, i hate justin timberlake

[menikmati]

yeah, im not feeling the poppish vibe at cityscape

[miscorrections]

c'mon, cityscape has the national. they're like a festival-maker for me.

[kaeso]

cityscape, had me at devo

[Alchemy]

Cityscape is good. I just got back from Tunes at the Dunes, why do I need to go again?

[menikmati]

though im really tempted by that orbital reunion, and less hostile crowd of cityscape

[mountmccabe]

The though of Michael Jackson performing live is incredibly odd. But neither the weirdness there nor JT are enough to keep me away from Cityscape.

I mean, Peter Gabriel, Les Savy Fav? BSS, Orbital and the National? Yay, England.

[bleep]

hmmm, voting for a knockoff or a festival with Timberlake & likely very minimal headbanging.....either way, one of my principles gets comprimised.

[ewiggy]

But neither the weirdness there nor JT are enough to keep me away from Cityscape.

you secretly love JT. everyone does.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Timberlakes new record is ace. I wish I had heard it last year to include it in my top 10. It would have made the top 5, easy.

[suprefan]

Oh yeah and Orbital > Dandy Warhols as a reunion, come on........ And blowing your wad early on Tunes with Rage day one is not the way to go.

[i_like_cake530]

Oh yeah and Orbital > Dandy Warhols as a reunion, come on........ And blowing your wad early on Tunes with Rage day one is not the way to go.

how is dandy warhols a reunion?

[CuervoPH]

I can predict who did Cityscape, and despite Michael Jackson, that one gets my vote...and I'll give you several reasons:

Old 97's, The National, The Guillemots, The Pipettes, Jamie Lidell, and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin...I admit I'm not completely sold on all the SSLYBY stuff, but I like enough that they tip the scales for me...

[menikmati]

if cityscape goes far, it better have some damn good set times and some good alternatives to the headliners

[I Can't Feel My Face]

Justin Timberlake is awesome, but i wouldn't put him in a festival.
nevertheless, Cityscape is just better constructed.

[instinct]

Oh man, Michael Jackson is an awesome headliner.. too bad he's going against Daft Punk.. It's a tough decision.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Justin Timberlake is awesome, but i wouldn't put him in a festival.
nevertheless, Cityscape is just better constructed.


I don't know. It seems like a good move for those who would want to see him but not want to pay his solo ticket prices. Kinda like Red Hot Chili Peppers being at Coachella.

[tessalasset]

His new album blows,Bdawg. What are you smoking? And that Christina Aguilera song blows too. I don't even know you. Next thing I know, you're actually a huge R. Kelly fan.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Are you seriously serious about Futuresex/Lovesounds blowing? Because it is awesome. There are like 3 throwaways on that record. The rest are top notch.

Stop bringing Hansonback.

[sonofhal]

Cityscape - best first rounder by a mile.

[tessalasset]

There are two good songs on that cd.

Period.

T

[hawkingvsreeve]

HA.


HA.

[keriann]

Cityscape is hot.

Love the poster.

[smokealotapotamus]

I LOVE the poster for Cityscape, but I'm going with the Dunes. I really dig the whole hybrid "roo meets coachella" vibe. I think it would be a lot of fun to see Built to Spill in an environment like that.

[amyzzz]

Tunes at the Dunes has Radiohead. Enough said. I almost decided to overlook the Coach 07 ripoff and vote for the other one, but Radiohead trumps ALL.

[fatbastard]

Need more time to think about this

Tunes at the Dunes
Chart House

Cityscape
Wimpys

[schoolofruckus]

First legitimate conflict of the contest. I think Tunes at the Dunes has more bands I want to see, but also a great deal of stuff that I would consciously avoid. Cityscape has nothing off-putting, a comparable amount of interesting bands, and the highlights (Mogwai, The Knife, M83, Fields) aren't as easy to catch as the bands I like at Tunes. And I'd rather go to London.

And the poster is better.

[Courtney]

I'm all about the Michael Jackson/Justin Timberlake combo. I'd camp it at the main stage.

Plus, M83! The National! Stereolab! Pinback! Mogwai! Les Savy Fav! This is an easy choice for me, given that I just saw so many of the good Tunes On The Dunes bands at Coachella.

[menikmati]

props to reuniting Orbital too

[orbit]

Tunes at the Dunes has Portishead. Enough said. I almost decided to overlook the Coach 07 ripoff and vote for the other one, but Portishead trumps ALL.

I can't find them in the poster

[amyzzz]

I must be on crack today.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Seriously. Way to blow your vote on that one.

[amyzzz]

Radiohead/Portishead, whatever.

I would've voted for the Dunes anyway.

[hawkingvsreeve]

You just like head, of any sort it seems.

[ewiggy]

Tunes at the Dunes has Portishead. Enough said. I almost decided to overlook the Coach 07 ripoff and vote for the other one, but Portishead trumps ALL.

there's no portishead. and if there were, that'd be breaking the rules big time. erik specifically said no portishead.

[amyzzz]

I didn't read the rules because I didn't participate in the festival-making. It would be a waste of time for me.

[i_like_cake530]

I LOVE the poster for Cityscape, but I'm going with the Dunes. I really dig the whole hybrid "roo meets coachella" vibe. I think it would be a lot of fun to see Built to Spill in an environment like that.

built to spill is awesome

[kingsblend420]

Tough choice...
Tunes:
(+) Has a creative use of a comedic element with dave attell and jim gaffigan
(+) Alot of bands that I want to see even though Day 3 is definitely weak
(-) Alot of bands all together at once means more conflicts
(-) Halfmoon Bay is cold and shitty imo and a beach is a horrible place for a festival
(-) Coachella copy

Cityscape
(+) Orbital
(+) I think the city setting would be rad (like the old San Diego Street Scene)
(-) Majority of artists I'm not that into
(+) London
(-) Don't like the headliners

My vote: Cityscape

[bballarl]

While Boris is not represented on either, Boris Yeltsin is. Plus that lineup is great, due to Peter Gabriel, and the person who made it is sexy.

[matsuolost]

looks like the first poster only knows bands that play coachella........

[fatbastard]

Tunes.

[TomAz]

very close for me too. Cityscape just barely wins.

Tunes
Decemberists 2
Arctic Monkeys 2
Air 3
Spoon 5
Built to Spill 2
Shins 2
Radiohead 20
SY 15
Willie 5
New Ps 3
!!! 2
Arcade Fire 18
Modest Mouse 4
Lucinda W 5
Lou R 15
Sigur Ros 5

Total 108
Penalties:
Lou Reed billed too low -10
Daft Punk presence -5
Net Score 93

Cityscape
White Stripes 15
Devo 15
New Ps 3
REM 10
Peter Gabriel 20
Old 97s 6
Mogwai 2
Michael J 15
Sigur Ros 5
Calexico 7
Nationals 3

Total 101
Penalty:
Justin T presence -5
Net Score 96

[PassiveTheory]

What's your scoring system based off of, Tom?

[hawkingvsreeve]

Seriously. It's like last nights episode of the Office.

[menikmati]

daft's presence gets minus points, but not radiohead's?

[TomAz]

What's your scoring system based off of, Tom?

I made it up. more points for the more I want to see a band. No negatives except for the rare penalty for egregious crap. In retrospect I should have given Cityscape bonus points for being in London.

[TomAz]

daft's presence gets minus points, but not radiohead's?

my system. my rules.

[i_like_cake530]

Seriously. It's like last nights episode of the Office.

hahaha. you gave him 10 points, him a thumbs up, and you gave him a star...

look in the book there should be some sort of point conversion.

[kingsblend420]

hahaha. you gave him 10 points, him a thumbs up, and you gave him a star...

look in the book there should be some sort of point conversion.

hhahah that was pretty funny

[daft$tar]

cityscape - even if daft punk is @ the dunes

[malcolmjamalawesome]

My loyalties rest with MSTRKRFT. And Dave Wang.

[ThomThom]

Had to take the Dunes...has everything I need plus I can drive there

[suprefan]

Dude, its worth it to go see an awesome conert at Hyde Park, come on now.